• 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.


  • 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 Fighting

    Gamer archetype meaning & definition 2 of Gamer archetype.

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