You're a "Hardcore" Gamer When...

[dmase]

Ive done all those things besides the FF7 chat.. wait, actually i ahve.

May i add some?

Youre a gamer if you wish your school/college/uni was a FPS Map.
You're a gamer if you find yourself looking at a location/spot that would make a potentially sweet sniper spot.
You're a gamer if you have just too many empty cans and bottle around your gaming area.

If you have that many cans then contemplate building a giant robot out of it... you might be a gundam fan.

 

[RIOgreatescapist]

I'm a gamer because I play videogames? Enough with the guidelines and stereotypes geez...

 

[Baconmonster723]

I have to disagree with people saying that just because someone plays a few games here or there they are a gamer. No they are someone who plays games. A gamer is someone who plays games routinely as a source of entertainment, and someone who can look at a calendar and point to days on it not as the 16t of March but the day Metro 2033 and Dragon Age:Awakening come out. The day that you look forward to games and you can identify their release dates, that is the day you can call yourself a gamer. Because you are interested in the gaming enough to plan for the future. Not just walk into a store and pick out a couple games that look appealing.

 

[RheynbowDash]

You know your a gamer, when you hear a plane over head, thinking its a UAV and you instinctively think if you have Cold-Blooded equipped.

You know your a gamer if you hit on a girl and you roll a Charisma check before hand.

You know your a gamer when you have the Tetris Type A music as your ringtone.

You know your a gamer when you get that little feeling of "Holy Shit..." when you find a copy of "Stadium Events" at a garage sale for $.50

You know your a gamer when your wardrobe consists of 80% game or game related apparel.

You know your a gamer when your this guy:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4029

 

[Magnalian]

*Played over 30+ titles

I probably have, but a lot of them consisted of crappy spinoffs of TV shows, so they don't count.

*Devoted 8 hours into a single game in one sitting

Never done that, never will, I like to retain at least something you can still call health.

*Actually memorized codes for your favorite games before

Never remembered them, so I wrote 'em down.

*Ever held a conversation with fellow gamers about how FFVII was the best/worst title of all time

I don't play Final Fantasy. I have never played Final Fantasy. I will never play Final Fantasy.

*When you measure the cost of things in terms of the equivalent number of games

I measure the cost of things in terms of how much money I actually have.

*When noon is too early..... way too early.

Only on weekends.

*When you yell "camper" at the bad guys in movies.

Luckily, I haven't sunk so low yet.

*You buy a mini-fridge to put next to your computer desk for your Dew because going to the kitchen takes too long; Your REALLY are a gamer when you buy a coffee pot to put on top of the mini-fridge.

Nope.

* True gamers gain a meditation like ability while playing.

Ok, I'll give you that one.

* True gamers always look for weapons, escape routes and potentially dangerous enemies while on the street.

My paranoia is just fine, thank you very much.

* Gamers can memorize locations and maps in their heads and can bring them up any time they get lost.

My sense of direction sucks.

* True gamers always take the hardest route knowing there will be something good at the end.

I don't mind a stroll down easy street if it means I get a big-ass gun.

Sorry for ranting a little bit, but I'm really getting sick of all this elitist behaviour. Sure, there are gamers and there are non-gamers, but the definition isn't as solid as you want us to believe.

 

[SonicWaffle]

You're a gamer when you get really, really sick of seeing forum threads about what makes people gamers, as these threads tend to rule out people who don't spend their entire lives playing video games.

Seriously, get the hell over it. People play games and have fun, you don't have to label them based on how much time they invest in it or how much they obssess over their hobby.

 

[gamefreakbsp]

I have defeated many of your challenges. I am a gamer at long last.

 

[MasterWhatever]

You're a gamer when you don't know wether you should rest or drink another energy beverage.

