Casual Gamers = ? Hours/Week
Thorondor Port
1-2 weekdays, 2-4 weekends
Gorebrex
Guess Id be a "hardcore" player with a casual attitude. Play ALOT of hours/day, but dont get deep into game mechanics like some Ive seen, dont ever PvP(not even in Pre), barely farm, not even sure its farming if all you do is clear an area and pick up drops to sell, without being there for any onther purpose(no specific item, cap, ect).
DarkGanni
over 16hrs everyday here (i know i have no life but thats it) 
Zedd Kun
Guild wars.. 1-2 hours per day or less.. Other games/chatting/chilling, 1-2 hours per day..
When I first got Propechies, I played ALOT, but I think when people gets bored like now, they stop playing that much.. GW don't suprise people anymore
When I first got Propechies, I played ALOT, but I think when people gets bored like now, they stop playing that much.. GW don't suprise people anymore
Dmc1281
I would consider myself a casual player.
I tend to play around an hour a time, some times I don't play for days, and some times I play for a few hours.
If one were to do an age of my characters, I have total play time of 230 hours and I started the day before GW was launched. I had the early access beta key, that works out to roughly 1 hour per day since the game was released.
I am still trying to finish the first chapter.
I tend to play around an hour a time, some times I don't play for days, and some times I play for a few hours.
If one were to do an age of my characters, I have total play time of 230 hours and I started the day before GW was launched. I had the early access beta key, that works out to roughly 1 hour per day since the game was released.
I am still trying to finish the first chapter.
Count to Potato
As a casual player i play 1.5-2 hrs per day on weekdays and 4 hrs per weekened day, thsi all depends on real life needs
leeky baby
5 weeks days 9/10 weekends that if im not doing naything
Phaern Majes
0-9 hours per week = someone just messing around on the comp killin' time
10-19 hours per week = casual gamer
20-39 hours per week = gamer
40+ hours per week = hardcore gamer
Didn't bother to read it all so maybe someone else posted something similar :S But I figure if you're putting in as much time on a game as a full time job thats a hardcore gamer.
10-19 hours per week = casual gamer
20-39 hours per week = gamer
40+ hours per week = hardcore gamer
Didn't bother to read it all so maybe someone else posted something similar :S But I figure if you're putting in as much time on a game as a full time job thats a hardcore gamer.
Pure Disasta
Lol i actually dont play much anymore and when i do its like death training so iam only checking in every few hours or reseting my guy or what not. I consider the hardcore gamers to play like +6 hours a day.
MadOnion
I play maybe 1 or 2 hours on weekdays and 2 to 4 on weekends. I *do* have a pretty active life too, and I already feel that gw has been interfering a bit too much. Around 1350 hours total in 16 months.
I guess that's an average though... There have been periods where I played 3 hours weekdays and 6 hours on the weekends as I was gaining rank and gvging, but now I've pretty much settled down on RA and pve until my life becomes less busy.
I guess that's an average though... There have been periods where I played 3 hours weekdays and 6 hours on the weekends as I was gaining rank and gvging, but now I've pretty much settled down on RA and pve until my life becomes less busy.
tomcruisejr
24 hours a week is casual.
gamecube187
I play GW just about as much as possible (untill recently because I've started playing Oblivion again 
). Anywhere between 0 and 5 hours on weekdays depending on what I have to do, and just about the whole weekend (excluding when I have to eat or sleep ) I'd say in all, that's....too much...
Wow I really need to play less....
). Anywhere between 0 and 5 hours on weekdays depending on what I have to do, and just about the whole weekend (excluding when I have to eat or sleep ) I'd say in all, that's....too much... Wow I really need to play less....
WasAGuest
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to have a kid still alive and spend that much time on a game ignoring something of infinite value standing there.
at least i still have my cat. no criticism but stop for a minute and seriously think that she could be gone tomorrow. you are so lucky to still have her to ignore |
Weekends were nice because that's when the wife said it was "girls time". Go figure.
But yes, I know exactly what you mean. Parents that miss those moments of smiles are missing out... nothing better than those moments.
Edit: of course there was also the late night gaming as well... we all know the ones where you are "feeling" the side effects for a few days after you were "dumb enough" to stay up till 3am and had to get up at 5am...
Venus was her name
I wouldn't say hours has anything to do with "what kind of gamer" you are. It's all to do with HOW you play Guildwars, and what you spend the time doing. OK After a certain number of hours its going to end up being a bit more "hardcore" than your average player, but that limit is pretty high.
Some people use Guildwars as MSN with swords, just sit and chat with friends and do occasional quests.
Others don't chat at all and just play the game.
I guess i'd be a bit of both although i probally play Guildwars 10-35 hours each week, depending on real life issues. I've recently moved house and in the last month have played maybe 10 hours lol.
Gamer A: One week plays 10 hours of GW, in that time wins HOH and plays Highly rated GvG matches with the worlds top guilds (for example).
Gamer B: One week plays 30 hours just sitting with friends chatting. (for example)
whos the more "hardcore" ?
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And to all you "I'm sad i play 20 hours a day ;-(" people...
at least your not sat in a dark room playing a single player rpg all day, your on an ONLINE game interacting with other human beings.
(you can use that as an excuse to your wives/girlfriends/mothers etc to play more gw if you like)
Some people use Guildwars as MSN with swords, just sit and chat with friends and do occasional quests.
