Recent content by chaosfact

Has a reason ever been given why you can't just put water in a bucket, and then pour that on the ground?

How is "people will cheat" an argument against anything? Cheaters are a problem, so ban them and the problem is solved. I'm not trying to say every game needs to be enormously harsh with death penalties. Of course not - that would limit the market only to the super-hardcores. But it's a...

Frustration can be a tool to motivate players to improve.

I, for one, am in favor of heavy punishment for failure. Raising the skill requirement to pass a challenge forces the player to improve if he's going to win. But punishing more heavily motivates him to improve, lest he be punished. By analogy: Raising the high-jump bar forces the athlete...