I think you have too many factors summed up here. Of course the majority of voters are going to be somewhere in between. I would find it more interesting to see votes on the specific issues in your chart.
Personally I play a lot of games, and invest obscene amounts of time doing so. I like both extremely simple games and very esoteric games. But I don't play for points and I'm not very competitive or completionist.
I don't really care for comics nor anime, I don't find achievements worth chasing and long loadingtimes annoys me. I never read hint books (Finalt Fantasy VII excluded on fourth playthrough), games I love gets bought on releaseday (I know, i know, I can't love it before I have tried it, but you know what I mean you gamer you) and I don't mind watching other play, as long as I can have a say.
That list is dumb. How can "Likes to clear games quickly" and "Likes to play at their own pace" both be in the Elite gamer category? They contradict each other.
" That list is dumb. How can "Likes to clear games quickly" and "Likes to play at their own pace" both be in the Elite gamer category? They contradict each other. "
Lol virtual love. Elite gamers sound like pathetic basement dwellers if this list is to be believed. I love games and play them a lot but I like a lot of other stuff (I have no interest in comics and actively avoid anime by the way) but anyone who would puts any kind of energy into hating on casual or hardcore gamers is either an elitist prick or just really dense.
I disagree with that table. Why would enjoying long load times and bad control schemes make someone an elite gamer? To me that sounds more like a masochist. And what the hell does anime have to do with being a gamer? And clearing a game quickly doesn't have to do with it either.
Elite gamer sounds like an outright wanker and light gamer a total tool. This poll is a lose-lose.
And playing games at your own pace but clearing them quickly is a contradiction.
your table chart is messed up, i dont watch or read anime, yet im an elite gamer at least i think so because i spend 5+ hours a day gaming, hate losing, usually is top 3 players in any game
" @Jack268: @pornstorestiffi: @No0b0rAmA: This is an abstraction of the population of gamers, and very few if any will tick all the boxes. And this was just for the kicks. ^^ "
So you made a poll in which neither of the answers are actually applicable to anyone.
" @Jack268: @pornstorestiffi: @No0b0rAmA: This is an abstraction of the population of gamers, and very few if any will tick all the boxes. And this was just for the kicks. ^^ "
So you made a poll in which neither of the answers are actually applicable to anyone. Good job. "
" @Jack268: @pornstorestiffi: @No0b0rAmA: This is an abstraction of the population of gamers, and very few if any will tick all the boxes. And this was just for the kicks. ^^ "
So you made a poll in which neither of the answers are actually applicable to anyone. Good job. "
Thank you! "
No.
No you don't fucking thank me.
Was this supposed to be funny? Was I supposed to laugh at this?
" @Jack268: @pornstorestiffi: @No0b0rAmA: This is an abstraction of the population of gamers, and very few if any will tick all the boxes. And this was just for the kicks. ^^ "
So you made a poll in which neither of the answers are actually applicable to anyone. Good job. "
Thank you! "
No. No you don't fucking thank me. Was this supposed to be funny? Was I supposed to laugh at this? What, what is this shit? "
This shit was a table elaborated by a respectable developer, developed based in queries and other statistical methods done beforehand.
The fact that it doesn't generally apply to anyone is due to the way the values are calculated, and the conclusions taken.
The same can be said about any other statistical study. The accuracy of each study is never certain, and depends greatly on the method taken.
And put it here so people can think a bit about themselves, and their own habits, and discuss it. Not to fit perfectly each mould, as every person follows different behaviours.
" @Jack268: @pornstorestiffi: @No0b0rAmA: This is an abstraction of the population of gamers, and very few if any will tick all the boxes. And this was just for the kicks. ^^ "
So you made a poll in which neither of the answers are actually applicable to anyone. Good job. "
Thank you! "
No. No you don't fucking thank me. Was this supposed to be funny? Was I supposed to laugh at this? What, what is this shit? "
This shit was a table elaborated by a respectable developer, developed based in queries and other statistical methods done beforehand. The fact that it doesn't generally apply to anyone is due to the way the values are calculated, and the conclusions taken. The same can be said about any other statistical study. The accuracy of each study is never certain, and depends greatly on the method taken. And put it here so people can think a bit about themselves, and their own habits, and discuss it. Not to fit perfectly each mould, as every person follows different behaviours. "
Don't copy paste query descriptions to me.
Do you think i'm ignorant?
