Any particular game you are ranting at, or is this just a general statement?
what is this call of homework?
excel n **** what is this
but dude how many uninteresting threads can you start
Any particular game you are ranting at, or is this just a general statement?
What disappoints me most of all.... is how all of human comprehension, and our awareness of reality is structured around this SAME entry process and result checking..
The reason there's a video-game market at all, is to simulate and (speed up) the rewards system in a way our minds can accept and gradually deny the purposelessness of.
I am disheartened by the possibility that life is just such-process cleverly stretched to our attentional limit, as predetermined by a grand architect.
Any particular game you are ranting at, or is this just a general statement?
What disappoints me most of all.... is how all of human comprehension, and our awareness of reality is structured around this SAME entry process and result checking..
The reason there's a video-game market at all, is to simulate and (speed up) the rewards system in a way our minds can accept and gradually deny the purposelessness of.
I am disheartened by the possibility that life is just such-process cleverly stretched to our attentional limit, as predetermined by a grand architect.
Couldn't this also be compared to career and material gain? (possible Rothschild comment inc?)
call of office modern spreadsheetswhat is this call of homework?
excel n **** what is this
but dude how many uninteresting threads can you start
My threads are mostly n00b proof..
But this one requires basic excel knowledge yes...Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/bsod-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862493)
it's not the goal that matters, its the journey. get it right tp4, ffs :-*
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Any particular game you are ranting at, or is this just a general statement?
What disappoints me most of all.... is how all of human comprehension, and our awareness of reality is structured around this SAME entry process and result checking..
The reason there's a video-game market at all, is to simulate and (speed up) the rewards system in a way our minds can accept and gradually deny the purposelessness of.
I am disheartened by the possibility that life is just such-process cleverly stretched to our attentional limit, as predetermined by a grand architect.
Any particular game you are ranting at, or is this just a general statement?
What disappoints me most of all.... is how all of human comprehension, and our awareness of reality is structured around this SAME entry process and result checking..
The reason there's a video-game market at all, is to simulate and (speed up) the rewards system in a way our minds can accept and gradually deny the purposelessness of.
I am disheartened by the possibility that life is just such-process cleverly stretched to our attentional limit, as predetermined by a grand architect.
Well, we have to have something to do with all this time...
Now: Got a mortgage on a house achievement! - 250,000G! Gratz!
30 years from now: Paid off mortgage on house achievement! +0G! Gratz! Superlolz! .... now what? Guess I'll start to do the things I wanted to when I was young now that I have the time and a little money to spend, but unfortunately I'm too old to be able to do them properly or enjoy them. Why did I buy this game again?
On a more (less?) serious note, this book is pretty good: http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Game-Design-Raph-Koster/dp/1932111972
It really is more about the journey and the small achievements along the way that make the large achievement actually mean something. It's all just numbers to your logical mind, but to your imagination it's a whole world of adventures.
TLDR; Imagination. Use it and you'll have this thing called "fun". Of course if you don't have one then.... Gratz!
Any particular game you are ranting at, or is this just a general statement?
What disappoints me most of all.... is how all of human comprehension, and our awareness of reality is structured around this SAME entry process and result checking..
The reason there's a video-game market at all, is to simulate and (speed up) the rewards system in a way our minds can accept and gradually deny the purposelessness of.
I am disheartened by the possibility that life is just such-process cleverly stretched to our attentional limit, as predetermined by a grand architect.
Well, we have to have something to do with all this time...
Now: Got a mortgage on a house achievement! - 250,000G! Gratz!
30 years from now: Paid off mortgage on house achievement! +0G! Gratz! Superlolz! .... now what? Guess I'll start to do the things I wanted to when I was young now that I have the time and a little money to spend, but unfortunately I'm too old to be able to do them properly or enjoy them. Why did I buy this game again?
On a more (less?) serious note, this book is pretty good: http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Game-Design-Raph-Koster/dp/1932111972
It really is more about the journey and the small achievements along the way that make the large achievement actually mean something. It's all just numbers to your logical mind, but to your imagination it's a whole world of adventures.
TLDR; Imagination. Use it and you'll have this thing called "fun". Of course if you don't have one then.... Gratz!
An issue I see here is .. you don't question FUN... not questioning fun/good-time, merely grabbing at it...Show Image(http://eemoticons.net/Upload/big%20onion/th_54.gif)
Any particular game you are ranting at, or is this just a general statement?
What disappoints me most of all.... is how all of human comprehension, and our awareness of reality is structured around this SAME entry process and result checking..
The reason there's a video-game market at all, is to simulate and (speed up) the rewards system in a way our minds can accept and gradually deny the purposelessness of.
I am disheartened by the possibility that life is just such-process cleverly stretched to our attentional limit, as predetermined by a grand architect.
Well, we have to have something to do with all this time...
Now: Got a mortgage on a house achievement! - 250,000G! Gratz!
30 years from now: Paid off mortgage on house achievement! +0G! Gratz! Superlolz! .... now what? Guess I'll start to do the things I wanted to when I was young now that I have the time and a little money to spend, but unfortunately I'm too old to be able to do them properly or enjoy them. Why did I buy this game again?
On a more (less?) serious note, this book is pretty good: http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Game-Design-Raph-Koster/dp/1932111972
It really is more about the journey and the small achievements along the way that make the large achievement actually mean something. It's all just numbers to your logical mind, but to your imagination it's a whole world of adventures.
