What is "Hardcore"? Whats not?

[staticneuron]

HappySqurriel said:
Hard-Core Gamer: A term selectively defined by the speaker in order to make the speaker a member of an elite gamer group.

Casual Gamer: A term selectively defined by the speaker in order to exclude everyone except the Speaker from being a member of an elite gamer group.

 

My definition of hard-core gamer is a gamer who chooses to play games based on the quality of the game and not the image surrounding the game.

geez..... Who created these terms anyways?

EDIT: Even wiki doesn't have a straight answer! oh the horror

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_gamer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_gamer