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Interesting thought. Yes, to some degree if you play a 150 different games for 10 hours each it actually produces the same amount of community value (zero) and

by erikb 9y ago

Interesting thought. Yes, to some degree if you play a 150 different games for 10 hours each it actually produces the same amount of community value (zero) and may relax you just as much.

wingerlang 9y ago
Not sure what you mean here. The guy I replied to said it was a strange hobby. But the article is just about some guy who played a game. And gaming is not a strange hobby at all.
- erikb 9y ago
  The article is about a guy who played a ridiculous amount of a game that most people wouldn't. And that is what the commenter (not me) considered a weird hobby. Playing the same game over and over. And I thought that was quite simple to see and your reply was a nifty indication that there is not much of a difference between playing 10k hours of one repetitive game or playing 10 hours in 1k different games. I liked that thought.
- nkrisc 9y ago
  Do you not see a difference between how this guy is playing the game and how most people play games? This is veering into 'strange hobby' territory, that's all. Yes if you want to be reductionist and just call this 'playing a game' then no, 'playing a game' isn't a strange hobby. But that's like calling BASE jumping, 'just jumping in the air.'
  - simias 9y ago
    Look at the Guinness World Records book, finding strange hobbies to master is a very common hobby.
  - wingerlang 9y ago
    But he isn't playing it any different. It says in the articled that it took 300 to 400 hours over 4 years and that he played it when he had some minutes to spare, like on a bus or the toilet. That's how most casual games are played. The only notable here is that the game is seemingly repetitive, but even there each level is different and requires a new way to hit the ball. People have played Counter Strike on de_dust2 (a specific map) for almost two decades as this point. They play the same map over and over again, is it repetitive? Maybe, but each time there are new people so it makes it a new challenge each time. People have played solitaire for their whole lives, again the dynamic comes on each "level" (i.e. new shuffle). I am 100% sure that the play time of these people dwarfs this guys play time many many many times over.
    - nkrisc 9y ago
      Yet the article states he was only the second person to ever "beat" it. Clearly most people are not nearly as dedicated to beating this game. That is what makes it a strange hobby.
      - wingerlang 9y ago
        Probably because it is a pretty unknown and niche game (?) that won't grab most peoples attention. I don't think that makes the hobby (gaming) strange though. I wouldn't play most games for minutes, yet people spend years in them.

by erikb 9y ago

Interesting thought. Yes, to some degree if you play a 150 different games for 10 hours each it actually produces the same amount of community value (zero) and may relax you just as much.

wingerlang 9y ago

Not sure what you mean here. The guy I replied to said it was a strange hobby. But the article is just about some guy who played a game. And gaming is not a strange hobby at all.

erikb 9y ago
The article is about a guy who played a ridiculous amount of a game that most people wouldn't. And that is what the commenter (not me) considered a weird hobby. Playing the same game over and over. And I thought that was quite simple to see and your reply was a nifty indication that there is not much of a difference between playing 10k hours of one repetitive game or playing 10 hours in 1k different games. I liked that thought.
nkrisc 9y ago
Do you not see a difference between how this guy is playing the game and how most people play games? This is veering into 'strange hobby' territory, that's all. Yes if you want to be reductionist and just call this 'playing a game' then no, 'playing a game' isn't a strange hobby. But that's like calling BASE jumping, 'just jumping in the air.'
- simias 9y ago
  Look at the Guinness World Records book, finding strange hobbies to master is a very common hobby.
- wingerlang 9y ago
  But he isn't playing it any different. It says in the articled that it took 300 to 400 hours over 4 years and that he played it when he had some minutes to spare, like on a bus or the toilet. That's how most casual games are played. The only notable here is that the game is seemingly repetitive, but even there each level is different and requires a new way to hit the ball. People have played Counter Strike on de_dust2 (a specific map) for almost two decades as this point. They play the same map over and over again, is it repetitive? Maybe, but each time there are new people so it makes it a new challenge each time. People have played solitaire for their whole lives, again the dynamic comes on each "level" (i.e. new shuffle). I am 100% sure that the play time of these people dwarfs this guys play time many many many times over.
  - nkrisc 9y ago
    Yet the article states he was only the second person to ever "beat" it. Clearly most people are not nearly as dedicated to beating this game. That is what makes it a strange hobby.
    - wingerlang 9y ago
      Probably because it is a pretty unknown and niche game (?) that won't grab most peoples attention. I don't think that makes the hobby (gaming) strange though. I wouldn't play most games for minutes, yet people spend years in them.