Originally posted by SaberToothDeathMouse:

Originally posted by blprice61:

Serious question, I see it here on the forums, practically every streamer not only does it but teaches it in their tutorials. Did I miss a memo? Does Hugin say to do it?

Not telling anyone how to play, just curious. To me, its one of those ideas that is like the root of all evil. I mean, I see streamers doing No Portals and still doing it, Permadeath and still doing it. It seems like over half of the player questions here revolve around it. What is up with that?

I like to read these forums before I go to bed after a long game session. What I can't ever seem to understand is why people feel the need to make others feel like they are playing the game **wrong** just because they aren't doing the way they are. You said "Not telling anyone how to play, just curious"... but yet your post is full of attitude and inuendo that everyone else is playing wrong (and are the "root of all evil") and you are the only one playing right. Yet oddly enough, you never once mention how YOU play.

Why does it matter how others choose to play? You aren't living their life. People play the way they enjoy playing. That's all that matters.

So here's the memo you missed: This is an open sandbox game. That means people can play it any way they choose... including you. Have fun doing it your way (whatever that is)!

Sorry i came across that way. You're right to an extent, I do believe I've come up with solutions for a number of common problems, that does not mean that I'm right or that I'm insisting everyone do as I do, or indeed that anyone does as I do. I mean I generally prefer solo no-portal perma-death (or house rules) yet no-map scares me silly. I know that comes from my prior gaming background.

The 'attitude and innuendo; as you call it simply comes from wondering why the common play is as it is and likewise am I making some critical mistake in my reasoning? So, it helps to see why people are playing the way they seem to going by forum posts and videos.

Certainly I can see the point that some people prefer a more social, even role played, sandbox than I and that solutions that work for me are unacceptable to them (and vice versa).