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Junkie
Location: India
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6 Degrees of Gamers
pretty good article on gamers...where would you rate yourself?
i would be a little verison of hardcore...dont have THAT much info but i would give gaming preference to social life(unless its online) ![]() taken from http://www.2old2play.com/modules.php...rder=0&thold=0 Quote:
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Junkie
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I'm just a casual gamer. Playing computer games doesn't interest me further than having something to do when I'm bored. I love computer games, but I wouldn't give stuff up for them.
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is a tiger
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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I don't really fit into any of the categories. And it seems there's a slight bias towards the hardcore gamers
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Addict
Location: Tulsa, OK
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I consider myself a pretty hardcore gamer... but according that article I'm probably a pretend hardcore gamer. :P
Seriously though, I play games. That's what I do. I've fallen out of console games in the past five years because it seems like all of the originality and innovation is gone, but I've more than compensated with PC games since then. I've been subscribed to almost all of the major MMORPG's out there-- UO, Everquest, Asheron's Call, Anarchy Online, Asheron's Call 2, City of Heroes, Final Fantasy XI, World of Warcraft. My main problem with them is, I'm too busy playing as many games as I can, to focus on a single MMORPG character, so I end up never hitting the level caps. My attention span is just too short. I have to play EVERYTHING! |
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Insane
Location: Cali
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I think I would fall into the devout gamer. I love a few games and I put all my effort into those few games. Like CyCo PL I played a lot of the MMOs but only UO EQ and WoW kept my attention. The other ones I tried but they didnt live up to the hype for me. But man in the games I like watch out.
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A nicely relevant article from GameDaily Biz.
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/myturn/?id=11598 Quote:
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Psycho
Location: OMFG BRB
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I'm mostly a devoted gamer. My last few games have been (starting with the first) GT3, BF1942, TrackMania, and now I've been playing WoW nonstop since May. Without a current "one game" I'm definitely a casual gamer, although I live with a pure bred hardcore gamer. No job, but knows libraries of information about games I've never even heard of.
Currently I'm finally starting to actually wind down in WoW a bit. For a while I would keep on finding new aspects that would each entertain me for a few more months. I don't think I'd be as devoted as I am unless my gf didn't play all the time... with wow I probably leaned a bit towards "the addict" for a while, forfeiting a number of things for it. But I had a helluva lot of fun and could only have done it with my gf doing it as well. (I kept a job during that time as well with no problem) To each his own ![]() |
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Psycho
Location: TN
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I guess I fall somewhere between devoted and casual. I tend to stick with one game at a time, but I also play other games when I need a change, and true most of the other games I play were ones I was previous devoted to. I take breaks from my games, just to keep them fresh, so I lag behind the curve.
I have a friend that I consider to be hard-core, he would come into work after 2-3 hours of sleep cause he was playing all night. He regular takes days off work to play new games, and his vacations usually consisted of a full week of 20 hr a day gaming. All he talks about is games, and what's coming out, and very active in posting on games that are "coming soon". At times I envy the time he can devote, but only for a second. |
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Banned
Location: The Cosmos
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None. The amount of time I play is casual, but my knowledge and breadth of games I've played is broad. Probably because I used to be more into them, but have had less and less time. But hard core gamers being better skilled? Puhleez, they usually lack a higher education and therefore lack some higher forms of thinking that can be put to good use in strategy and tactics. Although I think we may have different definitions of hardcore, the author doesnt go into much depth in defining the terms.
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Laid back
Location: Jayhawkland
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I guess I'm a casual gamer by these standards, though when certain games come out I'm a devoted gamer. The last one of those I can think of though is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I buy at least 2 games per month, own two consoles and a handheld, and play my friend's games while I'm at their houses, but I have other, more important things to do as well.
My kids have been the main reason why I've never ventured into the world of MMORPGs, though I'd really like to at some point (actually, come to think of it, I've never bought any computer game). They seem like they'd be alot of fun, but I just know I can't devote the time to them that I'd want to, or I'd end up playing them all the time, and not play with the kids. Whatever category I'm in, I'm comfortable with it. Though I think if I didn't have children I'd have been "hardcore" long ago. |
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Junkie
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Okay.
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Upright
Location: Rochester, NY
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I do not believe I fit into any of those categories the original post described. I am just simply a Good Gamer.
I have my hands in several online as well as SP games. I just choose to help out the "clueless gamers" and beat out the "hardcore gamers" and I do so with respect and I do not taunt, or bind 1337 or pfft...you wish. In my travels I see that most hard-core gamers are the exact cancer you speak of within the worthless category. They become so involved with any given game that they see their custom skin they made for themselves but everyone else still views them as default, as themselves in real life. Anyone that dare thwart them in a duel/battle will recieve obnoxious comments in return. Like, "Man, wth my fps sucks today." Then they proceed to drop little comments here and there, "This server is too laggy." One of my personal favorites is "Pwned". The list is endless. The unfortunate thing is, most of THESE gamers are admins in many games. Pointless to argue with them. I have even collectively tryed to reason with them before just resulting in /amkick. I believe that people look down on clueless gamers too often. Not everyone is as computer savy as others. Remember, everyone started out as a noob. Fortunatly there are "Good Gamers" out there to give advice and help to these "clueless gamers". Show them that mp games can be fun and that there are some normal, good people out there to kind of show them the way. Face it, if you suck at a game and get taunted relentlessly...You are not going to come back and play more. (Unless you're into the whole abuse S&M thing. But thats a different thread.) Anyways. The games I currently play are JA, WoW, COD2, Gta san, and Battlefield2. Gf2usir. |
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TFPer formaly known as Chauncey
Location: North East
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A married gamer is a gamer who at one time was probably a devoted gamer or even boarder line hard core game. Through the years of mariage and children they have been weened off of the marathon gaming sit downs and now resort to Civ games and expecially Fantasy sports.
