[quote name='Puffa469']I dont get all the negative connotation associated with the term 'hardcore'.
Im a Hardcore gamer. To me that means Im reeeally into gaming.
Shit, everyone here is a hardcore gamer. Your arguing about the term on an internet message board dedicated to gamers who buy sooo many games that they need to get them cheap.
I got news for you, if you follow gamimg development, and stream E3 press conferences, and know all the games that are coming out a year before they do, then your a hardcore gamer too.
Being elitist, or dismissive of others gaming likes and opinions doesnt make you hardcore, it makes you an asshole.[/QUOTE]
I was typing the same thing. To me every single person who posted here is a hardcore gamer, they either don't realize it or deny it. If you are checking this site at work, or at home on odd hours, or you are reading blogs and sites about E3 coverage I hate to break it to you but are hardcore.
Imagine if it was cars and someone you worked with loved Camaros and checked car sites about the new Camaro redesign. When you describe that person to someone else, chances are you would use the word Hardcore Car or Camaro lover.
For me it has nothing to do with being an asshole. It has nothing to do with with being elitist. It has nothing to do with playing a game to 100%. It has everything to do with loving games and nothing else. Some of the same people I see in this thread saying that hardcore gamers are assholes and elitists are the same ones bitching in the Fanboy BluRay and Xbox threads, but yet somehow that same classification doesn't apply to them now? Hello kettle?
If you love games, if you talk about games to people who don't care, if you know release dates like the back of your hand, if you can't wait for the next Kojima game, if you know who Kojima is, if you know schedules, directors and studios, then you are a hardcore gamer. It has nothing to do with what you have or how you play it. It has everything to do with how you feel about it.
Sadly, I am sure this will help fuel the fire and flame war will ensue. So to all the people that are about to disagree with this and bitch about it and debate the nuances of the word, remember you are fighting on a video game forum about the validity of the words hardcore gamer, take a step back and think about how hypocritical that is.