Ezilylost13 wrote:

 PointySpred wrote:

i totally agree on all fronts here. if u can succeed at cod vetern or  gow on insane you are not just the casual gamer, that takes dedication. ive been offline a few months now an i miss it but i still game everyday. viva pinata one of many ways ive found to get my ol lady an kids involved. my three year old kicks butt at street fighter 4. point is to be "hardcore" you cant just play gow all day, expand your horizions. thousands of games out there waiting to be demolished by anyone who cares to try. and yes i still have all my old systems and games from nes to my 360 hooked up an ready to play.         VIVA LA GAMERS

You bring up some very compelling points. I was the first person on my friends list to 1000/1000 COD4. In my opinion that alone makes me pretty good at the game. However, if you ever see me in COD multiplayer, I am pretty terrible, so where does that put me on the hardcore scale? I've put in more than 200 hours of gameplay into Mass Effect, does that make me serious?

 RJ gettin in ya wrote:

listen a gamers a gamer weather they play a lot or a little! you gotta think to theres people out there who cant afford games like some of you who never had to work a day in your life or steal and hack systems and games. so dont knock other people. You should take a good look at your self because your probubly a puts anyway whos never been laid in his life dork!

 DoG Chimi wrote:

@ RJ: We're talking about 'serioust gamers' not 'gamers'

@squishy: I thought you were going to give him this: http://paletteswapninja.com/songs/Palette-Swap%20Ninja%20-%20Learn%20to%20Spell.mp3

 ThePainTrain567 wrote:

Something really irks me about people who own a major colnsole and buy maybe a few big-name games a year and thats IT, then call themselves serious gamers. Peple like who buy all sports games and COD, while completely ignoring everything else. This isn't really detremntal to the games industry like 'casual' gamers buying wii shovelware, but it just seems ignorant.

Example:
A guy I know fits this profile and, weeks before COD: WaW's release, was hyping it up and came to talk to me. This guy has obviously never picked up a gaming magazine, and has never looked into his purchases beforehand. He tells me COD: WaW is set in Vietnam. I tell him that it is WW2. He says his dad fought in Vietnam and he should know. .......WOW...... The same person owns only sports games, Halo, and COD.

This seems to be a real stereotype in the gaming market, but its not really noticed. I get very upset about technolgy, games, and all that good stuf I love. I am by no means an expert on any of these subjects, but PLEASE, PLEASE, understand something and follow it before you stick your kneck out as an 'authority' on it.

Sorry about the rant, just thought I should get it off my chest...eventually. Comment or complain, I wonder if this bothers anybody else.

 NShepherd N7 wrote:

I have to admit I get really annoyed with some of my high school friends. When Halo 3 came out, that was all we played, and for a few of us, it was the reason we bought an Xbox 360. Later on, Gears of War 2 came out, and I really enjoyed playing it. I tried to get my friends to try it, but they said it was dumb and un-realistic. They hadn't even tried it! All they play is Halo, anytime, anywhere. It bugs me when my closest friends are so narrow-minded.

I understand if you can't buy the game, but too often people split into Halo, GoW, or CoD groups, and refuse to play anything else. A few have only played multiplayer, and never even tried the campaign modes. Can one truly call themselves a gamer if they are too stubborn to try any new games? I'm not asking you to switch from Halo to Katamari (ugh) but it's something to think about.

 Killerpuggle wrote:

i have a friend who is the same way, i had to talk him into getting a 360 instead of a ps3, saying that it had more and better exclusives. so when he goes and buys his first games, there sports games! it takes him a bit to buy halo 3, which everybody has so big whoop, but he barley played it! Just like gears 2, he had to resort to chain-sawing. He thinks he is a hardcore gamer, so I can TOTALLY see where your coming from.

 ThePainTrain567 wrote:

Something really irks me about people who own a major colnsole and buy maybe a few big-name games a year and thats IT, then call themselves serious gamers.

I thought a serious gamer was someone who was really good at playing games..not someone who spends the entire day playing games...there is a big difference you know. I have a friend who literally plays games all day but really sucks at multiplayer...he loves playing games..but is he a "serious gamer" or not.

Whatever games people play is up to them.  They are the one who spend the money on the game.  Far be it from me to tell other people how to spend their money.  I offer suggestions to peeps on my friends list but that's as far as I go.  Everyone has different tastes so I say let each to their own.

*Plus my friends and I are all older now.  We have responsibilities like paying rent, buying food, fixing the vehicles we own, heat, electricity, water, sewage, taking care of kids, taking the wife/girlfriend out, other hobbies.  With this economy some things need to be cut in order to make ends meet.  To me at least if that means only buying 1 game a month or every three months then so be it.  Since games are 60$ or more with collectors edition it's not wise to waste that on experimental titles.  So it's easier for people to stick with a familiar brand.  At least then you know you'll get a solid game. 

these guys are serious gamers...http://kotaku.com/5386531/for-little-money-and-in-many-words-these-gamers-help-you?skyline=true&s=x