Why? (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, January 16, 2015, 13:14 (3401 days ago) @ nash

I don't see how it being a game matters; you still have to weigh the risks, make a choice, and live with the consequences.

This is not like a shmup where you go through the hard bullet patterns without using your bomb in an effort to keep your multiplier up. That's a risk, and if it pays off you keep your multiplier high and get more points, and thus more extra lives. If it doesn't and you die, that's entirely on you. So do you play it safe and bomb, or risk it and not?

Those are the types of risk decisions we should be making in video games. Anything else is just a casino.

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Guess I have to ditch iron banner - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 10:31
- Guess I have to ditch iron banner - JDQuackers, 2015-01-16, 10:46
- Guess I have to ditch iron banner - BeardFade, 2015-01-16, 10:49
  - Guess I have to ditch iron banner - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 10:51
    - Guess I have to ditch iron banner - someotherguy, 2015-01-16, 10:55
      - Guess I have to ditch iron banner - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 11:00
        
        Guess I have to ditch iron banner - someotherguy, 2015-01-16, 11:05
        
        Guess I have to ditch iron banner - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 11:13
        
        Guess I have to ditch iron banner - BeardFade, 2015-01-16, 11:25
        
        :: golf claps :: - RevDotNed, 2015-01-16, 11:35
        
        I like this guy. He knows what's up... - Korny, 2015-01-16, 12:20
        
        +2 - petetheduck, 2015-01-16, 12:26
        
        You realize that, due to inflation, your +2 was really a +1? - UnrealCh13f, 2015-01-16, 12:29
        
        I like this guy. He knows what's up... - bluerunner, 2015-01-16, 12:39
        
        -2 *NM* - Avateur, 2015-01-16, 12:42
        
        *-1 - UnrealCh13f, 2015-01-16, 12:43
        
        *-1 - petetheduck, 2015-01-16, 12:43
        
        In this version, only hope dies. - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 12:45
        
        I like this guy. He knows what's up... - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 13:07
        
        Guess I have to ditch iron banner - Spec ops Grunt, 2015-01-16, 12:32
        
        Strikes? - someotherguy, 2015-01-16, 11:26
        
        Strikes? - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 13:09
        
        Re MIND-NUMBINGLY BORING... - DreadPirateWes, 2015-01-16, 13:17
        
        Strikes? - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 13:18
        
        Strikes? - someotherguy, 2015-01-16, 19:37
        
        If the game had a glimmer wall... - scarab, 2015-01-17, 01:32
        
        Hahah! - RaichuKFM, 2015-01-17, 10:38
        
        SUPERGOODADVICE NOW BEST EXOTIC - Spec ops Grunt, 2015-01-20, 09:08
        
        Are you not hoarding your glimmer consumables\rewards? - Revenant1988, 2015-01-16, 11:35
        
        Are you not hoarding your glimmer consumables\rewards? - Raflection, 2015-01-16, 11:53
  - Guess I have to ditch iron banner - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 11:46
    - Why? - someotherguy, 2015-01-16, 11:48
      - Why? - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 11:53
        
        +2 - Avateur, 2015-01-16, 12:06
        
        I take your +2 and raise you a +3 - UnrealCh13f, 2015-01-16, 12:12
        
        +4 - petetheduck, 2015-01-16, 12:12
        
        We're creating inflation in the + market - Avateur, 2015-01-16, 12:13
        
        SELL SELL SELL - UnrealCh13f, 2015-01-16, 12:14
        
        How much can I get for one of these? - Quirel, 2015-01-17, 02:44
        
        all I got is a bunch of "-1th" lying around. - LostSpartan, 2015-01-18, 07:41
        
        Why? - nash, 2015-01-16, 12:18
        
        Why? - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 12:31
        
        Why? - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 13:14
        
        Commodify All The Things! - BeardFade, 2015-01-16, 14:26
        
        Commodify All The Things! - nash, 2015-01-16, 14:37
        
        Commodify All The Things! - ckamp, 2015-01-16, 14:45
        
        Well played! - BeardFade, 2015-01-16, 14:50
        
        You're close; I've got better style. - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 15:13
        
