How much choice do you really think you have, Cody?

by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Sunday, March 31, 2013, 18:12 (4043 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Again, in real life we call folks who have no goals or are unable to form goals 'losers'. Why do we not tolerate it in life, but suddenly do in leisure activity?

Ah, so it is a matter of apparent hypocrisy. IMO, most people are inherently hypocrites, even only superficially.

If they don't realize it, and they leave the game, they are not the type of people who would want to take on these challenges in the first place. It's like the saying in advertising - "If you see it, then it's for you".

I agree, but...

There is a huge difference between adopting goals created by people who love the game, goals which net you no reward other than the fun of doing them, and adopting the goals of the developers who want to keep you playing / paying which reward using in game means.

...what if the game is open to such, well, open-mindedness while also providing goals and rewards for people less imaginative? Do you think the openness would be compromised, necessarily?