What's a hardcore gamer?

[evildevil]

I'll always consider myself to be casual. I play a lot of games, but I don't aim to be the best ever. Being the best at a video game is a pretty stupid goal in itself.

[Nick]

if you consider yourself any kind of "gamer" you're hopelessly lost

[Badbatman3]

Something mainstream gamers who love the FPS genre call themselves.

[Koopaul]

The thing I don't get is why some games are "competitive" and others are for fun. Why can't they be both? Like games where you have stuff in it like items can't be a "true" competition. I mean who says?
Also I don't understand how just because a game is simpler, makes it less competitive. Does that mean you can't have a competition in badminton because its not as "hardcore" as tennis?

One of the greatest divides is probably Super Smash Bros. You have two types of people who play it:
-There's the tourny folk who turn off all the items, ban stages and characters and set a bunch of silly rules.
-Then on the other side you have people who don't believe Smash Bros. should be taken seriously at all and just go crazy with it.

I am, however, somewhere in between. Like I said, why can't it be both?

[Shroob2]

Harcore refers to violent video games with next-to-no plot that are only churned out so little 5 years olds can shoot, steal, and rape before they leave Pre-K.*

Casual refers to artistically beutiful games with lovable characters, original music, detailed levels, and more. However, they have a lack of blood and internal organs flying out of people.

*Notice: not saying anything bad about those games. I don't like them, but I'm not holding any grudges.

[Vipershark]

Hardcore= Xbox
Casual= wii/DS Shovelware (but notice I'm not calling the wii itself casual)

[Skink]

The term was coined up to separate gamers like this:

Hardcore Gamers= People who hate the Wii.
Casual Gamers= People who like the Wii.

Spot on Koopaul. Guys in my school talk about halo and how hardcore they are all day. And when I tell them that there are "hardcore" games on the Wii, like no more heroes, they say "IF ITS FOR THE WII ITS GAAAAAAY KID GAMES. CAUSE WERE HARDCOOOORE AND XBOX IS THE MOST HARDCORE SYSTEM OF ALL TIME"


My school sucks.

[Emma]

...What the fuck am I, then?

I play the PS2, Xbox 360, DS and Wii, pretty much equally (except for the wii, and that's only because it's in the living room).

I enjoy RPGs and "casual" games like Harvest Moon just as much as I enjoy FPS and TPS games like Halo, Bioshock and Tomb Raider.

[Shroob2]

Pretty much, it's widely accepted that if a game doesn't have:
-pornography
-drugs
-sex

It's "casual" and "kiddie" and "stupid".
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Note the above statements are according to (ugh...) today's gamer (I was forced to say that.)

[Alpha Six]

Harcore refers to violent video games with next-to-no plot that are only churned out so little 5 years olds can shoot, steal, and rape before they leave Pre-K.*

Casual refers to artistically beutiful games with lovable characters, original music, detailed levels, and more. However, they have a lack of blood and internal organs flying out of people.

*Notice: not saying anything bad about those games. I don't like them, but I'm not holding any grudges.

You're retarded. Really retarded.

And SSBB shouldn't be played by tourneyfags anyway, it's meant to be a game to bullshit about in, since literally anybody can pick up and go and be good at it. Which is the main reason why it's not a real fighter(hate to bring it up again, but it's true).

[JarJar]

Harcore refers to violent video games with next-to-no plot that are only churned out so little 5 years olds can shoot, steal, and rape before they leave Pre-K.*

Casual refers to artistically beutiful games with lovable characters, original music, detailed levels, and more. However, they have a lack of blood and internal organs flying out of people.

*Notice: not saying anything bad about those games. I don't like them, but I'm not holding any grudges.

you sir are not a gamer

[Vipershark]

basically,

HARDCORE:


Casual:

[Badbatman3]

Spot on Koopaul. Guys in my school talk about halo and how hardcore they are all day. And when I tell them that there are "hardcore" games on the Wii, like no more heroes, they say "IF ITS FOR THE WII ITS GAAAAAAY KID GAMES. CAUSE WERE HARDCOOOORE AND XBOX IS THE MOST HARDCORE SYSTEM OF ALL TIME"


My school sucks.

One time when one of my classmates asked me what console I had, I told them it was the gamecube and they said it sucks because it's a bunch of kid games. Yeah, as if games aren't toys to begin with.

[PrettyNier]

VIDEO GAMES ARENT TOYS AND ANIME ARENT CARTOONS

[Shawn]

im a hardcore toy player. i built my blocks so high that a plane flew by and knocked them over