When was the day you became a 'Hardcore' Gamer?

[Kwaidd]

Euphoria14 said:

Kwaidd said:

if you want to use the term hardcore gamer...I guess I'll entertain the phrase by my definition of what it is or should be, rather than all the other pompous nonsense its correllated to these days on forums such as these.

when I first "fell in love with video games and got hooked for life", I think it was the mid 80's with King's Quest on pc and Defender and Centipede on Coleco Vision.  I've been hooked on gaming ever since those initial experiences.

Anyone else a King's Quest junkie from way back?

 

- kw

 

 Going by this definition I would say I became "hardcore" when I lost 2 years of mu life to Diablo II.

 

going on 9 years of EverQuest (at least I don't put in 150 plus hours a month anymore)