Lost Ark whale realizes he wasted all his money

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[@Chaelsonen]

The problem is he isnt upset that he wasted all his money on a game. Hes upset that he couldve gotten more.

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

The problem is you deciding what other people choose to spend their own money on, is a waste.

[@ThE4EvRPs3GaMeR]

@@tien-le It really depends on his income. A person who gets paid 3400 a month vs someone making 10k a month. Obviously the second one wouldn't be or feel excessive. This example is just pure income not debts.

[@Xelicham]

This is the most under appreciated comment I’ve ever seen.

[@BoltRM]

Food bank money

[@Liam-B]

Could've gotten more nothing lol. Just a value on a server. WTF is wrong with mmo players.

[@Netsuko]

I have no sympathy for people who enable companies to get away with these kind of predatory systems.

[@Kuroganemk2]

Preach.

[@BlankTH]

I do, but not a lot.

[@nico26061998]

Who get away with offering a free2play game. Wtf is your problem?

[@nahthisaintit]

@@BlankTH we do a little sympathy

[@Kuroganemk2]

@@nico26061998 Wtf is your problem is the real question lol

[@k1n63d]

He's the kind of sucker the games involving money are designed for these days.

[@Official-OpenAI]

Exactly. The reason why all games go "free to play", but profit millions more than those that aren't free to play.

[@nicechoicee]

@@Official-OpenAI lol im free to play but not by choice im just broke af lmao 😂😂😂

[@user-xz4pv2sw7u]

he is dating a nft scammer i hope he loses all his money

[@Dribin]

@@user-xz4pv2sw7u wait who?

[@FuzenHua]

@@Official-OpenAI Free to play, but not free to enjoy

[@GambeTama]

This is the most perfect version of "congratulations, you played yourself."

[@MrBotteh]

@@francoisturgeon1176 the fact you have dr.disrespect as you pfp. Lol hypocrite much.

[@PsychoticAbood]

@@francoisturgeon1176 lol wat r u on about, its their choice to sub, u cant get in people's business and tell them wat to do

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

I mean... he played himself regardless. If you are spending any kind of consistent money on pixel currency that costs $0 to manufacture and send to you than you are playing yourself.

[@InanisNihil]

@@francoisturgeon1176 ur the actual loser… u don’t understand the words “real” nor “job” nor the word “product” or “consumerism” also ur trash because literally all the greatest works of art music literature as literal people who did what they loved and were literally supported/funded by PATRONS.. who where filthy rich… they PAID the individuals to create things they liked… NOW in modern times… instead of just a FEW RICH PPL spending MASSIVE SUMS OF CASH… u have 1000s and 1000s of average even below average ppl doing exactly the same via small tiny sums of literally the same cash to STILL support said creators/content creators to “sell” their brand/product for us to consume… most music artists… artists.. manga writers… writers… game devs… etc etc… STARTED literally the same way… just now u have the internet… ur actually a trash brained human… fyi RELIGION WORKS THE SAME WAY.. u start ur cult content then try to “sell it” y u think religions ironically ASK AND WANT UR MONEY… difference is all the above all unlike religion aren’t trying to also be paid via brainwashing into thinking ull burn in hell for not “buying into it” ur the last person to call anyone a loser yet the quickest to do so.. 🤔and as expect u don’t understand how these works given ur stupid post… like most things u enjoy literally are a product of this partron to creator relationship… companies literally just “perfect” this relationship… so the fact that u eve buy shit is u too stupid to see how ur still kinda shooting urself in the foot… 😂 ur dogs hit dumb bro

[@yoba867]

@@InanisNihil comparing works of art to some manchildren screeming at their monitor in their basement, what an absolute dumbfuck. Large chunk of greatest works of art were funded by the government so you are a dumbfuck who has 0 idea of what he is talking about on top.

[@VentisEntertainment]

Hearing the words "Gold Inflation" and having it correlate with a video game economy got me wheezing

[@ikatekeda6267]

They use the World of Warcraft economy to predict real world economies.

[@marxist-leninist-protagonist]

Gol D. Inflation

[@columlee6714]

Yeah bit stupid, like I just want to play games not be taken advantage of, glad I never got into MMOs

[@twistedhazards]

Gaiaonline flashbacks

[@Mythicalappa]

sea of thieves did this alot of mmos do this to

[@RevelationOne]

This is the exact kind of guy they make games like this for lol. He fell right into their trap card.

[@uppercutgrandma4425]

Not exactly a trap, dude entered his credit card information for video game stuff lol

[@cgavs4303]

@@uppercutgrandma4425 yeah but then he spent almost 900$ with that card info because games make it seem like spending actual money on in game currency is worth it/getting a deal for it. That’s the trap.

[@ryanhackett9680]

This man is a walking cash sheep.

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

@@cgavs4303 yeah. He spent 900 dollars on video game stuff. Doesn't matter what the video game company said that was convincing, it matters that he entertained the conversation at all

[@Rexhunterj]

@@LetsTalkAboutPrepping Hahaha, he spent $900 USD PER TRANSACTION. Listen carefully and maybe his stupidity might not become your stupidity. These games are designed to fleece idiots like him. Remember when it cost money to play Runescape? I remember, you're a fool if you pay for membership now because you can play for free and make the money you need to buy a subscription, for free.

[@thespheregridisrunonchemtrails]

I love that Zeals just laughs at the price

[@Lastsight100]

Same.

[@slart1bartfast587]

It's not just any laugh, you can hear the schadenfreude oozing out of it lol

[@paradopx8618]

@@slart1bartfast587 bro zeal’s spent 30k+ he’s an absolute whale, he’s just laughing at himself

[@elixxon]

@@paradopx8618 indeed gacha whales are just built different.

[@paradopx8618]

@@antoniox2241 lol what Rich is just a random dude?

[@salarmosavi9189]

HE is the exact individual for which these type of games are designed. So when the Devs see these , they can take a sip of their coffee, fingers crossed and shout mission accomplished !

[@escapedcops08]

Why would they have their fingers crossed if the actions were already taken? Kind of redundant.

[@flavoracid]

as someone who works for a video game company, the dev's aren't the ones who make these kinds of decisions or mechanics. I know what you're saying, I get it, i'm just pointing out the nomenclature because, as a dev, i have fuck all to do with my company making cash decisions, in game or out.

