what the fu.ck

Even though I initially winced too seeing that much money paid for NX, I don't think we can begrudge this person for how they're using their money. Most of us probably won't spend a spare $1,000 on NX but why are we calling this guy out for doing so? I wince too when I hear of people spending hundreds of dollars on booze in clubs, or buying brand name clothes but that's because that's not how I'd choose to spend money either. Those people, or anyone else who spends money on entertainment or non-essentials, aren't any better or worse than the person in the video.

Money is just something we use to get stuff we want or need. Many of us save as much of it as we can, not for its own sake, but because we might want to use it for something later. Money itself doesn't have any more intrinsic value than what we assign it. The person in the video has decided that they want to use $1,000 on a game, then well so be it.

I don't think a good argument to say "ah but the money's spent on a CRAP game", well maybe this person really enjoys the game. Maybe he has heaps of friends on Maple, or he's really invested in his character or he gets a really big kick out of having awesomely potentialed weapons/armour. Or maybe the person's great at MTSing and intends to merchant his way to a healthy profit. Who knows.