TLDR; Imagination. Use it and you'll have this thing called "fun". Of course if you don't have one then.... Gratz!
An issue I see here is .. you don't question FUN... not questioning fun/good-time, merely grabbing at it...Show Image(http://eemoticons.net/Upload/big%20onion/th_54.gif)
Well, I didn't go too deep, but I guess I could. To me, one benefit of leveling up is to have more skills and assets to help others with. Which is a one theme of the game. Leave Azeroth a better place than when you arrived kind of thing. Getting to know the grand architect along the way through experiencing what he's built and direct interaction is kind of important, too. The main thing, really, 'cause the ony things you take with you at the end are your character and relation to the grand architect.
Fun is not the aim, but certainly a nice benefit that happens along the way if you have the right attitude and good imagination.
For games like that, I prefer that zero-player RPG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Quest). Saves time.I played Progress Quest before it was cool... too bad I've lost my saves. T_T
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― Ernest Hemingway
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Damn it... copy my neuro image to ramdisk... i want out...
I question the fundamentals.. and it has been relentlessly unyieldingShow Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/eating-me-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862501)
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Damn it... copy my neuro image to ramdisk... i want out...
I question the fundamentals.. and it has been relentlessly unyieldingShow Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/eating-me-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862501)
Well, if you are really serious about this...
<start serious part>
In the words of Solomon (reportedly the wisest man to have walked this planet) at the beginning of Ecclesiastes:
“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
And at the end:
Remember your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you will say,
“I find no pleasure in them”—
And:
Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the duty of all mankind.
The end. This is where you find fulfilment that isn't just momentary. At least that has been my experience so far.
</end serious part>
On the lighter side, I have been frustrated when playing MMOs and someone I'm playing with uses every trick they can to level as fast as possible or get as much gold as possible while ignoring the story line and it just breaks the immersion and enjoyment of the game. While getting to the endgame holds some sense of reward, the vast majority of satisfaction comes in sharing an experience while playing, especially with people who mean something to you. At least for me.
I understand that memories fade away. Even perhaps the most pleasant memories of a journey. Everything ends sometime, but that doesn't mean its not worth experiencing them.
I am very interested in your thoughts on this, as I've felt your same thoughts after playing some games. For example, I would grind away for months and get to endgame on a mmo, just to meet hackers who simply changed a few numbers to get where I am.
But to me, it's the people you share that experience with. It's all in the people you meet and the impressions you leave upon each other.
"Happiness only real when shared." - Christopher McCandless
You don't have to get to endgame and have a perfectionist goal in mind to enjoy a game.
Just as we enjoy posting on these threads together, we can enjoy gaming without any real end in mind.
The book says.. Your mind, at least an individual mind is hopelessly inadequate to comprehend the Whole truth/purpose..
To make you feel a bit better... look upon subject xxxx... see how much fun he's had going through life... and that itself was worthy..
If that didn't make you feel better...
There's this GOD guy... and cuz he said so... YOU !!, stop thinking and be happy... FEAR him... are you happy now?? GOOOD!!..
That's how I read it.....
I don't disagree... that description is indeed how humans live life... recognize our hopeless endeavor at complete rationalization of the universe... the only reason we not kill ourselves... is based on some blind faith, be it God or Science, that TOMORROW.. ALL might be explained..
I dislike this box nonetheless...Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/silence-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862519)
The book says.. Your mind, at least an individual mind is hopelessly inadequate to comprehend the Whole truth/purpose..
To make you feel a bit better... look upon subject xxxx... see how much fun he's had going through life... and that itself was worthy..
If that didn't make you feel better...
There's this GOD guy... and cuz he said so... YOU !!, stop thinking and be happy... FEAR him... are you happy now?? GOOOD!!..
That's how I read it.....
I don't disagree... that description is indeed how humans live life... recognize our hopeless endeavor at complete rationalization of the universe... the only reason we not kill ourselves... is based on some blind faith, be it God or Science, that TOMORROW.. ALL might be explained..
I dislike this box nonetheless...Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/silence-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862519)
Well yup. Kind of. Like any parent sometimes has to do.
And faith in my experience is not blind. Rather scientific in fact. I have a theory, I test the theory and alter it based on the results.
1. We discover / have a sense of / some revelation of something we suspect to be true.
2. We suspect the origin to be Godly.
3. We act on the suspicion of Godly origin and truth of the issue, either by an action or a spoken word (act of faith).
4. The issue is either confirmed by God to be true (either in our hearts or in physical result of our "faith act"), or it is not confirmed, leaving the origin of the issue to be uncertain. This can happen even if the issue has a Godly origin, but is not important for the particular situation / time for the individual.
5. If confirmed, this affirms our sense of the Godly origin of the issue and the truth of it. Thus we refine our sense of truth and God's will and start the cycle again with a clearer knowledge of His will.
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I cannot connect these dots.Show Image(http://img.pandawhale.com/121261-the-garden-of-words-gif-Imgur-Qwmt.gif)
It's not you. Just the direction of this thread.Show Image(http://mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/img/mlfw4514-5282.131416733118.gif)
I get it... it's hard to talk to me... I can barely stand my own train of thought sometimes..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/073.gif)
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Jesus promised the end of wicked people...
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There's that problem again.. humans consciousness carry such a varied look-up table..
Our definitions and weighting of each word can be so different...
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At least Jesus was a historical figure who actually walked this earth.Historicity of Jesus is widely accepted, sure. The historical Jesus? Not so much.
Cyclic philosophies create very flawed and human-like gods.