what kind of player do you consider yourself?

Conquers · November 2015

I just want to see what kind of population this game has.

Conquers · November 2015

pro gamer

Personally i enjoy playing the game and i want to beat the hardest content possible, but I cannot find enough players on console to run stuff hardcore and do speed runs of Vwgt etc

NateAssassin · November 2015

i smash my face on keyboard and stuff happens

It works pretty well with Overload.

Egonieser · November 2015

semi-casual (i have my gamer moments)

Used to be hardcore gamer when i was single.
Now between marriage, 2 kids, job and everything comes with it, i just don't have the time anymore, but when i do play - i play with results - squeezing in as much as i can in a very short timeframe.

Uriel_Nocturne · November 2015

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I agree with the OP.

Where does this leave a Gamer like me? I'll get to that below.

Gaming is my only major hobby. I love baseball (Go Royals!!! My beloved boys-in-blue won the World Series!!!) and have since I was a young child and watch it religiously when I am able, but I've been gaming for just as long.

I really started playing MMO's ever since they were first introduced and RPG's evolved from the old BBS boards.

- I spend about 4-6 hours per night in MMO's (more often than not in ESO since its the MMO that my wife enjoys the most, and we have a blast playing together), so that's 28-42 hours per week in Tamriel. Hardcore or Casual?
- I strive for the best gear and best sets for my builds, and I have multiple builds that I enjoy playing. Hardcore or Casual?
- I take my time and fully explore an area to Quest as much as possible. There's no rush to get to "end game" content. Hardcore or Casual?
- I do fully expect to make it to "End Game" content, and I look forward to completing all of it regardless of how much time it takes my wife and I to get there. The fact that Zeni keeps releasing more content for this game, which pushes back what is "end game" content, only makes me strive forward and excites me with the promise of an ever-expanding world to explore. Hardcore or Casual?
- Leaderboards? Never cared a single bit for them, though the wife and I are attempting to get every single achievement we can in the game, neither of us care about fapping to see our name on a digital list. Hardcore or Casual?
- Solo'ing World Bosses? I do it daily because I like the challenge. Hardcore or Casual?
- Solo'ing Delves? I do that daily as well because I still like the challenge. Hardcore or Casual?
- Solo'ing Dungeons? Another daily task that I greatly enjoy. Hardcore or Casual?
- Solo'ing Group Dungeons? Not a chance, though the wife and I have become the Dynamic Duo and can usually take them down by ourselves without the need for outside assistance. Hardcore or Casual?
- Many nights the wife and I just wander off into the wild to farm crafting mats and to have fun looking for Quests and Treasure Chests that we might have missed before. Hardcore or Casual?
- Often I go back and re-fight World Bosses, Delve Bosses, etc., just to get better with whatever class I'm using at the time, and to test out a new Equipment Set that I've just created. Hardcore or Casual?
- Speed-runs of various Vet-leveled content? Not often, but every so often I try or the wife and I try just to see what kind of time we can make in clearing a Delve/Dungeon/Task or Quest. Hardcore or Casual?
- I have a Gamer Tag (GT), it's Vampire Nox. However; it is not xXx360NoSc0pezZzVag1nAd3str0y3rxXx. Hardcore or Casual?

So, this is how I play my MMO's. As I said, I play ESO more than any other MMO at the moment, but I follow this same mind-set when I'm in RIFT, LotRO, or GW2.

Does this make me a "Hardcore"? A "Casual"?

I'll tell you what it makes me. It reaffirms that I am, at my very heart of hearts, a Gamer. The wife and I both are Gamers. We have been for over thirty (30) years of Gaming for each of us, and we will be Gamers until we're too feeble to hold up a controller.

That's all we need. That's all we desire.

All the other labels/derogatory comments that we read on Gaming Forums across the internet mean nothing to us. Even when it's shouted at us with spite and vitriol in-game, the nasty labels mean nothing.

We are Gamers. I am a Gamer.

That is all that matters.

Yes, I quoted myself. But it's the best way I have to describe the "type" of Gamer that I am.

I am simply, a Gamer.

Hardcore, Casual. It all means nothing if you have more depth of character than a Kardashian. Only extremely shallow gamers get hung up on the "Hardcore v Casual" crap.

Tandor · November 2015

recreational - i play a lot, but i do not consider myself a pro

I play MMOs a lot, but in short sessions across multiple characters and games. I don't play competitively or in order to socialise and just go where the mood takes me.

Smitch_59 · November 2015

recreational - i play a lot, but i do not consider myself a pro

I put in a lot of hours but I take my time, listen to all dialogue, open every container, harvest everything I can carry, and basically enjoy the scenery. I'm strictly PVE and have been a TES fan since Morrowind. ESO is my first MMO.

PBpsy · November 2015

i smash my face on keyboard and stuff happens

HEKKK YEAAAhhhh!!!!! /fistpump

Conquers · November 2015

pro gamer

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I agree with the OP.

Where does this leave a Gamer like me? I'll get to that below.

