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Money is not the only problem. Allthough my mom mostly plays "f2p", she is still a farmville (and candy crush to a degree) addict. She spends a big part of her
by shultays 3y ago
Money is not the only problem. Allthough my mom mostly plays "f2p", she is still a farmville (and candy crush to a degree) addict. She spends a big part of her daily life on those two games. And that is what I observe when she is with me, she probably spends even more when she is at her house.
The worst part I see is "water rush" or whatever that is called on farmville. The water is basically the premium currency you only slowly gain if you are playing free. But on that rush time you gain a lot more and it is 6 hours or so. My mom pretty much plays that game for 6 straight hours when that rush is available
I tried hooking her to other hobbies but it doesn't really work. Farmville's claws are hooked too deep on her
- vorpalhex 3y agoI wonder if a really good clone of farmville that slowly detoxes players would work. Slowly remove the dopamine hits or mistime them to be less effective. Push the player to play and check in less to gain more ("Kittens" has this mechanic - you gain resources faster by being offline).
- Tao3300 3y ago> Strikingly, pigeons and rats persist in this behavior even when pecking the key or pressing the lever leads to less food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning
- smorrebrod 3y agoNot to dismiss your point but sometimes finding in rats do not apply to humans.
- pawelmurias 3y agoThe clone would have to be significantly more captivating to get you to forget about the original farmville while taking less of your time.
- lobocinza 3y agoAn when she isn't playing she is probably thinking about it.