Morality and good naturedness fly out the window with MMO's, with any game. I prefer people not call themselves Hardcore anything, call yourself a competitive player. There is no such thing as Hardcore in a video game, by any reasonable definition. your a guy sitting at a desk, on a couch, in a chair, in your house/apartment/other playing something that people are meant to enjoy for awhile then go do something else.
Good job for not putting a meaningless label on yourself, Op