The moment you became a "hardcore gamer..."

For me. TFC. It was christmas some years ago, I was in 7th or 8th grade that I finally got a PC for x-mas ( i grew up on macs.) My buddy has been telling me about how great TFC was, but I never played it, but the day after X-mas, I ran out to an EB and got the Half Life Box Set. I loaded it up, and from that moment on, my Phone line had a constant busy signal because I was constantly online playing TFC.

Rocket jumping on 2fort, VIP assasination missions. The red dot of death, spying and stabbing snipers in the back, being a medic and infecting the spawn rooms, TFC is the game that turned me into a hardcore gamer. Because of TFC I got into shooters like CS and Half-life (yes i played TFC religiously before I even started into HL) and to this day online shooters are one of my favorite genres because of this game.

I love the game, I got grounded for staying up till 6 am playing it, I took up the only phone line we had, I would play it non stop after school, it still is a personal favorite of mine to this day. Thats why I really cant wait for TFC 2 because of the expierences I had with TFC, my only question is PC or 360!

Thank you TFC for turning me into a total nerd.

I was a Starcraft addict. Nuff said. :)XcoyoteX

I was a Starcraft addict. Nuff said. :)XcoyoteX

I was a Starcraft addict. Nuff said. :)XcoyoteX

i can second that too.

why do you feel the need to be concidered a Hardcore gamer? i just play games. a lot...Always-Honest

not really a need, just i feel that since TFC i play games much more than I ever remember playing them.

why do you feel the need to be concidered a Hardcore gamer? i just play games. a lot...Always-Honest

I don't think I feel a need to be described as that... but I don't quite think 'a lot' describes how much I played Starcraft. I got in trouble for skipping school to play Starcraft. I would stay up until 3-4 AM on a school night, routinely getting grounded, to play Starcraft. I tied up our only phone line during important family emergencies to play that game, before every kid had cell phones and broadband internet. That is the scary realm of the hardcore. :\ After Starcraft, it was over, I never really went back to having a 'normal' life. Hardcore sounds better than 'loser' though, you know?8)

[QUOTE="Always-Honest"]why do you feel the need to be concidered a Hardcore gamer? i just play games. a lot...XcoyoteX

I don't think I feel a need to be described as that... but I don't quite think 'a lot' describes how much I played Starcraft. I got in trouble for skipping school to play Starcraft. I would stay up until 3-4 AM on a school night, routinely getting grounded, to play Starcraft. I tied up our only phone line during important family emergencies to play that game, before every kid had cell phones and broadband internet. That is the scary realm of the hardcore. :\ After Starcraft, it was over, I never really went back to having a 'normal' life. Hardcore sounds better than 'loser' though, you know?8)

you were/are an addict. :-D like me.

It was yesterday, about 4 o'clock.

When I played my first game and I think it was General Chaos for the Sega Mega Drive, ever since then I've loved games and the buzz they give whilst playing them.

I think it was 1994 when I was 7 or 8.

FF 1 back in my NES days. I must have been the only kid not to use a fighter in my party, for some reason I was all about the 2 Black belts and 2 Black mages.

Yeah It took a long time to beat like that >.>

I wouldn't call myself a hardcore gamer. Thank god.

when i first played re4 for my gamecube.

god i loved that game.