It's always cracked me up when someone considers them self a "hardcore" or "casual" gamer. What is the definition of these terms? That should be what your post should be about. Is a gamer more hardcore because they have more games than say the average stiff? Do you own more consoles? Maybe it's because you spend every waking hour learning a move set of a fighter in Tekken or every nook and cranny of a MOBA map? Are you paid to play a video game? I grew up in the era of gathering together with your friends to play video games. It didn't matter if that was at the local arcade, skating rink or at a friend's house play Contra on the NES. It was a way to socialize and make friends. The way I see it we are all gamers. Usually the ones that take it WAY too seriously are those that consider themselves hardcore gamers and tend to look down on people who play games for fun. Unless you get paid to make or play video games for a living they should be for enjoyment. Yes you can make an argument that being competitive is fun but the competitive/hardcore gamer is always the quickest to complain about the game because it is not what they think it should be and tend to be more miserable because of it. I know the people that don't play video games, or play just mobile games, consider me a hardcore gamer because I own both consoles. Those same people would think the people I consider to be hardcore gamers are obsessive and need to find something else better to do with their lives. In the end it is all in the eye of the beholder. It just depends on how big of asshole you want to be about it.