The epitaph of the hard core gamer (Score 1)

It seems that casual gamers here are seen in a negative way. Like local coastal surfers calling out the posers from the valley I feel that hardcore gamers look upon us casual gamers from some sort of elitist platform. Sure, on one hand you get to spend all your extra time involved in some fantasy that you wont walk away from. But on the other hand you spend all your extra time involved in some fantasy that you can't walk away from.

As a casual gamer I don't play many games. I don't have level 70 wizards, I don't have dedicated gaming TVs. I haven't logged very much time at all on any game. But I have spent many hours with my family and my boys exploring the non virtual worlds around my home. The mountains, the coast, the local lakes and rivers. I choose to invest my time in those around me.

What is the epitaph of the hardcore gamer? Out of the finite number of hours we have to live, how many would you want back at the end? What did you accomplish in those hours that will outlive you? Who will remember your deeds? Thank you hardcore gamer. Thanks for immersing your time in yourself and yourself only. Thanks for carrying an industry on your back so I can casually play some titles that mean nothing to me. Thank you for staying inside and not crowding the places I like to take my family and friends.

I have nothing against hardcore gamers, unless they become elitists. I feel your accomplishments are the opposite of elite.