tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26788501.post6475872114981111817..comments2008-09-18T15:08:10.681ZChrisnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26788501.post-83860093465086596952008-09-18T15:08:00.000Z2008-09-18T15:08:00.000ZGreat article. Especially love the alignment graph. Shouldn't the lower right quadrant be Hardcore Casual? (meaning, lot of time, not a lot of effort?) Just so that all four corners are unique.GoWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02480595982319075144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26788501.post-32846969072750563872008-09-12T08:23:00.000Z2008-09-12T08:23:00.000ZI would add a third axis of focus to it, you can be really efficient in the time you spend, but with little focus, or really distracted but achieve a lot. Its a very hard thing to try and put people into boxes, when we don't really know where the boxes lie.2ndNinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415648946567949701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26788501.post-34641071365902416582008-09-12T04:56:00.000Z2008-09-12T04:56:00.000ZYes this was a beautiful post and I liked the graph. You've managed to chatch the shades and not just put players into boxes.<BR/><BR/>Before I finally decided against the terms I was trying to make some sort of equation out of it.<BR/><BR/>Hardcore/casualness = passion (= effort) x time x knowledge. Or something like that. But after all knowledge I guess is a result of effort x time.Larísahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26788501.post-13417875054217122042008-09-11T11:56:00.000Z2008-09-11T11:56:00.000ZHey Nin!<BR/><BR/>Love the post!<BR/><BR/>After having read the posts people have written on this topic, I feel that yours and Larissa's are the closest to my personal opinion of what hardcore and casual is.<BR/><BR/>As Larissa pointed out: hardcore and casual are in the eye of the beholder and as you state: one can be hardcore with very little time and casual with lots and lots of time on ones hands.<BR/><BR/>So my opinion: the way you employ the time you have (not the amount of time you have) determines whether you are hardcore or casual.<BR/><BR/>If you pursue something intensly then you are hardcore in my eyes (be it a hardcore vanity pets collector or a hardcore leveler or a hardcore raider) and if you mostly take it easy and let things come as they are, more relaxed, you are a casual player.<BR/><BR/>Enough ramblings from me. <BR/>Thanks for a great shared topic and a nice post! :)<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/>AendiAendihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182268239022247434noreply@blogger.com