Hardcore, or Just Plain Troll?

[Giest4life]

Something a friend told me got me thinking, according to him people who aren't trolls aren't "real" "hardcore" gamers. Let me elaborate: people who don't use the word "noob" and "fag" as adjectives aren't real gamers.

I know that subjectives topics like these lead to no end, but personally, I'm on the fence on this one. Sometimes I feel good when I'm an asshole to someone on the internet--especially at a game I'm good at--and other times I know that those who excel at their game don't really need to be complete dicks. But being a "troll" (sometimes) differentiates us from the Twilight crowed--a crowd we all love to hate.

So am I the only one?

 

[Marter]

The terms people use don't define the type of gamer they are. To me, it's their appreciation of games that does this.

 

[rokkolpo]

well we can't all have intelligent friends.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

Yet you didn't smash him over the head with a sledgehammer? I would have.

 

[dex-dex]

well we can't all have intelligent friends.

and this is why we can't have nice things
because of stupid people

 

[replingham153]

noob and fag are leet words, but saying them only means you have heard them. So sometimes, 8 year olds say them and i know that half the time they're not pro, just copycats. So no, saying noob and lol dont make you pro, but more or less fit into the crowd of "HARDCORE" gamers. so yeah

 

[Scde2]

It's kinda like saying that you aren't an Escapist if you don't troll or insult others.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

So instead of people being listed as Gamers for playing video games, he believes gamers should be listed as gamer based on their vocabulary? Tell your friend he should stop being so close-minded and stop splitting gamers between Hardcore and regular gamers.

 

[Hiphophippo]

He sounds like a dumbass to me.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

Okay, "troll" is not synonymous with "gigantic douchebag".
A troll is someone who deliberately acts like a tool to provoke a reaction for fun and profit.
A gigantic douchebag is just a gigantic douchebag.
One could argue that trolls are douchebags but the clear difference is that one does stupid, obnoxious shit on PURPOSE.

But anyway, your friend is a fucking moron and I struggle to understand how he has enough mental power to keep himself breathing for more than ten minutes without getting a massive headache.

 

[Worgen]

there is a simple solution, hang out with him when he plays and every time he calls someone a noob or a fag, hit him upside the head till he learns not to say it, it will probably take awhile but eventually he will learn

 

[Belgian_Waffles]

Hardcore gamers and assholes are often swept under the same stereotype as well as lazy and casual gamers. We need to work harder to differentiate between these archetypes

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I'd say your friend is an idiot. I don't even play games online, but if you tried to suggest that I'm not a gamer I'd have a few choice words to say to you.

 

[Brad Shepard]

Theres nothing i can say here that hasent been said, and i dont feel like going on probation when im so close to Neo, so yea...

 

[AgentChunk]

Why does it matter at all? If your good at the game thats all that matters.

 

[garlicncow]

Something a friend told me got me thinking, according to him people who aren't trolls aren't "real" "hardcore" gamers. Let me elaborate: people who don't use the word "noob" and "fag" as adjectives aren't real gamers.

I know that subjectives topics like these lead to no end, but personally, I'm on the fence on this one. Sometimes I feel good when I'm an asshole to someone on the internet--especially at a game I'm good at--and other times I know that those who excel at their game don't really need to be complete dicks. But being a "troll" (sometimes) differentiates us from the Twilight crowed--a crowd we all love to hate.

So am I the only one?

He does not actually know what I troll is, I am a troll when I want to be and I never use "noob" or "fag" when I am trolling people...

trolling ≠ hardcore gamer
at all, ever.

YES that is a not equal to sign

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Okay, "troll" is not synonymous with "gigantic douchebag".
A troll is someone who deliberately acts like a tool to provoke a reaction for fun and profit.
A gigantic douchebag is just a gigantic douchebag.
One could argue that trolls are douchebags but the clear difference is that one does stupid, obnoxious shit on PURPOSE.

Uhhh... Yes it is. It's just one of those things. You know, all trolls are gigantic douchebags, but not all gigantic douchebags are trolls.

 

[Giest4life]

Okay, "troll" is not synonymous with "gigantic douchebag".
A troll is someone who deliberately acts like a tool to provoke a reaction for fun and profit.
A gigantic douchebag is just a gigantic douchebag.
One could argue that trolls are douchebags but the clear difference is that one does stupid, obnoxious shit on PURPOSE.

But anyway, your friend is a fucking moron and I struggle to understand how he has enough mental power to keep himself breathing for more than ten minutes without getting a massive headache.

If Escapist every employed the system Yahoo Answers uses, I'd rate this the "best" answer.


And no I'm not getting on my knees.....you sick, sick fool.