Poll of the Day > I'm deleting all my idle game save files.

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I don't think these are healthy for me. I'm falling behind in my Japanese studies by virtue of seemingly not having enough time in the day, but simultaneously I'm wasting tons of time on these attention sinkers in the hopes of one day finishing them. The only value in finishing them is never having to play them again -- and turns out I can just cheat and stop playing them now, instead.

This also means deleting Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, because they do seemingly one-time-only event items way too frequently. The first gardening event was hell and basically took over my life.

Time to have real free time again~
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They aren't games. They literally aren't. Their purpose is not fun, but addiction. They are specifically designed for this so that they can exploit people who are weak to these tactics and will spend money on them.

Much like heroin, it's best to not ever try freemium games. But if you do, quit before the addiction gets stronger.

SushiSquid posted...

They aren't games. They literally aren't. Their purpose is not fun, but addiction. They are specifically designed for this so that they can exploit people who are weak to these tactics and will spend money on them.

Much like heroin, it's best to not ever try freemium games. But if you do, quit before the addiction gets stronger.

I support this. I remember sinking tons of hours into Tribal Wars (browser RTS) only to realize that it wasn't fun anymore--it was giving me anxiety more than anything.

I wanted to try FE Heroes, but after seeing Omni's experience with it, I thought better.
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I also ditched fire emblem heroes right before they introduced the inheriting abilities thing. Months ago. Twas fun and I spent a few dollars :(
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goddamn i wanted to post the clip of South Park where the Canadian Ministry of Mobile Gaming explains the cycle of freemium, but the only one on youtube is filmed with a potato cell phone
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Yeah, that's the major reason why I don't have any phone games.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

goddamn i wanted to post the clip of South Park where the Canadian Ministry of Mobile Gaming explains the cycle of freemium, but the only one on youtube is filmed with a potato cell phone

Here's a link for everyone. It's not YouTube, but it'll do...
http://southpark.cc.com/clips/44wh2k/seeing-through-the-charade
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Turning players into payers
Here's a tv that looks like an apple

Didn't you have an active YouTube channel as well? Man, I can't imagine how much of a timesink that has to be : /
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SushiSquid posted...

They aren't games. They literally aren't. Their purpose is not fun, but addiction. They are specifically designed for this so that they can exploit people who are weak to these tactics and will spend money on them.

The thing is I don't even spend money on them. That would be cheating. :X

FellWolf posted...

I also ditched fire emblem heroes right before they introduced the inheriting abilities thing. Months ago. Twas fun and I spent a few dollars :(

Dang, Fire Emblem's like that too? I expected it would be closer to playing an actual Fire Emblem game given how the playstyle would translate so well onto a touch screen.

LeetCheet posted...

Didn't you have an active YouTube channel as well? Man, I can't imagine how much of a timesink that has to be : /

That's a major reason I needed to do this. I'm barely able to get one video out a week with the way I manage my time.
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Gamechamp3k posted...

That's a major reason I needed to do this. I'm barely able to get one video out a week with the way I manage my time.

Maybe record a couple around the same time to have a couple of releases ready so you can find a better way to manage time... maybe...
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Gamechamp3k posted...

That's a major reason I needed to do this. I'm barely able to get one video out a week with the way I manage my time.

I hope this means you'll put out three videos a day like everyone else

Sincerely, someone who actually watches your videos
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Did these idle games you were playing include Cookie Clicker and/or Clicker Heroes? Those are the only idle games I play (without spending any money on either of them). But they don't take up much of my time, because I don't do everything I could do to advance; mostly they just run in the background while my computer is on.

Also yeah it's shocking how quickly Pocket Camp tanked for me. By the time they added crafting clothing I was already tapped out.
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OmegaM posted...

Did these idle games you were playing include Cookie Clicker and/or Clicker Heroes? Those are the only idle games I play (without spending any money on either of them). But they don't take up much of my time, because I don't do everything I could do to advance; mostly they just run in the background while my computer is on.

Clicker Heroes is one of them. I was almost done with all the actual progression-related achievements, but the big timesink was the mercenary achievements. You have to do a ludicrous number of every separate variety of mission, meaning you have to actively keep the game open and swapping to it every 5 to 15 minutes or so, and you'll still only be making miniscule progress.

LinkPizza posted...

Gamechamp3k posted...

That's a major reason I needed to do this. I'm barely able to get one video out a week with the way I manage my time.

Maybe record a couple around the same time to have a couple of releases ready so you can find a better way to manage time... maybe...

My goal for the last month has been trying to get a buffer of videos going but I haven't managed it. xP

Nightengale posted...

Also yeah it's shocking how quickly Pocket Camp tanked for me. By the time they added crafting clothing I was already tapped out.

The sad thing is it would have been fine if they didn't do limited-time events so often that required constant play. They did listen to people and made sure every event after that first gardening one wasn't as huge a timesink, but they're still a decent chunk of time.
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Already seeing the results. Got a lot of games played last night, have a video in the works. :>
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