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Re: skipping levels

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From: Dan C
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:04
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:20:42 +0100, Iñaki Silanes wrote:

>>> Well duh! I'd rather cheat a little bit to get through to the next
>>> level than erase the program from my computer and waste the money I
>>> spent on it.
 
>> Don't be an ignorant pussy your whole life.  Play the game right.
 
> Mmmm, how exactly does playing a game one payed for the way one wants to,
> qualify one as an "ignorant pussy"? 

Maybe I was too hasty.  I guess he's just a "pussy" then.  The "ignorant"
part must have come from his inability to use Google to find out something
as simple as what he wants to do.

> I can give my money to the maker of a game. I see it fair, because it's
> a product I want to use. What I am not going to give them is my will...
> do you?

No, I don't.  You've described one way of looking at the situation. 
Another would be having the will to overcome the game as presented by the
maker, who has challenged you to beat the game.  Giving up and cheating
is giving in to his will.

> I usually find that cheating in SP is unfullfilling, because you end up
> taking the fun out of the game... but that's just me.

That's me too.

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Subject: Re: skipping levels
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