Nuclear Bingo
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The truth in the matter is that there is no value in being a hardcore gamer. All my wasted years ;_;
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ChaosEmperor1988
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"hardcore" gaming does not exist. same with "Casual" gaming.
Nuclear Bingo
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sure they do. I'm sure those who describe themselves as hardcore play far more than what a casual player would be considered to be. Same for the level of difficulty of the game or setting and depth of the game
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Nuclear Bingo
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I agree with you
Yes sorry I don't need a super jump with racing movement nor do I need those stages.
I do too. I'm not really into RPG type games anyways. I like Harvest Moon because it's chill and relaxing like Animal Crossing. No need to add battling and extra stress.
Not unless you plan on going into the gaming field for your career, even then all it brings you is knowledge of what's out there, what not to copy and what's probably going to sell and what won't sell. Although I suppose that can be handy information.
cosmic-latte
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Yeah, and if you play online games everything is pretty much temporary.
I play games enough for somebody to label me that but I really don't like the term...It's just so cringy.
It would be like calling yourself a 'tellytubby' because you're a hardcore TV viewer or something.
Nuclear Bingo
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Well said Manah
It bugs me since 'gamer' can practically mean anything from "spends every waking moment optimizing for a Raid on WoW" to "played Angry Birds for 2 minutes whilst on the toilet".
There's just something about the term I really don't like. It's like the term doesn't really mean anything at all these days since most people play games in some variation. It's literally the same as calling yourself a 'tellytubby' with the amount of people that do it.
I guess I can sum up my feelings towards this with my usual analogy I use for 'guitarists'.
- Kirk Hammett, Alexi Laiho and Per Nilsson are guitarists.
- Little Timmy from down the road who knows how to finger A minor (lulz) just plays the guitar.
My mum isn't a doctor because she put a plaster on my knee, my dad isn't a mechanic because he replaced the chain on my bicycle (though, he actually is a mechanic, but not because of the bicycle).
I'm sure you get the point I'm making here.
If professional or noticeably high skilled gamers were the only ones using the term, it wouldn't be so bad. For how much it gets thrown around though, it would be like calling anybody who has even been in the same room as a guitar before a guitarist.
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I agree with you. Unfortunately, I think it's more the idea of stereotypes behind the word "gamer" as oppose to most other words that describe what people do. Some still associate gamers with negative connotations in their mind and in some circles it's still very much frowned upon as childish, nerdy, etc.
Just anecdotal, but I remember hearing these two guys on ESPN Radio talking about Hearthstone. Apparently the world championships were going to be on ESPN. Anyway, one of the radio guys (ex-NFL player, now radio host) said that if people over the age of 25 still play video games, something was wrong with them. I was dumbfounded because this guy was only 40 yrs old and the fact that people, even as young as 40, still hold these views is sad
DarkDesertFox
Your Typical Trickster
I think you're overthinking things.
Nuclear Bingo
Senior Member
Perhaps not. I think Tao is right. Sadly, the term/label gamer is no different than any other label. How many people have you met that have called themselves an athlete, an artist, or a gym rat (god people love to gloat that they go to the gym) that hardly engage in the matter than the average Joe?
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Playing guitar is a profession, something that's actually productive. Tao already made a good point with the TV thing. It's not worth having a label. You wouldn't call yourself things like a movie-watcher, or a sport viewer (for lack of better word), or a driver just because you drive cars.
DarkDesertFox
Your Typical Trickster
Gaming is a hobby/activity just like art, where the person doing the activity is called the "artist". What are we supposed to call ourselves? I really think you guys are thinking too much into this. It's just a word. I never really hear it abused.
My point is it seems really REALLY unnecessary. It'd be like calling myself a breather because I breath air.
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