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Originally Posted by Zeeky Banutski
Here's another perspective on the Farm Cash (i.e.,"dollars"). Personally, I don't care how much money the developers make on Farm Town - this is American capitalism at work...isn't it wonderful?
But here's my beef - I work darn hard for my money & I'm not about to waste it on purchasing "virtual" dollars for this game or any other game. However, that shouldn't mean that us "players" should be denied the opportunity to acquire any/all available Farm Town items based on the fact that some items are available using (free) "coins" (which we earn by playing the game), while other items are only available by spending actual cash (in the form of "virtual" dollars).
In my humble opinion, every item in the store should be available for sale to anyone/everyone no matter what form of payment they choose to use. The beauty of democracy is the "freedom of choice" & the current set up with Farm Town "virtual" dollars prevents me from choosing certain items in the store. The other method of acquiring "virtual" dollars is pure rubbish - sitting through those annoying "ads" responding to tos of questions/selections only to end up with a small amount "virtual" dollars & an obligatory "must choose something from this "method" or you've wasted a ton of time (which, by the way has a "price tag" associated with it - my time is also valuable).
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Huh? You started out touting the virtues of American capitalism, and then argue that everything should be given to you because you want it? That's where the "freedom of choice" part comes in -- do I spend my $5.00 at Taco Bell? Or stay home and have lunch and keep my $5.00 in my pocket?
Freedom of choice doesn't mean you submit your wish list and wait for everything to be delivered -- not in the real world and not in the virtual world, either.
I haven't found anything about this game that I can't participate in, even if I don't spend money on it. I could get things faster by spending money -- which I did to expand my farm -- but everything can be done with a little ingenuity and just plain stubbornness. Can't get gifts from your neighbors? Or they aren't playing anymore? Get new neighbors! There's a thread for that very purpose. Need olive oil? How about working your neighbor's factories and collecting some? It's not like you really have to get out your work boots and a hard hat -- just click the mouse. And yet my own neighbors, who complain that they can't get olive oil, do NOT work my factories to collect it! So -- what did I do? I got myself some new neighbors!
There is not a single "But I can't because . . ." that you can come up with that there isn't an answer for. The trick is figuring out the solution yourself instead of wasting time and energy wishing life was "fair" or convincing yourself it can't be done.
What you're really arguing for is "instant gratification" -- not "freedom of choice." Not the same thing at all.