DocIII said:
Sounds like you have the wrong "friends"
Some of them anyway...
But there is a certain stigma attached to certain things, like being a gamer or whatever, and if you live in a certain place, then it's simply not convenient to own up to certain things. Most of the people I hang out with think I'm a certain kind of person, which is aces, and I'm fine with smaller number of people knowing the real me. I'm willing to bet there are certain aspects of yourself that you don't share with your gamer friends...