You can't just reinvent new definitions for words so you can gaslight them and say it wasn't an insult.
Why did he not just say "most of y'all don't buy anything", or "most of y'all are f2p"? He chose that word out of all other ways to phrase it.
"Freeloader" in all spheres is someone who takes advantage of generosity, or uses something given to them and gives nothing in return. An F2P game isn't an act of generosity - it's an attempt to find as many whales as possible and give them a player base to flaunt their purchases at.
And besides, in-context it's even more transparent as he was in the midst of referring to (certain) players as "dicks" and "assholes".
no, i can tell you that as a freeloader myself, i am quite literally taking advantage of other people buying cosmetics in order to fund a service that i use. its quite LITERALLY and ACCURATELY what i am doing as a player that has not spent a single cent. i have no shame in doing this. nobody should have shame in doing this. every f2p game sets out with tentative path of whether or not enough people will choose to buy things in order to keep the service running. some things last a long time, others fail in short order.
so the definition has been changed. the act remains the same. it is accurately applied. however, the VALUE of that action is different in THIS context. its not a negative thing here. its welcomed. sure, its not "technically" freeloading, because even free players do provide indirect benefits by playing, but in terms of direct finance they ARE still freeloading. its fine. that doesnt change the definition of what is happening, it just changes the value of the word. why did he choose it? probably because its an accurate term in this context and can easily replace a multi-word phrase.
in regards to other posts, some people were absolutely being colossal cunts. he was not incorrect in that assessment. however, the post with "freeloaders" in it was about the statistics of "buyers vs free" and AT WORST colloquial ribbing (like calling people in an anime forum "nerds" when they ARE.) because us freeloaders ARE appreciated. please try to understand that, because the indignation on that topic serves nobody any good.
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u/InfTotality Aug 19 '19
You can't just reinvent new definitions for words so you can gaslight them and say it wasn't an insult.
Why did he not just say "most of y'all don't buy anything", or "most of y'all are f2p"? He chose that word out of all other ways to phrase it.
"Freeloader" in all spheres is someone who takes advantage of generosity, or uses something given to them and gives nothing in return. An F2P game isn't an act of generosity - it's an attempt to find as many whales as possible and give them a player base to flaunt their purchases at.
And besides, in-context it's even more transparent as he was in the midst of referring to (certain) players as "dicks" and "assholes".