Originally Posted by
Lashmoo
I view Hardcore more as a mindset than anything else. It's not necessarily someone who plays a lot or is the most achieved person in a game, but the mindset needed to make those things happen are present, except perhaps the time needed isn't available. To me, people who are in the top percentile of anything in a game typically have a sponsor of some sort, which indicates that they're professional to some degree. Are those people hardcore? Most definitely, but that's not *the* definition of Hardcore in my eyes.