If I'm being honest, and I don't mean this in an insulting way at all, I do not believe you've really considered this issue deeply before in the past. I think your definition and defense of the game is very "vibes"-based. And, look, that's okay. Most people aren't borderline obsessive over stuff like this and just live their lives, which is fine and normal. But coming to the defense of a game because you have some outlandish definition of a term that I think most people are somewhat settled on is a bold move.
Okay, I'm really not a fan of your tone, nor your insinuation that I am "borderline obsessive" about the game in a way that is not "fine or normal". I respect your experience and what you have previously seen of pay-2-win discourse. I admit it was wrong of me to use the term "usual definition". It was not my intention to imply that my experience is the objectively correct one, nor to demean any different takes on the issue. I merely intended to offer the perspective I have personally seen online about pay-2-win mechanics, even if it was a perspective you have not seen before. The internet is full of gaming discourse, and it is only natural that many definitions and descriptions exist.
That being said, I certainly do not deserve the way you have worded your reply to me. I would have loved to discuss the matter further if you had simply rejected my definition and offered more of your own perspective. Your comment comes across as needlessly hostile, describing my honest perspective as some sort of freakish screed by an overly-obsessive gamer.
Like, "literally the first time I've ever heard it described as such in 40 years of my life"? "Most people aren't borderline obsessive over stuff like this"? "...you have some outlandish definition"? "...I think most people are somewhat settled on is a bold move"? "not only have I never heard of but seems so outside the normal discourse I've never even considered it"?
Where do you get off typing in such an inordinate, degrading tone to a comrade on this website? Over a simple video game discussion? Type like this all you want to Reddit libs, but I certainly don't appreciate it here. The degree that you have gone to in order to thoroughly trash my perspective in the span of a single reply is beyond the pale. If you wanted to reply, you should have stuck with your first paragraph, which is much more reasonable, and has the MMO perspective that I personally did not consider. If my original comment came across as smug or rude, I promise you it was unintended, and would have expressed myself more clearly if you had said so. But I will certainly not discuss this with you now.
Next time, if you feel the need to type: "I don't mean this in an insulting way at all", think about rewriting your comment.
I wasn't saying you were being obsessive. I was saying that I am. I'm saying you are fine and normal because you are not obsessive but I didn't want to be insulting implying that you were just a "normie" as they say. I've reread what I wrote and I think that is clearly stated. It confuses me that you came away with the opposite meaning.
Secondly, my tone was not intended to be insulting and tone is difficult for even skilled writers to convey well through text. I am neither; just a shit-brained millennial with too much free time and not enough income like most of us who is, half the time, commenting while stoned to the bomb age.
I do stand by my comment in that I was genuinely confused in that I have never seen that specific perspective presented before. I don't think stressing that is insulting. And I did find it bold to assert that this was commonly accepted as I had never heard it before quite in the way you defined it. I think a sentence like, "not only have I never heard of but seems so outside the normal discourse I've never even considered it", is not at all insulting. What struck me most was your inclusion of "meaning" as a criteria.
However, all that said, insult is not for the speaker to determine but rather the listener and if you say my comment was insulting then it was. My intent was not malicious and I'll try and do better in the future. There is no need for hard feelings in this space especially over a silly topic with such low stakes.
Oh and as an aside, there is a really good video that quite literally just dropped by Josh Strife Hayes on YouTube about this and he discusses all kinds of aspects of pay-2-win and even, I think, briefly touches on some of the perspective you presented. I don't agree with all of it but like most content he produces it is very well considered and worth the watch if you are interested.
Okay, I'm really not a fan of your tone, nor your insinuation that I am "borderline obsessive" about the game in a way that is not "fine or normal". I respect your experience and what you have previously seen of pay-2-win discourse. I admit it was wrong of me to use the term "usual definition". It was not my intention to imply that my experience is the objectively correct one, nor to demean any different takes on the issue. I merely intended to offer the perspective I have personally seen online about pay-2-win mechanics, even if it was a perspective you have not seen before. The internet is full of gaming discourse, and it is only natural that many definitions and descriptions exist.
That being said, I certainly do not deserve the way you have worded your reply to me. I would have loved to discuss the matter further if you had simply rejected my definition and offered more of your own perspective. Your comment comes across as needlessly hostile, describing my honest perspective as some sort of freakish screed by an overly-obsessive gamer.
Like, "literally the first time I've ever heard it described as such in 40 years of my life"? "Most people aren't borderline obsessive over stuff like this"? "...you have some outlandish definition"? "...I think most people are somewhat settled on is a bold move"? "not only have I never heard of but seems so outside the normal discourse I've never even considered it"?
Where do you get off typing in such an inordinate, degrading tone to a comrade on this website? Over a simple video game discussion? Type like this all you want to Reddit libs, but I certainly don't appreciate it here. The degree that you have gone to in order to thoroughly trash my perspective in the span of a single reply is beyond the pale. If you wanted to reply, you should have stuck with your first paragraph, which is much more reasonable, and has the MMO perspective that I personally did not consider. If my original comment came across as smug or rude, I promise you it was unintended, and would have expressed myself more clearly if you had said so. But I will certainly not discuss this with you now.
Next time, if you feel the need to type: "I don't mean this in an insulting way at all", think about rewriting your comment.
I wasn't saying you were being obsessive. I was saying that I am. I'm saying you are fine and normal because you are not obsessive but I didn't want to be insulting implying that you were just a "normie" as they say. I've reread what I wrote and I think that is clearly stated. It confuses me that you came away with the opposite meaning.
Secondly, my tone was not intended to be insulting and tone is difficult for even skilled writers to convey well through text. I am neither; just a shit-brained millennial with too much free time and not enough income like most of us who is, half the time, commenting while stoned to the bomb age.
I do stand by my comment in that I was genuinely confused in that I have never seen that specific perspective presented before. I don't think stressing that is insulting. And I did find it bold to assert that this was commonly accepted as I had never heard it before quite in the way you defined it. I think a sentence like, "not only have I never heard of but seems so outside the normal discourse I've never even considered it", is not at all insulting. What struck me most was your inclusion of "meaning" as a criteria.
However, all that said, insult is not for the speaker to determine but rather the listener and if you say my comment was insulting then it was. My intent was not malicious and I'll try and do better in the future. There is no need for hard feelings in this space especially over a silly topic with such low stakes.
Oh and as an aside, there is a really good video that quite literally just dropped by Josh Strife Hayes on YouTube about this and he discusses all kinds of aspects of pay-2-win and even, I think, briefly touches on some of the perspective you presented. I don't agree with all of it but like most content he produces it is very well considered and worth the watch if you are interested.