Interesting discussion
I always user the term "Ooliter" to only describe players of the game Oolite and Elitists to describe fans (or just "Elite fans") of
all the original games and their respective re-makes. A catch all term if you like. To me at least, "Elitists" are further sub-divided between "Hardcore Elitists" (fans of the original wireframe" Elite or Oolite on strict mode), "Elitists" (fans of the later Elite 1 games and Oolite with all the oxp bells & whistles enabled), "Hardcore Newtonian Elitists" (fans of FE2, FFE3 and their re-makes who fly in full manual mode everywhere) and finally "Newtonian Elitists" (fans who use the auto pilot a lot in FE2,FFE3 and their re-makes). Personally I think of myself as an "Elite" fan, which to me means that I love all the Elite games including the re-makes Oolite, Pioneer and FFE3D. They are all good and even better, all good in different ways
I think many people jump somewhere between these. I know I do. Sometimes needing a full on "pure" experience, so Oolite on strict mode or firing up a Beeb or C64 emulator will only do, other times, I need a physics fix, so out comes one of the Miggys for Frontier or the PC for Pioneer or FFE3D And finally, I just want to play a nice space sim with minimum fuss, so Oolite (stuffed to the brim with oxps) or Pioneer & FFE3D using the auto pilot does just nicely