[@iro6758]

​@@flavoracid Meanwhile, Stormtroopers: "Bro, I only load the gun..." Seriously though lol - it's a bit disingenuous for dev's to keep pretending that they aren't literally doing this. After decades... Especially since they tend to introduce themselves, as proudly and enthusiastically as possible, as a dev - for whatever game company. This bizarre disconnect everyone has, where they literally have 0 accountability for what they do at their job, while basing their entire life, pridefully, around that job - is textbook insanity... and perfectly explains the state of the industry(society) today. There were always going to be garbage, pachinko style, games... Because that's literally how games started - historically. That never meant that literally all games ever made must literally treat players like they hadn't, actually, ALREADY paid for the fucking thing. Most-importantly because that literally makes it a different game... Have you ever played Far Cry Primal? It's content/story is a really cool, relatively short(6-12 hour? been years) campaign - pasted over a subset of re-imagined Far Cry 4 map terrain. (different trees, buildings - it looks dif, but saved dev time) Problem: the "devs" sold that idea, before selling us the game... Instead of THAT game that they had, actually, made... what was released was that game, plus 40-70 hours of grind forced along the way. It is a - literally - different GAME, now - despite the story being identical. Read: they - practically - never made the game, that they literally made... Congrats on the "profession" Or the last Deux Ex game, which was supposed to launch a series - but killed the entire IP, because the publishers forced MTX in the last couple weeks of development... Which changed the game... And literally killed the franchise. The entire IP. Devs need to stop willfully, silently, proudly churning out anti-consumer - functionally broken - "games", if they don't want to get any blame. (Or, if they ever want to see their work actually reach the market - wtf) Literally no other profession - on Earth - is allowed such a ludicrous amount of forgiveness, with regards to what they're literally producing. Example: if a roofer sold you a roof, which he said would be installed in august... And he took your money, under those conditions. In the gaming industry, he can install that 3 years later - in march. That's already insane. Then consider being forced to "patch" the roof when they wanted, without reservation or warning (this is how Steam operates, and why music in games like GTA have been vanishing) Then, you add that the roof doesn't, actually, have to... function. because it's assumed that they will be patching it... Then you add that they don't, actually, have to keep patching it - and they will abandon it, without warning - at will. Then you add that they install 3rd party hardware which drains your electric bill - just to make sure you didn't, somehow, steal the fucking roof. Then you add that in order to do business with them, you literally must agree that you literally don't buy anything from them, ever - so much as enter into an open-ended rental agreement - and that you will literally, never, own the roof. (again, this is literally how Steam legally operates - and how they maintain the "right" to revoke your whole library, at will) Then you add that the most-popular dev studios go into publishing... and cause all of this shit, all over again. How many times do I have to reference Valve (the company that legally argued that you are not deserving of any refund, under any circumstances - AKA, actual Ferengi ), or do I need to mention Cyberpunk 2077 - omfg... Also, Bethesda unlawfully partnered with Valve - to force players to install Steam, to be able to play Skyrim... Unlawful, because they literally never told anyone about it, until players put the DVD into their computer and it said "must install Steam" That's actually why everyone use Steam. It was, literally, *unlawfully forced* on the community - by 2 different "well-liked" developers... Literally. I want to be very-clear, that I'm speaking literally and honestly when I say that: A guy running a 3 card monte stand in a bus station, is making a more honest living than 99.999% of game "devs" Another example of how _other_ professions have standards: There are chefs, and there are cooks. Devs pretend that they're chefs... while only accepting the responsibility of a cook. It's incompetent, at best...

[@amazuri3069]

@@iro6758 dude, the devs don't have a choice in what to put in the game, they can't change anything otherwise they get fired.

[@sbarter]

Why would him paying Chinese bots make the devs happy?

[@z33iihh]

Imagine being proud of saying " Yeah, i spent around 9k usd in this game :) " What a world we live in..

[@RJBuildsPcs]

Not to defend the action in any way ofc, but what’s it to anyone how anyone else spends their money?

[@Hoshiningen]

@@RJBuildsPcs I think there's room to criticize how people spend money, within reason. People are allowed to have their fun, but when you spend money frivolously like this, it really alienates you from the crowd.

[@grahamreece519]

@@RJBuildsPcs I mean, if you're proudly proclaiming it like the OP said, you're making it everyone's business. You can't shout something to everyone, and when somebody says 'wait, what' you say 'none of your business'

[@uncleandy2412]

He ain't got shit on Darksydephil and his $100k in WWE Champions.

[@iwillnoteatzebugs]

That s why i hope nukes start flying :)

[@BraxtonSwine]

I love how zeals laughs right in his face

[@Scorch052]

the only proper response to a clown

[@user-xz4pv2sw7u]

he dating nft scammer

[@dominikfranke8491]

@@user-xz4pv2sw7u every nft is a scam

[@jimmyobvious1651]

@@Scorch052 Found the top comment.

[@mysticspartan9448]

i freakin love the fact that riches camera dims the brightness down, in the exact moment , his face falls into his hands xD thats pure comedy-gold xDD

[@chibaification]

He is wearing cat ear headsets with the lights being on the ears, so him lowering his head changes to amount of light going into the camera.

[@Jiiiji]

@@chibaification just to clarify the camera focuses on the cat ears lights giving them detail and that way making the room darker, the amount of lighting from the ears doesnt change :)

[@pcmatt9831]

Watch your mouth kid

[@ieradossantos]

Darkness inside and outside

[@rolirolster]

I love the way the Korean kid just bursts out laughing when he realises how much he's paying 😂😂

[@L3GHO5T]

Ya that was hilarious. I watched it back like 5 times and you can see him start grinning and just can’t hold it in any longer 🤣😂

[@soundparticle1498]

When he laughed like that at what they paid it killed me. He was like you're getting your head busted. xD

[@anthonyapplegate]

He went “KEKW”

[@Stormsong93]

Lost my respect for Rich after seeing this. People like him are the reason games are getting worse every year.

[@chestermadrigals45]

Lol chill out

[@snook.1]

lmao okay

[@kaydenvortex1984]

facts

[@golden-sun]

I didn't cause he's cool overall. There are worse people to worry about

[@sighfly2928]

Well Asmon is giving him more of a platform because he spends that amount. So is the blame solely with Rich here?

[@sigmundfreud7903]

It was at this moment rich knew, he done goofed.

[@TheMaxCloud]

Lost Ark: You Done Goofed.

[@Bro-dot-]

Read this exactly as he facepalmed.

[@Mimeniia]

poorwcampbell

[@orlock20]

This happens every time. Most big games have a popularity of what 5 years before people move on. Right now the big problem with pay to players on the Western servers is there is nobody at their level just by playing the game. There is a chance that people will have moved on from Lost Ark before they get to that level that these pay to play players are at.

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Ripe for a Curb Your Enthusiasm meme.

[@ATLTraveler]

Watching this guy spend thousands on this stupid game is almost worse than watching my granny get scammed by IT help desk from India...

[@EHDustin]

its fun watching idiots suffer

[@mrcrowe1848]

your granny is just ignorant though. unwise to the schemes and scams con artists have devised. rich knows exactly what they're doing and why they're doing it and what his money is being used for. he's not ignorant at all. he has too much money to think before he swipes. which kind of just makes him a fucking idiot. lmao.

[@genore1993]

I talked with my Granma just the other day and she fell for this shit, She got all the way to the store and when she was buying the gift cards she had a second thought and decided not to actually buy them. I cant belive she was so close to falling for it. Poor nana! Fuck those hairy red dots!

[@Samuel-wl4fw]

Not at all. Whales only issue is their lack of self-control. Grandmas didn't live in an age that closely resembled ours when they were growing up, so to me it seems they have a hard time adapting. Not really their fault to the same degree, although it is of course not very smart to get scammed.

[@PistolShrimpPimp]

@@genore1993 I mean, scammers are everywhere but calling scammers "hairy red dots' is a bit racist, no? Actually, yes it is, that's very racist.

[@miladjahanbin6859]

someone in the chat said : "SHAMBLES" at exactly the right moment and I died laughing 😂😂😂

[@Corrupted]

I seriously don't understand how they're all playing such a predatory game lmao

[@Riku-hg9ke]

because they are rich and it's their content

[@hakimdurand8427]

They have money what think...idiots donate to them for absolutely no reason

[@inanimatesum4945]

1) Mainstream content B) Satisfy that dopamine with how the flashy combat is And finally FOMO for the particular MMO industry. Its the hot new game everyone is hopping on and talking about even if it has garbage premium practices.

