Oryx
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How does death affect you in video games?
This thread was inspired by the difference between my boyfriend and I in this regard. For him, if he dies a lot in a game and he knows it's because of lack of skill or something he gets determined to get better, and works his ass off to get that skill so he can be good at it. A sharp learning curve on a hard game is more of a challenge to him, an obstacle to overcome. But for me it's always been the opposite. If I start a game and am really, really bad at it from the start, then I don't feel an urge to keep playing at all. No matter what reason it was that I lost I just lose all motivation and want to quit the game. I just can't stand games in general where you have to lose tons of times before you get the skill to begin winning.
It made me wonder about people in general, if gamers are more like my boyfriend or more like me in that regard. Do you think of constant death as a challenge to overcome, or a sign that the game is just too hard for you in general? Somewhere in between?
This thread was inspired by the difference between my boyfriend and I in this regard. For him, if he dies a lot in a game and he knows it's because of lack of skill or something he gets determined to get better, and works his ass off to get that skill so he can be good at it. A sharp learning curve on a hard game is more of a challenge to him, an obstacle to overcome. But for me it's always been the opposite. If I start a game and am really, really bad at it from the start, then I don't feel an urge to keep playing at all. No matter what reason it was that I lost I just lose all motivation and want to quit the game. I just can't stand games in general where you have to lose tons of times before you get the skill to begin winning.
It made me wonder about people in general, if gamers are more like my boyfriend or more like me in that regard. Do you think of constant death as a challenge to overcome, or a sign that the game is just too hard for you in general? Somewhere in between?