Very typical of a certain kind of person or thing.
Gamer archetype
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There are two ways to classify gamers, by time and genre.
Time: The basic and easy to define archetype.
Casual: These gamers often log less than 20 hours of [play time] a week
Core: [The bulk] of gamers, the play usually between 20-30 hours a week
Hardcore: These gamers manage to log 30-40 hours a week. I fit into this genre.
-SubCore: Gamers that would be hardcore, but are restricted on time, because of parental/girlfriend/boyfriend interference.
Lead: These are [the gamers] you see at the top of the leaderboards, and statistically, for most games, these people work less than 20 hours a week. for most games this is the line you dont want to cross.
Gamer archetype meaning & definition 1 of Gamer archetype.
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Genre: An interesting and harder to define [archetype].
Recreational: These gamers will [dabble] in some games of most genres and are usually grouped with casual gamers.
Strategist: Gamers who prefer strategy games, which usually involve any game genre with acronyms.
Trolls: These gamers may or may not be good, but usually hang around [FPSs] to talk shit about how they are better than you, and have sex with your mom while they [t-bag] you. Similar to forum trolls you only win if you ignore them
Sport: Obviously [the gamers] who play mostly to only sport games
-Racing: A sub type of sports
-Fighting: Another major sub type of sports
Fantasy: Gamers in everything fantasy. Usually only pertains to [RPGs] and adventure games.
Loyal: Gamers that remain loyal to specific developers and shun others. Usually a prefix to another genre.
[Shooters]:
-FPS: First person [shooters], People who almost exclusively play FPSs
-TPS: Third person shooters, like FPS people who almost exclusively play [TPSs]
Puzzle: A rare type of gamer who enjoys mostly puzzle games.
Action/adventure: People who like mostly action adventure
-Hack n Slash: Another rare type which is a joint between Action and FightingGamer archetype meaning & definition 2 of Gamer archetype.