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<blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 6282902" data-attributes="member: 6182">Basically what Umbran said.We have this one life of an essentially random number of hours (because you could just get a blood clot in your brain one day for no particular reason), and many people now have the resources to do a billion different enjoyable things, so stretching the fun out over a long time doesn't make sense unless that is itself specifically a thing you enjoy.I can process too much enjoyment and have too many sources of enjoyment to slog through just a handful of them. Carpe diem is a saying I take to heart. This is especially so since, partly thanks to spending so much time with RPGs and other kinds of story-based experiences, I can process story information faster than any DM or player can talk, so even rapid-pace gaming is a slow, relaxing experience for me compared to my maximum rate of pleasure input.For me, a slow, long game is like a 56K modem. I don't get anything out of it being slow except being anxious because I could be doing something else. The world is full of fun things like baking in the kitchen, going dancing, watching burlesque, sailing, playing with pets, hiking in forests, dating, cosplaying, learning new skills or information, making or enjoying art, massage circles, knitting, swimming, fishing....There is nothing wrong with taking it slow, but, for me, I have too many joys and too few hours to spend so many on just one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Incenjucar, post: 6282902, member: 6182"] Basically what Umbran said. We have this one life of an essentially random number of hours (because you could just get a blood clot in your brain one day for no particular reason), and many people now have the resources to do a billion different enjoyable things, so stretching the fun out over a long time doesn't make sense unless that is itself specifically a thing you enjoy. I can process too much enjoyment and have too many sources of enjoyment to slog through just a handful of them. Carpe diem is a saying I take to heart. This is especially so since, partly thanks to spending so much time with RPGs and other kinds of story-based experiences, I can process story information faster than any DM or player can talk, so even rapid-pace gaming is a slow, relaxing experience for me compared to my maximum rate of pleasure input. For me, a slow, long game is like a 56K modem. I don't get anything out of it being slow except being anxious because I could be doing something else. The world is full of fun things like baking in the kitchen, going dancing, watching burlesque, sailing, playing with pets, hiking in forests, dating, cosplaying, learning new skills or information, making or enjoying art, massage circles, knitting, swimming, fishing.... There is nothing wrong with taking it slow, but, for me, I have too many joys and too few hours to spend so many on just one. [/QUOTE]

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