Do you tell people you go on a video game forum?

I don't think it's anything to be ashamed of or anything I just don't want people knowing my business, for me at least. Do you ever bring it up in conversation? Not just to promote GB . I wouldn't tell a girl I was interested in because I think it's best to keep some mystery,.. after time maybe. Or are you just a badass that doesn't give a damn about what people know about you? If so I greatly envy you and I'm trying to get into that state of mind. This is starting to be a mindless ramble so yea.....?
 
 
 
EDIT: I don't mean random people, I mean people you talk to on a daily basis. Like if you're in a chat and someone asked what you are up to. Honestly I'd be more likely to tell people about my porn habit than my gaming forum habit. Basically because I don't want people taking my post out of context.

I don't just go around telling everyone everything I do online but I wouldn't be ashamed about it if I were to be asked.

I'm not sure why I would ever have to tell anyone that. 

no, i don't tell people that i do that. i just tell people that i like video games a lot.

I don't bring it up in average conversations, but I tell my friends who I play 360 with.
 
The worst that can happen is you get made fun of and if you're mature enough, you don't give a shit. I have thousands of post on other forums.

Not to everyone, but at least to my friends

Only to my gaming friends.

Yep, I go up to hot chicks and tell 'em to go on the Giant Bomb forums and join in on the discussions.  

I might mention an "online forum" or something to most of my friends.  It's not that I'm hiding it though--my girlfriend is watching me type this. hah...

Not unless they ask if I do.

I tell everyone I know about Giant Bomb. I even posted shit on facebook about Giant Bomb.

I don't throw it around or anything, but if someone asks or if someone "catches" me, I'm not embarrassed by it. 

Only in relevant conversations.

I'll talk about the Whiskey sites if they come up organically in a conversation, but I don't feel the need to say 'fuck I love me some GB' randomly to people.

no, i don't tell people that i do that. i just tell people that i like video games a lot.

It's never come up in conversations so I haven't said anything.  

I have a yellow T-shirt that say "I love video game forums", written in bright pink. I wear it all the time... And I mean ALL the time, I never take it off, it's quite disgusting actually.

I have a yellow T-shirt that say "I love video game forums", written in bright pink. I wear it all the time... And I mean ALL the time, I never take it off, it's quite disgusting actually.

I have a yellow T-shirt that say "I love video game forums", written in bright pink. I wear it all the time... And I mean ALL the time, I never take it off, it's quite disgusting actually.

I wouldn't recommend it to anyone really, while it is fun it has some downsides when it comes to simply enjoy games.
If they want to join a forum they will find one.

I know three people who post on this site and none of them know I am me. In fact, I was once told i should post on here because I'd really get on well with that HandsomeDead chick.

Are you suggesting that I have contact with people outside of this forum? Ha. You're crazy!

No one has ever asked.

Nah man. that kill da status dont wan that.

No, it's a dirty secret.

@JacDG said:

I have a yellow T-shirt that say "I love video game forums", written in bright pink. I wear it all the time... And I mean ALL the time, I never take it off, it's quite disgusting actually.

So the shirt was white before?

I walk around wearing a shirt with "I'm a Game Maker" written on the front (My education was named Game Maker). I have no shame.

If it has something to do with what I'm about to say, sure. But I don't go around saying "hey, did you know I hang out on video game forums?!".

Yeah, if they seem to care.

I dont think anyone would ever ask but I wouldnt deny it if they did.

I don't just go around telling everyone everything I do online but I wouldn't be ashamed about it if I were to be asked.

I do yeah. 
I sometimes start conversations with: "I was browings Giantbomb the other day and saw...."  
 
Don't see why anyone would be ashamed of that. Unless they're just fake when it comes to how they act towards their friends

Yes, but I don't tell them which one.  Since no one I know is an avid gamer, I don't want them reading all the silly stuff I post out of context.  I wouldn't mind telling another gamer if I knew one.  This is why I play mostly single-player games. 

I don't really travel in circles where internet browsing is a topic of conversation.

Why yes it's the title of my up-coming novel "Hey everyone, I post on the Giantbomb forums" by Twisted Scot  w/ Foreword by Gary Busey.
 
But if someone asks what sites I post on I'll tell them, don't see the issue.

Only to my close gamer friends.  They can usually understand what I'm talking about and sometimes even understand.

I'll talk about it if it comes up. It rarely comes up and usually there is something that'll trigger the conversation; for example, a couple of weeks back I was wearing the 'Lincoln Force' shirt and a friend asked what it was about. 

A few people know I do, like my gaming friends and my girlfriend who has no interest in gaming whatsoever (apart from MK:DS)

No one I'm friends with know what a forum is. 

It's my way of greeting people.

My friends know I do, not ashamed of something I enjoy.

I don't just go around telling everyone everything I do online but I wouldn't be ashamed about it if I were to be asked.

I'm never really here so no.

I know the exact same feeling, it's like I'm a closet nerd and I give a damn about people who were in high school with me (small town)... Honestly though, who gives a fuck? (I guess I do : / ) I feel kinda old to be this into games at my age (28), and anything game related on my Facebook page. Tis why  I keep all gaming conversations here, but it doesn't really take a whole lot of mystery solving if someone wants to look into it. 
 
But, no I don't tell people beyond my closest friends... I think i'd get paranoid they're following my posts here or something, and I'm pretty sure they have anything better to do than actually doing that.
 
EDIT: Oh and I noticed I mention my age, post pictures of myself etc maybe to minimize the creep factor quite a bit? Somehow it makes me feel better about being on a site accessed by kids and adults, who I am and what I look like.. maybe to justify this as closer to normal?

No, since I don't know anyone that actually plays video games (some play CoD and only CoD so that doesn't really count)

If it comes up for some reason I will say so. But I do not go around wearing a t-shirt that says I hang out on video game forums or anything it's hardly an interesting topic of conversation. Also I have been barely coming onto the forums for a long time anyway so it's not all that accurate.

No I don't just randomly walk up to people and tell them I post on a gaming forum. It has never come up in conversation ether, so no one knows I do it, but it's not out of some dark secret shame of it. If anyone asked I would tell them I posted here and I wouldn't care what they thought. Someone that would get worked up over something as dumb as that isn't someone I would want to be around anyway, so it would just be a good way to weed out the dumb people.

In my perspective, telling someone that I go on forums is like telling someone that I listen to Rock music. Do people spend copious amounts of time on forums that it becomes something that you can confess to other people?