Before I start this blog, I would like to make a little apology to the people I follow, and follow me in return. I feel that I should put more of an effort into keeping track of your blog posts and commenting on them. It's just that I have a very forgetful nature, and I easily get caught up in other things. But I promise to try harder, and I apologize for my lack of feedback on all your blog posts thus far.
The Pointlessness Of Points
First off, a little disclaimer of sorts. This is purely from my own personal experience. I am not saying that achievement points, gamer scores, trophies, or whatnot are completely without merit. In fact, I think they've added a definite layer of extra depth to games in general. For me, however, there achievement points are absolutely useless. This is partially because I'm not the type to do something I don't like in a game, just so I can get an achievement. If I get some kind of value out of it besides another 15 or 20 points, then I will do it. Fortunately I think that game developers have, for the most part, gotten better at making the points feel somewhat more meaningful, but there are definitely still things in games with achievements attached to them that I absolutely do not see the point of (no punt intended).
But besides my arguable laziness, the key factor why points are pointless for me, is the very simple fact that I can not rent games. No, you are not reading that wrong. No need to adjust your monitor or clean your glasses. There is no place within a 50 mile radius (at least) that rents out any games. There used to be a store near here that rented out games, but it moved to another city. So every game that I have points for, I have owned at some point in my life. The only exception to these are the game I borrowed from my step-kids when I was visiting my girlfriend in America. And yes, I have also let them play games under my account, so I got a couple of extra points that way as well. But the point is, that renting games is not an option for me. And, well, we all know that it's pretty much impossible to keep up with other people's points without resorting to renting. Unless you are in the lucky position of being able to buy games on a weekly basis. Something which I'm not.
At this point in time, even if I were able to start renting games, there is no way I could catch up with high-rollers like Jeff. If I really wanted to have a chance, two things would need to happen. Firstly, all scores would have to be reset to zero, something which will never happen. And secondly, I would need to the possibility of renting games, which is more likely to happen sometime in the future.
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