just the facts :)Quote:
Originally Posted by murf
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just the facts :)Quote:
Originally Posted by murf
It reminds me of some games I used to play on pc and consoles, RPGs start off as a wimp build up your weapons so there is a sense of achievement, increase levels and stats etc, this all takes time.
I can only see the gold spending as akin to finding a cheat that means you can go around and kill all the nasties with one hit, for me personally that would make it kind of boring, what's the challenge?
I personally choose not to spend real money on this game, but im not gonna criticise people who spend their own money on it, my personal preference is the time, strategy etc involved in developing your character, I would be very quickly bored if I got to the top with spending gold, but that's just me, we're all different :)
I don't know how anyone could describe battling in CC as a challenge. As if it's a "challenge" trading robs/attacks back and forth with a player with similar stats. No, the "challenge" is in raising your stats up enough to be stronger than everyone else. Gold is just a shortcut to doing that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leezygeezer
I still like pixels.
CC has always been a game of "who is willing to spend money (gold)". Their is no real challenge or strategy.
Need better atk/def... buy gold and buy the premier items to better your stats
Need better IPH... buy gold to get the best buildings and upgrade faster
Need more IP... buy gold and continue to pound the targets you can beat
Want to be Top 25-50... join a syndicate and show them you are willing to spend gold
Need more anything... buy gold
If Fight Club actually did something other than recruit members willing to spend a ton of real money to buy gold I would actually applaud their efforts. If they had a magic formula that allowed them to milk every IP out of each target that didn't involve simply buying gold at a ridiculous rate I would think they were doing something nobody else had thought of.
I'd love to see a breakdown of how much each Syndicate spent on gold related to what position they placed in the event. I'd imagine it would be very similar.
At the end of the day their is no strategy that doesn't involve gold. You cannot obtain the best items and high stats without buying and spending gold. Fight Club would never let a member in if they didn't buy gold. Any mention of "strategy" is comical. Any mention of "a challenge" is laughable. Facing a challenge... buy gold and it solves the problem.
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Originally Posted by duckid
This is so true. Truth hurts some folks. Spend real money, thats cool, but don't pretend like you have skills or strategy. It's like people in marathons that they have been catching taking taxis or other means of transportation. Yes you did finish, but you accomplished nothing.
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Originally Posted by duckid
Fight Club is awesome!
The Village People play second fiddle again.
of course, money grows on trees. who needs skills and brains to earn it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Angel6ix6ix6
and oh yeahhh, i can see truth hurts .. a lot :rolleyes:
Oh dear. Does that mean we need to get rid of our non gold players???Quote:
Originally Posted by duckid
Durn it, that's a disappointment
Sad you can't see how silly that is. We are talking about the game. You connect it to real life. No separation for you. It's ok, it's a pity, but it's obvious you can't help it. You do what you have to do to fill the obvious void in your life. Can't fault you for that. I only hope this game makes your life better. Good luck and keep your head up, life will get better, but you have to live it. Real life, not pixels. When you are ready of course.
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Originally Posted by TZora
and what void are "you" filling by playing crimecity? you are playing this game and that's why you joined these forums too. the only difference is that some people spend real money, time, brain, energy earning pixels and you don't spend money but you do spend "more" time, brain and energy to earn the same pixels. so what different are you? keep hating and keep expecting the sun will shine for you some fine day, so you could also freely spend money on something that entertains you, chummy :o
The better question is what void is that Grim Reaper filling by acting superior to others on the internet, trying to troll others about the size of their disposable income.
everybody is filling some void in order to keep themselves happy out of their busy lives. the question is, what floats your boat? to me, if anything entertains me, i'll go any far to achieve that happiness and joy. critics don't bother me much but their hypocrisy is intolerable. when they themselves do things that are childish or inappropriate and tell others they shouldn't ... just makes me go whaaaaa daaaa faaaark :)
It could be worse, he could be trolling you about the size of something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigMoney
This thread makes it evident that there is a huge divide in this game just like in real life: the haves and the have nots or those who choose to spend on this game and those who do not. At the end of the day, be happy with yourself. You are only a fool if you don't have the dollars and you are going into debt trying to keep up with the Joneses. Although I have spent way more in this game than I ever thought I would, what I spent, is pocket money to me. It may be a fortune to someone else but my life is accomplished. I worked hard and had a bit of luck. I get enjoyment from playing. I play about an hour or 2 a day now so cc does not consume my life, contrary to popular belief. If you have never been to an island, you may have a completely distorted image of an islander! Enjoy! Once you no longer enjoy, walk away from the game. Lol
That would be a strange thing to do, as most men are envious of large penises.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rastas
It's all the same to them. Lol
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Originally Posted by Rastas
U mad bro? It's ok, someone had to tell you the truth. Spend gold and finish the ltq event to make yourself feel better.
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Originally Posted by TZora
I wanted to come back to this thread to just say another little tidbit.
Anytime a game can be "won" by simply shelling out money doesn't really sound like much fun to me. Teams like Fight Club only take first place because they shell out a lot of money... just more than second place. They didn't invent some amazing strategy that allows them to crush any team. These events don't pose any challenge to them because they know all they have to do is keep buying gold to finish whatever roadblock is in front of them. You can't really deny the fact that money/gold propels IP. You simply cannot gain 27-30 million IP in an event without using tons of gold. You might have some non-gold users but they are only there to be used as scouts or are friends of officers... you aren't just picking up some random player cause he applied and "seemed nice... lets give him a shot". Pfft.
I can't really imagine what drives them to keep playing as all they (or anybody that heavily relies on gold) just needs a fat bankroll to get them whatever they want.