[@Richard-gs8hm]

they get payed by the Devs to play.

[@yqisq6966]

Yeah never touch Korean games. They are the worst of all. (Not counting junk gacha games made by Tencent which are not games by my standard)

[@Karzakus]

I was a zeals fan before lost ark even came out, so I was super thankful for how informative he was about the differences in KR versus NA. If it wasn't for him I probably would've been like Rich here and wasted my money

[@Misaka-gt5yj]

The game is successful in KR, but it's failing in NA with all the bots, censorship and blackwashing of NPCs like Cals and East Luterra Neria.

[@seedor9797]

@@Misaka-gt5yj dude noone really cares about the cencorship outside of reddit, black characters? who caaaares? bots is a thing though.

[@butcherbigballs101]

@@seedor9797 LOL censorship, who gives a fck about that

[@jaded-harper]

@@Misaka-gt5yj noooo not black people in my fictional game!! Lmao like skin color plays remotely any factor in this game tf

[@mrfreeman2911]

@@jaded-harper if it didn't then why did they do what they did? You really are 3 head

[@dimmkah]

It never ceases to amaze me that people will willingly spend that kind of money on non-existent digital items in a video game.

[@Sunless1337]

Makes about as much sense as spending the same amount to kill braincells by getting drunk, which a much larger portion of the population is willing to do. 😂

[@magicmurloc]

@@Sunless1337 Getting drunk definitely makes less sense. You are paying to directly cause detriment to your body. At worst video games indirectly cause detriment due to sitting still for extended periods. And neither is as bad as e.g. buying a super car, which is wasting significantly more useful resources than gaming and drinking combined. Ironically in regards to dimmkah's comment, the non existent part of video games is a benefit in regards to wasting money, since at least the actual resources that are lost are minimal as a result.

[@ivanmoja]

Till u see NFT pic.

[@arat1404]

People spend more for a .png of an ape, this much is reasonable compared to the NFTbros

[@swallowedinthesea11]

@@ivanmoja Did you see the NFT Madonna just released? It shows a naked girl ejaculating a tree.

[@TheSilverOrn]

Rich is like "Oh he is a hater for my wallet's weight in this game" and then the slow realization settles in and you can hear "Hello darkness my old friend" start playing as he realizes he got less than a third of the gold he could have gotten in a more p2w friendly economy

[@rso823]

Nah bro its cos he's getting singled out for swiping when every other streamer is doing it as well y'all literally fucking with him he's doing it for the content fuck the stupid exchange rates are you serious

[@johnb8319]

You get 4 times more gold, while mats are 1/10 of a price, basically he whaled 40 times more expansive compared to kr server. All f2p players should thank him for buying mats and paying for servers lol

[@jamiestwrt]

Hmm playing a game with a "p2w friendly economy" doesn't sound like much fun at all unless ur a whale.

[@h3II0MN123]

Zeals even mentioned materials are 20x cheaper. You dont even need to spend that much

[@paradopx8618]

@@johnb8319 that’s just dumb tho, games been out a month zeal is talking about the game being in a state of inflation because of 3 years of it being out

[@Froggsroxx]

I'm trying to balance my empathy for rich being a victim of a predatory game with my dislike for how obnoxious he's been about lost ark. It's like karma lmao

[@glitchyame6366]

69th like

[@557deadpool]

stop empathizing for stupid people

[@eris9659]

He's not a victim, he's a predator. All three of these guys are being paid to advertise this predatory scheme.

[@557deadpool]

@@eris9659 .....wtf are you talking about

[@eris9659]

@@557deadpool They are paid money to play these games.

[@ling0s138]

He can make some of that money back getting a VPN sponsor. “I’m the dumbass who bought gold at negative 600% value but now that I have (vpn company) I can just switch my location to Korea and buy gold for way cheaper. I’m still a dumbass wasting my money but (vpn company) helps me waste it more efficiently”

[@razzledazzle7863]

Jeez, don’t do all his work for him.

[@danielnappi3943]

this is fkin hilarious lol

[@oakleyraverty1030]

Funny but I don't think that would work anyways cause KR is technically a different game lol

[@thekamotodragon]

i hate that it's that easy for content creators. The "entertainment" they do isn't even that valuable to society, meanwhile even a doctor would be in deep shit if he made this kind of bad "investment".

[@mugen3603]

My man just burst out laughing at Rich, right to his face. Lol.

[@johnwong5317]

Quite frankly, it's normal. In Age of Wushu, my friend basically spent thousands of dollars and he said "I grind in RL much much faster than I grind in game" and he is right. He said he only did 1 hours overtime and that is equal to 12 hours of ingame money.

[@douglasmurdoch7247]

@@johnwong5317 it’s not normal. It’s a skewed perspective. Imagine if he took that money from overtime and invested it, or saved it. The fact that it took him 12 hours to blow the money doesn’t really make it any better

[@johnwong5317]

@@douglasmurdoch7247 It is, he likes to play game and he chose the most effective way for it. You can take lost in investment and the motivation for him to do overtime is to play the game. Your is the screwed reasoning because you think your way is the only way.

[@MeesterMahcus]

@@douglasmurdoch7247 cry more kek

[@captainuh-oh8355]

@@johnwong5317 There is literally nothing normal about spending thousands of dollars on poorly designed gotcha games. The average person has more brain cells than that.

[@TheZackzable]

In a way , rich does us all a fevor. He single handedly makes the game more F2p friendly for everyone

[@pureexile1702]

Not to shit on rich but it's because of whales like him company's put this sort of aids in there game.

[@novem2790]

that's a wrong way to think, but I partly agree

[@ieuanhunt552]

No he doesn't. He makes it more appealing for developers to cannibalise their own games to encourage whales to spend. Whales ruin F2P.

[@zlac]

If nobody spent more than like... $20 a month, they would vakue EVERY customer and make good deals in $5 - $20 range. Having such whales makes them focus only on whales.

[@brianm.595]

F2p is awful, id rather he not and they just charge 50.00 to 60.00 up front.

[@cccpkingu]

Wait, he realized spending $1000 on fake gold was a scam not immediately after?

[@ProxCQ]

hahahahahahaha

[@demonic_myst4503]

You look more stupid than him Scam isnt anything u feal wasnt worth it just because somone buys somthing u dont think worthit isnt a scam A scam is when you are primised somthing pay then dont get given it The definition of a scam requires u to either nit get what i paid for or get somthing completly difernt Being an idiot and over oaying for somthing isnt a scam its just being an idiot

[@LyubenVassilev]

No pity. Absolutely deserved, solely for engaging in a disgusting system like that.

[@dodoontherocks]

Imao it’s Rich, he can handle that 🤣

[@NihongoWakannai]

"this system is disgusting and predatory" "Oh you were a victim of it? WELL YOU DESERVE IT" Huh??

[@SquirrelGamez]

@@NihongoWakannai If you know the system is disgusting and predatory and you go in anyway, then yeah you deserved to be a victim of it. When a system is rigged against you from the start, the golden rule is "just don't".

