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11 years ago
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I think the further out we get from this event, the truer my points about Skinner boxes and slots will become. In this Easter event, I just couldn't shake the feeling of being seen as a lab animal, furiously hitting the bar to claim my next, random reward. And I did! I spent as many donuts as it took to get all those damned prizes knowing full well EA expects this behavior from a certain percentage of players.
So I find myself feeling both victorious and ashamed. I am happy that I've received my proverbial food pellet and can enjoy the spoils of the event, but a little ashamed that I played into right into the game's transparent psychological manipulation with the complete knowledge of what I was doing.
I don't have a problem with the fact that my money buys me nothing more than borrowed pixels living on a server ultimately at the whim of EA. I made peace with this the first time I bought donuts, but this latest tactc by EA resonates differently with me. It's a flavor of cheap game mechanics typically found in the bottom-feeders of the F2P market, and I feel TSTO is honestly above it.
I think the further out we get from this event, the truer my points about Skinner boxes and slots will become. In this Easter event, I just couldn't shake the feeling of being seen as a lab animal, furiously hitting the bar to claim my next, random reward. And I did! I spent as many donuts as it took to get all those damned prizes knowing full well EA expects this behavior from a certain percentage of players.
So I find myself feeling both victorious and ashamed. I am happy that I've received my proverbial food pellet and can enjoy the spoils of the event, but a little ashamed that I played into right into the game's transparent psychological manipulation with the complete knowledge of what I was doing.
I don't have a problem with the fact that my money buys me nothing more than borrowed pixels living on a server ultimately at the whim of EA. I made peace with this the first time I bought donuts, but this latest tactc by EA resonates differently with me. It's a flavor of cheap game mechanics typically found in the bottom-feeders of the F2P market, and I feel TSTO is honestly above it.
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