About

Professional Players vs. Veteran Players refers to a webcomic that features two giants labeled "professional players" and "veteran players" seated above a small figure labeled "me, complaining about game mechanics." The comic has since been relabeled various complaints about video games.

Origin

On October 12th, 2019, Redditor ^[1] SrGrafo posted the comic on the /r/gaming subreddit. The post received more than 108,000 points (90% upvoted) and 1,300 comments in less than two weeks (shown below, left).

That day, Redditor^[2] ShowMeDaData shared a variation of the comic on the /r/gaming subreddit, in which the characters are labeled "children still living at home with their parents," "streamers that play 8 hours a day" and "me trying to squeeze in a few games after work." The post received more than 26,000 points (93% upvoted) and 560 comments in less than two weeks (shown below, right).

Spread

The following day, Redditor^[3] Marko420_HR shared variation about PC Gamers, Console Gamers and Mobile Gamers. The post received more than 5,700 points (92% upvoted) and 175 comments in less than one week (shown below).

Various Examples

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