The beautiful thing about play-to-earn / play-and-earn is that some people can literally play a game because there are financial incentives for them. And that's OK.
While some play because they love the game and are willing to spend on it.
Best example I have for this is Ragnarok Online.
I've been playing it since I was 10 years old. And as early as that age, I was spending on the game.
I was buying zeny (gold) for PHP, and I've been doing that since I was freakin' 10 yrs old, using my weekly allowance.
As I was buying zeny, I was buying it from real people, people who had time to farm. They were Playing-to-Earn, and I was Playing-to-Enjoy, and I was PAYING THEM to get this enjoyment.
Why?
❌ I didn't have time to grind and farm.
✅ I wanted a little bit of a shortcut due to my limited time.
My behavior did not change at all even as I grew older.
I actually just started earning money and used that to pay and continue funding my Ragnarok passion, and in turn, allowing others to Play-to-Earn.
Why is this frowned upon by some people in web3, when this very phenomenon has been happening in web2 gaming since the early 2000s, maybe even earlier?
Play-to-earn has has been around longer than some of people reading this tweet has been alive.
The magic of web3 is that it democratizes P2E, it allows the average person to reap the rewards for his time and skill.
If you choose to take profit, you can.
If you don't and prefer to just Pay-to-Win, and be the best in a game because you get satisfaction and enjoyment out of it, more power to ya!
We should not shame people on both sides of P2E. Some are spenders, some are grinders.
So what?
That's literally how the real world works too.
Sometimes I feel like some people need to get punched in the face by the real world for them to realize how absurd their takes are.
Freaking REAL LIFE is P2E.
Stop fucking around and deal with it.
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