Others don't chat at all and just play the game.
I guess i'd be a bit of both although i probally play Guildwars 10-35 hours each week, depending on real life issues. I've recently moved house and in the last month have played maybe 10 hours lol.
Gamer A: One week plays 10 hours of GW, in that time wins HOH and plays Highly rated GvG matches with the worlds top guilds (for example).
Gamer B: One week plays 30 hours just sitting with friends chatting. (for example)
whos the more "hardcore" ?
EDIT:
And to all you "I'm sad i play 20 hours a day ;-(" people...
at least your not sat in a dark room playing a single player rpg all day, your on an ONLINE game interacting with other human beings.
(you can use that as an excuse to your wives/girlfriends/mothers etc to play more gw if you like)
Etrik
Casual = between 1-4 hours/day, between 1 and 7 days a week.
Darcy
@OP - yes, you should let Admins Bane turn this into a poll for you. People who don't feel like posting will still do the poll.
On Topic - If asked I would say I was a casual gamer as I have no hard and fast goals. I have 1671 hrs on GW over 9 months. Roughly calculated that is over 40 hours a week. I usually game about 2-4 hours weekdays and more on weekends. But I have eight characters of whom only two have completed a chapter. I don't do PvP.
But I have a full-time job, friends, do errands for my mother, read several books a week, spend time with family, etc. What I don't do is watch TV. It seems to me that that is most peoples main spare time occupation. Try asking non-gamers how many hours they spend in front of the television.
What I have given up since the advent of GW in my life, is some of the time I used to spend reading and playing other PC games. My reading is now mostly restricted to new books and less to re-reading old ones.
On Topic - If asked I would say I was a casual gamer as I have no hard and fast goals. I have 1671 hrs on GW over 9 months. Roughly calculated that is over 40 hours a week. I usually game about 2-4 hours weekdays and more on weekends. But I have eight characters of whom only two have completed a chapter. I don't do PvP.
But I have a full-time job, friends, do errands for my mother, read several books a week, spend time with family, etc. What I don't do is watch TV. It seems to me that that is most peoples main spare time occupation. Try asking non-gamers how many hours they spend in front of the television.
What I have given up since the advent of GW in my life, is some of the time I used to spend reading and playing other PC games. My reading is now mostly restricted to new books and less to re-reading old ones.
Loviatar
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But I have a full-time job, friends, do errands for my mother, read several books a week, spend time with family, etc. What I don't do is watch TV. It seems to me that that is most peoples main spare time occupation. Try asking non-gamers how many hours they spend in front of the television. |
but i do have more spare time without it for other things
Kool Pajamas
I'd say 1-2 hours a day or less is casual.
I play more.... >.<
I play more.... >.<
MMSDome
about 4-5 hours a week and about 2-3 on weekends
xxSilhouette
For me it really depends, Im really busy a couple of days of the week, but on tuesdays and thursdays i am completely free after 12:30 - So on those days i can be on anywhere from 1 hour - 10 hours. Just depending on how much i want to play.
Vinraith
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Originally Posted by Phaern Majes
0-9 hours per week = someone just messing around on the comp killin' time
10-19 hours per week = casual gamer 20-39 hours per week = gamer 40+ hours per week = hardcore gamer Didn't bother to read it all so maybe someone else posted something similar :S But I figure if you're putting in as much time on a game as a full time job thats a hardcore gamer. |
Annoy Mous
4-5 hours weekdays, 8-12 hours weekends ...Personally consider myself a casual gamer.
Muse of Shadows
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more than i watch TV anyway. around 2 hoursa day. On days off, like yesterday, i'd play around 8-10 hours.
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Anyways, casual player now - 2-3 hours/day, 4-6 days/week
Used to be hardcore - 8-12/day, 9 days/week
Yes, nine days in a week
Tetris L
I'm playing only 10-15 hrs/week, due to real life "restrictions" (job, family, friends, ...). I guess that counts as casual, although it's mostly forced, not deliberate.
I used to play 50+ hrs/week when I didn't have wife and kid yet, and my job was less demanding.
I used to play 50+ hrs/week when I didn't have wife and kid yet, and my job was less demanding.
Cronnie
Well i play around 2 hours a day on weekdays, around 4 or 5 on weekends, but compared to most people i am casual lol...
kimahri
3-4h a day on weekdays and 4-5h on weekends, 10h if home alone .
Big_Iron
I consider myself pretty casual. I may play one to two hours a night. Sometimes not even that. For instance, if I have plans on a Friday night. I'll play mostly weekends. Maybe 3-5 hours a day, unless there's an event I'm interested in (like a triple Green weekend). Then I'll most likely play more.
I was more hardcore early on. I couldn't play mega-hours during the week naturally, but weekends I'd easily log 10-12 hours a day playing Prophecies.
I was more hardcore early on. I couldn't play mega-hours during the week naturally, but weekends I'd easily log 10-12 hours a day playing Prophecies.
Azim
3-4 hours a week for me... i don't have time to be a hardcore gamer
ashe5k
It averages out for my whole time playing Guild Wars to be about an hour and 20 minutes a day. There are days I don't play at all though and for awhile after Factions (like 3 months) that I didn't play then at all either. I consider myself a VERY casual player. I'm all PvE, all the time when i play too. Nothing hardcore about me.
Mourne
10 hours a day , yeah no shit .
, yeah no shit .