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also you said something about there being no need for a best game to be discovered which is a good point but there is also a need for a personal best game on opinion as this allows disscussions between fans of different games and this is a far more interesting way of seeing gaming.
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Sorry, you didn't read my sentence carefully enough => I said, there is no need for judgement...- there's a difference: If I say I like game XY most because of my AB preferences => ok. Then it's no judgement but merely my subjective opinion - equal value/equal weight to those who prefer game CD for the same or other preferences. And the far most interesting way for me to see gaming is this => playing it and having fun. And maybe (if interest is there) to claim WHY this game is fun for me. Translation of a German phrase => What an owl is for one is a nightingale for the other.
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So Might and Magic is the official best game ever. Anyone think a game is better? No didnt think so.
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Postulating game XY as nonplus ultra for all times and all gamers ("the official best yadderyadder...") IS no opinion. It's a killer phrase in communication psychology. These phrases are commonly used to silence people, close their ears or cause arguments, turning into the boring power/authority game of who's right/wrong. Same goes for rhetorical questions that neither require nor ask for a real answer but are only used to stress one's own statement.
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...having favourites and opinions is a necessity or otherwise there nothing to talk about because everyone would see all games as equal
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Only if it's meant AND expressed as a subjective opinion thus leaving room for differing ones, not as a postulate, expressed in absolute manner, turning into a pro/con crusade (Ouff, religion again).
And FYI => I see games as equal Each game providing me with fun, wanting me to spend time on it is as equal as the next game I want to play and enjoy. Au contraire, if I would believe game XY is the absolute best one for all times, aeons and centuries - I doubt I could ever play another one then. I'd not be able to see each game as unique and discover gaming anew. I would deprive myself of flexibility and curiosity to discover the next fantasy world... I'd probably start to compare this game to others, fret, mourn about the difference and lose my openness. Not fair towards the new game IMO. What's the point in a ranking hierarchy for games?
In case you wonder => yes, I DO recommend games to members of my library - but not due to my preferences but due to their preferences. And I ask for sincere feedback, so I know if I judged the person's preference correctly - specially then when they prefer a genre I'm not interested in as a gamer personally. You'd be surprised how many gamers dislike RPG (and still see the light of day happily )
Kiya
PS: This whole post is my personal opinion, free to take, agree/disagree - with one exception => killer phrase/postulate/absolutism/generalisation/rhetorical question, that's communication psychology.
talk is cheap! get to the point....
