Jun
17

The difference…in video form

I’m feeling like a shit disturber today. So, in the spirit of shit-disturb…dom, here is the difference between “carebears” and “hardcore” players. I’ll leave it to all of you to determine which is which:

Family+guy+Hummer+skit

/runs and hides.

D out.

Posted in Editorial
7 Comments Posted by Darren

7 Responses to "The difference…in video form"

SmakenDahed says:

June 17, 2009 at 9:11 am

You used a winky face, no one can get mad and flame after the poster uses a winky face, it’s just … against the law or something.

Except those hardcore douchebags.. they break all the laws!
syncaine says:

June 17, 2009 at 10:14 am

Second video is blocked at work, care to explain?

Also, carebears can be hardcore players, just like someone can be a PvPer and only play 1-2 hours a week; it’s more a personality type than a gaming style. You can be someone who raids 24/7 and be a hardcore raider, but if on a PvP server you freeze up when someone attacks you (carebear stare), you are a carebear.

The term originated in UO (or at least was made popular in that game, god knows someone will claim they used it when playing someone in Pong), where crafters/PvE-ers would be playing their game, and a PK would run up to them to try and kill them. Instead of responding immediately and fighting back or running in a logical manner, the carebear would panic and either do something dumb (like try to cast recall with a dex monkey on them), or run in the direction the PK wants him to go, ensuring he will be killed (deeper into a dungeon, or away from a town). I believe, but I could be wrong, that the countless comics created about this player type is what made the term popular, as the comic would replace the players avatar with a carebear image.
Matthew says:

June 17, 2009 at 10:35 am

Man I hate that Blizzard has dumbed down WoW so much to appeal to the carebears. Everything from the nerfs to make every class more cookie cutter and alike to my own personal issue with everything being just spell power now instead of damage or healing power.
Jonathan says:

June 17, 2009 at 2:53 pm

I love how both movies were symbolic of the different types of players, and yet both of them contained car collisions symbolic of Flagship Studios entire lifespan!!
Lore Attempts to Define “Hard-core Gamers” « The Ancient Gaming Noob says:

June 17, 2009 at 3:51 pm

[...] It is a bit different from Darren’s version. [...]
We Fly Spitfires says:

June 17, 2009 at 4:14 pm

Lol, this brought a smile to my face! Thanks! Very funnny and very true. I think it aptly sums up how to two camps feel about each other.
Doug says:

June 18, 2009 at 1:45 am

I think the first video with the hummer was symbolic of the carebear players. Way too happy with what some may view as meaningless, trivial, frivilous things; superficial and oblivious to the existence of other players (or drivers).

The second is hardcore players. Like Meg being needy, they want you to raid with them 5 nights a week, or PVP and raid the castle for every night for 4 hours at 1 am when the opposition is sleeping. The obvious response to that is to run away, or jump in front of a moving bus as the case may be.