An open letter to Rockstar Games
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#2This is a truely interesting paste. Thanks for sharing.
GTA is meant to replicate the real word (to a certain extent).
So, when you try to replicate his argument to the real word, you you get the point. This guy has just given some real reason why people shouldn't hope to be magically rich in real life. Why try to win at Euromillion ? By translating to the real world, it would give : "Giving [me] $500,000 will shit on that whole process. Completing a [job] and getting $10,000 wont feel like such an achievement when [I]'ve already got half a million sitting in the bank. I really feel that suddenly getting wealthier would make the game less enjoyable"...
""Look for the bare necessities The simple bare necessities"" - Balu - The Jungle Book - 1967
Re: An open letter to Rockstar Games
#3I really like this idea, and I hope Rockstar considers this because making it optional is probably the best of both worlds for the player base.
Personally I will use my $500k to buy a nice apartment and a nice car (honestly $500k in GTA:O is not what I would call "rich" money - many cars cost way more than that), and then I'll be back to having $100k or less in the bank, so that making $10k on a mission will feel good.
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#4Or just don't be so obsessive with computer games and don't care so much what is happening in some virtual world. That'd be my advise.
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#5'Loose' and 'lose' seems to be the new their/there/they're.
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#6Dear Rockstar,
Please do some additional programming and infrastructure work so I don't have to exercise a few seconds of self control.
-Somebody who already bought and is enjoying your game.
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#7Similarities to the basic income idea are there.
500k makes things easier to buy, but will players who would have played more play less? It will make for some interesting datapoints in the basic income conversation if they go ahead with it.
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#8My account has been deleted about 4 times now. I've given up trying to earn money and have resorted to blowing people up. I'm limited to a .50 gun and a crap car. It sucks for me.
Today I was offered a chance to change my character. I took it because I had to do it so many times I randomised everything. Hopefully it stays.
Re: An open letter to Rockstar Games
#9This is a truely interesting paste. Thanks for sharing. GTA is meant to replicate the real word (to a certain extent). So, when you try to replicate his argument to the real word, you you get the point. This guy has just given some real reason why people shouldn't hope to be magically rich in real life. Why try to win at Euromillion ? By translating to the real world, it would give : "Giving [me] $500,000 will shit o…
A sense of achievement comes from two different places when comparing GTA to real life. 10k in real life doesn't feel like an accomplishment to people simply because they don't have 500k in the bank, it's also/mostly because it's usually hard to earn and takes a significant investment of time and effort.
Also, there are no real consequences in GTA for running out of money, like there are in real life. People want to win lotteries for the security (which ironically they so often piss away if they do win), something that people don't need in a video game.
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#10I was hoping Rockstar would do the opposite and wipe all of the servers once they were stable.
While some players would be upset I think the majority of players would like to see the ones that got out in front by unfairly exploiting missions be pulled "back in the race".
In fact I'd like to see them wipe the servers every 3 months or so and declare "winners" (player with the most $, clans with the most $, player with the most kills, etc). Theres nothing more exciting than opening day so why not try to have one every 3 months?