There's nothing impressive about Hardcore.

[zakalw3]

Edited post for clarity. Original post is quoted somewhere below.
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The difference between Hardcore and Causal has nothing to do with skill. I know some people who play this game every hour of every day, and they're not that brilliant, whereas others who play a couple of hours a night are outstanding.

For a start, there is nothing really difficult about this game. It's all remembering patterns and timing skills. The most difficult part is finding a group you can rely on, and once you have that and you know the content a win is inevitable. So telling people you can speed run x content just shows you've learnt the patterns and committed them to memory, not that you're some kind of superior gamer. Casual gamers can do his too, they just won't get there as quickly or do it as often.

There is nothing wrong with being hardcore, I'm not suggesting that, merely pointing out that just because you're focused on the game more it doesn't make you better by default.

Your definition of "Hardcore" is skewed, Hardcore doesn't mean plays all the time it means they put a lot of effort into the time they play. People who don't have alot of time can be considered hardcore as well if they apply themselves.

Actually, you're just arguing semantics and we're talking about the exact same thing. Time/effort... A hardcore player is someone who focuses on the game intently. That doesn't mean the effort their putting in is greater in the sense that they're actually better at the game, it just means that playing the game gets more of their attention than a causal player.

Hardcore does not = skill.

Casual is generally just atributed to people who want everything instantly with no effort.

Absolute rubbish. You're suggesting that every casual player wants something for no effort. You can't see the heavy bias here skewed toward making yourself feel superior for being hardcore?

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There is nothing impressive about focusing on this game more than others, and casual doesn't imply lack of skill. This is the fact that needs to be studied by some players here.