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"Hardcore gamer - Casual gamer, where do you fit in?"

Here's a list of the types of gamer...

STAGE 1 - CASUAL GAMER

GAMING TASTES - Enjoys relistic games. Happy to buy the latest fifa games. Also a sucker for movie liscensed games. Most likely to own a Playstation.

GAMING HABITS - Is able to switch the machine off at anytime. Spends more money on going out. Games is just something to do now and then.
Unlikely to use internet for games.

STAGE 2 - INTERESTED GAMER

GAMING TASTES - A bit more than a casual gamer, likely to enjoy unrealistic games to but learns towards realistic games. Tastes not much different from a casual gamer.

GAMING HABITS - Won't turn off until game over or until the game is saved. Will occassionally buy magazines. Still prefers fresh air and sports to computer games but is still interestedby games.
May find game news on the internet

STAGE 3 - REGULAR GAMER

GAMING TASTES - Starts to get a bit more picky about games. Starts to care more about gameplay than graphics. Is likely to start being loyal to a particular company.

GAMING HABITS - Reads magazines regularly now. Checks for the best games and cheats. Is not afraid to cheat.
Still does sports but games come first.
Uses the internet for reveiws and cheats. Not likely to be PC able enough to play games online.


STAGE 4 - RESOLUTE GAMER

GAMING TASTES - Gets pickier about games. Starts to learn who and who not to trust magazine wise. Get easily hyped up over games coming out. Very loyal to certain companies. Unlikely to break away from them.

GAMING HABITS - Buys magazines but catious about trusting what they say. Unlikely to have a huge social life bar the internet. Starts to get pale. Games are the most important hobby in their life. Can master games fairly quickly. Starts to disrepect cheating.
Likely to use the internet for both news and gaming.


STAGE 5 - HARDCORE GAMER

GAMING TASTES - VERY picky about games. Likely to prefer one company but quite happy to enjoy games on other systems. If a game is good enough they will play it until they master it. Games come before everything else now.

GAMING HABITS - Games come before everything now. Rarely buy paper magazines and tend to get news from internet and Digitiser. Prefer to play games for themselves rather than trust reviews. Try not to get over hyped about forthcoming games.
Like multiplayer. If they can cope with lag then they play online, otherwise they stick to split screen.


Most people in this forum should range from stages 3 - 5.

I'm nearly a hardcore gamer but I hope to grow up some time soon.

Some people take things further and become a computer nerd...


But thats a different story...

Stage 10: see article under Bill Gates....

So what are TSR's and why do you detest them?

Testing, testing 1, 2, 3.

If all goes well im going to be using my new alias at school, i was going to use it today but the teacher said
"Thats not school work!" as soon as i went to ukdiscussions.com.

Only a stage 3 hey Dr. Duck? If that is your real name...

Did you used to be Fogmaster by any chance?

No.

TSR - Terminate and Stay Resident

Old type of DOS Utility program that lodges itself in computer memory and then deactivates, but can be woken up with a single keystroke, a bit like a terrorist bomb, and usually has the same effect on your computer as a bomb would have on a packed discotheque.

Ant stop it.

FantasyMeiste® wrote:
> TSR - Terminate and Stay Resident

Sounds exellent..............

Dan_uk wrote:
STAGE 1 - CASUAL GAMER

>GAMING TASTES - Enjoys relistic games. Happy to buy the >latest fifa games. Also a sucker for movie liscensed >games. Most likely to own a Playstation.

Well thank you very much Dan_uk.

SNIPER wrote:
> Ant stop it.

What has he done?