Gamer lables -- why

[Twilite]

Those labels been around before there was FFXIV and even FFXI. You just haven't played certain MMOs to see them before then.

For example, I only have about an hour to two a day to play games. It took me about two months to beat each of the souls game but not because I lacked skill, I lacked time.

I don't know what people like you do to have such less free time. 1 or 2 hours is not enough for me to do anything meaningful, I simply wouldn't bother.

[Reinha]

I don't know what people like you do to have such less free time. 1 or 2 hours is not enough for me to do anything meaningful, I simply wouldn't bother.

It depends on what kind of work a person does and how much responsibility they have over different things. And of course, how much they care about their own well being.

Example. Wake up at 6, shower, do hair and makeup, get breakfast ready and eat it, travel to work. Work 8-16, pick up kids / go by the shop, home at ~17. Make dinner, eat it while chatting with kids. Do some quick housework and go to the gym / jogging, back by 19:30. Prepare tomorrow's work (school lesson / presentation / report etc). Chat and cuddle with spouse. Whoops time flies and it's now 21:00. That leaves 2 hours of playtime (unless spouse wants to cuddle some more...) in order to get a healthy amount of sleep. And when you have no gym for the day there's helping with kids' homework, stuff to do around the house or errands to run. Friends may want to come by. And this example doesn't even include taking care of pets or ill family members, and hanging out with the kids.

So it's a choice between either giving up gaming altogether or playing casually. To me playing casually is still more meaningful than watching tv or reading facebook, so I wouldn't completely give it up. I'm still a student so I can usually make time where I need it, but I'm not looking forward to preparing materials for 6 school years at the same time once I get a job as a teacher... D:

[Aniforani]

It's strange, I remember when I was young playing NES games was a way I made some of my friends I still have today. None of us cared how good the other person was, it was all about having fun and bonding over a common interest. In my college dorm I can recall gaming with people on my floor and even then skill level was never of any concern. I guess when the person with the other controller is not in the same room as you people just don't want to treat them like another human being. Instead you just create a label for them based on their performance.

[TouchandFeel]

I don't know what people like you do to have such less free time. 1 or 2 hours is not enough for me to do anything meaningful, I simply wouldn't bother.

24 (Total hours in a day)

-8 (sleep)
-9 (work)
-1 (commute)
-2 (chores: cooking, cleaning, laundry, pets, etc)
-1 (hygiene: showering, brushing teeth, etc.)
-1 (misc: because random stuff always comes up)

Remainder: 2 hours and that's not even including trying to maintain an exercise regiment or factoring in any extra social interactions such as hanging out with friends.

Would I like to play this and other games more? Yes, of course. Do I have the time for it? Most of the time, no. Real life takes precedence, as it should.