dnnc on 05 February 2008
| Katilian said: Hardcore gamers are generally teenagers (or atleast that's what they act like) who are obsessive over a single console. They will fight to the death about how their console is superior to everything else on the market, and often completely defy logic to try and get their point across. This includes making posts about how any other console is aimed at casuals or is kiddie (i.e. is not hardcore). Hardcore gamers also defined by the games they play. Any game which does not involve killing tens of thousands of enemies in a brutal bloodbath is a game for kiddies and therefore is not considered hardcore. This is because they need to prove they are mature to everyone else, despite the fact that most adults, while considering most of the games to have content only appropriate for adults, actually consider them to lack any maturity at all. Also, any game which is not rendered in high definition, or involves large flat shaded polygons (particularly anything brightly coloured) must be terrible and they will make sure to let you know about it. Hardcore gamers also tend to not have any real friends. This is why online gaming is so important to them. When they are not out trolling around game forums proving their system is better, they are gaming online. This is where they get to flex their gaming muscle and prove their superiority to all those kiddie gamers. Hardcore gamers are also industry experts. In fact, they know exactly what is happening in the industry (even before it happens) and if they were in charge of their favourite company, would know exactly what to do better. Many of these claims also defy logic and lack any sort of business sense. Finally, hardcore gamers are noted by the fact that they control the definition of hardcore. This often changes with each generation of console as they need to back their favourite companies ideas, no matter how terrible they are. If their company's next console is "Dog-poo-on-a-stick" then any other hardcore console would need to also contain dog poo. If a competing company then produces "Dog-poo-in-a-can", then this challenges this definition and the stick now becomes a factor in making their console more hardcore. I hope this helps clear up what is meant by a Hardcore Gamer. /sarcasm (for the sarcastically challenged) |
No.....No.., there is no need to lie, there is no sarcasm in your post whatsoever
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