Bigred's Video Game Thread

[Jack Sawyer]

So to Jack and anyone else who sympathizes with the views of Mr. Jimquisition I ask this...

WHO ARE YOU DEFENDING?

Not you apparently.

You love the game. Enjoy the game. As I told you around here:

https://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerf...27#post2281127

I, however, will be keeping my money.

"Hmmm, here's a game with a community that is so passionately invested in this game that they get outraged over something so minor, the game must be pretty good. And this community is large enough to generate outrage that is newsworthy.....this game must be pretty good."

A quite interesting train of thought which I will never understand

[BananaStand]

Not you apparently

That's not an answer. And I detect some pouty-ness in your tone here.

I get it. I'd be wishy-washy too if I were you. You've just spent days ranting at me about how the evil, conniving video game cabal has been pulling dastardly shenanigans to manipulate people's behavior. And now you learn that all this time, it's actually YOU who has been played.

This "crime" that you allege occurred, has no victims. Literally zero people were impacted in any significant way. So when you rant about it, or when some limey ass hole makes a youtube video about it.....what are you really accomplishing? There are no victims to defend. There is no injustice to correct. There is no need for a remedy. All you're doing, is promoting the game!!

[BananaStand]

A quite interesting train of thought which I will never understand

Why? You've never heard of popularity being a motivation to purchase?

Like, let's say you're REALLY into accordion music. One day you're walking down the street and you 10,000 people waiting in line outside of an arena. You ask what's going on and someone tells you that the crowd is heading into a concert for some hot new polka band.

Wouldn't you at least consider checking out their album?

What's confusing to you about this?

[MadMojoMonkey]

@Jack
As much as you are being sensible, your argument is paper thin.
"Other people feel as entitled as I do." is not a call to justice. "They lied to me." is not an indictment of criminal activity.

You have made the point that there was deception, but not put in in any appropriate context.
You've put your foot down that you don't support the deceivers, fine. What is your argument that your decision should be a mandate on anyone else's behavior?
Frankly, I don't think I can get through an hour without deceiving either myself or someone else, so I cannot stand beside your unnuanced position on deception.

Your argument is that people were hurt by this deception, but you haven't really defined what you mean by "hurt."
Clearly no one was physically injured, so let's make sure we're talking about the same thing when before anything else.

I don't think "impacted" and "affected" are the same. These deceptions affected the gamers, but did they impact those gamer's lives outside of the game? If so, why is that not the individual's responsibility to adult better? If they're kids, why is it not their parents responsibility to adult them better?

You're calling for legislation, but you completely dodged the part about "Did you file anything with the BBB on this issue?"
If you have, that's a totally different argument than what you're putting forward. If you've already taken political action, then your call for others to take political action has much more weight. You see that, right?

It seems like you're getting super-defensive on other people's behalf. If you have a dog in this fight, then what is it? How were YOU hurt by this practice?