JustJack6 2016 年 4 月 16 日 下午 2:46
What's wrong with casual gaming?
I am a self proclaimed casual gamer. I don't play games a ridiculous amount anymore, I have other hobbies and commitments that take up my time. I'm not a fan of competitive games and I much prefer a decent single player game. Something like Enslaved, The Last Of Us or the MGS series. But for some reason "casual gaming" is scrutinised by the so-called "hardcore gamers", sometimes to a point that makes me believe these people seriously need to re-evaluate their world views.

So what's wrong with casual gaming and why do some feel there's no place for it or worse yet, like it's something to be ashamed of?
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Quint the Alligator Snapper 2016 年 4 月 17 日 上午 5:25 
Hating on "casuals" is stupid. Anyone who hates on casual gamers is (1) being an obnoxious jerk and/or (2) using the wrong term.

There's frankly no proper definition of "casual" or "hardcore" anyway. They're basically self-identifying terms with not much meaning otherwise.
tzojesse 2016 年 4 月 17 日 上午 6:02 
Heres an easy answer... DONT GIVE A F*CK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY'RE F*CKING SHT FOR SAYING CASUAL GAMING IS BAD AND WHINNING OVER SOMEONE DOING SHT IN ANY GAME!!!!!!!!!!!











Done :ccknight:
BanOphobia My Struggle 2016 年 4 月 17 日 上午 6:12 
引用自 JustJack6
Okay that's a lot to reply to, I'm just gonna jump in with the guy above. That's not the casual gamers fault, that's just developers, or more likely the publishers trying to make as much money as they can at the expense of the fanbase. If anything it's the publishers that are "cancerous" to gaming. It's attitudes like that that piss me off, publishers rework a franchise to appeal to people like me and I'm somehow responsible? I'm glad to see a lot of people don't have this attitude though.

And to SqueekyCheeks That's what I used to think, that would make me a hardcore gamer too, just not for this generation I guess.

Yup hardcore gamer banner thesedays seems gamers focused on a few games at one time. Spending thousands of hour to git gud and ignoring practially loads of other games and genres. I personally call them specialist gamers not hardcore gamers, but that is just my opinion.
JustJack6 2016 年 4 月 17 日 上午 6:49 
引用自 Squeaky Cheeks
引用自 JustJack6
Okay that's a lot to reply to, I'm just gonna jump in with the guy above. That's not the casual gamers fault, that's just developers, or more likely the publishers trying to make as much money as they can at the expense of the fanbase. If anything it's the publishers that are "cancerous" to gaming. It's attitudes like that that piss me off, publishers rework a franchise to appeal to people like me and I'm somehow responsible? I'm glad to see a lot of people don't have this attitude though.

And to SqueekyCheeks That's what I used to think, that would make me a hardcore gamer too, just not for this generation I guess.

Yup hardcore gamer banner thesedays seems gamers focused on a few games at one time. Spending thousands of hour to git gud and ignoring practially loads of other games and genres. I personally call them specialist gamers not hardcore gamers, but that is just my opinion.

That's a much better term, we should make that a thing. Personally I love to diversify the games I play. I only play one story driven game at a time and occasionally say, Rayman or Painkiller during. But I like to experience a game and move on the same way you wouldn't only watch one movie again and again.

And tzojesse, I would like to not give a ♥♥♥♥, in fact I don't take it personally but I worry about the effect it'll have on peoples views of the gaming community. It could lead publishers making and marketing games differently, in a bad way, people thinking of gamers as these petty little elitists or worse yet, the next generation of gamers could be that.

I'm curious to know if it's just the pc crowd because I've only been a pc gamer for a year and it never seemed to be a thing before.
Blessed Evelyn 2016 年 4 月 17 日 上午 6:54 
引用自 MythowsTheNoob
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Commander Makara 2016 年 4 月 17 日 上午 6:59 
引用自 JustJack6
I am a self proclaimed casual gamer. I don't play games a ridiculous amount anymore, I have other hobbies and commitments that take up my time. I'm not a fan of competitive games and I much prefer a decent single player game. Something like Enslaved, The Last Of Us or the MGS series. But for some reason "casual gaming" is scrutinised by the so-called "hardcore gamers", sometimes to a point that makes me believe these people seriously need to re-evaluate their world views.

So what's wrong with casual gaming and why do some feel there's no place for it or worse yet, like it's something to be ashamed of?

There's NOTHING wrong with spending your leisure time doing things that involve devices designed for entertainment.

The distinction between 'hardcore gamer' and 'casual gamer' is a silly one used largely by thoose attempting oto distinguish themselves from or to ascertain false superiority over others and there's no actual definitive border between the two anyway, so any such alleged distinction is moot.

If anything, I would suggest that those who play videogames an extreme amount for extended periods or when it's at risk of interfering with other aspects of their life(style) are perhaps the ones that have more reason to be worried.

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Certainly some games take more time to coplete, require more concentration/effort/thought and may even involve spending time reading and investigating various particulars in order to gain a greater insight and perhaps technical knowledge of the mechanics or how to optimise gameplay.
It can be argued, then, that such games are less casual than simpler games.
These games however appeal to some and don't appeal to others. Some don't wish to involve themselves in such activity purrely to play and enjoy a game.
This is not in any way any comparable aspect of gamers nor any shameful attribution.
Just as it's not shameful to prefer Space Inaders over The Hobbit.
They are simply different games for different aesthetics.
TheLittleDeadGuy☭ 2016 年 4 月 17 日 上午 7:33 
引用自 Waifu Material
引用自 MythowsTheNoob
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Commander Makara 2016 年 4 月 17 日 上午 11:30 
Hating on "casuals" is stupid. Anyone who hates on casual gamers is (1) being an obnoxious jerk and/or (2) using the wrong term.

There's frankly no proper definition of "casual" or "hardcore" anyway. They're basically self-identifying terms with not much meaning otherwise.
Thanks for managing to say what I wanted to, but in a much mroe efficient and less verbose way!
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