| Profrektius said:As I said there are different levels of involvement in every community. You could say that about every game. Plenty of people play games like Mass Effect but are not passionate about them. Again my point here was that this reasoning of "Fifa/ Call of Duty general audience is not passionate, but we are" comes from a sense of wanting to feel superior, and wanting to satisfy our own egos. That we somehow are better than the general audience of gamers. I would argue that is a somewhat short sighted view, and failing to see outside of our own bubble.
Hardcore gamer is usually associated with simply gaming being their primary hobby, and spending lots of time on it. So I would define hardcore gamer simply as someone that is passionate about games. I fail to see how being hyped for games would make you a hardcore gamer, as most "casual gamers" will be hyped for new Call of Duty/ Battlefield/ Fifa/ Grand Theft Auto, etc. Either way, it's just a discussion about semantics, and I meant people that are passionate about games, so I can avoid using the term "hardcore gamer" if it causes confusion for you. |
No, you can't say that about Mass Effect simply because it isn't that popular. While it is true that not everyone is passionate about the game, it's not even in the ballpark.
No, it is not coming from a sense of wanting to feel superior. If case you haven't noticed the topic is about the apparent disparency between real life and videogames forum - and that was why it is so. In real life you see more people that play popular games because they are popular, while on videogames community you see less of them.
And, you're argumenting a non-sequitur. I'm not talking about something making you something, but about typical behaviour of a group of people; the hardcore gamers get hyped about the games, but getting hyped about the games does not make you a hardcore gamer.
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