How fanatical a gamer are you?

Spritedude · 12-31-2008, 08:47 PM

I'd have to say I'm an average gamer. Sure, I play games a lot, but they don't dominate my life or anything; it's just my hobby.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 12-31-2008, 09:11 PM

Hardcore. However, I would be fanatical if more must-have games came out.

Robotazy · 12-31-2008, 09:52 PM

Hardcore.

I mean, I am making a career out of my love for them, they better be more than a hobby.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 12-31-2008, 09:56 PM

I have too many other things to do to spend very much time playing; I'd say they're a secondary hobby for me, unless there's a really wickedcool game I need to play.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 12-31-2008, 09:58 PM

Tazy, do you test games or something?

Robotazy · 12-31-2008, 10:10 PM

Let me rephrase that >_>

I want to have a career in video games.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 12-31-2008, 10:23 PM

...

So, you...are planning on having a career in making them, like programming I guess?

Or there's an epic miscommunication here. =D

Robotazy · 12-31-2008, 10:30 PM

yep, that's right.

Luigiman7 · 12-31-2008, 11:16 PM

Average.

***Cosmonautical*** · 12-31-2008, 11:27 PM

Other: Collector. I buy games because I like to, and play the ones worth playing. Platformers, Adventure, and Beatemups are my favorite genres.

**Galefore** · 01-01-2009, 02:43 PM

AI's pretty much the same way I am: I like to collect rare RPGs, sometimes newer stuff and the occasional rarity for SNES or such. I don't tend to play as often as I used to, so I picked average, and I have at least 12 games I've never even given a spin yet. I don't really mind; I just like to have them.

ZeldaGirl · 01-01-2009, 04:45 PM

I'd say about average/collector. More casual when I'm at school, though.

Dizzy · 01-01-2009, 07:53 PM

Based on the amount of time I spend playing, I'm average. That's mainly because I'm usually on the computer, though. If it weren't for that, I'd probably play games a lot more.

Jailbreaker · 01-01-2009, 08:37 PM

Average to hardcore. I don't think fanatical :P

I hope to be a spriter or programmer when I can. If I can't then I have no clue what I could be.

I took a career test a while ago and the first result was "Video game designer." Happens to be the thing that makes me blissful.

***CaptHayfever*** · 01-01-2009, 08:42 PM

Casual/Average, mostly due to time & budget constraints.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 01-01-2009, 08:52 PM

Video game testing is a real job, but it is probably more complex and rare than it sounds, it may even be temporary. I'd kill a bajillion people to get that job though. Hell, 2 bajillion.

Oh, this seems random but I brought it up 'cause the game job talk.

Jailbreaker · 01-01-2009, 09:07 PM

Testers may have to do a lot or maybe very little, but I might get bored after a while.

***Marilink*** · 01-01-2009, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I REALLY HATE POKEMON!

Video game testing is a real job, but it is probably more complex and rare than it sounds, it may even be temporary. I'd kill a bajillion people to get that job though. Hell, 2 bajillion.

Oh, this seems random but I brought it up 'cause the game job talk.

Video Game Testing is like Gynecology.

It sounds awesome, until you realize you still have to mess with the bad ones.

**X-3** · 01-01-2009, 11:30 PM

I consider myself to be "average".

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 01-01-2009, 11:35 PM

Game testing sounds fun in practice, but you need to have a ridiculously high degree of logging- every single thing you do, and what the outcome is MUST be recorded in detail. You don't just play through the game and declare it a success; you're expected to do stupid things and try find all the weird little places you can cause glitches, and write it all down. Naturally, they aren't always found, or no one cares (like being able to eventually leap all the way up and over a mountain range and get into an area far beyond your current level). It's not the kind of job you think it is.