Under the guise of magazines and newspapers and discussions with their friends and co-wokers they are always in the game preparing and managing their teams. Thw wife has the occasional hissy fits becasue they are not allowed to pass any phone calls to or associate with their husbands during a draft however are tolerable because the husband gives them enough time in front of the computer as well while doing outside research. Dynasty fantasy sports players are usually found as the once "Hardcore gamer" and at times can be found practicing the musical chair method that accompanies a 2 and a half month baseball draft, still compared to the alternative it is acceptable with the wife if the husband is not too blatant in what they are doing. Married gamers are also skilled in rocking th ebaby on their knees as they fix their line-ups
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Tilted
Location: New Zealand
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Hmm.. what about the "social" gamer, a subset of casual gamers. The gamer who will only play a game when they're around friends at home, maybe with a few beers. For example our flat (house) with 5 guys living there we've pretty much got every sports sim under the sun, but only ever play them when someone's around or if we have free time (rarely).
As for myself I used to be hardcore when I was in highschool, but I diversified and found music, arts, work, poetry and other things. I suppose gaming's become less and less a part of me. Now I guess I'm a devoted, casual gamer.. I don't play often but I've still got very broad knowledge and always know what's going on in the gaming scene. I also have the devotion to my console of choice (sony) and certain games like final fantasy, tekken, soul calibur, need for speed, gran turismo, suikoden. And also have retained and every now and then brush up on my skills so I would probably be able to beat your average gamer in most games.
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Crazy
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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think i'm somewhere between devoted and hardcore...i like to keep up with the "industry," but don't claim to know the name of every game director in every big company....i'd say devoted straight, but i'm "devoted" to more than one...though i have shown signs of the darker "addict" with Final Fantasy XI (had to end up quitting like it was a drug or something), so i guess i'm devoted....devoted ftw, woo!
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Insane
Location: Orlando, Florida
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I was a devoted (bordering on Addict) Earth & Beyond player, but EA ended that when they shut down the MMORPG on 22 September 2004. I since haven't found a game that I love 1/3 as much. Had EnB (or SCII) never existed I wouldn't quite fit any of the categories, not quite a hardcore gamer, but don't pretend to be one either.
I hope I can find another PvE space based MMORPG so I can be back in the "devoted gamer" mode bordering on addict. It has to be at least as good as EnB though. |
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Upright
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
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Married Hardcore Gamer. That's right, re-read those three words again. My life is basically fit into categories of "which devout game this month?" and "when the hell is _____ hitting stores?"
Yes I am the guy who shows up at best buy saying, "what do you mean you don't have Thief 3 in stock? The sell date is today. Go back into that back room and find the box you haven't opened yet." and invariably they do and come back with my immaculate copy. God bless the computer because had I been born 50 years earlier... well lets just not think about it.
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Soylent Green is people.
Location: Northern California
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I'm a Bipolar Gamer.
I'll stay away from gaming completely for months at a time (sometimes over a year) ... then, all of a sudden, spend a few months in Guild Wars ... then rest for a few months ... then buy an XBOX 360 with a few top titles ... then rest a while ... ... in a fit of nostalgia I'm replaying FF VII on my PS One ... but also started FF VIII and just purchased FF IX to play next. |
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drawn and redrawn
Location: Some where in Southern California
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Devoted Hardcore: Castlevania. I'm currantly playing the Castlevania Double pack on my DS. And trying to hunt down Dawn of Sorrow. Finished both castles on Symphony of the Night. My next challange is to finsh each game with the unlocked charaters.
From time to time, my devotion changes. It was Final Fantasy Tactics for a time. Then Xenogears. Lately, Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2. But I can't compete with two real hardcore gamers I know. One loged in over 100 hours on Final Fantasy X-2. And the other is a game play tester for Activision. He played Spiderman 2, months before it was released, fulltime, plus overtime, and he was on a gag order that prevented him from talking about it ![]() I'd play games more often if I didn't have to go to work. But work pays for games... It's something to think about.
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Upright
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Hey, this old account still works.
For me, there's only two forms of gamer: casual and hardcore. Hardcore gamers can be identified by how much their gaming ideals / ideal games are accepted in mainstream gaming. You know you're dealing with a hardcore gamer if all they praise is System Shock 2, Planescape: Torment, or any other game that sold about 5 copies. You'll also see them badmouthing any game that tends to get a lot of people playing it. From Sims to Quake 4, if lots of people like it, a hardcore gamer'll hate it. Casual, on the other hand... well, they do the opposite. They like Sims, Quake 4, and make it known by buying those sorts of games. Developers listen to these people. Whenever a hardcore gamer is whining about something in gaming, its usually because of the casual gamers. In that list, I'm a casual gamer in most respects, but I write on the internet, so I've got that bit of hardcoreness. Although, a tenent of hardcoreness is that you actually believe people listen to 'em, which I don't have ![]()
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Tilted
Location: CT/USA
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I am a devoted gamer.
I still play Diablo II without the expansion pack. When the ladder reset (char rankings) and everyone started new characters, I was right on top for the first week, ahead of those usings hacks to gain an advantage. After the first week my playing time gradually decreased back to normal, and those addicted gamers who play 18 hours a day took my #1 spot on the ladder. I love this one game because of it's item system, and I know the game inside out (I know the names of all the monsters, the items, and the limits of stats on items too). But I would still rather get out than play the game most of the time, though I don't like to be bothered when I do play games. |
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