wtf is a hard core gamer?

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: notfred
There's no such thing as a "hardcore gamer". There is nothing about sitting in front of a TV or computer screen and playing games that could be remotely associated with the idea of "hardcore".

Yeah....the X Games are the apex of hardcore, right? :roll:

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: ElFenix
are people who play the sims or similar 20 hours a day hard core gamers? if not, why not?

No. "Gaming" requires utilization and the testing of your reflexes and hand-eye-coordination.

Otherwise you could call a secretary who uses Excel 9 hours a day a gamer.

only one problem......excel isnt a game and it doesnt become a game the longer you use it

there are actually excel macros that are games

http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Cupertino/5678/

playing games in excel is pretty hardcore.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: notfred
There's no such thing as a "hardcore gamer". There is nothing about sitting in front of a TV or computer screen and playing games that could be remotely associated with the idea of "hardcore".

www.dictionary.com

hardcore - intensely loyal, die-hard.

so please stfu and troll somewhere else.

 

[Slogun]

Hardcore gamer = willing to debate the nuances of gaming on an online forum such as this

 

[IamDonSharp]

X-games aren't hardcore, they wear pads. The Badluck 13 Riot Extraviganza, they were hardcore. Google them if you're curious. Now about hardcore gamers, anybody who goes into serious debt keeping up with the latest Vid Card, Cpu, ram, and other pieces of hardware to squeeze another 12 fps out of a game that worked perfectly 5 cards and $12,000 ago could be considered "hardcore gamer!". Hmm. . . is that hardcore gaming or hardcore shopping?

donsharp

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

A hardcore gamer not only plays games a helluva lot, he stays top on the news for gaming.

 

[Powermoloch]

I'm hardcore

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: notfred
There's no such thing as a "hardcore gamer". There is nothing about sitting in front of a TV or computer screen and playing games that could be remotely associated with the idea of "hardcore".

QFT

The term irks me, because it means whatever the person using it wants it to mean. Usually in the form of: "You are not a hardcore gamer, because X". X=whatever the one using the term "hardcore gamer" does that the person talking to doesn't. That could be: Doesn't buy the topend peice of hardware the day it comes out, doesn't turn off all eyecandy and run 640x480, doesn't turn all eyecandy and play resolution set at InfinityxInfinity, doesn't play Game X(because every "hardcore player" does, duh!), doesn't Invert Mouse or other funky control binding, WASD!, etc etc etc ad nauseum amen. IOWs, it's usually used as Gradeschool playground flamebait.

 

[Zugzwang152]

I prefer the term "dedicated" gamer.

 

[BFG10K]

Im sure there is also macro porn but that doesnt make excel porn

LOL!