Comic Strips

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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
Politeness.
Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.

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[–] Buddahriffic 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm glad I've always looked down on people who spend money to buy shit in games. If something is only available by paying for it, anyone that I notice showing one off in game gets a "tool" label rather than "cool".

Which is kind funny because if the game was a bit less abusive and had a way to get that item without paying, that negative reaction wouldn't be so strong because it would be ambiguous. Did this person play the game and get rewarded with that item or did they just throw money at it and get handed it? Can't be sure, so anyone that has it isn't automatically a tool.

And progression MTX are even dumber. It's like paying money so you don't have to play the game.

Though the overall quality of the game can play a role, plus whether the items are purely cosmetic vs give in game benefits (aka P2W). If the game is amazing, having some microtransactions doesn't bother me. Like when I pirated games, I had a threshold where if a game was better than that threshold, I'd buy a copy of the game because I wanted the devs to have money. Some MTX are like that, basically a tip jar for a great game.

But if the game isn't great, it's more like seeing an expectation to tip when you don't think a tip is warranted.