[@LyubenVassilev]

@@SquirrelGamez exactly, if you get scammed by an obvious scam, that's on you

[@TigerBears11]

@@NihongoWakannai these dudes are literally running a podcast where they’re discussing how much money they’re dumping into the game and things like “gold inflation”. He knows what he’s doing, engages with it regardless, and ended up getting played by that system. You could consider him a victim of the system, but not in the same way as your average player who might fall prey to the monetisation of the game without realising. It’s a very specific thing to claim there’s a difference between, I realise that, but I think it’d hard not to see the differences.

[@delornegg]

I hit 1360 a couple days ago and haven't paid a penny beyond the $15 founders pack. No alts. No chaos dungeon grinding. No gold farming. Just quests, dailies, and excavating. I get that 1400 is still not exactly close. But IMAGINE spending the kind of money on this game that people are. Like that's actually clown behavior.

[@devenshortxd4497]

Yeee just a buncha people who can’t control their emotions w money lol, more power to em but there’s really no point 😂

[@hushpuppi3]

I've been playing dailies every single day and I'm at 1354, I was sleeping on excavating but I just started doing it hard and its kind of wild what you can get with it

[@whitehack2474]

In how many pieces did you reach the 100% artisan energy while leveling from 1302 to 1360?

[@yankokassinof6710]

i mean, some people are in just for that

[@ziomek12390]

you must have been damn lucky boy with your upgrades :)

[@Snootch]

This dude went from being a Whale to a Anchovy. Proof right here that you shouldn't waste money on dumb shit.

[@iusedtogiveafuck]

Rich didn't waste his money, he wasted YOUR money. Have fun guys.

[@agrippathegamer1141]

Better than the politicians that force me to give them money and then waste it. My choice, no regrets.

[@BatrickPateman430]

LMFAO

[@bertholdtohoover446]

@@agrippathegamer1141 in this case, you're wasting your money on both politicians and streamers lol.

[@idminister]

@@bertholdtohoover446 giving money to streamers is optional, taxes are not unless you like living in jail

[@MatthewTheUntitled]

I haven't gave him a single penny, I'm laughing hard xD

[@thecookiemeister5374]

i love when the people that are actively killing gaming just have to hold their heads and think about what they've done.

[@DannyOvox3]

0:18 that laugh would get anybody heated lmao

[@viking8796]

It's not worth swiping ever. At any time. At any point. Games that require you to swipe to get ahead are the scum of the gaming world. Yet another reason why I fucking love games like Elden Ring. No scumbucket micros, no requiring massive amounts of money to enjoy.

[@garygool864]

The game is free unlike elden ring.

[@skippyosumania]

@@garygool864 horrible bait

[@LordOfel]

@@skippyosumania depends if you pay or not. I am playing it, it's fun. Ima drop it once I have reached 1 or 2 charas on max lvl as I don't think MMO's are worth the time investment beyond that. Always look at these things in relation brudda.

[@bigorns]

I agree that any free game that requires money investment to be enjoyed is awful. Lost Ark is not really that, as only guild wars really requires money investment to be played effectively, and the amount of gold you get simply by playing is more than enough to enjoy the game. That said, I don't like the monetization of Lost Ark; this exchange system is more complicated than it should be, and for no good reason.

[@JakeInTheUK]

Oh yeah elden ring is top sus. I freaking love it. You buy the game and then literally you have the biggest, and more detailed vast open world at the ready immediately. Elden ring is a god send, and the DLC we get for it will be 2 whole separate games basically. Elden ring is literally what games used to be, and fromsoft have been able to deliver a masterpiece at the right time. When all other games are lacking in length and content, elden ring brings something to do everywhere you explore, literally no where you go has no purpose, the enemies and bosses are actually challenging too at first, till you learn their patterns. Honestly elden ring is GOTY

[@narcopolo4464]

I got hooked on this game, for a few weeks until my computer broke down. And I am really happy it did. Beautiful game, interesting PvP, and the way I get obsessed with games I would have spent thousands of hours and probably some money. But while waiting for my new computer I also realized the obvious that I didn't want to think about while playing. This game is 5% entertainment, 5% joy and 90% WORK. While logged in you are basically on a 24/7 schedule with repetitve non-challenging braindead systematic tasks non-stop. Same thing day in and day out, and for what? No interesting gear really, nothing special or unique about any character whatsoever - it's all just the same sets being upgraded in the same way over and over again to raise a single value. This game is not relaxing entertainment, it's a game easily worth $30-50 for the PvE-content it brings with a first playthrough - but nothing more. Everything else is just me sitting there, planning my life around a stupid schedule with neverending notifications about the same things every single day. And the only thing that really matters end-game is more gambling than anything else, especially once you start putting money into it. This is of course just my opinion, but damn I am happy my computer broke down. Now instead I got my new PC and paid $1 for a xbox live-pass, casually rotating through games like Halo Infinite, Gears 5, Outrides, Anvil and so on. No stress, no schedules, just whatever I feel like in a relaxed pace offline or 1-2 hours competitive online. And I am having a blast while at the same time spending maybe 30% of the time on all these games of what I did in Lost Ark.

[@1TotalJabroni]

I hear you. I will never understand why MMOs are still so popular. I played WoW on and off for 8 years but eventually I realized how everything was timegated, any accomplishment I achieved would soon be invalidated by new content, and once I stopped enjoying PvP I realized it was just a chore. I enjoyed the vast majority of my time playing WoW, but especially modern WoW, man, it's really pure dog shit now. And Lost Ark to me is almost as bad as modern WoW, solely because of how it punishes you and wastes your time with boring chores and absurdly easy content. I have been playing Path of Exile for most of 5 years now. It's free to play, has immense depth, complexity, replayability, and releases new content and shifts up the skill metas multiple times per year. Every league launch and reset feels like Christmas morning (every 3-4 months) and the best part is I decide my own goals. Whether it's a certain character build or endgame goals, I am able to spend my time doing whatever sounds fun to me, accomplishing goals I set for myself, not artifical time gated bull shit.

[@benwills7343]

You know ALL games, at their core, is just a farming simulator. You can bring up ANY game and I could tell you how it’s a farming sim.

[@narcopolo4464]

@@benwills7343 You could argue for anything about anything, and in a sense from the right perspective - you will aways get to some good points. I could make it difficult for you and just throw out games like "Left for dead" or even simply "Chess" etc, but its pointless as I am sure you would find some way of explaining how it is a farming sim. The question then becomes, what kind of farming do people enjoy? Of course we will have different preferences, but me personally I like variation, a bit of a challenge and having to figure things out or simply fight for them. Not just show up on time, hit a button to teleport to a questspot, click the same three spots for 5 minutes and then hand in, only to repeat this process daily together with countless others that all really follow the same model kind of. If you are sitting on the edge of your seat at any other point than your first encounter with any new content, before it becomes a grind, or while honing - then I am happy for you. If not, I then suggest you reflect over your experience and how it could be improved, what you want to really feel entertained and have fun, and then if you can maybe get this experience in a better way from some of the countless other games out there. Unless its just a distraction from reality, something to kill concious time effectively - that is not at all uncommon and for that the game works wonders.

[@jshannock]

I was thinking about logging in to give the game another shot and your comment saved me, thanks haha

[@Shwarz88]

For god’s sake man, paragraphs…….PARAGRAPHS.

