It seems you can't separate buying something even without thinking it's reasonable - and not thinking it's reasonable.
Like, say, you go to a nice fancy restaurant to do something nice for you girlfriend - and you pay more than you think is reasonable - because you want to please her.
Get it?
I paid for the iPad Mini DESPITE thinking it's overpriced.
I might pay for BG:EE - DESPITE thinking it's overpriced.
There is no double standard, that's your imagination.
I'n not saying everything is overpriced - I'm saying some things have an unreasonable price.
In this thread we're talking about BG:EE - that's why I'm talking about its price. In the iPad Mini thread - I was talking about Apple products being overpriced.
I'm not saying anything is ok or not. That's up to the invidual. I'm saying the price is unreasonably high from my point of view.
Have I claimed I'm not contributing to the problem?
Not directly, but you have gone on for quite some time now preaching about things being over priced, money grabs, opportunism, exploiting consumers, etc. etc.
So to see you do a 180 and buy something that is the epitome of everything you've complained about for so long surprised me.
I guess with all your rhetoric I thought you stood for something, turns out you were just bitching. My Fault I guess.
It's ok if you want to imagine that I'm acting like I'm above others, because I have an opinion about what's fair - but that's on you.
If you can't separate what you know from what you have no knowledge of, that's not really my concern.
I don't consider myself above or below others, because I have no way of measuring that. I don't really care. We're all equal, in my mind.
Really you have a strange way of showing that.
What do you mean happily? I paid the price because it was worth it to me, even if it was too high. Correction, I THOUGHT it would be worth it - and it turns out that I'm right.
Then again, money means nothing to me - as long as I can afford it.
Probably because in my world, you can buy things that are unreasonably priced knowingly, without having a problem with integrity. Integrity, to me, is about honesty.
Partly but it is much more than that.
Woe is me.
I know you have this fantasy scenario about me - and I won't get in the way. But on the off-chance that you're not interested in bitching from a position of ignorance - let me make it clear:
That must be your way of showing me we are all equal right?
My opinion is solely based on your posts I've read through out the years. Not a fantasy at all you give yourself to much credit.
You do not post in a vacuum. You say everyone is equal (which is not true by the way, politically correct but untrue none the less) yet you are often very condescending to many you correspond with.
When you tell someone you will make it simple for them as if your thoughts are so complex us normal folk wouldn't understand unless you simplify it for us.
when you tell someone they are speaking from a position of ignorance even when you have no idea of their background. I wonder if you ever think that about yourself? No need to answer that.
I could go on but really I sometimes wonder if you read what you post before you hit send. When you speak to people this way I can only assume you believe you are above them.
I'm not telling anyone what they should do - or what they should buy. I'm not telling the developers of BG:EE that their price is too high. It has nothing to do with me.
I'm looking at a product and I'm seeing a price I consider too high. I haven't used the word "atrocious" - that's you. I'd say it's no big deal - and it's not heavily overpriced - more like significantly.
No you didn't. Sometimes people imply much more than they are willing to say. I think so they can get there point across without actually having to commit to saying it. That way if it doesn't go well they can simply deny ever saying it.
Cash-grabs are the norm of this industry. That's pretty much what the mainstream industry is all about. That doesn't mean that games are worthless - and that I'm never going to buy another game in my lifetime. I don't feel obligated to never enjoy myself again - because I don't want to pay for something that has too high a price.
All I want to do is be conscious of my own opinions and speak them when I feel they're appropriate. There's no morality or claims of morality involved.
If you think otherwise, that is in your head based on your own limited perception of what other people are like.
My limited perception is all based on your posts. Maybe it's just your internet persona or maybe that's who you really are. Either way I have to call it like I see it.
In this post alone you've said i'm bitching from a position of ignorance and I have limited perception of what people are like. If you truly believe we are all equal then you must not think much of yourself after all.