Comments on: Defining “Casual” And “Hardcore” http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/ A blog about MMORPGs like World of Warcraft (WoW) and Everquest 2 (EQ2) Sat, 18 May 2013 23:06:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: What am I missing about EVE Online? | ctrlclick.com http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-18406 What am I missing about EVE Online? | ctrlclick.com Sun, 09 May 2010 10:00:01 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-18406 [...] one digital package and pumped over the intertubes. But EVE is a bitch to play. I think you can probably define "hardcore gamer" by the level of excitement you get when you log into the [...] [...] one digital package and pumped over the intertubes. But EVE is a bitch to play. I think you can probably define "hardcore gamer" by the level of excitement you get when you log into the [...]

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-12652 Gordon Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:46:46 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-12652 It's an interesting point you make about the "hardcore" people not turning up to raids etc. I've seen that before. I remember being in a guild with two incredibly "hardcore" players who must've played 8 hours a day and leveled so fast and were very competitive. Ultimately they out leveled everyone else and left and didn't get to experience the fun raids. Goes to show that time played isn't everything. It’s an interesting point you make about the “hardcore” people not turning up to raids etc. I’ve seen that before. I remember being in a guild with two incredibly “hardcore” players who must’ve played 8 hours a day and leveled so fast and were very competitive. Ultimately they out leveled everyone else and left and didn’t get to experience the fun raids. Goes to show that time played isn’t everything.

]]> By: Nollind Whachell http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-12650 Nollind Whachell Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:37:53 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-12650 Brian comment is dead on and pretty much how I responded to this question on a thread at another blog. For example, when I played WoW, I only played two nights a week but during those nights I did lots of raiding. So I was both a "casual" player in terms of time and yet a "hardcore" player with regards to the complexity and depth of the game. In effect, when raiding, I expected to people to be there and on time, so as not to waste other people's time. What's funny is that most of the people who did NOT show up on time were often "hardcore" people in terms of the amount of time they played the game. They played all of the time, so they didn't care about showing up at a specific time. Brian comment is dead on and pretty much how I responded to this question on a thread at another blog. For example, when I played WoW, I only played two nights a week but during those nights I did lots of raiding. So I was both a “casual” player in terms of time and yet a “hardcore” player with regards to the complexity and depth of the game. In effect, when raiding, I expected to people to be there and on time, so as not to waste other people’s time. What’s funny is that most of the people who did NOT show up on time were often “hardcore” people in terms of the amount of time they played the game. They played all of the time, so they didn’t care about showing up at a specific time.

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-12628 Gordon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:00:01 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-12628 Your last paragraph is gold and very interesting. I suppose unlike playing a FPS on my PS3 and just dipping in and out for quick games, I have a connection to my MMORPG and it's online world and inhabitants thus making me immediately more hardcore than compared to any other type of game I've played. Your last paragraph is gold and very interesting. I suppose unlike playing a FPS on my PS3 and just dipping in and out for quick games, I have a connection to my MMORPG and it’s online world and inhabitants thus making me immediately more hardcore than compared to any other type of game I’ve played.

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-12627 Gordon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:58:38 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-12627 It's odd because I agree with everything you're said and reading it makes me consider myself more hardcore. Although I never raided a lot or played huge hours in EQ2, I did spend a lot of time calculating the best specs and weapons etc. What do ya know - I was probably more hardcore than I thought! :) It’s odd because I agree with everything you’re said and reading it makes me consider myself more hardcore. Although I never raided a lot or played huge hours in EQ2, I did spend a lot of time calculating the best specs and weapons etc. What do ya know – I was probably more hardcore than I thought! :)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-12626 Gordon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:57:22 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-12626 Hmm, I'd say hardcore casual :) Hmm, I’d say hardcore casual :)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-12625 Gordon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:57:08 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-12625 "If you see other players as incompetent whiners who are ruining the genre you’re hardcore." That's certainly one way to define it :) “If you see other players as incompetent whiners who are ruining the genre you’re hardcore.”

That’s certainly one way to define it :)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-12624 Gordon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:56:04 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-12624 Hehe :) Hehe :)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-12622 Gordon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:55:28 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-12622 I think you're absolutely dead on with the two measurements observation. I've often associated time with "hardcore" even though that was totally inaccurate as I probably spent more time online that most people. It's definitely a frame of mind and how one looks at the game. If someone just wants to play and have a laugh and doesn't care about being competitive, or whatever, then they will never be hardcore regardless of the amount of time they put into it. I think you’re absolutely dead on with the two measurements observation. I’ve often associated time with “hardcore” even though that was totally inaccurate as I probably spent more time online that most people. It’s definitely a frame of mind and how one looks at the game. If someone just wants to play and have a laugh and doesn’t care about being competitive, or whatever, then they will never be hardcore regardless of the amount of time they put into it.

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/12/06/defining-casual-and-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-12621 Gordon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:51:59 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=2326#comment-12621 I always thought of the term hardcore being for someone who devoted so much of their live to something that everything else was ignore. I often used it as a negative term... partly because I was so jealous of them :) I always thought of the term hardcore being for someone who devoted so much of their live to something that everything else was ignore. I often used it as a negative term… partly because I was so jealous of them :)

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