How do you know when you've crossed the line between casual and hardcore gamer?

That depends on your definition of a casual and of a hardcore gamer. I see a casual gamer as someone who plays games that are easy to just pick up and play. Games that don't require a ton of practice or skill - family type games. On the other hand I think of a hardcore gamer as someone who plays at harder difficulties not just because they enjoy it more, but because they want to improve their game and challenge themselves.

Either one can have a wide variety of games they play, but the casual gamers wont take them so seriously, they might play to take up time and just relax. While the hardcore gamers might.. "play with a passion," putting more effort and emotion (whether that be rage, joy) into their gameplay.How do you know when you've crossed the line between casual and hardcore gamer?Most major differences are-

Casual gamer-

1. A casual gamer will play in order to free his/her mind, he'll not think about making records.

2. He'll never buy a very advanced graphic card, in order to play the most advanced 3D games.

3. He may not have a room with a table and a chair and a computer solely dedicated for gaming. He may not have a modern gaming console eg. PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii,etc. He may not have accessories solely made to improve gaming performance.

4. He is surely not the person who buys the latest titles.



Hardcore gamer-

1. A hardcore gamer will play in order make records, he will have his emotions attached with his games, for eg. he'll be sad when failing missions in a game.

2. He'll be looking out to buy a advanced graphic card, in order to play the most advanced 3D games.

3. He may have a room with a table and a chair and a high performance computer solely dedicated for gaming. He may also have a modern gaming console eg. PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii,etc, in addition to a gaming PC. He may have accessories solely made to improve gaming performance.

4. He is surely the person who buys the latest titles, and is eager to play them.How do you know when you've crossed the line between casual and hardcore gamer?
There are common signs to know if you have become a hardcore gamer.

1. You own more than 6 games.

2. You play MW2 for more than 4 hours a day.

3. Nerdraaage.

4. You are thinking of "upgrading" your room to fit gaming needs. (Surround sound, personal gaming chair, posters of your favorite characters, etc)

5. You become a "role player" and take things too seriously.How do you know when you've crossed the line between casual and hardcore gamer?When all you talk, think, and act like/about games, and your friends start getting really annoyed! And when your homework starts getting bad, having things about games in it. And when you start to dress like the games, you TOTALLY crossed the line.



No offense to anyone.
Simply put, a "hardcore" gamer is someone addicted to video games. If it becomes a part of your life that you can't see ever getting rid of, you are "hardcore".How do you know when you've crossed the line between casual and hardcore gamer?All you want to do is play games. Games is your mind. Games is your life. Games is your EVERYTHING.How do you know when you've crossed the line between casual and hardcore gamer?
When you stop playing around with your avatar, and you start playing with your controller.
When you start playing CoD.How do you know when you've crossed the line between casual and hardcore gamer?
When eyes go square :D
when you start spending too much money on vidyah games.