Martin
A monoid in the category of endofunctors
I kinda did something similar in my 3K, but I don't think that the OP was left as an open enough discussion topic really (with it actaully being completely closed and centered around myself) and I am kinda interested to hear different people's takes on this.
To different people, this game means different things. So I'm going to ask: what is Pokémon to you? Do you simply play it to pass the time, are you an avid collector who sees Pokémon as another type of item to collect, do you play it to be the very best (like noone ever was)--or in Layman's terms, to prove yourself in a competitive setting--or is there a bigger reason as to why you still play the game despite no longer being a child by technicality? I am an advocate for the philosophy that games are a way to bring people together and that they have much more significance than the basic surface-level goals of the game (a platform for having fun), and clearly this game means enough to all of us to still give us a reason to play it into our mid/late teens and into adulthood--so I'm sure there will be varied responses to this.
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To save you reading my overly-long thread on my take, I'll summarise my response to this thread in one sentence. Pokémon has acted as a way to introduce me to different mediums which have allowed me to overcome crippling irl social barriers, and to me the series has become a social platform more than a game. It means a lot to me, and as such I continue to love it.
Enough about me though; I made this to see what it is to other people lol.
To different people, this game means different things. So I'm going to ask: what is Pokémon to you? Do you simply play it to pass the time, are you an avid collector who sees Pokémon as another type of item to collect, do you play it to be the very best (like noone ever was)--or in Layman's terms, to prove yourself in a competitive setting--or is there a bigger reason as to why you still play the game despite no longer being a child by technicality? I am an advocate for the philosophy that games are a way to bring people together and that they have much more significance than the basic surface-level goals of the game (a platform for having fun), and clearly this game means enough to all of us to still give us a reason to play it into our mid/late teens and into adulthood--so I'm sure there will be varied responses to this.
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To save you reading my overly-long thread on my take, I'll summarise my response to this thread in one sentence. Pokémon has acted as a way to introduce me to different mediums which have allowed me to overcome crippling irl social barriers, and to me the series has become a social platform more than a game. It means a lot to me, and as such I continue to love it.
Enough about me though; I made this to see what it is to other people lol.