5 Reasons Why Young Gamers Can’t Stand WoW Gold Buyers
I just met Amanda over a lunch date yesterday. This is the second time I met her. She got a Jolie-like lip, commercial-like hair, and attitude of a model doing catwalk.
Amanda was the kinda girl that have you thinking she got strong opinions. At one point, she told me something typical but interesting.
She recounted stories of her past dates and how she made it so hard for guys to even talk to her. Amanda has a very specific configuration of how a man should behave, look and move like. Everything that doesn’t comply with that is out. Everything I’m not.
In truth, her opinions are nothing more than mashed up recitals from desperate beauty magazines. I did the right thing by not making another date after getting out of her bed that same night.
This is where young and ‘pure’ MMORPG have in common with Amanda. You know, the kind that can’t stand you for buying WoW gold (or any game currency, I’m game neutral).
Here’s 5 reasons why some gamers can’t handle the fact that you levelled up by spending real cash:
- They have a specific ideal of how a game should be played. Anything that’s not with their style are outsiders. Notice the racists and uptight Englishmen.
- They think gold farmers and buyers are causing inflation. Wrong, game developers are causing inflation.
- They’ve worked hard all their lifes. Hard and mundane work is part their ideals of gameplay and success. I was in the same doom loop too. Seeing others succeeding with lesser work feels like breaking their internal law and validating their own failure.
- When a game gets deep enough, it mirrors their own money problem and magnifies it. Their are watching their own eventual bankcruptcy 10 years down the road playing right in front of them.
They associate business and fun as mortal enemies. Crackers like Enron didn’t help, but entrepreneurship is what builds great civilizations.
I call them ‘young’ gamers for the fact that these reasons are issues that born out of their immaturity.
Just like Amanda, stuck up girls are overrated. It’s usually the easygoers who have the most fun.
Michele said,
May 27, 2006 @ 1:38 pm
Another reason I think, not “young” as in how long they’ve played but “young” as in real/life age is that if they had the extra moeny or job to buy virtual $$ as well with cash they would too. But since they don’t, and some are probably too busy spending their $ on $100 clothes, etc, they complain about others.
Those who have less complain with those with more. My opinion anyone under 15 needs to stay off mmorpg games anywyas, their immaturity usually spoils gameplay for others. Real experiencet there in bouth UO and SWG.
GRex said,
May 28, 2006 @ 3:16 am
Gamers under 15 spoil it for others. Now that’s a new concept to me, having know that the industry is still highly relied on these people, I don’t think developers will be supporting this at all.
I guess the truth is this is really reflecting real world in every way, for better or worse. A 30 year-old gamer could just find it unbearable hanging with a 12 year-old, even if everybody is disguising under an avatar.