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EdipisReks
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i am, more or less (except for any of the definittions that require having or spending money).
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The 5th Amendment comes to mind....
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Da_bang80
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Yes. I'm a hardcore gamer. I spend most of my free time playing games. Probably cause it's either better than reality. or because it's a different reality that is more interesting. Arcanum comes to mind. So does The Mechwarrior series.
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I thought it was better too, driving all the Porsches on the racing games, until I went out and bought a Porsche. I must say I am out doors alot now!
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Cartman
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Agree with me number three does not.
Oh, and I was much, much younger than 12.
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I have a hard outer layer with a soft, chewy center.
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-------------------- "Lotta people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well. When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting."
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Of more interest is perhaps the fact that they have a mathematical formula dedicated to how hardcore a gamer is. But, I digress.
I am not hardcore, but I used to be. I think I fall a bit on the hard side of casual gamer now, except when it comes to sid meyer games, and sometimes id software. I know RTCW would have been picked up on release day if I'd had a computer that could handle it at the time.
That may just be due to the advertising campaign, which, frankly, made the game seem about a million times cooler than it actually is. Western magazines may be undergoing a derth of good design, but the video game market understands the value of compelling advertisements like no other...I was envisioning swastika girls trying to sex you up before lodging poison-tipped stilletto heels into your ear.
Da_bang80
A few sectors short of an Empire
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A good action game can be a real good thing. Especially when your stressed. Nothing like making russian T-80's explode, Or turning a 100 ton Atlas battlemech into about 50 tons of scrap, to take the edge off your day! I love video games. I don't know what i'd do without them, well expect maybe better in school...
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Formula too complicated... Taking away from game time...
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So what if I buy a gaming laptop, play only The Sims and SimCity 4, and buy cool electronic toys that only Japan would sell? Does that make me hardcore?
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