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Nobody does. They pay for a unique service, not as a handout. "Finally I can be at the forefront of a gaming community just how I dreamt of when I was a kid. A
by usrusr 2y ago
Nobody does. They pay for a unique service, not as a handout.
"Finally I can be at the forefront of a gaming community just how I dreamt of when I was a kid. And in this particular gaming community, I don't even have to waste a minute playing!" It's suspension of disbelief pushed ahead one more level, a simulation of a space ship sim game. Think virtual virtual skeeball in Futurama s01e02. Just how kids who dream of risking their lives in a space-Spitfire don't really want to risk their lives in a space-Spitfire, grown ups who dream of sinking countless hours in a game of space-Spitfires don't really want to sink countless hours in a game of space-Spitfires. Both just don't quite know it yet, and profoundly enjoy that.
- vasco 2y agoIt's sounding a lot like fraud. And your whole stance seems to be "nobody knows what it means but it's provocative".
- lukan 2y agoPeople feel entertained. And new code and new models get shipped. So maybe underdelivered, but why fraud? That would require a intention to mislead.
- usrusr 2y agoYou're assuming that they don't have their own disbelief properly suspended. The illusion works, against all objective signs of failure, because they are believing it themselves. It's like Dafoe's Schreck delivering a very convincing Nosferatu in Shadow of the Vampire.
- InsideOutSanta 2y agoPeople are playing this game and apparently deriving enjoyment from it, that's why they're paying for things in the game. I don't think it's fraud, it's just kind of weird from the outside.