Gaming is my only major hobby. I love baseball (Go Royals!!! My beloved boys-in-blue won the World Series!!!) and have since I was a young child and watch it religiously when I am able, but I've been gaming for just as long.

I really started playing MMO's ever since they were first introduced and RPG's evolved from the old BBS boards.

- I spend about 4-6 hours per night in MMO's (more often than not in ESO since its the MMO that my wife enjoys the most, and we have a blast playing together), so that's 28-42 hours per week in Tamriel. Hardcore or Casual?
- I strive for the best gear and best sets for my builds, and I have multiple builds that I enjoy playing. Hardcore or Casual?
- I take my time and fully explore an area to Quest as much as possible. There's no rush to get to "end game" content. Hardcore or Casual?
- I do fully expect to make it to "End Game" content, and I look forward to completing all of it regardless of how much time it takes my wife and I to get there. The fact that Zeni keeps releasing more content for this game, which pushes back what is "end game" content, only makes me strive forward and excites me with the promise of an ever-expanding world to explore. Hardcore or Casual?
- Leaderboards? Never cared a single bit for them, though the wife and I are attempting to get every single achievement we can in the game, neither of us care about fapping to see our name on a digital list. Hardcore or Casual?
- Solo'ing World Bosses? I do it daily because I like the challenge. Hardcore or Casual?
- Solo'ing Delves? I do that daily as well because I still like the challenge. Hardcore or Casual?
- Solo'ing Dungeons? Another daily task that I greatly enjoy. Hardcore or Casual?
- Solo'ing Group Dungeons? Not a chance, though the wife and I have become the Dynamic Duo and can usually take them down by ourselves without the need for outside assistance. Hardcore or Casual?
- Many nights the wife and I just wander off into the wild to farm crafting mats and to have fun looking for Quests and Treasure Chests that we might have missed before. Hardcore or Casual?
- Often I go back and re-fight World Bosses, Delve Bosses, etc., just to get better with whatever class I'm using at the time, and to test out a new Equipment Set that I've just created. Hardcore or Casual?
- Speed-runs of various Vet-leveled content? Not often, but every so often I try or the wife and I try just to see what kind of time we can make in clearing a Delve/Dungeon/Task or Quest. Hardcore or Casual?
- I have a Gamer Tag (GT), it's Vampire Nox. However; it is not xXx360NoSc0pezZzVag1nAd3str0y3rxXx. Hardcore or Casual?

So, this is how I play my MMO's. As I said, I play ESO more than any other MMO at the moment, but I follow this same mind-set when I'm in RIFT, LotRO, or GW2.

Does this make me a "Hardcore"? A "Casual"?

I'll tell you what it makes me. It reaffirms that I am, at my very heart of hearts, a Gamer. The wife and I both are Gamers. We have been for over thirty (30) years of Gaming for each of us, and we will be Gamers until we're too feeble to hold up a controller.

That's all we need. That's all we desire.

All the other labels/derogatory comments that we read on Gaming Forums across the internet mean nothing to us. Even when it's shouted at us with spite and vitriol in-game, the nasty labels mean nothing.

We are Gamers. I am a Gamer.

That is all that matters.

Yes, I quoted myself. But it's the best way I have to describe the "type" of Gamer that I am.

I am simply, a Gamer.

Hardcore, Casual. It all means nothing if you have more depth of character than a Kardashian. Only extremely shallow gamers get hung up on the "Hardcore v Casual" crap.

you sound like a recreational, just saying

Conquers · November 2015

pro gamer

Zlater · November 2015

i smash my face on keyboard and stuff happens

I use more of a rolling technique personally, I find I do better DPS that way ^^

PBpsy · November 2015

i smash my face on keyboard and stuff happens

@progamers
How much do you get per hour? Do you get benefits?

Conquers · November 2015

pro gamer

PBpsy wrote: »

@progamers
How much do you get per hour? Do you get benefits?

if i could play video games for a living
#thatsthedream

The Uninvited · November 2015

pro gamer

If pro gamer means "able to beat the hard content but not with the same scores as hardcore and sometimes struggling", than I think that's the classification that suits me.

Conquers · November 2015

pro gamer

The Uninvited wrote: »

If pro gamer means "able to beat the hard content but not with the same scores as hardcore and sometimes struggling", than I think that's the classification that suits me.

exactly what it means

rotaugen454 · November 2015

recreational - i play a lot, but i do not consider myself a pro

My wife complained that I spent too much time on the main computer in my library, so I got a gaming laptop. I can sit with her in bed and play ESO while talking to her as she watches tv or is web browsing on her laptop or iPad. That really helped with the "too much gaming" arguements. If I'm doing one of the more difficult areas, I'll use my main desktop with the razer gaming keypad, but most of the game handles well on the laptop. I even picked up the Master Angler achievement, and I never would have got that much time in without the laptop. Now if her cat would just stop swatting at anything moving on the screen, that would be nice.

gard · November 2015

Pro gamer ... LOL

Vrienda · November 2015

recreational - i play a lot, but i do not consider myself a pro

Spend all my free time playing games, but I'm no where near a good player of them.

vamp_emily · November 2015

recreational - i play a lot, but i do not consider myself a pro

The best choice that fits me would be:

i smash faces and things happen

When I log in to TESO, my character takes over; not sure if that is good or bad. This is my first game/mmo ever played. I'm always trying to find ways to improve in the game.

