Ever hear a friend complain about a game being “pay to win”? Your friend is probably raging.
The term, pay to win, is referred to MMO games (Massive Multiplayer Online) with cash shops that posses over powered items that only can be bought with currency obtained from real life cash. Gamers who are new to the game or who do not have a lot of items, can become frustrated with other players who know more about the game and posses items that cost a large sum of currency. As a result, the poor players are envious towards these so called players that pay to win, because they want the rich player’s items. The new players do not realize that buying new items takes time to master.
This game requires not only aim, but also the ability to manipulate the terrain to ski fast. The weapons in the beginning do less damage because they are easier to aim ahead with. In contrast, the more expensive weapons take time to recognize the different characteristics of the new weapons. For example, a light spinfusor may do less damage but have better aim, while a bolt launcher has the opposite qualities. In this game, players must aim ahead of where players are skiing in order to hit enemies. Additionally, they must use their jets up hill and ski down hills in order to reach the maximum speed.
Depending on the amount of time some gamers play, gamers can rage from things that they think shouldn’t happen. In a competitive environment, two sides are battling each other, and only one side will win. During the game, players will think that their side is better than the other side; therefore, players will become angry when they lose. In the end of the game, there are winners and losers.
The losers need to think of a reason for their failure in a game. Because they refuse to do outside research about the game, and refuse to take the tutorial, they are envious of simple skills that other players acquire through the in-game tutorials and outside online research. These players are only envious because they are too ignorant to do the research required to play the game. Their ignorance shows when players cannot communicate about a game without fumbling words, or without making globalizations and general ideas.
What happens if you find yourself not getting enough kills in a game? Watch somebody else! Other players via YouTube and TwitchTV can offer advice and show how to play the game with game play. In addition, you can use goggle to look up how to play any game that you desire.
Reggie Kwok can be reached at [email protected].
