Reducing Time Limit for Turns

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(01-12-2014 03:24 PM)[PETA] Doodat Wrote:  "Oh man my favorite dish, I'm going to eat it every week!"
*a month later*
"Wait no, every day! I'm going to eat it!
*a week later*
"I'm going to eat it every meal! I don't understand how people could not constantly eat this!"
*a day later*
"Ugh, I hate that, don't let me see it ever again"

Like food, games are marked by temperance.

Fantastic, the above . . . analogy shows how thoroughly you could not understand the post to which you were attempting to respond.

My post, unlike yours, pointed out different ways a diverse player base MIGHT orient their playtime. Offering expanded design options, more diverse game choices, and an increase in community integration were the driving elements of my post.

Your post seems to enjoy making abstract statements about food, and inaccurate generalizations about the gaming industry.

(01-12-2014 03:24 PM)[PETA] Doodat Wrote:  However, even if the game is amazing, you shouldn't spend every minute of your life on it, or it will begin to seem like it has flaws. For something like this, you need others who are also interested in this game. Those people may have different circumstances, for example, my 2v2 partner plays almost once every 4 days because he is very busy irl with school, and also it is hard to submit a quality turn just after looking at the game for one period of time.

There is a quite small game called World of Warcraft that offers objective data disproving your point, both from cathartic, player-focused metrics, and industry redefining business practices. Wow, you are right, people who code the game make mistakes (bugs and balance issues), yet the amazing thing is, when those community members who are the lifeblood of that game bring those points up, addressing them makes the game and the experience richer AND sustainable.

Sorry your 2v2 partner is so busy? I am in my residency and my wife is an international lawyer, prepping to take one of the State bars in July. So yeah, sorry you assumed I wasn't busy. I enjoy picking up my iPad, pushing aside some biometrics, and making a move or two while walking from 1 point in the hospital to another. I enjoy playing a game I paid for when I would like. I do not like otherwise.

Again, I am sorry if your partner cannot balance static resources in a turn-based game and produce a move all in 1 sitting. One day we will get to that point of intellectual development and it shall truly be a feat of human achievement to sing from the heavens!

(01-12-2014 03:24 PM)[PETA] Doodat Wrote:  Also, I have had circumstances when I've gone to two days because I have forgotten to check my phone, or because I simply have other things that I have been doing that have my attention.

Yep, I bet your smartphone's battery lasts 2 days, or that you don't "check" it once, once at all, each day. The order of magnitude difference in the worldwide average a smartphone user checks their phone would disagree.

So, thanks for the input, you can keep your food-loving anecdotal data.