I tend to play on normal so when I replay the game I can play it on the hardest difficulty ^.^

When i first boot up a game and play it for the first time i go for the hardest difficulty i can which is usually hard. If i really enjoyed the game, afterwards ill replay it on its hardest difficulty if it needed to be unlocked.

Normally I started all games on Hard, however for Stalker, I started on Easy, because starting anywhere else is the gaming equivalent of french frying when you should've pizza'd (you're gonna have a bad time).

Oh, I guess I only read the first part of the sentence then.

"Pussy mode" I hate challenge in video games.

Depends on the genre.
FPS I play on hard first (because vet isn't available mostly)
RPG's mostly on normal (if there is a difficult setting)
HnS games also depends on the franchise. GoW I finish on hardest difficulty, but games like bayonetta I can barely finish on normal.

but mostly the hardest way, because that's the best way imo :p

Yeah. I'll leave if I get perma-banned, bored (Which I'll probably return from) or I start to hate everything.

I do mine first run in normal because I don't want to get pissed off at the game and not finish it then I do it in the hardest difficulty.

Easy
Intermediate - This is what I play on.
Hard - This is what I play on when I best Intermediate mode.

I never actually play on easy. The 9 people that voted for easy mode or less don't deserve to be VGChartians.

Most of the time I pick hard but I am not afraid of replaying the game if I get stuck in hard.

For example, I started Fire Emblem Awakening on hard and I can't beat mission 10, so I'm going to do it all again but on normal mode!