Gamer lables -- why

[Havenae]

To answer the original question:

I see it like this. Many gamers, have exactly that (gaming) in their lives, and that's it. That's quite a hit to take sometimes . Sure gaming can be a profession but only a very rare few are anywhere near good enough to take advantage of that. Some people get so lost into the world of gaming but with no real point to their existence within it that they feel the need to feel important, feel special. They do that the only way they know how, by creating divisions within the community at large to make themselves seem more important within it. During this they often lose sight of the ultimate point of doing what we do, and that's having fun.


Couple this ^, with the generally toxic and obnoxious behavior of western culture and the entire concepts of 'winning' and 'being the best of the best' and you end up with ridiculous elitist attitude for something that ultimately does not matter in the real world. No one outside of whatever game you play cares if you cleared this raid or got this item or progressed to this dungeon. They don't give two squirts of piss about your arena ranking or how well you can mash buttons. Because unless you're pro, it does NOT matter.


And by the way, 'casual' and 'hardcore' are not opposite extremes of the same scale. One is simply a matter of the amount of time one has to devote to a game or activity (not necessitating that content be 'easy') the other is a preference of difficulty. Midcore is a bullshit term someone made up to try and fill in the gaps between two 'labels' that are not related.