Comments on: Casual? Hardcore? Another Definition

By: Another Casual Player Definition | Kill Ten Rats

Another Casual Player Definition | Kill Ten Rats — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:32:14 +0000

[...] have never nodded so much in reading a paragraph written by a game developer. Like I have noted before, casual vs. hardcore does not really denote the amount of time played anymore. I think, in line [...]

By: Convenience/Inconvenience « Nerf the Cat

Convenience/Inconvenience « Nerf the Cat — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:44:40 +0000

[...] May 5, 2009 Ravious over at Kill Ten Rats brought the following quotation to my attention a few weeks ago: The only place where I find a very broad approach useful is in convenience of [...]

By: Ravious

Ravious — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:18:48 +0000

It was /another/ definition in a thread filled with definitions, and I fully disagree with your statement, Marchosias. I think a hardcore player will and frequently does put up with a lot more than a casual player. Grind and powering through bug-riddled content to be a “server first” springs to mind as two examples.

By: Marchosias

Marchosias — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:30:57 +0000

That was the punch line to a joke, right? ‘Cuz that’s about the worst definition of Hardcore vs. Casual that I’ve come across!

A Hardocore player isn’t gonna put up with shit any more than a casual player would! Anyone that believes otherwise is an idiot and is making strawman excuses for a poor game design.

By: Casual vs. hardcore defined by convenience of play?

Casual vs. hardcore defined by convenience of play? — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:12:30 +0000

[...] one another, and what better way to do this than by categorizing the opposition? At Kill Ten Rats, Ravious points out that Turbin’s Vastin has a refreshing take on the issue, especially when coming from an MMOG [...]

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:24:36 +0000

/Prof. Farnsworth

And another thing!

Less refined UI? Long travel times? Is he saying LOTRO is for the hardcore then?

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:21:16 +0000

Yup, ’tis true.

We kinda danced around the subject a while back: http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/07/31/my-newest-elusive-metric/