• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    I got hooked on shark cards for a while when I played GTA:O, I probably spend thousands of SEK on them for months, then one day I realized what a fucking shit game it is, and uninstalled it.

    This was eight or so years ago now, and I have not played it since.

    I don’t consider the money wasted though, I consider them part of my education, I learned from this, and can now see the signs before I spend money.

    • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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      4 months ago

      Yeah, I never consider it a waste if you got some personal enrichment from it as an outlet. My goal was to never spend any actual money on the online portion and eventually people just got way too overpowered. It was a glaring example of pay-to-play and how it can ruin a game. It shut out any chance of growth and fun.