Why I've given up speedrunning (ALL MY OPINON) (Off-Topic)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 09:31 (3937 days ago) @ Claude Errera

if you're going to spend all that time playing video games at home, why not climb a different mountain instead of the same one over and over, you know? How do you know the world you live in if you've only seen it from one peak?

I don't know what to call the type of player I've become: post-hardcore? I don't know. The philosophy now is to get good at the game, then move on.

lol - I hate to tell you this, Cody, but that attitude is not called 'post-hardcore'... it's called 'casual'. Some of us do it FIRST. :)

No it's more hardcore than casual. Like in MGS2 for example, most casuals do not go for a Big Boss run, whereas I would. It's something like the desire to master the game as a hardcore player would, but with the mindset of a casual player as far as immersion goes.