i just registered now things are hotting up and my first reply sounded like i was a troll so i thought i would just say on record - hi, i am not a troll!
one thing that bugs me however (now that i'm here) is how people classify themselves as 'hardcore' gamers? i have been playing games for ages, ZX81 -> c64 -> Amiga -> SNES (friends at uni) -> PS -> PS2 -> WII. i think sony/ms are 'latching' onto this hardcore gamer thing as if they are the only platform that supports 'hardcore' gamers - b0ll0x. i bet a person who has played mario carts to death and knows every box and bend and shortcut or a person who has played all the mini games and seen all the different endings of an rpg does not call themselves a 'hardcore' gamer - they just like playing games. in my opinion calling yourself a hardcore gamer is paramount to calling yourself a trainspotter or carbooter, a bit geeky at best. its just rhetoric, turn something upside down, big-box-little-box, reinvent the same thing and sell it again (or in sony/ms world - use it to sell what they want). that sounds quite poetic so i shall leave it there.
no one will probably read this, but hey anyhow, really looking forward to d3, been waiting long enough, know i will be the (not 'a', but 'the') monk, its going to rock, may try the pvp now it sounds like it's opened up to none-trainspotters (good call blizz), top site, laters dudes and dudetts.
i bet a person who has played mario carts to death and knows every box and bend and shortcut or a person who has played all the mini games and seen all the different endings of an rpg does not call themselves a 'hardcore' gamer
Because their not. On the other hand, committing 500 hours to a character, knowing that with even one mistake it will be gone forever is hardcore.
I guess it's basically up to yourself to define what a 'hardcore' gamer is. I see it as one who spends a lot of time playing competetively, and play not only to have fun, but to win and be 'the best'.
A lot of people will call themselves hardcore gamers, and I don't really care. Whatever works for them, right?
I see your point - fun is one thing but being the best rules! I checked out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_gamer and have come to the conclusion that maybe i'm just jealous of the 'hardcore' gamers who can spend time doing what i used to do so from the list i would categorise myself now as a 'Mid-core gamer' - amazing the actual categories they have. so, your right - whatever. but i still think being pigeon-holed for some marketing campaign is creepy...
Because their not. On the other hand, committing 500 hours to a character, knowing that with even one mistake it will be gone forever is hardcore.
another reply - awesome! lol, okay, yes, i s'pose, putting it that way, their not. however, maybe there should be a 'madcore' category? i know i went mad playing evercrack - don't think i have fully recovered
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one thing that bugs me however (now that i'm here) is how people classify themselves as 'hardcore' gamers? i have been playing games for ages, ZX81 -> c64 -> Amiga -> SNES (friends at uni) -> PS -> PS2 -> WII. i think sony/ms are 'latching' onto this hardcore gamer thing as if they are the only platform that supports 'hardcore' gamers - b0ll0x. i bet a person who has played mario carts to death and knows every box and bend and shortcut or a person who has played all the mini games and seen all the different endings of an rpg does not call themselves a 'hardcore' gamer - they just like playing games. in my opinion calling yourself a hardcore gamer is paramount to calling yourself a trainspotter or carbooter, a bit geeky at best. its just rhetoric, turn something upside down, big-box-little-box, reinvent the same thing and sell it again (or in sony/ms world - use it to sell what they want). that sounds quite poetic so i shall leave it there.
no one will probably read this, but hey anyhow, really looking forward to d3, been waiting long enough, know i will be the (not 'a', but 'the') monk, its going to rock, may try the pvp now it sounds like it's opened up to none-trainspotters (good call blizz), top site, laters dudes and dudetts.
Because their not. On the other hand, committing 500 hours to a character, knowing that with even one mistake it will be gone forever is hardcore.
I see your point - fun is one thing but being the best rules! I checked out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_gamer and have come to the conclusion that maybe i'm just jealous of the 'hardcore' gamers who can spend time doing what i used to do so from the list i would categorise myself now as a 'Mid-core gamer' - amazing the actual categories they have. so, your right - whatever. but i still think being pigeon-holed for some marketing campaign is creepy...
another reply - awesome! lol, okay, yes, i s'pose, putting it that way, their not. however, maybe there should be a 'madcore' category? i know i went mad playing evercrack - don't think i have fully recovered