From 0 to 10, What Kind Of a Gamer Are You?

Games, games, games. That’s one thing that made me keep my Windows alive. Actually, the first thing I did when I installed Linux, about an age ago was to check out the Games section in, what I called then, the “start menu� and until today, the primary objective in taking a look at somebody’s new mobile is to click the Games menu. That’s who I am, a cold-blooded, amoral gamer!
Seriously, do you remember the good old 90s with their, what, “64 bit� Nintendo or Sega? Sonic “rules, dude�! I used to play Street Fighter or Super Mario for hours and when I first launched Test Drive 5 (I think it was 1998, wasn’t it?) I though it was so realistic, just like being in that car and I can still recall that track in Russia where you are chased by those evil soviet machines called Lada! Not that I ignored my real friends, we played hide and seek or football, but our real passion has always been “virtual games�.
However, I don’t think I’m one of those “devotedâ€� gamers, since I almost never play a game until I’ve smashed every single living creature or raced with every single car.  I know people who still spend hours in front of, for example, Starcraft and I have some secret jealousy about that but my “gamingâ€� can be compared to my eating - I do it as long as I need to even if I have to leave it half “undoneâ€�. 

How many games have you played?
Don’t count Wolfenstein, Heretic or Doom, because we’re talking about “modernâ€� or recent games. Here’s how it goes: if you’ve played from 1 to 10 games give yourself 5 point, from 11 – 20 you get 10 points,  21 to 40 15 points. You don’t have to own these games, but you have to have spent at least 3 hours playing each. I’ll have to give myself 15 points here ‘cause I’ve played over 40 games just last year.
What’s the average time you isolate yourself from the world we know and love?
Console games tend to distract you more, by the way! I don’t really know why, but it’s a fact. Anyway, we’re talking daily here or at least … erm … daily and don’t forget that this is your average time, so don’t cheat with “Oh, I’ve played for 24 hours once!�
  If you play from 1 to 3 hours – you get 5 points, if you play from 4 to 6 hours you get 10 points and if you practice your gaming skills anymore than that you can add 15 points to your score.
How bad are you?
Oh, that’s an issue for so many people. A lot of gamers tend to smash stuff like keyboards, mice, monitors, desks and their own nerves while playing some difficult levels. I usually limit myself to verbal indignation at those, let’s say, “current obstacles�, although one of my keyboards still has injuries from a Coke that I spilt all over it because of a dirty little bastard who wanted to blow my brains out last year. He’s dead now… and uninstalled.
Anyway, here’s how you get score. You’ll have to be extremely honest here! If you don’t have any issues with not being able to proceed to the next level give yourself 5 points, if you, just like me, use only words with, usually, four letters, you get 10 points and if you smash and demolish innocent non-moral objects you’ve earned your 15 points.
How persistent are you?
I, as already mentioned, have issues with that one. I don’t play something very much if it doesn’t work “my way�. If you do the same thing you get 5 points, if you play it at least 75 % of the game (meaning you put some efforts) you’ll acquire 10 points and if you play it until it’s all done, than unlock the secrets you, sure as … erm … something sure, get 15 points.
Are you man/woman of many skills?
That’s something we can argue about. I think that one should never play just one type of games, say, racing and nothing else. However, it’s everybody for themselves (deathmach), BUT (here’s the big but) we’re talking about hardcore gamers so if you ignore everything but one genre (like jump’n’run) you’ll get 5 points, if you play similar types of games, like, different kinds of strategies you get 10 points and if you like to race, shoot, kill, run, and command (not necessarily in that order) you have your 15 points!
What’s your social status?
As in, do you have any other activities than playing games (5 points), do you talk about games with your friends all the time (10 points) or are you completely lost in the virtual reality (15 points, although if you were, you wouldn’t have been reading this now)
Last, but not least, do you cheat?
That’s not a stupid question because so many people cheat and something should be done! I mean, I cheat, too, but not that often and if you’re like me, you get 10 points, if your first job when you get a new game is to search Google for cheats you get 5 points and for every honest gamer we give 15 points.

Your score:
Sum up your points and divide them to 10. If you’ve picked every 15 point answer, you should have a score of 15 which makes you a hardcore player of all times and maybe, just maybe, you might want to consider some professional help. For everybody else:
0.5 - 3.5 – You’re not a gamer, you just like to chill out with some nice games from time to time, that’s good!
4 – 6 – You’re the average gamer, just like me. We play for fun, sometimes it takes a lot of time, but we know our limits! That’s the best way, I think (not because I ended up here :) )
6.5 – 10 – You’re a heavy gamer. You like your games and you play them hard. As long as this doesn’t interfere with your social life, there’s nothing wrong with it or you… probably!

Play games, people, there’s nothing wrong with doing so. Don’t trust those guys who say they are extremely, very bad thing – they are wrong, as long as you now where to stop.
Phil, Restart Later,  rlater.org
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