Paying for online games

@ddaguno (3107)
Philippines
January 6, 2013 10:39am CST
I like playing online strategy games where you start at zero then start building and growing your empire. in these games you get to interact with other people while keeping yourself away from boredom. It usually take hours to upgrade something, so I visit it once in a while when I need a break from my work. anyway, just like most online games you can level up a lot faster when you buy credits and I have noticed that some serious players really spend money to get this advantage. I think it's a waste of money. How bout you? Would you consider paying for online game credits?
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HULYO
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
7 Jan 13
One of room mate, colleagues and friend while we was working in Saudi Arabia, he was too addict with online games. He spent more money every month to level up his game position. This concept of online earnings can motivate a gamers to spend money without knowing that it is waste of time and money. I advice him to stop it because of the tendency he will be more addicted and lost lot of funds.
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cobalt20
@cobalt20 (1318)
• Philippines
7 Jan 13
Hulyo, I think you a good advice there. You must invite him in Mylot instead of wasting of time there.
HULYO
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
7 Jan 13
He stop playing games online but he loss more than 50K and nothing happened. Better he drinks all the funds. He is lazy about online earnings. No time to think any ideas as he said.
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ddaguno
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
7 Jan 13
Oh my goodness! what a waste. I can understand if he spends a small amount but i think spending that much on online games is such a waste. Good thing he stopped
mariaperalta
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
7 Jan 13
why pay?/ so many are online for free. I hear even some sites pay you to play. So id never play to play games online. Have a great week there.
ddaguno
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
8 Jan 13
yes there are games that might pay you for playing but i dont find them interesting
zoey7879
@zoey7879 (3092)
• United States
6 Jan 13
I do occasionally, when I have money to spare. I liken it to spending $5-$10 on going out to eat alone one afternoon or going to the movies.. Something special, not to be done often. A little treat to myself, if you will!
ddaguno
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
7 Jan 13
Aah...well, yeah, I gues $5 to $10 wont hurt. anyway, who would enjoy going to the movie alone right?
skyandgrassplot
@skyandgrassplot (1497)
• China
7 Jan 13
Yes I did pay for a online game which I had played more than 4 years,and I think the money is the secondly problem,the biggest problem is that that game waste a lot of my time,and if I willing to use those time to do other meaningful thing I think I have make a certain achievement. So I decided to give up this game eventually in last year.
ddaguno
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
8 Jan 13
this is why i choose games that are not "hands on" it does take a lot of time when you are too involved in a game. I only play to ease boredom.
Sureoi
@Sureoi (176)
• Philippines
7 Jan 13
I really don't want to spend my money in online games or in any other kinds of games. My purpose in playing online games is for wasting my time and having fun also. I do it every summer or when there is a semester break. Have a nice day and happy mylotting! :)
ddaguno
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
8 Jan 13
ahhh... the beauty of being a student... you get sem breaks to waste
theoana
@theoana (97)
• Romania
7 Jan 13
I would never consider paying for online games. Never. I would definitey like spending my money somewhere else(like on clothes :D!). For me this would be a waste of money. But the truth is that I don't really like playing games at all.
Polang
@tkonlinevn (6298)
• Vietnam
11 Jan 13
I agree with you. I don't know why someone pay money to reach higher level in online game. It's waste!
Zer0Stats
@Zer0Stats (1147)
• India
7 Jan 13
Not at all.I don't think it's just a waste of time and money.Well it's a two sided coin.It would depend on the person answering the question.Is gaming for Competition purposes,Entertainment purposes or for Educational purposes.The spectrum is simply to wide to answer yes or no to the question.If your whole life revolves around gaming,then I could agree to a certain degree.I have better reasons for using a computer and gaming consoles for playing games.
Panzur
@Panzur (30)
• Finland
6 Jan 13
I have played Travian, but I don't play anymore. I haven't never used money on browser games and never going to. When I played travian couple years back I was in top 10 without using any money and I'm sure that all others in top 10 were using real money. And why use real money in browser games when you can use them something useful.
ddaguno
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
7 Jan 13
yeah, for me playing these online games are for us to enjoy, not spend. Good thing not all players are like us, otherwise all game production companies would go bankrupt
imAbigael
@imAbigael (475)
• Philippines
7 Jan 13
I played online games since when I was in high school, I can answer your question well its either you want to cheat or you want to be happy. I ask most of my player friends too about that, why did they buy cards for games. They said of course to upgrade and be the strongest player. All players want to be the number one, the best player.