The Stardew Valley thing is fascinating to me because I play several gachas (with varying degrees of success at not spending the dolla), and I play FFXIV which as an MMO is explicitly designed around the dopamine hit, but Stardew Valley just did not grab me. It was the same kind of grind I got from Glitch, but without any of the charm that made Glitch my forever home that I still mourn.
(also, man, can we stop bitching about who's a real gamer? I am an avid gamer; I hate people who gatekeep; I have explicitly made it my mission to be the opposite of that. FFXIV has a system called mentoring that basically says you hit these requirements and accepted a secondary EULA and now you have a symbol next to your name and access to a special chat channel for newbies to ask questions, and I take it so seriously. Some people are like THIS IS MY DIGITAL DICK LOOK AT MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS but I am like, listen, people were so kind to me when I was learning, how can I help and improve your experience? and that's so crucial to me, for this hobby; I have always had friends and help and I am here to make it easier for people to get into it! stop shitting in my garden, random assholes!)
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Date: 2019-01-17 02:54 am (UTC)(also, man, can we stop bitching about who's a real gamer? I am an avid gamer; I hate people who gatekeep; I have explicitly made it my mission to be the opposite of that. FFXIV has a system called mentoring that basically says you hit these requirements and accepted a secondary EULA and now you have a symbol next to your name and access to a special chat channel for newbies to ask questions, and I take it so seriously. Some people are like THIS IS MY DIGITAL DICK LOOK AT MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS but I am like, listen, people were so kind to me when I was learning, how can I help and improve your experience? and that's so crucial to me, for this hobby; I have always had friends and help and I am here to make it easier for people to get into it! stop shitting in my garden, random assholes!)