 

[Klarinette]

*Played over 30+ titles - Yes
*Devoted 8 hours into a single game in one sitting - Yes
*Actually memorized codes for your favorite games before - *sigh* Yes
*Ever held a conversation with fellow gamers about how FFVII was the best/worst title of all time - No, not that FF, anyway
*When you measure the cost of things in terms of the equivalent number of games - I can vaguely remember doing something like that, rationalizing the cost of Sims Complete
*When noon is too early..... way too early. - I regularly sleep until 3
*When you yell "camper" at the bad guys in movies. - No, I only yell that at girls at the skate park when they sit there and text
*You buy a mini-fridge to put next to your computer desk for your Dew because going to the kitchen takes too long; Your REALLY are a gamer when you buy a coffee pot to put on top of the mini-fridge. - If only I could afford it
* True gamers gain a meditation like ability while playing. - I call it a trance where time disappears
* True gamers always look for weapons, escape routes and potentially dangerous enemies while on the street. - Enemies and escape routes, yes. I am a 'flight' kinda gal.
* Gamers can memorize locations and maps in their heads and can bring them up any time they get lost. Absolutely
* True gamers always take the hardest route knowing there will be something good at the end. - Except when I'm being chased--fuck that.

 

[KiKiweaky]

I can spend a day playing computer games, pretty much solid only breaking for food, smokes etc... I wouldn't class myself as hardcore by any means, my friends who wouldn't play as much as me would. Hardcore players would say I'm not good enough. I've heard some of the awful lengths people go to to get that extra hour/run in. I probably play too much but what else am I going to do when I'm at home doing nothing? Browse the interwebz/watch tv? Fak that!

I suppose one for the list.

Turning your phone off, x, y and z can g'way n shite I needz new shiny >.< If you add that you can rephrase it, as long as you get the general idea. Have only done it a few times, when I thought a film people were going to see was going to be crap etc.

 

[Sosa Star]

A guy once told me I wasn't a gamer cause I didn't like FPS's.

I wonder if he's out of the hospital yet?

 

[Lifefable]

True Generic Gamer, however I placed it in there because it was well known as an example of a code I could always edit in the codes from other games if you prefer

 

[PhantomCritic]

You are a gamer when you play games. Nuff said.

 

[Sassafrass]

A gamer is known as, and listen carefully children, grab hold of something as the shock of what I'm about to say may stun some of you and make you feel giddy, is someone

Spoiler

who plays games. *Gasp!* I know, shocking, isn't it?

To be honest, I find the people that feel the need to label themselves as hard-core or casual to be a massive twat.

Or, to sum it up better then I can as I'm currently trying to eat dinner.

You're a gamer when you get really, really sick of seeing forum threads about what makes people gamers, as these threads tend to rule out people who don't spend their entire lives playing video games.

Seriously, get the hell over it. People play games and have fun, you don't have to label them based on how much time they invest in it or how much they obssess over their hobby.

What this guy said.

 

[Radu889]

You are a gamer when you post a thread which was already posted and disscused for ten times this month.

 

[Akkiko]

Tetris and Bejeweled a gamer does not make.

I figure someone is officially a gamer when they can come onto a forum (such as this one) and not be lost among the sea of titles and terminologies. When you can hold a decent conversation with someone else by jumping from title to title and be able to intricately discuss plot, graphics, game design, battle systems and side quests. What you liked and did not like, what makes or breaks a game for you and how you critique certain aspects of the game.

Saying "Yes, I played Halo and I can kill with the best of them!" does not make you a gamer. Saying "Yes, I played Kingdom Hearts and while the graphics and battle system were fairly decent, I think they're overkilling it with all these sequels/prequels and add-ons. It was fine at the first game, maybe even the second, but all those DS branches are just too much."

 

[AVeryDrunkPanda]

Just on the topic of being a hardcore gamer, I think there's different things that define hardcore from... other versions of hardcore, but that's irrelevant to the rest of the post. A hardcore gamer will be willing to play games in different genres, styles, and consoles and not discriminate based on those things. A hardcore gamer doesn't gloat, or intentionally be rude when playing Multiplayer or split-screen games. They take time to learn the mechanics of a game knowing that it will help them later on, they'll experiment and memorize different little things in an attempt to develop new tactics. It seems to me that hardcore gamers don't just play a game, to an extent, they learn everything they can about the game.