Quote Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer View Post
This is truly odd.
You're telling me.....

You do not understand an issue which now affects you directly,
Categorically false.

Here is the gist, banana: ......
My understanding, previous to this, was exactly as you have described it. You are equating my lack of outrage with a lack of understanding. Once again, I must emphasize, I fully understand what they did. I fully understand what the effects were. I fully understand the details of the remedy. And I fully understood all of these things, exactly as you have described them, before I purchased the game.

Are you happy playing this?
Very

And then they fixed it. Now you do get +1000xp for every game you play. But all of a sudden, something that used to cost +80000, now costs +160000.
The volume of a commodity (XP) increased. As a result, the value of an individual unit of that commodity decreased. If you need this explained to you, try re-enrolling in the 9th grade. Or ask Wuf, I'm sure he can feed you a dozen paragraphs on how inflation works.

Are you still happy playing this?
Extremely.

Now you should sit down for this next part. Because this might come as a shock. Food companies put overly-conservative expiration dates on their products to encourage you to either consume food faster, or throw out good food before you need to so that you need to buy more sooner.

Are you still happy drinking milk?

Again Jack, I fully understand the problem. I fully understand what happened. I fully understand how it was fixed. I'm just not shocked, offended, or outraged about it.

Seems to me that your problem stems from an absurd and erroneous sense of entitlement. You seem to feel that you are owed some kind of return on the time that you invest in the game. What the fuck is that about man?? That was never the deal.

The deal was, you hand over $60, and the game provides you with hours of entertainment. That's it. End of transaction.

Now you're saying that needs to be extended? Why? For what? For who's benefit? Why are you owed something more for using something that you bought? What would the game developer be rewarding you for, exactly? What do they get out of you maximizing the replay value of their game?

I really don't get what this entitlement is all about. You bought a game because you wanted something fun to play. It is fun to play. The pace and frequency of rewards that the game currently uses, is fun to play. If you disagree, find a game with a pace and frequency that's right for you.

In conclusion, I fully understand the issue. What I don't understand, is the outrage.

I simply don't understand why anyone's idea of fun is being constantly praised and continuously fed rewards for mediocre accomplishments. I simply don't understand why someone would be personally offended at being denied that by a video game. I simply don't understand why someone would feel like they are owed that in the first place, merely in return for a completely value-less investment of leisure time.

The sick selfish sense of entitlement that is driving the "outrage" over this XP scandal is really grotesque to me.

It's just a fucking video game!

Just have fun and kwitchyerbitshen