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Sometimes I wonder what the thought process behind the gaming aesthetic was. RGB (*if tunable) itself is fine and adds a nice opportunity for personalization, but are those tacky fonts, crystal-facet enclosures, and overall showiness just tasteless or do any gamers actually prefer that look?

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[โ€“] apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why is almost everyone in this thread just talking about rgb? The OP directly says that this isn't about rgb

I hate the gamer aesthetic, and I won't buy a product that adheres to it (unless its an internal component for my PC because i have an opaque case anyway). Rgb lighting can be nice in moderation, as long as it is truly customisable.

[โ€“] TVA@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't bought anything pre-built besides an Alienware laptop a decade or so ago, so, I have absolutely no idea what OP is talking about with:

  • crystal-facet enclosures
  • overall showiness

My cases are clean and I guess you could see the font on the video card if you looked into the case, but, the RGB just shines out and you don't really have a reason to look in. The other two gaming systems I have in the house, I disabled the RGB and again, I'm not looking into the case frequently, so I don't know that tacky fonts even register on my radar.

Keyboards/mice - again, RGB is all that's really noticeable and that can almost always be turned off.

So, my guess is people don't care for OPs prompt, but it kicked off their desire to talk about the only bit that is actually noticeable and that's the RGB, if they didn't disable it.

ETA: And that's assuming people actually read the whole two sentences that OP wrote and didn't just stop at the title.

[โ€“] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

I have to assume that there's some kind of wilful ignorance going on because these kinds of products exist at the high and low end of the market

Though I agree with your ETA.

Examples of products that fit this edgelord epic gamerz aesthetic:

Noteworthy that it is not the presence of rgb that makes these fit the bill, though it is usually present. Its the hyper angular, edgy, kitschy nonsense