PBpsy · November 2015

i smash my face on keyboard and stuff happens

Conquers wrote: »

The Uninvited wrote: »

If pro gamer means "able to beat the hard content but not with the same scores as hardcore and sometimes struggling", than I think that's the classification that suits me.

exactly what it means

Sorry no it doesn't. No Pay no Pro. Pro doesn't even equate to good or competitive. If you can derp around on twitch and people pay you enough to pay bills then you may be pro even if you only pick plants and feed welwas.

MissBizz · November 2015

semi-casual (i have my gamer moments)

I spend a lot of time in the game, or doing things to do with the game - which really takes me past casual. Making guides etc. Although, in game I (often, not always) have a "casual" attitude. I don't go for leaderboards, and just lean back and enjoy the story. On the other hand though, there are times I'm rounding up a crowd to get a Vet dungeon done (QUICK) and not bang my head against the wall. The next day I'll bring someone totally new into a vet dungeon, and help, and enjoy banging my head against the wall

Little bit of everything I suppose. I spend enough time to NOT be a casual, and do put effort into having a decent build etc.. but I'm not actually good enough to be pro or elitist

Conquers · November 2015

pro gamer

PBpsy wrote: »

Conquers wrote: »

The Uninvited wrote: »

If pro gamer means "able to beat the hard content but not with the same scores as hardcore and sometimes struggling", than I think that's the classification that suits me.

exactly what it means

Sorry no it doesn't. No Pay no Pro. Pro doesn't even equate to good or competitive. If you can derp around on twitch and people pay you enough to pay bills then you may be pro even if you only pick plants and feed welwas.

then i kinda worded it wrong, i considered what you are describing to be veteran-elitists not pro-gamer. but i guess i shoulda thought "professional"-gamer when i made this poll

Conquers · November 2015

pro gamer

PBpsy wrote: »

Conquers wrote: »

The Uninvited wrote: »

If pro gamer means "able to beat the hard content but not with the same scores as hardcore and sometimes struggling", than I think that's the classification that suits me.

exactly what it means

Sorry no it doesn't. No Pay no Pro. Pro doesn't even equate to good or competitive. If you can derp around on twitch and people pay you enough to pay bills then you may be pro even if you only pick plants and feed welwas.

and to add, i was thinking of when i used to be on xbox, there were 3 categories of gamers to choose from when building your profile
recreational
pro
hardcore

and by pro they did not mean being paid

edit: not sure if it was hardcore, but i do remember recreational and pro were absolutely options

Marrtha · November 2015

i smash my face on keyboard and stuff happens

Well.. I don't know..

nine9six · November 2015

veteran hardcore

Voted Vet Hardcore because while that's what I classify myself as, I love helping people and teaching also. An Elitist doesn't do that, to my knowledge.

terrordactyl1971 · November 2015

recreational - i play a lot, but i do not consider myself a pro

As an elite husband and dad..

...recreational is the best I can manage :-)

Conquers · November 2015

pro gamer

PBpsy wrote: »

@progamers
How much do you get per hour? Do you get benefits?

I should have then put another option in poll, "i made a career of playing video games"

PBpsy · November 2015

i smash my face on keyboard and stuff happens

Conquers wrote: »

PBpsy wrote: »

@progamers
How much do you get per hour? Do you get benefits?

I should have then put another option in poll, "i made a career of playing video games"

I though that the pro gamer as a designation for people that are involved in esports professionally and people that just get payed for doing various gaming activities was well established. I guess it is also used for an "I feel good ego stroking designation".

Also for the growing keyboard trauma brain damage crowd . Respect!!!

Conquers · November 2015

pro gamer

PBpsy wrote: »

Conquers wrote: »

PBpsy wrote: »

@progamers
How much do you get per hour? Do you get benefits?

I should have then put another option in poll, "i made a career of playing video games"

I though that the pro gamer as a designation for people that are involved in esports professionally and people that just get payed for doing various gaming activities was well established. I guess it is also used for an "I feel good ego stroking designation".

I've heard the term "pro-gamer" way before i heard of any "MLG" contest, or anyone making money playing games, i would've call the kids on the top of leaderboards on pacman in the 90s arcade pro-gamers

NateAssassin · November 2015

i smash my face on keyboard and stuff happens

So many pros, yet none of them are pro at the faceroll on keyboard.

KanedaSyndrome · November 2015

semi-casual (i have my gamer moments)

Voted semi-casual. But depends on your definition of casual. My definition is that due to my job and duties I don't have a lot of game time, but as a player I consider myself a competent player with over a decade of MMO experience.

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