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casual players like to play quickly, more serious players prefer to spend more time on their moves, and thus informal conventions arise within different play groups as to how long a game is "supposed" to take to complete.

Friedrich Schiller wrote: The law has cramped the flight of eagles to a snail's pace.

I feel like I can be myself, and not go to jail for it.

Evan Barnett wrote: I do not think that gamers altering the experience to meet their needs is "abusive," and I certainly don't think it's an "inferior experience."

Not everyone is fantastic at games, and losing substantial amounts of progress over and over is a real road block to lesser skilled players.

Evan Barnett wrote: I don't really care that I could experience a game where my incorrect choices have impact because *I don't want to,* and that's more important than what the designer wanted. I don't think that makes my decisions worthless, because I am setting up the experience I want to consume.

Games are often stereotyped as escapist fantasies—where people get to pretend to be something they’re not. But what the data shows is that gamers play games that align with their personalities. In the same way that people select the news and media that reinforce their worldviews, gamers select the games that reinforce their identities. For example, gamers who are extraverted prefer more social and action-oriented games. Gamers who are more conscientious prefer games with long-term thinking and planning.

The games we play are a reflection, not an escape, from our own identities. In this sense, people play games not to pretend to be someone they’re not, but to become more of who they really are.

Ben Kuchera wrote: Once we see the credits roll on a game we loved, our first thought shouldn't be to check the clock to see if we can still get our money back.

Kate R wrote: At the end of the day, no one has any obligation to a game — there’s absolutely no reason not to break them open, take what we want, and leave the rest behind.

Nere wrote:sony is so evil

KingdomHeartsFan wrote:

Lazaro wrote: and they say Crime doesn't pay...

What Crime?

Dead Man Typing wrote: Well... I guess next time I'll download the free game instead of doing the right thing.

Patricia Hernandez wrote: Uh oh. Those services show players where monsters will spawn in Pokémon Go? You know, the ones that eeeeveryone is using? Well, the creators of Pokémon Go don’t sound very fond of them.

Patricia Hernandez wrote: tracking is a feature that is important to everybody, not just folks who go through the trouble of figuring out whether a monster has the right IVs or not. Even the average person understands that it is more fun to find new monsters that they haven’t caught yet, rather than to settle for endless Rattatas. That’s why millions of people used services like Poke Vision in the first place.

I’ve spoken to players who live in rural areas, where Pokémon are either sparse or shitty. They want to know how to track monsters better. I’ve spoken to players with children, or who lead busy lives, and they can’t just waste hours wandering around in the real world, in the vain hopes of finding a decent Pokémon. They want to track down monsters better. I’ve spoken to people with depression, who tell me that it is easier to motivate themselves to go outside when they have clear, specific goals. They want to track down monsters better, too.

And why not? Even in the main games, once you capture something, the Pokedex outright tells you everywhere else you can capture that specific Pokémon. Personally, I also tend to reference Serebii for monster locations too constantly while on my 3DS, and it’s never gotten in the way of my enjoyment of the games. The same is true of Pokémon Go, perhaps even moreso thanks to Pokémon Go’s social component. Even if the app told me exactly where to go, I’d still have to physically go there, and would likely stop along any Pokestops along the way.

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.