Gamer Classification Code

a.k.a. GCC

Author: Gurth

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Tags: #gaming

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Gamer Classifcation Code is a code for players of roleplaying games to describe their playing experience and help like-minded players find each other.

Since you’re a gamer, picture this situation: You get an e-mail from someone who says they’ve seen your name on the net, and they also play RPGs. You get the impression they’re from your country or general area, and you have an opening in your group for a new player. What do you do now?

Another situation: You join a mailing list that has in the order of 891 other gamers on it. All you see of them are their names and signatures, and because you only have their posts to go by, it’ll take quite a while for you to figure out what these people like and don’t like when it comes to gaming. How do you figure out what everyone is like more quickly?

Chances are that in either case, and many similar ones, you’ll be spending a lot of time e-mailing back and forth before you’re any the wiser.

That’s Where the Gamer Classification Code Comes In!

It allows you to describe yourself by assigning ratings to a number of categories, which other people can then quickly decipher to see what kind of gamer you are — and where you’re from, in case you’re in their area. By placing it into the signature underneath your e-mail messages, on your web site, or in other places where others will come across it (you could even write it onto a T-shirt you wear to a convention, if you want) other gamers will be easily able to identify you as a fellow gamer.

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2026-06-28

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Geek Code 1.0.1 (inspiration)

Geek Code 2.0 (inspiration)

Geek Code 2.1 (inspiration)

Geek Code 3.0 (inspiration)

Geek Code 3.1 (inspiration)

Geek Code 3.12 (inspiration)

Shadowrun Geek Code 0.1 (inspiration)

Shadowrun Geek Code 0.2 (inspiration)

Shadowrun Geek Code 0.22 (inspiration)

ME Code 0.1 (inspiration)

ME Code 0.2 (inspiration)

Gamer Classification Code 0.1

Gamer Classification Code 0.2

Gamer Classification Code 0.3

RPG Code 1.0 (see also)

RPG Code 1.1 (see also)

RPG Code 1.2 (see also)

Shadowrun Geek Code 0.3 (inspiration)