Like many of you, I enjoy CM, and other titles such as operation star, as well as simulators like SABOW and DCS World. I throughly enjoy wargaming and serious tactical strategic games, essentially. But I often find when talking about that to the uninitiated(read:99 percent of the population) conversation goes like this :
Them: So what are some of your hobbies
Me: *starts off with non gaming hobbies*, and videogames.
Them: What are your favorites?
Me: Well, I like wargames, realistic ones.
Them: Oh! so like Call of duty?
At this point, I am never sure wether I should just bite it and say yeah, or try to fumblingly explain the games I play and what makes them different from the mainstream. I worry that I will either take too long to explain and/or come off as way too nerdy and turn them off from further conversation
How do you all deal with these situations?