03-23-2006, 12:31 AM
Hi,
First, which the article completely ignores, is that more and more games are not competitive. They are simply pleasant ways to pass times, similar to reading fiction or watching TV. For those games, of course, the article is irrelevant.
Second, which the article touches upon, is the responsibility of the game developers to get it right, or at least patch it soon (if possible). A game is its rules. And a computer or console game's rules are basically what is permitted by the program. The article starts off by implying that anything that can be done is fair game, but ends up listing a number of things that, although they can be done, even the cutthroat players don't do. Which, ultimately, makes the beginner and the pro pretty much the same except where they'll draw the line. And that has been the topic of debate on many fora for many games.
Non-computer games often have rules committees (or publications like the General of years ago) to plug the holes of exploits. Somehow, the computer game industry needs to emulate that.
--Pete
Ghostiger,Mar 22 2006, 04:05 PM Wrote:http://sirlin.net/Features/feature_PlayToWinPart1.htmGood article, thanks for the link. I think two points need to be stressed.
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First, which the article completely ignores, is that more and more games are not competitive. They are simply pleasant ways to pass times, similar to reading fiction or watching TV. For those games, of course, the article is irrelevant.
Second, which the article touches upon, is the responsibility of the game developers to get it right, or at least patch it soon (if possible). A game is its rules. And a computer or console game's rules are basically what is permitted by the program. The article starts off by implying that anything that can be done is fair game, but ends up listing a number of things that, although they can be done, even the cutthroat players don't do. Which, ultimately, makes the beginner and the pro pretty much the same except where they'll draw the line. And that has been the topic of debate on many fora for many games.
Non-computer games often have rules committees (or publications like the General of years ago) to plug the holes of exploits. Somehow, the computer game industry needs to emulate that.
--Pete
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