Comment by jimbob45
4 years ago
My problem with these Play2Earn games is that it provides a dark motivation for kids to play them.
Previously, you'd play something like Doom or Quake because you enjoyed it and you'd quit after an hour or two because it would rapidly become repetitive and boring. You knew deep down that you were wasting time on recreation and that you should probably do the things you should be doing (e.g. the dishes, reading a book, etc).
Now, there's a small voice for players of these telling them that this time is productive. They're earning money and that's a noble goal to ourselves. Even worse are the games like League of Legends and WoW where there are professional scenes. It's very easy to deceive yourself into thinking you're just practicing those games in order to one day go pro.
I'd be careful telling people what they "should" and "shouldn't" be doing with their time based on your contrived opinions.
Telling other people what they should and shouldn't do is the basis of society
I’m fine with telling them that they shouldn’t.
We already went through all this with bs degrees that leave people in massive debt and without sufficient income to pay it back.
The point that the other person was making, is that if you are arguing that these "games" are actually a good/effective way of making money for kids, you are lying.
That's the problem. The issue is they there could be people who are tricked into believing that this is an effective way of making money, when it is clearly not for most people.
Reading books and maintaining personal cleanliness are controversial activities now? In what clown world should anyone ever be advised to play video games instead of doing those things?