[@zuriel4783]

Anyone that spends $1,000 on a game has serious gambling addiction issues. Anyone that spends any money at all on those gambling games needs to see a counselor

[@Narkissos_1]

i could agree with u if the person cant afford to spend that kind of money but he's doing it anyway with money. I used to play archeage and we had some rich ppl that could afford to spend 1-2k per day cause this was their playground. over all i think that spending 1-2% of your income to your hobby its ok so mine 100$ per month that i am willing to spend for games or netflix or entertainment in general could be 1000 or 10000 for someone that is way richer.

[@yamatosazuske6939]

Idk about you, but 1k aint even alot of money for gambling, gachas, and mmos. You barely get anything for 1k, that's like a sticker for a decent start at the game. It might sound crazy but 1k at best gets you 2hrs max of enjoyment if youre lucky or longer if youre just playing the slow game and at that point youd might as well of not spent anything.

[@fardrives]

The funny part is.. he definitely spent significantly more than $1000. They were just using $1000 as an example.

[@TheRoleplayer40k]

I spend about 5k on genshin, no regrets at all, gotten lots of enjoyment from that money spent

[@lorien6205]

I remember when I was in high school I was playing a mobile gacha game, Unison League, that I would spend almost all of my allowance on. I remember how difficult it was to stop playing even when I didn't want to play anymore because of the feeling that "everything I've done and paid for so far would amount to nothing if I stop". I can sympathize with how difficult it is for a lot of these guys to stop, especially if you're having fun playing the game and you're a competitive player in a top spot.

[@Lowraith]

Man, the Sunken Cost Fallacy is a powerful flaw in our human reasoning, and it catches you in so many more ways than just money.

[@jamessparks623]

@@Lowraith these games literally prey off the sunken cost fallacy. Fuck the companies that do that shit, and good riddance to the ppl that fall for that bs

[@RetiredBagel]

i played it, hate that i spent so much

[@GanyuMain_]

Lol yeah I was obsessed with that game too. I played for way too long and spent way too much because how close I got with my guild. I didn't want to let them down and it literally consumed my life. I have good memories from it, but I regret investing so much time, energy, and money into it.

[@skympii6734]

This is what people are missing that eventually we're gonna have fck ton of gold doing raids, so just chill and enjoy the ride while the whales gets fcked 😂

[@nazaG_89]

I reach T3 f2p and now my little gold is starting to sink by honing, hope I can get back some 😭

[@LizzieBeezie]

@@nazaG_89 I'm like you but if ever you haven't done certain things to get back some gold, try to do them now. Rapport, dailies which will generate masterpieces and so on. Currently i just have 1.6k gold lol (lots of failed honings) but i will get back 8k gold with the 34 masterpieces and next goal would be the 13k gold from it.

[@M1ch43l33]

@@nazaG_89 honestly silver is such big fucking problem in t3. Ive started doing Lopang dailys on all my alts just to not run out of fucking silver

[@Vanqdotes]

1365 and i dont have problem with gold, silver is my nemesis. Trust me getting gold is easier than farming silvers

[@kingg3095]

@@Vanqdotes how much for is it to silver? I have like 9 gold left and 6million silver

[@Thexis_]

Zeals was such a savage here. Love it.

[@thomasmoser7382]

i miss the times when games got released and they were 1. done and 2. after buying the game no more real money was involved

[@TheSteve_1992]

That is one reason, I dusted off my Ps2, 3, N64, Gamecube, Wii and old PC games: to play old games that are complete and don't pester you for money nonstop

[@thomasmoser7382]

@@TheSteve_1992 i still play anno 1602 from time to time and i have a n64 emulator (but nowhere near the real experience) 😁

[@TheSteve_1992]

@@thomasmoser7382 Oh boy, I'm really sorry. But on the other hand I'm already 30 years old :( Old man...

[@thomasmoser7382]

@@TheSteve_1992 don't worry, at least i scored a gameboy pocket with a bunch of games and btw i'm also 30 so i know the struggles xD finally someone who doesn't think xD is a typing error.

[@TheSteve_1992]

@@thomasmoser7382 Yeaaaaaah a fellow 30 year old. Btw. weird question but... are you by any chance German? Very German sounding name

[@nhifuu]

Zeals laugh is way too funny, like hes mocking Rich LMAO

[@hate6crew6death6roll]

As an addiction counselor, this is gambling symptoms of addiction 101, you can see the literal moment in this video where he realizes how bad its got, how much he probably wishes he knew about s.korea's 'exchange rate' and how attached to that game's money grabbing system he is because he threw that big kinda money at it. Then hearing about it being cheaper in korea? It's like telling a cocaine user, 'yea its $60 for a gram in the US but in Peru, a gram is a few cents' and them immediately booking a flight over to Peru, kinda thing. i Wonder if he started learning south korean and got a VPN immediately. Since addiction is normally a 4-5 step process - experimentation (with small purchases) then regular use/buying (getting more frequent) then high risk use/buying (by this point you don't realize how bad its got, this is where the guy *didn't realize* he was at the start) and then realization of dependency (exactly the moment he placed his head in his hands) and then acceptance of addiction/needing help, which is the point he must reach to want to actually stop it. many people remain at step 4 and lose an AWFUL lot and with gambling/overspending related addiction, that normally means losing EVERYTHING.

[@dmitrijsmironovs7513]

lmao go touch some grass you weirdo

[@todo9633]

This is why I'm so terrified of coffee and alcohol, and only drink either very rarely on special occasions. I've seen family members get addicted and then justify it desperately. Hell, same thing with jerking it, every now and then I just stop for a few weeks to convince myself I still can. I think that's part of why NNN is so important for some people, just proving it to themselves that they have what it takes to break a habit, especially one that becomes so ingrained.

[@AS-zl4nl]

i can tell that youre an addiction counselor and not much of an online gamer beacuse anyone with even a cursory knowledge of basic mmos would know that he can't move to south korea via vpn without losing his progress and a bunch of viewership in the process. its not a feasible move.

[@hate6crew6death6roll]

@@AS-zl4nl you are right haha i don't play MMO's or many online games, just dead by daylight the odd time, i dont know much about VPN's either but roughly my understanding was that it placed your IP in another country, therefore accessing that countries internet or something. thanks for letting me know that tho, learn something new everyday. But yea, he needs to seek some type of help as thats very taxing on the brain. Gambling addiction is a very unique addiction and now that we are seeing gaming, relate to it, especially with things like loot boxes etc, in alot of ways that gambling does and thats scary since kids can even do it. who doesn't know of a story of a kid stealing his mums/dads credit card for loot boxes? Now give that kid age a bump to 18 with that same behavior, then its proper adult theft, thats scary and worrying to think about

[@hate6crew6death6roll]

@@todo9633 theres a difference between enjoying something in moderation and then to excess and danger. its finding your own balance of happiness, but if you feel that things, perhaps hamper your life in ways you don't want them to but can't do it by yourself or feel like you can't talk about it, sometimes asking for help once and talking to someone about how you feel with prior knowledge, no judgement and how to progress, really helps. That's what counselors do. listen, try help make a progress map for whatever problem comes our way and be supportive to the person but firm if you feel there is problems arising in their behavior. Since im an addiction one, i know many people that have the occasional slip up but its always about improving. so moderation is perfectly fine id say for most drugs, honestly, but for some of them, it takes a HELL of a lot of self control to do that with, nicotine, booze, coke, h, benzodiazepines and methamphetamines being the most common life destroyers ive seen. nicotine and booze are 2 personal ones i hate, boyfriends mum is an alcoholic and turns into a homophobic bigot when drunk but won't seek help for it and both his parents smoke, seen my granda, aunties, uncles, lots of people near me, die of tobacco smoking related diseases. its a killer that is kind've ignored in a way, like alcohol too, i wonder why....

