You did not quit being a hardcore gamer because you are.
What you quit was being a mainstreamer.
Today mainstreamer somehow is supposed to equal hardcore gamer. (yesterday I finished Mario Galaxy after 6 years and it was really hard. Real mario games were always hardcore. Games like FIFA/COD are just mainstream)
I dunno why the media and mainstreamers labeled mainstreamers hardcore players. And why mainstreamers believe they are hardcore gamers.
I mean its like people saying "I am a MAN I cannot wear pink t-shirts that would not be masculine" those are the people that have a masculinity issue because they care about bullshit like what colors they wear etc. Be a man and do what you want dammit.
There is no such thing as casual/hardcore its mainstream/hardcore and the games are either accessible or non accessible. Casual is a bullshit term because Tetris or Angry Birds are both hardcore (are perfect 50c arcade wasters) and casual.(play from time to time in short bursts without complicated gameplay)
According to COD devs COD players are not even real gamers and I agree ( when you play all types of genres AND COD thats another story tho)
Its sad that everything that somehow gets a popularity boost is infested with mainstream cancer. Be it music movies and now games....
