Quote Originally Posted by RiyahArp View Post
The definition of midcore came up on reddit about the time of HW. The problem was the difficulty of alexander fights got very high at the gatekeeping tiers, and they were comparable to the ultimate fights in the time it took world firsters to clear them. Most people got stuck; they were good enough to do early savage, but they couldn't beat it.
And that wasn't the definition. Midcore typically refers to statics with a shorter schedule or ones less interested in speed runs. There may be some leeway on interpretation but the term has never meant as you inferred. After all, Savage, in its entirely, is now midcore content now.