so if they play video games cowardly that makes them a coward in real life.
i guess then if they play video games very bravely, they must be very brave people in real life.
you don't see how ridiculous that is?
The disconnect with that line of thinking is that it assumes the game means the same thing to everyone.
There are those who think of Aces High as a way to relive the WWII experience, there are those who think of it as a chivalrous way to relive history, and there are those who treat it as simply a game (as well as numerous other mental camps). At the end of the day, however, it is just that - a game.
I like to think of it as the difference between guys who go to Vegas; there are some who like the roulette table, some that like the poker table, and there are some who prefer card-counting at the blackjack table. The roulette guys will likely call out the poker guys and the blackjack guys for "not experiencing" Vegas, while they hoot and holler with friends and "experience the rush" of watching the ball roll around the track. The poker guys will think they're more sophisticated than the roulette guys, and more honorable than the blackjack guys, and still "experiencing" Vegas by playing an iconic Vegas past-time. The card-counting blackjack guys likely don't care about any of it, because they're simply there to win.
All three players are free to play how they want and what they want; however, at the end of the day, you can statistically measure the odds of each one winning. The roulette guy, no matter how much he might win, will still statistically lose on the whole. The poker guy has a better chance of winning, but it requires more discipline and knowing when to fold. The blackjack guy stands to win the most over time, but it also requires a more methodical and precise approach and being satisfied with slow yet steady progressions. It's also harder to become great at it because there's so little room for mistake with little chance for large, instantaneous gains.
The Aces High correlation comes in where the roulette guys (you know who they are) come in and insist that everyone plays there way, telling you all about how fun it is and the "rush" of excitement you experience. What is left out, however, is that you will, on the whole, lose the majority of the time. That is a high-risk mentality. There's more middle of the road guys, our poker-playing correlation, who like to mix it up, but also play conservatively. They tend to ridicule players at any extreme, while failing to be great at any one aspect. Then there's the card counters, the players who systematically go after specific results. They may or may not be good at it, but it's the gameplay they choose.
It's all about different play-styles. People play for different reasons. In the end, it's a game and none of this really happened anyway. I think most people tend to forget that.
