Quote Originally Posted by BreathlessTao View Post
Moreover: this whole "watch a video" attitude is just mind-boggling. Makes me think that people like that literally can't imagine a world without YouTube and Twitch and MrHappy and whoever else - that they can't imagine that videogames existed before the internet, and people were able to play and complete them. It was not that long ago, y'know?
Again, I'll reiterate that it's not a "watch a video" attitude, it's a "use whatever tools are available" attitude. I'm 35 years old. I don't have to imagine a world without YouTube, I actually lived in it, you know? But I'm not averse to using new tools as they become available.

Also, you can't compare MMOs to other video games (or even modern MMOs to MMOs of the past). Fights are heavily mechanics driven and require the knowledge of said mechanics to clear AND you're playing with other people. What you do affects them too.

I agree that players can prepare (or not prepare) however they want for DF but there is an incentive for watching a video first. You will perform better and your group will be less likely to disband. If either of these things seems undesirable to you, then please, by all means, continue to be stubborn about not watching a video.