2013-01-26, 03:56 PM
emailbox Wrote:It doesn't mean they're lazy. I can understand why people don't want to grind 4+ hours a day doing repetitive pomegranate. When I was training my DB at KSH a few months ago in PUGs (pick up groups) I would often find myself falling asleep because it's boring when you're literally just holding down a key. People find entertainment in this game in different ways, doesn't make them lazy. To note, though, I don't mind grinding at all when I'm with a party of guildies and such because we talk over Axon (kinda like Skype) and pre-occupy ourselves (and make fun of each others' damage).
mithi9 Wrote:most people play like a max of 2 hours.
what you're saying sounds boring as hell.
Curtiss Wrote:This is exactly what I mean when I say "Gosh do I not like to train in this game". I can train for hours in an RPG, play non-stop, read 400-600 page books in a few hours flat but I draw the line at grinding 4+ hours in Maple because it doesn't make me feel accomplished (Oh cool, 5 AP and 3 SP! Time to add this and repeat 30 more times), I don't feel like I've progressed much once I'm in the 140's and 150's, most actual improvement would have to be cash-based and I shun training at the same spot as a rule. It's fine if you want to say that you like that but even my friends talk about how crazily bored they feel while we're doing PQs together and my idea of good gaming usually does not involve "Whack X for 2309509 times", so our idea of what an accomplishment is definitely differs.
All of these posts simply underscore my point that this game has evolved into exactly what Americans want these days: entertainment with instant gratification.
Yeah, training for 12+ hours a day for three months straight is boring at times, but you know what made it not? Talking with friends on Ventrilo/Skype. Watching T.V. or movies while cycling and OHKOing a map. Yeah it would get repetitive, but there's a certain peacefulness in the humdrum of routine.
Welcome to life, kids. Life doesn't give you a job for two hours, upon the completion of which you'll earn thousands of dollars and be able to go on a vacation for a week. Life is all about dedicating enormous amounts of time doing much of the same tasks so you can survive, and if you're smart enough, work hard enough, know who you are and what you love and are ambitious enough to get it, you'll find a career and a life for yourself that, while perhaps boring and repetitive to others, are engaging, interesting, and worthwhile to you.
So in addition to meeting some incredible people I'm beyond glad to still call great friends today, grinding to 200 on MapleStory when it actually took time and effort taught me a few other indispensable life lessons: patience, resolve, and the humble understanding that to accomplish something truly great and impressive in this world, be it on a virtual pedestal or worthy of a Nobel Prize, it takes tremendous amounts of time, effort, and dedication. You can't just call it "boring" and give up after two hours, unless your desired destination is nowhere.