Both.

Mid-core.

Casual/mainstream. FPS doesn't get easier than Call of Duty.

It doesn't get more mainstream than Call of Duty.

Ironically, no other game's user base considers themselves more hardcore than Call of Duty people...and everyone knows the type of person I'm referring to.

neither but if i had to choose i would have to say mainstream

Casual Hardcore Amateurs

(15.99 a month)

Hard-stream and Main-core perhaps?

Nah, it's mainstream.

My choice is 'it's a goddamn video game, who cares?'.

are you trying to get a porn thread going after that softcore thread got locked?

I see your ploy

God damn it.

People are not really gamers are gamers when they play Call of Duty games

@Sayishere said:

People are not really gamers are gamers when they play Call of Duty games

Games are not people when they Call of Duty.

Videogame

Lowest Common Denomincore.

Lolicore.

@MB said:

It doesn't get more mainstream than Call of Duty.

Ironically, no other game's user base considers themselves more hardcore than Call of Duty people...and everyone knows the type of person I'm referring to.

the type of person who constantly runs around saying "fuck yea i just got another kill bro" or "i just no scoped across the map."

and when they get killed "THAT GODDAMN MOTHER FUCKER IS USING HACKS!!!! IM 10th PRESTIGE HE CANT KILL ME!!!!!"

that type of person?

@MB said:

Ironically, no other game's user base considers themselves more hardcore than Call of Duty people...and everyone knows the type of person I'm referring to.

Dudebros.

@ChadMasterFlash said:

Mid-core.

Hardstream.

@Sayishere said:

People are not really gamers are gamers when they play Call of Duty games

This

Metalcore? Deathcore?

Mainstream. Call of Duty is FPS game at their easiest.

Post-midcorestream

Mainstream for sure. Would anyone disagree?

It can be both. There those that play the game religiously on a pro level so in that case it's hardcore. Then there are those that play it casually. It can be whatever the gamer wants it to be.

This is the worst.

YO VIDEOGAMES!

Why isn't "Bad" an option?

I used to not mind the "hardcore gamer" term. I thought it was a nice way to distinguish people who follow video game news and are serious about the medium compared to people who only play a few games, even if it's voraciously, but don't know much about the news and information revolving around the industry.

I don't care for the term any longer.

@DuhQbnSiLo said:

@Sayishere said:

People are not really gamers are gamers when they play Call of Duty games

This

I somewhat agree but I'm also really tired of the word 'gamer'. It has gotten worn out to shit by marketing departments, and it makes it easy for people to assume that everyone who plays video games also chugs mountain dew, eats doritos, and plays massive amounts of CoD. It's also just a weird term, I mean, do you ever hear anyone say 'movie watcher'? Or 'book reader'?

@kadash299: Because Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is not a bad game, even if you personally don't like the Call of Duty franchise you'd be stupid to say it is a bad game.

@Hizang said:

@kadash299: Because Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is not a bad game, even if you personally don't like the Call of Duty franchise you'd be stupid to say it is a bad game.

I disagree, I think it is legitimately a bad game. It is a game i've played over and over again for 7 years, And quite frankly, as good as the first time around was, Once you've done it 7 times, its repetitive, boring, and uninteresting, making it overall... bad

Those two adjectives aren't mutually exclusive, so I refuse to take part in the survey as if they are.

HXC

@FluxWaveZ said:

I used to not mind the "hardcore gamer" term. I thought it was a nice way to distinguish people who follow video game news and are serious about the medium compared to people who only play a few games, even if it's voraciously, but don't know much about the news and information revolving around the industry.

I don't care for the term any longer.

With this thread, it's now cemented it's douchey status. What's "hardcore" even supposed to mean at this point anyway? Is it a term that we use to bar people from feeling included in our forum clubs? Le. Sigh.

@YOU_DIED said:

@DuhQbnSiLo said:

@Sayishere said:

People are not really gamers are gamers when they play Call of Duty games

This

I somewhat agree but I'm also really tired of the word 'gamer'. It has gotten worn out to shit by marketing departments, and it makes it easy for people to assume that everyone who plays video games also chugs mountain dew, eats doritos, and plays massive amounts of CoD. It's also just a weird term, I mean, do you ever hear anyone say 'movie watcher'? Or 'book reader'?

welll flim buff/moviegoer or reader are quite common

@kadash299 said:

@Hizang said:

@kadash299: Because Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is not a bad game, even if you personally don't like the Call of Duty franchise you'd be stupid to say it is a bad game.

I disagree, I think it is legitimately a bad game. It is a game i've played over and over again for 7 years, And quite frankly, as good as the first time around was, Once you've done it 7 times, its repetitive, boring, and uninteresting, making it overall... bad

that post says more about you than it does about CoD

Just look at the sales figues. It's definitely a mainstream game. I don't really like the distinction though, because basically all games can be considered maninstream these days.