[@shadowdragon8168]

I got no sympathy for Rich. I'm kind of glad he get played on this. He does all this payed shit and gloats about it like it makes him better then everyone else and its just disgusting, not just the gloating, but enabling these companies to get away with predatory practices like this too. Its people like him that enable these companies to do this bs.

[@jacobfiganiak9881]

Stfu nobody cares tbh

[@neku2741]

We need suckers like him to have free games.

[@uncletrashero]

" enabling these companies to get away with predatory practices like this" you mean capitalism ?

[@GaliosUA]

@@uncletrashero and what it has to do with capitalism? It's a monetization practice. The Souls series is capitalism, Elden Ring is capitalism, the Witcher series etc, but nobody is bitching about them, because you paid for the product once and that's it.

[@uncletrashero]

@@GaliosUA its literally capitalism that allows companies to practice predatory bullshit. yes every one of those companies you mention are given the RIGHT by CAPITALISM to do whatever the fuck they want when it comes to selling a product and setting its price. that it reality.

[@dridda9117]

a guy wearing cat ears should never be taken seriously

[@Nick_Whiskey]

its hard to feel bad for him because he's the one carelessly throwing his money around at a f2p korean grindfest

[@Kavou]

Actually impressive, it's like a chain combo of wrong moves all landed perfectly at the same time.

[@davidnone8951]

He's going to wish he saved some of that money now.

[@lushbIood]

same thing happened with bdo the people that got the most money were mats hoarders, no life grinders and gamblers in the enhancing system, not the whales. but to be fair, some of the no life grinders were also whales so there's about a handful of people who are actually p2w vs the thousands p2l

[@StandTallTx]

I no-lifed BDO for the better part of two years and sold my account for 5k. Can confirm.

[@looots1320]

Lol at my time the ones got rich were the *Life skillers* just bartering and enhancing I was a heavy grinder at Hytria and the spot that drops distortion earring but that was almost 2 years before I quit, and I did not earn much (I was grinding 10-12 hrs a day and pretty competitive on my spot too)

[@rzt430]

no lifed my bdo account for like 4 months abusing SMH when it was good then played casually for a year and a half(mostly afk chatting, lifeskilling + abusing market holes and just joining in NW/warhero for siege, rbf/ba chilling and join aoa whenevr it comes up), spent like $100 total on the game, enjoyed every second, and sold my account for $4k, actually feels good man whales spend like tens of thousands on the game, first buying an account then swiping to bis, then they still suck at pvp and get rekt, get considered a meme by pvp community, and never get recognized by anyone, then they go one of the two routes, a.)just afk, occasionally siege and use the game as outlet for gambling addiction or b.)get disappointed and bored and sell their account for like a hundred times less than what they spent on the game, pay to lose lol

[@richarddobson5035]

I love the thought of a bunch of other whales watching this and realizing what they've done.

[@Fishpks]

The best part is was when before launch, everyone was saying hey, Lost Ark is gonna be a skilled based PvP MMO let's get it. Hah. Can tell by the game combat mechanics it isn't shit.

[@LordOfel]

I have not heard a single person saying that. Admittedly I don't stray within online communites much as most tend to be inherently toxic, doubly true for mmos.

[@user-xz4pv2sw7u]

rich is dating a nft scammer

[@gid519]

LAWL, never heard that. I DID however head about skill based PVE during the endgame, but that also didn't happen as the combat is as RNG as your enchanting.

[@oxxy6678]

@@user-xz4pv2sw7u no one cares stop commenting the same thing and get a life

[@charlethemagne5466]

Yeah one my friends said exactly the same thing to get me into the game at first, I was sorely disappointed by the pay to win.

[@Coldkil666]

I like how the p2w mechanics in lost ark are actually damaging people who spend money and have zero patience, or want to be the first at something. Meanwhile i filthy casual my way through it and do basically everything the game has to offer :D

[@BogDustForBreakfast]

Same lol

[@mibbzx1493]

Facts bro i legit havent spent anything and im tier 3 and i just do islands, twisting legion, flip in the market and grind a few alt characters for extra mats and i only play like a few hours a day

[@wastolero]

@@mibbzx1493 "same. only play like a few hours a day". Filthy casual aha 😂😂😂😂😂 some ppl call that a job

[@ryanbeatbox]

That's because it's not really p2w, it's trendy to meme it as such. You can buy things, but you don't win anything except gear, which isn't the important aspect in top tier raiding, being able to do raids efficiently is. So even if you for example are able to straight up use the game directly (which people don't, they RMT, which is outside of the game), you still need to be able to DO the content or you'll never get invited to a good group and get laughed at, and perma farm content with pugs, which really sucks because it's like a 50/50 success even if you do good.

[@seifeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@wastolero Not a job when you are not getting paid lol

[@Sanityy2G]

Love how people say, " well guys, he's only spending a fraction of what he earns, so he can do what he want". Totally missing the point lmao

[@Drakkonyx]

It's more like "he's only earning a fraction of what he spends"

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

I think most people here are missing the point. Possibly even you. $20 would be too much to spend on imaginary pixel currency that provides $0 value for the player, seeing as they signed an agreement stating they do not own any of the pixels they buy in game. But here are these guys spending thousands of dollars on nothing. You would literally have more practical value if you bought my lawnmowing grass clippings than online game currency. At least you can use those for nitrogen/carbon in fertilizer. They are all idiots, Rich is just extra dumb.

[@wowitsfrostygames155]

@@anthonyfaiell3263 not necessarily true. you are paying for your own enjoyment. i hate pay to win and i dont like it, but you can compare it to things i do like, such as skins. i play league of legends, and if i like a skin i buy it. i dont own that skin. like yeah i can use it, but i cant physically own the pixels. but i enjoy having it. i dont regret spending money on the skins. so no, it does have value. value is an arbitrary concept that depends on your own feelings on something. there are things rarer than gold, and worthless, because its percieved value is zero. with that being said rich is still a moron. and based on his reaction he realized it too. but lets say for arguments sake he just enjoys swiping. he has the money for it, gambling makes for pretty good stream content. then the value isnt zero. idk how much hes spent on the game but if he felt it was worth the thousands of dollars he spent on it, then its worth thousands of dollars. given his reaction he doesent think it was worth it and i hope he puts even a single brain cell into work next time he thinks about spending a thousand dollars.

[@milesprower3957]

copium lol

[@HeyArlo]

@@anthonyfaiell3263 I guess you don't like services either then, since you don't own anything by paying. C'mon bruh.

[@AndrewLeeSmith-dy3jl]

9k on a single video game. I haven't spent anywhere near that on my entire library of games.

[@cerbzz3931]

I mean I like how the title is "realizes he wasted all his money", as though it wasn't a complete waist to spend that much on a game to begin with.

[@puhoyzzee4364]

Zeals is like a man from the future spreading the prophecy to come

[@Suesco]

this one personality type ruins gaming for 90% of us

[@toktokk666]

I always figured that it was a complete waste to buy gold, due to honing changes and mats getting significantly cheaper as the game progresses. I didn't think it was going to be that bad though.