View Poll Results: What kind of gamer are you?
Non: I really don't play games at all	0	0%
Casual: I just play for fun now and then	2	8.00%
Average: Gaming is my hobby, that's all	13	52.00%
Hardcore: I spend most of my free time gaming	10	40.00%
Fanatical: I spend almost all of my time gaming	0	0%
Voters: 25. You may not vote on this poll \| Withdraw Vote

12-31-2008, 08:47 PM	#1
Spritedude Calibrating... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Centennial State Gender: Posts: 1,424 Thanks: 69 Thanked 84 Times in 51 Posts	How fanatical a gamer are you? I'd have to say I'm an average gamer. Sure, I play games a lot, but they don't dominate my life or anything; it's just my hobby. __________________

12-31-2008, 11:16 PM	#9
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12-31-2008, 09:11 PM	#2
I REALLY HATE POKEMON! Goku lives on the Sun Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, U.S.A Gender: Posts: 12,717 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 275 Times in 234 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Hardcore. However, I would be fanatical if more must-have games came out.

12-31-2008, 09:52 PM	#3
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Hardcore. I mean, I am making a career out of my love for them, they better be more than a hobby.

12-31-2008, 09:56 PM	#4
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,504 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	I have too many other things to do to spend very much time playing; I'd say they're a secondary hobby for me, unless there's a really wickedcool game I need to play.

12-31-2008, 09:58 PM	#5
I REALLY HATE POKEMON! Goku lives on the Sun Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, U.S.A Gender: Posts: 12,717 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 275 Times in 234 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Tazy, do you test games or something?

12-31-2008, 10:10 PM	#6
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Let me rephrase that >_> I want to have a career in video games.

12-31-2008, 10:23 PM	#7
I REALLY HATE POKEMON! Goku lives on the Sun Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, U.S.A Gender: Posts: 12,717 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 275 Times in 234 Posts Blog Entries: 1	... So, you...are planning on having a career in making them, like programming I guess? Or there's an epic miscommunication here. =D

12-31-2008, 10:30 PM	#8
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	yep, that's right.

12-31-2008, 11:27 PM	#10
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Other: Collector. I buy games because I like to, and play the ones worth playing. Platformers, Adventure, and Beatemups are my favorite genres.

01-01-2009, 02:43 PM	#11
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	AI's pretty much the same way I am: I like to collect rare RPGs, sometimes newer stuff and the occasional rarity for SNES or such. I don't tend to play as often as I used to, so I picked average, and I have at least 12 games I've never even given a spin yet. I don't really mind; I just like to have them.

01-01-2009, 04:45 PM	#12
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	I'd say about average/collector. More casual when I'm at school, though.

01-01-2009, 07:53 PM	#13
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	Based on the amount of time I spend playing, I'm average. That's mainly because I'm usually on the computer, though. If it weren't for that, I'd probably play games a lot more.

01-01-2009, 08:37 PM	#14
Jailbreaker Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Not in jail anymore, yay! Gender: Posts: 3,482 Thanks: 1,074 Thanked 185 Times in 118 Posts	Average to hardcore. I don't think fanatical :P I hope to be a spriter or programmer when I can. If I can't then I have no clue what I could be. I took a career test a while ago and the first result was "Video game designer." Happens to be the thing that makes me blissful.

01-01-2009, 08:42 PM	#15
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	Casual/Average, mostly due to time & budget constraints. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

01-01-2009, 08:52 PM	#16
I REALLY HATE POKEMON! Goku lives on the Sun Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, U.S.A Gender: Posts: 12,717 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 275 Times in 234 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Video game testing is a real job, but it is probably more complex and rare than it sounds, it may even be temporary. I'd kill a bajillion people to get that job though. Hell, 2 bajillion. Oh, this seems random but I brought it up 'cause the game job talk.

01-01-2009, 09:07 PM	#17
Jailbreaker Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Not in jail anymore, yay! Gender: Posts: 3,482 Thanks: 1,074 Thanked 185 Times in 118 Posts	Testers may have to do a lot or maybe very little, but I might get bored after a while.

01-01-2009, 11:30 PM	#19
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	I consider myself to be "average".

01-01-2009, 11:35 PM	#20
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,504 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	Game testing sounds fun in practice, but you need to have a ridiculously high degree of logging- every single thing you do, and what the outcome is MUST be recorded in detail. You don't just play through the game and declare it a success; you're expected to do stupid things and try find all the weird little places you can cause glitches, and write it all down. Naturally, they aren't always found, or no one cares (like being able to eventually leap all the way up and over a mountain range and get into an area far beyond your current level). It's not the kind of job you think it is.