I consider myself to be an avid gamer, this stemming from the fact that indtead of going to the bar or otherwise being a human with a voice and personality, I prefer to spend hours at a time grinding over a paticular task that has no real basis in real life. The titles that fill this archetype are generally RPG games such as Skyrim.
The other day my friend who's entire gaming collection consists of Black Ops II and Halo 4 (which he never plays) said that unless I can hold my own in shooter multiplayer that I cannot call myself a gamer. I am able to at least hold my own, perhaps even play rather well ,after consuming copious amounts of a certain illegal green substance and rigorous mental preperation, however that does not stop me from dissagreeing with his statement. Felling, however, that my opinion might be a little biased I thought I should outsource my question to a larger community who's opinion I generally find truthfull.
So fellow escapists, can you still be a good gamer if you otherwise suck at CoD (or anyother generic, copy paste, online shoother)?