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

You are buying pixel currency. It's basically trading real money for monopoly money. If you can't deduce this is a complete waste then idk. You seem to be on the right track though, gl with the common sense.

[@mehmeterciyas6844]

@@anthonyfaiell3263 it is the same as buying any cosmetic in any game ever

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

@@mehmeterciyas6844 And how does that make it ok? Maybe you aren't old enough to remember unlocking cosmetics through actual gameplay. Ya know, back when games were sold as complete products, rather than live service drip fed content dumpsterfires. . I mean, theres an entire team of people sitting in a room trying to figure out non-gameplay related ways to part you with your money, imagine if that effort was put into just creating a better product. Crazy concept I know. Maybe that's why Elden Ring is doing so poorly......

[@derpderpin1568]

@@mehmeterciyas6844 which is equally just as stupid and dumb. just know that when gaming was good, everything you get from buying a cosmetic now used to just be an in-game unlock that shipped with the game that you just earned for doing something cool or good in the game. it never had to be behind a paywall. nothing but admission to the game ever should be.

[@ros734]

@@anthonyfaiell3263 but this is a free to play game, the devs have to earn money somehow, same with other free game with buyable cosmetics

[@seyerus]

Whales have ruined every game ever since 2012.

[@lordwolfguard5978]

a predatory system for a predatory man.

[@BigBobbet]

Those girls knew it was a risk when they had unprotected hanky panky with him

[@ashenone3050]

@@BigBobbet doesnt make him less of a predator from what they said

[@RedeemByChrist]

And that's how addiction can bring you to bankruptcy maybe not for Rich but to any ppl in general who ended up on a gambling trap.

[@vallejomach6721]

Well that's it in a nutshell isn't it. It's one thing for some pepega streamer to be throwing away money hand over fist...but the reality is that there's people doing it that can't afford to be spending the money they are doing in these games. There's always some dumb mong that pipes in with 'well duh it's their own fault' etc...but that ain't how addictions work.

[@marcus2259]

In Asia we just say "tnx for sponsoring the game" for top whales who made mistakes lol

[@tatsunithelennyking2540]

Ahahah that's a good way of putting it LOL

[@nyanko2077]

I don't get this idea of spending thousands of dollars into an online service game honestly. It's like buying wind.

[@Arcangel23XX]

It's addictive behaviors and predatory design choices. As someone who has struggled with this once in the past, it's incredibly scummy. Games like this are designed in a way that make it feel really good that you're spending your money on nothing. They use specific animation tactics, specific sound effects, it's all literally designed to trigger the parts of your brain that makes you feel good or happy. Consider yourself fortunate if you've never felt this draw before, and I am also fortunate, some people can't realize it by themselves that these companies are manipulating them.

[@Zeriel00]

How much you want to bet that the solution for this guy is just spending a couple thousand more to get a million gold rather than realizing his mistake?

[@7WhiteSword]

What’s dumber than spending thousands on mobile game? spending thousands on donation for any streamer

[@Sarkwer]

this aged well.

[@mareksinister]

Rich is the face of whales. It's always funny to see whales realize they've wasted their money. Good :)

[@gabrielleander1926]

i didn't understand at all what was that the gold in this game can be sold for irl money like in runescape ?

[@xzlemin9569]

To be honest. Having a mindset where you hate whales is super counterproductive. If the game had no whales it would fail. There's a reason games tend to be P2W or P2P.

[@menty6633]

@@xzlemin9569 If whales didn't exist then games companies would still be doing subscription and box price models which are far healthier than P2W

[@CrashB111]

@@xzlemin9569 The reason games create Pay 2 Win schemes is because they can milk whales for ass tons of money for less effort than it would take to make an actual good game. It is 100% not required by any means for a game to cater to these monetization methods to be successful. It's merely the path of least resistance. XIV is living proof that a good sub based game can make plenty of money without putting any form of P2W into the game. It's just greed, pure unadulterated greed, by developers to create P2W systems.

[@realgeniusxxhackerxx4473]

@@xzlemin9569 not really there’s a lot f2p games generated money through skin only

[@hurtfultruth6539]

If you're spending your time and money on this crap, you get what you deserve

[@notyourmom850]

yes. you are correct.

[@xtlm]

People of this generation make fun of older generations for falling for scams Also people from this generation.

[@camelrock]

Lost ark is the most p2w game and it’s not even close. Even BDO in the last couple years gives out maids and pets a lot more often. Lost ark is next level

[@MechaGodAnri]

Gives out maids, what? 🤣I never have played BDO though, but what's the purpose of a maid in BDO?

[@spyker603]

I only paid $25 dollar for early access and play for about a month. Soon I realized this game is the same typical Korean mmorpg money hungry machine. You can have fun playing without paying but you will need to committed to this game as your second full time jobs 😂

[@xINVISIGOTHx]

One time I spent $1 in Pokemon Go

[@PoorPenman]

When Zeals started laughing, I knew shit is about to go down 🤣🤣

[@drazdian]

i mean, as most whales say, they have the income to do this and they enjoy it, let the man do what he wants

[@WillxWLM]

He's the type that deserves to lose their money. They destroy gaming by supporting this kind of thing.

[@stevenmcsteven6693]

Wouldn't expect any less from a grown man wearing pink ear headphones cosplaying super mario

[@danielpotts1172]

This is literally what people have been trying to tell the streamers lol. It's the streamers giving a bad image to Lost Ark honestly...there is nothing to "win" Yes, you can reach a high item level faster...but for what lol, there is plenty of other content to do that isn't bolted behind that item level, it's just 1 raid...just take your time getting to it and you won't have any problems at all. No one else is even close to that level yet, so it's completely meaningless.

[@bless8861]

Truth. I’m 1361, 1070, and 570. Just made alts eventually they will all be t3 then just funnel. No need for money

[@Wastingsometimehere]

@@bless8861 That already sounds like an issue. Why does one have to "make alts". If someone just wants one character, it should not hold them back.

[@Plainsburner]

@@Wastingsometimehere Games like this are designed to be your one game, to take up all of your time. It is probably fine if that is the case for you, but I rotate games a lot, can never really play one game for more than 4 hours before switching, so if I ever get to a grindy part I usually shelve it for a while. So I can see why some people are completely fine but why I never really will get into it.

[@dev5966]

@@Wastingsometimehere there is an entire "roster" system which encourages alts, you dont have to use them - they are simply an option if you have the excess time to burn. i personally do not like this system, and although I am 1350 ilvl with 1 character it would be much higher if i decided to use alts

[@EnviP]

@@Plainsburner Dunno, I just use rest bonus when I don´t feel like it and play on the weekend am 1360 spend 10€ on bronze founder and another 10€ on a skin I wanted.

[@beanfiend5118]

hat/headphone combo tells us everything

[@set-tes4316]

I am a free to play player BUT if I had an audience and could throw cash at the game so people would watch me "loose" money, knowing I would get a return in investment with twitch revenue and donations I would happily make a fool of myself if that's what people want to see.

[@GiodyneSTG]

True, he shouldn't be mad at all. After all it's his fans money that got wasted. Good for him I respect the hustle

[@deltaoalice9281]

This is when you realise rich probably knows that and is just acting the part.

[@BeardGrizzly]

Don't forget taxes and business expenses... Cause it does work...

[@jimbo5603]

Exaclty it's not "pay to lose" it's "pay for views!

