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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·1 month agoTF2 is not and has never been pay for anything except cosmetics.
minus-squareVerseAndVermin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 month agoI come from a time where we all lost our shit over horse armor being sold. Your comment just reminds me they have normalized things. They won.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI’ve never understood what’s so bad about letting people pay for virtual cosmetics. You can still play 100% of the game.
minus-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoWell… No. Those cosmetics are part of the game. You should be able to unlock them through gameplay.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThey are part of the game, but they do not change the play of the game.
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoI mean you are right to some degree, but considering there’s way worse stuff to get riled up about, I think we mostly have our priorities straight, and I have no issues with that.
TF2 is not and has never been pay for anything except cosmetics.
I come from a time where we all lost our shit over horse armor being sold. Your comment just reminds me they have normalized things. They won.
I’ve never understood what’s so bad about letting people pay for virtual cosmetics. You can still play 100% of the game.
Well… No. Those cosmetics are part of the game. You should be able to unlock them through gameplay.
They are part of the game, but they do not change the play of the game.
I mean you are right to some degree, but considering there’s way worse stuff to get riled up about, I think we mostly have our priorities straight, and I have no issues with that.