Quote Originally Posted by Hyrist View Post
Didn't I imply you to take those glasses off?

If you want a reality check, the definition of an average gamer is a 40 year old woman playing Bejeweled (Or Farmville, or Angry Birds, take your pick.) This isn't a nerd's club anymore. So before you call yourself a 'real gamer' please realize that such a concept no longer exists as you think it does - and that, in fact, is a good thing for games. It means it'll garner a wider respect as a medium.

Now, of course, that comes at the sacrifice of niche appeal to broad system games like FFXIV. But as you were just so nice to tell the casuals to go outside, the instant rebuttal that comes to my mind is that you're missing your local Magic:The Gathering tournament right about now -

They call themselves "Real Gamers" too.
Don't knock m: tg that's just not nice lol

The concepts are all still the same though, casual gamer: farmville, etc.; average gamer: action, platform, fps, maybe start to finish but never past the end to get "everything"; hardcore: all of the above played so many hours there's nothing left to do in the game.