tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34027731.post1658327686627281196..comments2024-01-26T07:41:38.051-06:00Comments on Livin’ La Vida Segunda: The Argument Against Achievement SystemsMelissa Yeuxdouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13847500926977004133noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34027731.post-85884170515276378762012-04-14T16:30:13.352-05:002012-04-14T16:30:13.352-05:00I think you've really got the right of this. I...I think you've really got the right of this. It's surprising that Hamlet's still on this, as his book details clearly how SL's first ranking system got gamed into uselessness.<br /><br />Which is a fundamental nature of games systems: gamers play them to beat, and then to hack, the ruleset. There's a line somewhere between creative play and ToS hacking violations, but gaming the system is what gamers do.<br /><br />SL has no system to game, and has been pretty controversy-free internally (as opposed to LL-generated controversy) all along. Making its social system hackable doesn't seem to give anything to anyone but potential griefers.Kaseidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024232841287968552noreply@blogger.com