What's your definition of a hardcore gamer?

[JackHandy]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Pemalite said:

Anyone who is passionate and an enthusiast in regards to gaming.

The platform and types of games are irrelevant to that end.

Also, speedrunners.

Speedrunners are no more hardcore than that guy who spends $250 dollars on Chrono Trigger and 100% it in the year 2025 on his SNES/CRT combo. They're the same thing, for the most part. The only different is, the seedrunner has some sort of OCD issue that compels them to obsess over fictitious goals (unless, of course, there is a built-in reward for beating a game in a certain time). That's it.