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Inquisitive Link ParentThis is exactly what reignited my interest in the game as well. All of the different self-imposed restrictions people place on themselves to make the game more difficult and interesting. I feel...This is exactly what reignited my interest in the game as well. All of the different self-imposed restrictions people place on themselves to make the game more difficult and interesting. I feel like with such an old game there's already too much theory already established on what is the most optimal playstyle for maximising gains, but I believe that few things kill enjoyment as much as feeling like you need to tick in a bunch of boxes.
With stuff like Tileman Mode, area restricted accounts, one-skill-at-a-time, removing the ability to bank, you're forced to engage with the content that often gets taken for granted.
I personally don't have the stamina for some of the more restrictive playstyles, but I really enjoy watching others progress in these novel ways. I do have an ironman account that I hop on every once in a while. It's a nice way of doing something relaxing, like chopping trees, progressing slowly towards some overarching goal while chatting with people or watching something else.
The RNG factor is also a real dopamine casino. It's easy to see why so many are hooked!
I am a moderator for a subreddit that has about 2 million users, and from the inside looking out I can say that there's not much that can be done. Some people have the sub's goal at heart, and are just trying their best to clean up the "noise" so as to curate the forums to make a better experience for others - but even in my relatively benign community there are still some individuals on the moderation team (that also moderate other large subreddits) who seem to be in it for the "power" and "glory" and once they're on the team there is little to be done to remove them.
A part of the problem is that powermods are actually pretty active, and they serve the role of cleaning the community of messy non-related posts, which is usually something that the sub's creator wants - but in this activity you'll find a lot of personal judgements and unfair calls which doesn't get the attention that's needed because "good mods" (much like good cops) don't want to stir the pot because they enjoy their position.
It's a real catch 22. Want to make a difference within the mod team? Just hope that the creator of the sub is on your side, but even then (depending on what privileges they've given out) even they can get run out of their own community. So we're faced with a situation where a few individuals control the discourse of many.
It's not too dissimilar from the global economic system where those who "have" are distinguished from those who "have not", and the ones who "have" will find any and every excuse to bolster their Ego - and the few who see the theatre for what it is are left trying to do the best they can.
Not all big subreddits are compromised, and not all powermods are this desperate for validation/stimulation/whatever (believe it or not), but there is a culture of letting mods get away with things they shouldn't be getting away with, and there is a culture of adding mods that already operate on a big subreddit to mod other big subreddits.
It's one of the main reasons why I decided to move onto these forums, because maybe this will be different (and not as shitty and racist as voat).