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The problem I see is that the appeal of leveling up in RPGs is that your character becomes more powerful and capable. I don't think that applies with chores; i
by philk 16y ago
The problem I see is that the appeal of leveling up in RPGs is that your character becomes more powerful and capable. I don't think that applies with chores; if you grind ironing for five hours straight you're unlikely to enjoy any benefits apart from pressed shirts.
- Tichy 16y agoUnless you are Karate Kid.
- vishaldpatel 16y agoDoing a simple task me meditative. Its doing complex but boring tasks - like writing crud code... now that... should count for ridiculous amounts of exp
- philk 16y agoUnfortunately complex but boring tasks are often remarkably hard to measure so probably fall through the cracks as far as this is concerned.
- kd0amg 16y agoOr with games that seem based on more mundane chores, the work bears fruit much faster than in real life. In Harvest Moon, I can milk all of my cows in less time than it takes me to wash a dinner plate in real life.
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- philk 16y agoEven the games with exciting tasks deliver rewards way faster than real life, in Diablo II [1] I'd have cleansed the Den of Evil, gained two levels and been given a bonus skill in less time than it would take me to make a salad in reality. [1] Dammit I'm showing my age
- Natsu 16y ago> I don't think that applies with chores; if you grind ironing for five hours straight you're unlikely to enjoy any benefits apart from pressed shirts. Well, you will get better/faster at ironing, though that's not terribly exciting, either. But that's just as well. The economy would go haywire if you could grab a knife or something and kill the inexhaustible supply of local wildlife for gold pieces.
- maushu 16y ago> The economy would go haywire if you could grab a knife or something and kill the inexhaustible supply of local wildlife for gold pieces. Huh, you do know that is what happens in real life, right? It's called hunting, and you can sell the items they "dropped" for gold pieces. :D
- Natsu 16y agoTwo points of difference: A) Local wildlife is not inexhaustible. Renewable, but not inexhaustible. B) You have to find someone willing to pay you before you get your gold pieces. You can't just walk into the local store and sell off your vendor trash for a fixed sum. The closest you'll probably find to a violation of this are the people that will pay a cent or two per lightning bug caught, but you're just not going to catch enough of those to matter economically.
- Qz 16y agoYour character becomes more powerful and capable of doing more and more repetitive grinding!