Talk:"Ayakashi Anniversary Tower"/@comment-10777624-20140602053113

Everyone asking why spend money on this game... you're probably spending on fleeting experiences all the time: a movie; going to a theme park; a fancy restuarant; a vacation... it's really not that different. What you're paying for is an experience, just like those, and it's not going to last long but hey, it's enjoyable. We live in an economy where we spend on fleeting things all the time just to enjoy ourselves for a brief moment. Now I know a lot of you are going to immediately say "it's not the same because it's just a bunch of pixels!" or whatever, but stop and think about all the other games you bought (if you're a gamer). Do you play on Steam? You're paying for pixels. Did someone buy it for you? They just spent real money on pixels too. When you buy a DVD or a game disc, you're buying a piece of material that is home to a bunch of pixels on a screen. If you're not a gamer: iTunes songs or any song you have to buy? You're paying for an electronic sound wave on a screen of pixels. How long will you play that game before tossing it into a closet to forget about it or deleting that song or game from your pixel library? What about when you rent a movie on the TV? You're paying for pixels that only last for 24 hours maybe.

The only reason why you're complaining about spending in Ayakashi is we're allowing ourselves to enjoy this game and you're not. You're miserable with your weaker cards and don't like the uneven playing field but you're either too young to spend (it's alright, kid, get your relatives to buy you gift cards for holidays!), too poor to spend (which is totally fine, because there are indeed other things that take priority when it comes to spending), or too proud to spend for whatever reason (which, in my humble opinion, proves nothing but the fact that you're not allowing yourself to enjoy the experience). The thing is, Zynga is a company. They need to make money off of Ayakashi. To do that, they offer those who spend a sort of reward for helping their business, even if it's a very, very small income. These rewards are better cards than those of people who don't spend or play enough to get (more on that later), for very obvious reasons. I totally get it if you're really jealous of the cards that other people have because you can't spend that much or at all on this game. Heck, even though I spend, I'm still jealous of other cash players; but I know they're putting more into it and spent a lot of their money to get those cards. They bought them so they have the right to own them.

But even though we're jealous, there's absolutely no reason to come onto this site or onto the Facebook page and complain about cash players and how "unfair" it is. In all honesty, you're only finding a place to put all the blame for you not spending or being unable to spend.

And honestly? You're probably going to forget all about it in a few months.

So let us enjoy ourselves and spend on our own fleeting experiences. It's our money, after all. You don't know us so how we spend our money isn't anyone's concern but our own and I know damn well you don't give two craps about someone's life until they have what you want. And that's all this is; jealousy over yet another fleeting experience in our lives because someone else has what you want.

If you truly cannot spend money, there are hundreds of successful free players who are investing their time into enjoying themselves without the use of money. Tapjoy is making that easier too. Take a tip from them if you're unable to spend. Don't sit there and expect things to fall into your lap. It doesn't work that way.

But if you don't have the time to invest, I only have this to say to you: if you're miserable playing this game, please have no shame in buying cards or quit if you cannot buy or invest time. Being as sincere as I can, I'm telling you to stop playing Ayakashi if all it's doing is causing you misery, so much so that you're typing all of your frustrations anonymously on a site where many people are going to tell you to shut up and suck it up. Don't put yourself through that--seriously. People are not going to stop spending so you can get a leg-up. Everyone is too selfish for that and wants to enjoy themselves. I'm asking you to just walk away from such a thing that makes you miserable. It's really that simple. And I'm not saying this to make any of you quit so I myself can "get a leg-up". I don't need you to do that. I just want people to enjoy themselves so this can be a happier, nicer community. Stop making yourself miserable and stop trying to make other people miserable with you.

Enjoy this fleeting experience like the rest of us or find something else.