Vi's cave of bad choices
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damn that dragon warrior box gives me all kinds of feels... and I never even played it... childhood nostalgia is powerful jive.
Got a small colorful Zebra and a medium purple lantern fish for the dog, but she doesn't seem to care for them much. TMM thinks she likes mine b/c they smell like me. Might have to test that out later.
Spotted this teal-ish fluffy dragon recently. Why do they keep making ones I can't resist?
Spotted this teal-ish fluffy dragon recently. Why do they keep making ones I can't resist?
Eh, not really. It fully depends on how it's modes are set, and that usually depends on who owns and maintains it.
Like in my area, I know of only one crane that I've tried that I'd fully call unfair. It's claw tension is set very weak, and I have no idea if it's on a ramp up or countdown setting, and I'm not willing to spend enough money at a machine with weak claws to find out.
So at least in my state claw machines have to have a payout point, much like slot machines. A point where they wholly skill based. Some machines are always set that way, and some are set to go to skill mode after a certain number of continuous plays (ramp up) or after a certain amount of money has been reached in total regardless of if those plays are continuous or not (countdown).
Part of the 'game' is recognizing how a machine is set and playing around it. I'm actually pretty good at them, tbh.
It was a while ago, back when I was in high school, but I used to work at an arcade and one of the game techs told me how the claw was programmed to be weak and only clamp down hard once every ten games. Ever since then I've had a really low opinion of crane games.
Don't get me wrong, if you enjoy it, and especially since you've got it to work in your favor, more power to you. I guess it's one of those "don't work in an industry you don't want to get jaded about" things.
In any case, congrats on the win.
Don't get me wrong, if you enjoy it, and especially since you've got it to work in your favor, more power to you. I guess it's one of those "don't work in an industry you don't want to get jaded about" things.
In any case, congrats on the win.
No, understandable. Like I'm not saying it's fair that a lot of claws aren't simply on a skill mode from the start, it's not.
I think for me it scratches 2 itches in that regard, 1 a bit of the gambling addiction I know I could be susceptible to, and 2 when you do recognize how a particular machine works and win in spite of that the feeling of having overcome a hurdle.
I won't throw money at a claw that clearly can't be won without sinking a ton of money into. I usually spend five or less at a time, this time I did10 in total because of what it was, and how much I know it would cost to just buy. I did get it for half of what she would have cost to just order it online at least.
I think for me it scratches 2 itches in that regard, 1 a bit of the gambling addiction I know I could be susceptible to, and 2 when you do recognize how a particular machine works and win in spite of that the feeling of having overcome a hurdle.
I won't throw money at a claw that clearly can't be won without sinking a ton of money into. I usually spend five or less at a time, this time I did10 in total because of what it was, and how much I know it would cost to just buy. I did get it for half of what she would have cost to just order it online at least.
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