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Heh, nah. The game forces you to either join an alliance or make your own, I just forgot to set mine to "invite only" so lots of new players jumped aboard. I dont mind, but since Im the "Admiral" of the alliance I dont want to have to do anything to support it.

Fun game, it really makes me lose track of time. Probably too many quests and grindy for most around here though. Also, I apparently forgot to set my alliance to "private" and 31 people joined while I wasn't looking.

That's 99% of the reason, the other 1% is to curb usage.

It may work for other products but Ive never seen a "sin tax" (smokes, booze, weed) have the effect of slowing consumption.

Posters: "Ow, doctor, it hurts when I do *this*." Doctor: "Then stop doing that." I know it was delivered as a joke, but lets please refrain from bullying anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHxvxdRnYc

Well, weather travels West to East in the Northern hemisphere so all that air pollution must be from Spain, France and the UK.

Currently dabbling with Star Trek Fleet Command.

The Monte Carlo has an icebar. Cirque Du Soleil has around 4-5 different shows in Vegas and they never disappoint.

Cosmic Airburst May Have Wiped Out Part of the Middle East 3,700 Years Ago.

A father buys a lie detector robot that slaps people when they lie. He decides to test it out at dinner one night. The father asks his son what he did that afternoon. The son says, "I did some schoolwork.." The robot slaps the son. The son says, "Ok, Ok. I was at a friend's house watching movies." Dad asks, "What movie did you watch?" Son says, "Toy Story." The robot slaps the son. Son says, "Ok, Ok, we were watching porn." Dad says, "What? At your age I didn't even know what porn was." The robot slaps the father. Mom laughs and says, "Well, he certainly is your son." The robot slaps the mother.

Your post made this pop into my head; the Chicago Art Institute does the exact same thing! You pay to get into the museum but then you have to pay extra if you want to see the exhibits that are on tour from other museum. Now that I think of it, the Shedd Aquarium does it too...pay to get in but...*BAM*...extra if you want to see the dolphin show. Bastages.

Lol, ouch.

Google tells me that they are YouTube personalities, but I was referring to this part of l33t's post: Must be the in-game currency.

500 Atoms will probably buy a lot of loot boxes.

I thought for sure that "a leveling system that didn't require repetition" was a unicorn but you guys have proven me wrong.

HUZZAH! Does anyone know what the "Auntie Cleo's" is supposed to be referencing?

Does DOOM 4 really have a leveling system? I dont remember one in the original.

Elon Musk's Boring Company Cancels Los Angeles Tunnel Following Lawsuit. Dirtbags manage to smother yet another innovation. smh.

I was only looking for an example of: "A game that's fun to play at install. And, if there is a leveling system, it doesn't require repetitive tasks."

But people are different. Ive grinded for an item in WoW longer than RDR2 has been released. In my case I didn't mind, in the RDR2 case there are already complainers. I do not think its possible to strike a perfect balance as someone, somewhere, will always be butthurt over any matter. Can you give me an example? Chicken or the egg! Grinds existed long before microtransactions as a means of lengthening the gaming hours. Now there is a monetary solution if you don't want to do the time. Easy peasy. The one point I do agree on; if an item can ONLY be attained via microtransaction, even after purchasing the full game, then that's wrong imo.

I ask this sincerely; players squeal at grinding, then they squeal at other players paying real world money for things (while pretending to being worried for the children), so whats the solution? The game being fully unlocked and leveled up at install? This isn't aimed at you Lexx, you just made me think about it.

Do the horse testicles get singed from the jet blast?

How do the mounts unbalance the game? Do they perform attacks or give the player some advantage? Or are we just railing about something that someone else might have but others no not have?

World is woefully short of 2 degree goal for climate change, according to UN report. Ruh Roh, Raggy.