Is that what this is?
Cuz we'll do this. We'll do this right here and now.
" @Jack268: @pornstorestiffi: @No0b0rAmA: This is an abstraction of the population of gamers, and very few if any will tick all the boxes. And this was just for the kicks. ^^ "
So you made a poll in which neither of the answers are actually applicable to anyone. Good job. "
Thank you! "
No. No you don't fucking thank me. Was this supposed to be funny? Was I supposed to laugh at this? What, what is this shit? "
This shit was a table elaborated by a respectable developer, developed based in queries and other statistical methods done beforehand. The fact that it doesn't generally apply to anyone is due to the way the values are calculated, and the conclusions taken. The same can be said about any other statistical study. The accuracy of each study is never certain, and depends greatly on the method taken. And put it here so people can think a bit about themselves, and their own habits, and discuss it. Not to fit perfectly each mould, as every person follows different behaviours. "
Don't copy paste query descriptions to me. Do you think i'm ignorant? Is that what this is? Cuz we'll do this. We'll do this right here and now. Come on. I'm not afraid to die. "
" @Jack268: @pornstorestiffi: @No0b0rAmA: This is an abstraction of the population of gamers, and very few if any will tick all the boxes. And this was just for the kicks. ^^ "
So you made a poll in which neither of the answers are actually applicable to anyone. Good job. "
Thank you! "
No. No you don't fucking thank me. Was this supposed to be funny? Was I supposed to laugh at this? What, what is this shit? "
This shit was a table elaborated by a respectable developer, developed based in queries and other statistical methods done beforehand. The fact that it doesn't generally apply to anyone is due to the way the values are calculated, and the conclusions taken. The same can be said about any other statistical study. The accuracy of each study is never certain, and depends greatly on the method taken. And put it here so people can think a bit about themselves, and their own habits, and discuss it. Not to fit perfectly each mould, as every person follows different behaviours. "
Don't copy paste query descriptions to me. Do you think i'm ignorant? Is that what this is? Cuz we'll do this. We'll do this right here and now. Come on. I'm not afraid to die. "
This seems to pretty much be a play on the casual gamer vs. core gamer concept but the table seems massively flawed. Comics books and anime have nothing to do with video games, it's stupid to assume a core gamer would prefer "virtual" love to real love, the kind of person they're describing as a "light gamer" wouldn't read strategy guides, virtually no gamer enjoys load times, almost no gamer solely seeks out games hoping they are free, plenty of core gamers have no great interest in achievements, the majority of core gamers understand that more complex controls don't necessarily make for a better game, statistics show that core gamers are much more likely to get their information on games from the web and not magazines, there are very few core gamers who buy every game they are interested in on the release date, and as Matty pointed out clearing a game quickly and playing through at your own pace are two opposite things.
If I had to categorize myself based on that I guess I'd be half way between light gamer and gamer elite but this table makes sweeping generalisations and in many places is just nonsensical.
I'm something in between, I guess. I play what I like, how I like it and when I want to. I buy my games when I have the money to spare, I have priorities before gaming. I want to get the best experience I can get from playing a game, but I (almost) never force myself to play something I don't like just to finish it or get a certain Achievement or whatever. Really, I think this is what most people do, call them elite, light, hardcore or casual.
"That list is dumb. How can "Likes to clear games quickly" and "Likes to play at their own pace" both be in the Elite gamer category? They contradict each other. "
I would agree; that part makes absolutely no sense.
As for me, I would consider myself somewhere in between; I'm probably closer to elite, but a lot of those categories don't apply to me. For example, when it comes to achievements / trophies, I only try to do them just to do it ("Dastardly" in Red Dead Redemption) or if they're really easy (Most of InFAMOUS' trophies).
This list is... strange... I guess I'd be somewhere int he middle but I clicked elite because I've done most on that list. I play when i get the chance, and I play my own way and don't care about time, I like complicated controls because it makes things interesting.. but..yeah, list his very flawed.
I dont like the title Elite and I am definitively not casual. I play a ton of games and they are my life, but those specifications you have are messed up. Waiting excitedly at load times as a rule? Thats stupid! I don't leave a game just because they have long load times but it does not mean I enjoy them, just because normal people don't enjoy some things does not mean that "Elite" gamers are compelled to enjoy them by the the laws of gamery. To conclude, I disagree strongly with Masanobu Endu on this topic.
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