Sadly CC isn't really a game that anyone can actually applaud the top teams. Imagine Tiger Woods setting up for a long putt and instead just said "I want this to go in... here is $50,000" and the officials taking his money. That's how I view top team like Fight Club.
I'll continue playing CC because I don't buy my way through events or buy the best items. I'll never be the top player or on the top team but I'll know that what I did in CC was fun because it wasn't just given to me. And one day CC will be gone and I won't think anything of it.
Now, why use a non gold player as a scout and give points away to the opposing team, if you have a stronger player who can be a scout and win points.Quote:
Originally Posted by duckid
"Sadly CC isn't really a game that anyone can actually applaud the top teams. Imagine Tiger Woods setting up for a long putt and instead just said "I want this to go in... here is $50,000" and the officials taking his money. That's how I view top team like Fight Club."
Using that argument Tiger nor anyone else actually hits the ball
Thus you are saying no one in any of the top teams bothers to fight
I find it funny that many people seem to not realize that this game was designed by Gree to MAKE THEM MONEY. It was designed so that, in order to be the best, you have to spend money. The big gold spenders aren't being dishonorable or unsportsmanlike by spending gold. They're playing the game how it was meant to be played. If you believe the game was designed to be played for free, you're very naive. If you don't like it, don't play the game. I promise you no one cares.
You cared enough to reply in this thread. So easy for some of you to lie.
bro .. never mind. no bro, i'm not mad bro .. i'm just stating the facts bro .. the truth is, whatever floats your boat bro .. yo bro! u getting my point bro?Quote:
Originally Posted by Angel6ix6ix6
now that's some news ..Quote:
Originally Posted by duckid
couldn't have put it in a better way :)Quote:
Originally Posted by atc
for the critics ...
there are only 2 aspects to playing this game. gold or non-gold. if you have some money to throw, you be a gold player. if you don't, you be a free player. gree designed the game that way, not players. if it were a first person shooter game, it would take some skill to take headshots. but it is not a fps game or some other game genre. still, you can apply some skill while buying weapons. you have to make certain calculations, which gold weapons will make the most difference to your stats. apart from that, what skill are these ppl talking about .. i have no clue. this game was designed to make people spend. so if you can spend real money on gold, that's the only skillset you need to have in order to be strong. if you have it, good for you. if you don't, go play some other game. deal with it, live with it.
I care enough to tell you how it is. I don't care if you play the game or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Angel6ix6ix6
Btw, I'm a free player. No grudges against gold spenders here.
Lmao, awwwwww that's what you came up with. You was mad when you wrote that! Lmao...,awwwwww go attack someone. Use your skills in buying a gold weapon first! Lmao....awwwwwww!haaaaha!Quote:
Originally Posted by TZora
ha! you don't know me sweetie .. i don't get mad that quickly and i don't hate people just because they have more money than me. i'm loved so there is no room for 'hate' in my life :)
It has nothing to do with being a gold player or a free player... Angel's like that to everybody. Check his post history and save your breath.
Tzora,
Maybe we got off on the wrong foot. What you or whatever person that uses gold does is up to you. Gree has blatantly designed this game to require gold to be "the best".
My point really is that a game that requires you to simply buy gold to push through any obstacle isn't really much of a challenge. I just can't see how anyone can think they have met and defeated a challenge when all they did was buy it off.
Tell me this... if someone in the #2 team won the lottery one day and decided all he wanted to do was devote all his money to his team to become #1... what would Fight Club do differently to win? To be "the best"? What could you do? Nothing.
Tell me you have some secret weapon or amazing strategy you would pull out in this scenario and maybe people would classify that as you meeting a challenge and overcoming it. But you can't. You don't have anything but your wallets to fuel the needed IP.
Quiet applause,👏 I admire the free players, for they earn their stats the tough way👏Quote:
Originally Posted by atc
One player on a team with amazing high stats can't win it for the team
The Indians did have such a player and they still failed to secure 1st place
And? Still the way the game was designed, and you play it and we play itQuote:
Originally Posted by duckid
then what is "challenge" according to you in a game like this? play without spending?Quote:
Originally Posted by duckid
this game is totally out of whack if you ask me. my attack is 418k and if i lose an attack to someone with 350k defense, that's ridiculous! even if i lose an attack to someone with 417k defense, that's ridiculous! you are comparing this game with other games you've played in past. for eg., the fps games where you really need some level of skill to point and shoot. that's what i call a "challenge". this game in itself is nothing but simcity. you build a great looking hood and fill it with lots of money/defense buildings. where's the challenge? then you play the events that are based on some ridiculous algorithm and you could win the freagin prize in just 10 opens or 10,000 opens. where's the challenge? you attack someone with more defense than you and you lose. then you visit their hood and rob the buildings. that's the challenge you are talking about? from beginning to the end, i don't see anything like "challenge" .. this game is totally biased to the rich who can spend real money. this game endorses spending money and that's what some people do. if you are feeling disgusted because they can spend and you can't, take a break .. buy a computer, buy a fps game and there you have the challenge you are talking about :)
the only challenge this game offers is the "money in your pocket". if you have more, you spend more and be the queen/king of crimecity.
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Originally Posted by TZora
Lol@ I'm loved! Lmao...awwwwwww it's ok. Saddest thing I've ever read on this board.
that's what i'm saying, you are a sadistic. even "love" makes you "sad" .. feel sorry for you :)
Awwwwww @ you mentioning love. Do you feel love playing CC? Get it where you can.Quote:
Originally Posted by TZora