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@ Sabre- I don't let how others get their levels affect my pride in my achievements. I still have the same amount as I always did, which is more or less none at all
If I got a level, it's because I wanted something associated with it, like a quest requirement or an item or ability unlocked at that level. Prestige, achievement, and competition don't really factor into my play style. The feeling of achievement comes from being able to finally craft potion flasks or obtaining Agile legs, not from the level itself or how it compares to others.
As such, my position to the SoF isn't really based at all on devaluing my personal achievements or something like that. I just loved how everything in the game, if earned legitimately, was earned by playing the game. I felt like it connected us all; no matter what, we knew that everyone else put their time and effort into their account. Buyable spins distort that.
The best way I can explain how is through what I used to see in the GE every day before the Bot Nuke. People would look at people with skillcapes and say, "Obvious bot" or "Nice botted 99, noob", or, even worse, there would be the person who said, "Nice 99" and the complimentee who responded, "I botted it, lol". The accusations were almost always baseless, but they illustrate a point: Players were no longer sure the person next to them had actually played the game for their success. That link, that sense of shared experience, had been weakened.
Buyable spins, for me, are a similar distortion of that sense. They offer advancement without gameplay, without engagement. They differ from bots in that I don't consider spin buyers cheaters (I can hardly blame someone for taking advantage of what's offered), but the very existence of buyable spins still disturbs that sense of connection.
Do I let that affect my gameplay? Not in the slightest. I still enjoy the game. All it means is that I will not support buyable spins.
If I got a level, it's because I wanted something associated with it, like a quest requirement or an item or ability unlocked at that level. Prestige, achievement, and competition don't really factor into my play style. The feeling of achievement comes from being able to finally craft potion flasks or obtaining Agile legs, not from the level itself or how it compares to others.
As such, my position to the SoF isn't really based at all on devaluing my personal achievements or something like that. I just loved how everything in the game, if earned legitimately, was earned by playing the game. I felt like it connected us all; no matter what, we knew that everyone else put their time and effort into their account. Buyable spins distort that.
The best way I can explain how is through what I used to see in the GE every day before the Bot Nuke. People would look at people with skillcapes and say, "Obvious bot" or "Nice botted 99, noob", or, even worse, there would be the person who said, "Nice 99" and the complimentee who responded, "I botted it, lol". The accusations were almost always baseless, but they illustrate a point: Players were no longer sure the person next to them had actually played the game for their success. That link, that sense of shared experience, had been weakened.
Buyable spins, for me, are a similar distortion of that sense. They offer advancement without gameplay, without engagement. They differ from bots in that I don't consider spin buyers cheaters (I can hardly blame someone for taking advantage of what's offered), but the very existence of buyable spins still disturbs that sense of connection.
Do I let that affect my gameplay? Not in the slightest. I still enjoy the game. All it means is that I will not support buyable spins.
15-Sep-2012 05:25:44
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