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I'm skeptical that they're the main driver of revenue. Your skepticism is founded on a prediction about a measurable feature of material reality, right? Your

by patio11 14y ago

I'm skeptical that they're the main driver of revenue. Your skepticism is founded on a prediction about a measurable feature of material reality, right? Your prediction is catastrophically inaccurate. http://casualconnect.org/lectures/games-for-gamers/virtual-goods-for-core-gamers-emily-greer-anthony-pecorella/ http://casualconnect.org/lectures/games-for-gamers/virtual-g... (Particularly slides 16, 17.) http://gigaom.com/2011/07/25/game-devs-looking-for-revenues-go-whale-hunting/ http://gigaom.com/2011/07/25/game-devs-looking-for-revenues-... http://www.quora.com/Social-Gaming-Startups-and-Companies/What-is-to-good-strategy-to-deal-with-ever-growing-importance-of-whales http://www.quora.com/Social-Gaming-Startups-and-Companies/Wh... Feel free to take anyone in the industry out to coffee if you want confirmation.

tsantero 14y ago
Thank you for the links, but in the future don't put words in my mouth and then use them as a basis to insult me.
- patio11 14y ago
  My inclination when people feel insulted is generally to apologize, but I've re-read my comment twice, and I cannot apologize because I am not contrite. I neither put words in your mouth nor insulted you. You can choose to feel insulted regardless, like you could choose to feel insulted if a teacher said "Nope, there is in fact no carbon in a water molecule -- here's some resources or talk to a chemist and they'll set you straight", but that is entirely under your control. Prior to deciding to become insulted, I might suggest pondering "Do I want to commit to routinely being unhappy when soliciting information about subjects I purport to care about from people who know more about them than I do?"
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  - mechanical_fish 14y ago
    This happened to me the other day. It's like I can't write ten words of argument on HN anymore without someone fainting dead away. This seems like a good time to thank you for correcting many of the catastrophically inaccurate things I've thought over the years. ;)

by patio11 14y ago

tsantero 14y ago

Thank you for the links, but in the future don't put words in my mouth and then use them as a basis to insult me.

patio11 14y ago
My inclination when people feel insulted is generally to apologize, but I've re-read my comment twice, and I cannot apologize because I am not contrite. I neither put words in your mouth nor insulted you. You can choose to feel insulted regardless, like you could choose to feel insulted if a teacher said "Nope, there is in fact no carbon in a water molecule -- here's some resources or talk to a chemist and they'll set you straight", but that is entirely under your control. Prior to deciding to become insulted, I might suggest pondering "Do I want to commit to routinely being unhappy when soliciting information about subjects I purport to care about from people who know more about them than I do?"
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- mechanical_fish 14y ago
  This happened to me the other day. It's like I can't write ten words of argument on HN anymore without someone fainting dead away. This seems like a good time to thank you for correcting many of the catastrophically inaccurate things I've thought over the years. ;)