        You're close; I've got better style. - ckamp, 2015-01-16, 16:06
        
        <3 - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 16:36
        
        Commodify All The Things! - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 15:16
        
        Thank you. - BeardFade, 2015-01-16, 15:25
        
        Why? - Ragashingo, 2015-01-16, 14:39
        
        Why? - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 15:02
        
        Why? - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 17:07
        
        Why? - Ragashingo, 2015-01-16, 18:49
        
        Why? - someotherguy, 2015-01-16, 19:48
        
        Distinguishing between criticism and misrepresenting reality - ckamp, 2015-01-16, 15:00
        
        Distinguishing between criticism and misrepresenting reality - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 15:10
        
        Distinguishing between criticism and misrepresenting reality - BeardFade, 2015-01-16, 15:24
        
        Let's try this again? - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 16:41
        
        Distinguishing between criticism and misrepresenting reality - Kermit, 2015-01-16, 15:28
        
        Distinguishing between criticism and misrepresenting reality - Avateur, 2015-01-16, 15:32
        
        Distinguishing between criticism and misrepresenting reality - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 16:38
    - Guess I have to ditch iron banner - Kermit, 2015-01-16, 12:35
      - Guess I have to ditch iron banner - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-16, 12:48
  - How is Destiny's system an economy if there is no trade? - Spec ops Grunt, 2015-01-16, 12:30
    - Economics. I do not think it means what you think it means. - Korny, 2015-01-16, 12:39
      - Economics. I do not think it means what you think it means. - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 13:16
        
        Time sinks - nico, 2015-01-16, 13:23
        
        Time sinks - Avateur, 2015-01-16, 13:25
        
        Time sinks - Claude Errera, 2015-01-16, 13:37
        
        Time sinks - Avateur, 2015-01-16, 14:00
        
        Time sinks - Claude Errera, 2015-01-16, 14:58
        
        Time sinks - Avateur, 2015-01-16, 15:24
        
        Time sinks - Claude Errera, 2015-01-16, 15:41
        
        Time sinks - Avateur, 2015-01-16, 15:50
        
        Time sinks - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 14:24
        
        Time sinks - Korny, 2015-01-16, 14:40
        
        Wow. Burn. Like Nightfall level burn. - Ragashingo, 2015-01-16, 14:49
        
        Time sinks - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 15:57
        
        Time sinks - Korny, 2015-01-16, 16:29
        
        Time sinks - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 16:32
        
        Time sinks - Korny, 2015-01-16, 17:10
        
        As someone who fits the "power player" profile... - Korny, 2015-01-16, 14:24
        
        Time sinks - nico, 2015-01-16, 13:39
        
        Economics. I do not think it means what you think it means. - Ragashingo, 2015-01-16, 14:45
    - How is Destiny's system an economy if there is no trade? - BeardFade, 2015-01-16, 16:57
      - How is Destiny's system an economy if there is no trade? - Cody Miller, 2015-01-16, 17:02
        
        How is Destiny's system an economy if there is no trade? - scarab, 2015-01-17, 00:33
      - How is Destiny's system an economy if there is no trade? - Spec ops Grunt, 2015-01-17, 13:14
- On relative lack of Heavy ammo - RaichuKFM, 2015-01-16, 11:01
- REKT - Revenant1988, 2015-01-16, 11:04
- Iron Banner requires Glimmer Farming, too - Kahzgul, 2015-01-16, 11:34
  - Iron Banner requires Glimmer Farming, too - unoudid, 2015-01-16, 11:40
- Go buy some from Eris? - Beorn, 2015-01-16, 11:36
  - this - Schedonnardus, 2015-01-16, 13:03
  - heavy ammo cheese? - Schedonnardus, 2015-01-16, 13:11
- Trading? - nico, 2015-01-16, 13:47
- Guess I have to ditch iron banner - Ragashingo, 2015-01-16, 15:10
- It's just a game after all - R41, 2015-01-16, 16:06
- Guess I have to ditch iron banner - Morpheus, 2015-01-17, 19:29
- Guess I have to ditch iron banner - Malagate, 2015-01-19, 07:41

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