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scratch that, reverse it. by up with pod people 09/26/2011, 12:01pm PDT
I'm playing WoW right now* and the one thing, the one thing that gets up my nose is how it has been analyzed into its component atoms. useful, I suppose, when you need a tip on finding a quest entrance, because there's three sites with four hundred comments giving you screenshots and a diagram, but not so useful when you want to experience a glimmer of wonder or discovery. there is A Right Way to do things and you don't find it, you learn it through detailed study. everyone should have X optimal gear and Y optimal skills to produce Z output. ugh!

I rebel against this both in my character and because I know it will kill the game for me. I will never be a progressive raider but I will

- explore maps for the joy of it
- keep the best item models, of all levels, purely for aesthetic enjoyment
- on my hunter, tame only the animals that I genuinely like
- fuck around with professions gamely
- acquire horsies. all horsies.

notwithstanding that last point, in general I am not a collector, I am a curator. games are geared to OCD hoarders and the kind of people who play Magic decks 100x and keep a spreadsheet of how they performed, I guess. but if you can find your own game inside a game, it can be fun again.


* because: it is The One MMO. I have decided if you feel like burning some casual leisure time on an MMO, why not choose the one whose experience, appearance, and QoL has been burnished to a high shine by the passage of millions of players? it has been a perfectly cromulent way to spend time with family and friends with basically zero technical or interface hiccups.
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did you guys like vidya games more before you knew so much about them? by august and everything after 09/26/2011, 2:37am PDT NEW
    Is it even possible to play a game without understanding the rules? by Jerry Whorebach 09/26/2011, 4:22am PDT NEW
        He's describing the "Chick parabola". NT by Mysterio 09/26/2011, 12:48pm PDT NEW
            Chick Parabola is obviously playing the wrong sorts of games. by Jerry Whorebach 09/26/2011, 2:22pm PDT NEW
            I didn't know there was a phrase for it! But yeah! NT by august and everything after 09/26/2011, 8:08pm PDT NEW
        It's almost like there are two types of players -- escapists and competitors... by Fussbett 09/26/2011, 2:15pm PDT NEW
            yeah i think this is on the money by august and everything after 09/26/2011, 8:19pm PDT NEW
    I don't like a lot of RPGs. by Gutsby 09/26/2011, 8:55am PDT NEW
    Min/Maxing is fun when YOU do it, but it sucks when the other guy does it. by Last 09/26/2011, 11:48am PDT NEW
        scratch that, reverse it. by up with pod people 09/26/2011, 12:01pm PDT NEW
            I'm the gayest rogue by Worm 09/26/2011, 3:54pm PDT NEW
                Ahahahahahaha by laudablepuss 09/26/2011, 4:08pm PDT NEW
                MAGNIFICENT~ NT by up with pod people 09/26/2011, 5:05pm PDT NEW
                    dolly wars by up with pod people 09/26/2011, 5:47pm PDT NEW
                        that first shot seems to be modeled on Britney Spears's outfit in "Til The End O by Fullofkittens 09/27/2011, 8:11am PDT NEW
                This almost makes me want to play WoW again by Entropy Stew 09/27/2011, 10:59am PDT NEW
        Whoa! by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/26/2011, 5:19pm PDT NEW
            Re: Whoa! by Last 09/27/2011, 5:59pm PDT NEW
                Also note that it was a 1.6KB file, not 50KB (!!) NT by Last 09/27/2011, 6:01pm PDT NEW
    Sometimes I wonder if I'm bored with most of the shit on the market right now by WITTGENSTEIN 09/26/2011, 4:53pm PDT NEW
        is there anything you have high hopes for? by august and everything after 09/26/2011, 8:21pm PDT NEW
            The new Syndicate and X-COM NT by col.schickn 09/26/2011, 9:55pm PDT NEW
                Syndicate as an FPS? Isn't that called "Deus Ex"? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/27/2011, 6:23pm PDT NEW
            The new Batman game. Dark Souls. BF3. Rage. by Gutsby 09/27/2011, 4:36am PDT NEW
            TOR, SOTS2, Stronghold 3 NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/27/2011, 12:27pm PDT NEW
        It's both, right? by jeep 09/26/2011, 9:51pm PDT NEW
            Re: It's both, right? by RIGHT ON 09/27/2011, 5:43am PDT NEW
            If Angry Birds and Farmville is the future of gaming, I need a new hobby NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/27/2011, 4:41pm PDT NEW
                i could teach you to play badminton NT by august and everything after 09/28/2011, 9:13am PDT NEW
 
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