I'm definitely a True Gamer, so much so that I've even had discussions with other True Gamers about the direction games are heading nowadays, in that things get easier and easier and appeal to less nerdy audiences, have less penalties for sucking, etc. I crave challenging game play like the good old days, and hate it that developers make games easy mode nowadays to appease the masses.
I'm a blood rager minus the ganking, too. I love to murder people in games, and take pride in being more skilled than 90% of the people I face, and if I'm not more skilled, then I practice for months until I am. This isn't solely personal pride, though, as the same applies if I am in a pvp group and we're collectively superior to other pvp groups. This is actually my favorite thing in some games. I love to have a group of people who just murder everyone and almost never lose. I hate complacent attitudes in MMOs, especially in regards to PvP. To me, you have to try to be the best, and never stop. If you're one of those people that says "we always lose so just let them win so we can play a new round," then I probably don't want to play with you.
Lastly, I'm a hardcore gamer minus the elitism, besides to my friends irl, because we brag to each other about how awesome our dudes are for the fun of it. I love to be the best I can possibly be, painstakingly min-maxing and spending hours to get whatever piece of gear I need, looking up things online to make sure I am getting the most out of my character, etc. I am proud of the fact that I've been in the best guilds on the server for almost all MMOs I've played.
P.S. This would be a great thread to form new guilds based upon others who share similar mindsets for how they enjoy playing the game as you do.
This post has been edited by Vivere: 23 November 2009 - 05:22 AM