[@IKIGAIofficial]

doesnt matter how much money he wasted he just likes wasting money.

[@SouthsideBRGLR]

U can tell by his headphones how smart he is

[@FearRua]

He didn't spend his own money, the game designers gifted him the money to give back to them on stream to influence his audience to spend money to keep up with him.

[@Warcodered01]

so he's not mourning his money, he's mourning his career.

[@FearRua]

@@Warcodered01 its an act to get your money.

[@psycholuigiman]

I dunno why he's burrying his face in his hands like that. He's just gonna fall for it again. Either with the same game or with another one. I'll bet lots of people have even told him multiple times that he was practically getting scammed. Zero sympathy left for fools.

[@StormKidification]

It's normal to feel ashamed for compulsive behaviour. It's called addiciton. Your name is pyschology man? 🤣

[@psycholuigiman]

@@StormKidification I bet if I changed my username to Bill Gates, you would actually think you were talking to Bill Gates.

[@StormKidification]

@@psycholuigiman ok brother keep streaming video games to 0 viewers

[@psycholuigiman]

@@StormKidification It took you a month to come up with that? Pathetic. You really are an idiot. Lets see what you got going on your channel. Is it nothing? Yes, it is.

[@CineGoodog]

oh yeah rich, you must be missing that money now.

[@PhillyShredzz]

Rushing in this game will make you bored when you are the highest level

[@doctorjcw5857]

lmao he put his hands to his face, like OMG I JUST WASTED 10k to get 1 million, when they use like 100 dollars over there to get a million T-T

[@fyniyah]

the moment zeals laughed...he knew he fucked up

[@jackhandsome1788]

Really enjoyed the game for a while, explored the map, then I didn't log in for a couple days. Got really tired of all the gating. As time went on, my guild started kicking anyone who didn't log in every day and keep up with their gear score. Then it became all about chasing a number. Thats when it stopped being fun.

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

join a different guild then. kind of sad that you let someone else ruin a game for you

[@beamzsalt4252]

@@Hugh.G.Rectionx you reading that as being their only issue says more about your lack of reading comprehension than anything else

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

@@beamzsalt4252 it was the only issue they mentioned you fool. i never said it was their only issue but its clearly the only issue they mentioned so its the only one i addressed.

[@dgafbrapman688]

why would anyone want to play a game where you can just buy the next level or up grade, its not even a game at that point, its just a digital accessory. Like a geopet.

[@OnlyCPLoverWorkAtYouTube]

To be honest, the guy got headphone with cat ears...

[@G-flo]

If I ever decide to swipe in this game, it'll be exclusively towards skins from Royal Crystals. As those are things I intend to keep forever for my characters, and will trade for profit. Swiping for mats is like throwing cash at a bonfire. It'll disappear as fast as honing from 1370 to 1385. At least for skins you have the sense of enjoyment of dressing to look cool which can be used anytime. Mats don't give you that. Just the pain of realizing you blew 5 grand from trying to push for Argos like your average impulsive spender; instead of waiting a week, month, or year to get there like everybody else for FREE. It's literally your choice if you wanna spend money in this game or not. And the one's who keep popping a vein over how p2w it is yadiyada, are probably those who quit the game after whaling and hitting that wall, or complained about the long levelling process to 50 and just quit halfway. Just fucking play the game for christ sake. If you hate it that much, then don't. Act like a normal person and less like a little bitch.

[@rastahima1223]

Gg wp

[@GoibniuNihiliste]

When you realize lost ark isn't even that fun of a game on top of that.

[@eyesonyou6352]

he paid $13.52 per raid. multiplied by 66.6 raids

[@zenoohshit5498]

*Spends thousands on meaningless pixels* Finds out it’s a scam- Him: Surprised Pikachu face

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

Everything is meaningless without the person behind it making it mean something.

[@fanis1414]

@@kamikeserpentail3778 I'm 14 and this is deep

[@zenoohshit5498]

@@kamikeserpentail3778 I feel this applies to more real world aspects, like say; If I had a car that I didn’t need so it has no value to me, so I give it to someone who needs it more, thus giving it meaning. With this it’s just someone else who has deluded themselves into being scammed by yet another company just looking to cash in on people that are blind enough to hand them money for something that has no value. Not to say in game items aren’t dope but this is a predatory micro transaction

[@coreydillon4330]

Rich and his community deserve this

[@gibsonmanz939]

Anyone wearing those headphones that is older than 8 deserves to lose money.

[@DankHillCometh]

He was at the Diddy Parties

[@LuckyMojoTTV]

Where is the full video lol

[@jimwhite2049]

This is how I feel when I realized all the money I've wasted on MMO subscriptions. This is why if a "play forever" game ain't freemium or 1 time purchase, I don't even bother. Even should I regret spending too much on a freemium game, I got no one to blame but myself and I own up to my responsibility. Of course, this has never happen cuz I'm level-headed. Even when I do spend a large sum, I do so fully knowing what I'm getting into so I don't regret it. If you are one of those who aren't level-headed, then don't play these games.

[@mesozoicera87]

Meh. I've played Everquest and WoW continuously over the years. Prob putting $200 a year into subs and expansions for both since 2001. But that being said, let's be real. If I'm playing an average of 20 hours a week when active, that's around a thousand hours of entertainment a year for that $250. Which is like .20 cents an hour for entertainment. Even considering 21 years of subs/expansions and god knows what else, I guarantee I'm under $6000 total spent for that time. I know people who spend $10k+ a year on hobbies they spend less than 50 hours on per year. Def never feel like it was a waste for me. I've dropped 4 months worth of MMO sub on single player games that I've finished in less than a dozen hours plenty of times, those feel like more a waste to me, in comparison. That's why I'm really picky about which games I purchase these days.

[@Hiemir]

Chats complete lack of sympathy is just gold

[@Wolfiecolada]

the fact that he has that much money to blow on a game says he already has won

[@davebradshaw3188]

I'd rather be poor and not a total piece of shit though

[@Cwildyoutube]

@@davebradshaw3188 he's a total piece of shit because he spends money on games? That seems a bit much

[@yugen3613]

@@davebradshaw3188 That's all you can say to convince yourself it is easier to live this way but the fact is you would not rather. Based>Delusional

[@davebradshaw3188]

@@yugen3613 lol its not cope. I'm actually pretty well off tbh, I just thank the stars I'm not susceptible to such low-tier addictions

[@davebradshaw3188]

@@Cwildyoutube for the amount he's spent he could've helped fund the production of a game that isn't toxic

[@nawab256]

That whale deserves it, throwing 1k gold into a game like that.

[@ZekeZable]

They can't take away his fond memories.

[@YarnellCrew]

I still can't believe there are people dumb enough to spend real money on a free to play game. But hey if it makes you rock hard to get to tier X, 2 weeks before a free to play, then to each his own.

[@M1ch43l33]

I gotta admit i paid 20€ for the 2200 crystals to grt some QoL additions like more storage space and Crystal aura for more bifrosts, mobile repair etc. But i would never waste my money in gold lol. At this point i bought the Vernese Elk and the full Omen Skin + Weapons from Gold i earned in the game lol

[@tycoonMOBevolve]

These the same degenerates that preorder games half a year before they come out

[@MrRafagigapr]

It's its free to play like path of exile for skins and such it's ok, but paying for progression fuck that is for looser