Mick P. said:
lacktheknack said:
Mick P. said:
lacktheknack said:
Mick P. said:
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Starving artists would love to have 3.50$ an hour. I wouldn't work full time myself. That's plenty to live off of. And it beats 0$ an hour you'll be doing when you run out of your funds. If 3.50$ an hour isn't enough for you to be able to make your game, you're going to be making a shitty uninspired game plain and simple.
You know I am not going to cry over the loss of another commercial game. I have negative faith in anyone with this studio mentality producing a half-decent game. If you want to be rolling in dough make a product that brings in more than it cost to develop. Then next time you won't have to go begging for money.
PS: @lacktheknack: Your words are not making sense. I'm posting for everyone else. A work ethic never hurts.
Says the man who wouldn't work fulltime himself, at $3.50 an hour. -__-
I wouldn't work fulltime (currently 40hrs/wk) for anything short of working on an oil rig or an ocean liner just for the season. That would be selfish, dehumanizing, irresponsible, etc.
Please explain to me how having the work ethic you mentioned earlier is selfish, dehumanizing, or irresponsible.
Please explain to me how contributing to society's function is selfish, dehumanizing, or irresponsible.
Please explain to me how you plan on surviving when you leave your parents' house. None of this "I can live on $3.50 hourly part-time", tell me HOW. Outline it. Explain to me how your insane and twisted logic is supposed to pull through. Please explain to me why you're so averse to work. Please explain anything.
Ok, lets school some spoiled brats. First of all 3.50$ a
day is more than most of the world lives on. 3.50$ a day is more than 50 million US Americans get in food stamps. 3.50$ an
hour is a lot of money. More than 3.50$ an hour in this hypothetical scenario where the developers of our hypothetical game are not working 40hrs a week because they don't have dehumanized servants attending to their every need and need to set time aside to be socially responsible informed citizens, have some personal growth while making their game for people, because games made by people who work like dehumanized slaves are devoid of insight and the creativity gained from life experiences outside of work. Never mind family and friends and being well rested, because zombies make crap games.
PS: If an individual earns more than 10k a year in the US they must pay federal income taxes. This figure is very high so that people who are ethically unsure about supporting the federal governments spending do not revolt. 10k is lots of money. It's a lot more than you need. And in a future where most people are likely to be unemployed, maybe you'll get to be one of the unemployed and learn something about the real economics of the world. And then you'd be glad to be getting 3.50$ an hour to make a game. An activity that most people will consider playtime.
You know what ruins your entire argument?
You're in America (unless you're lying in your profile?).
Countries that are paid less can by more for less. On the flipside, Australians have a minimum wage of $15, but everything costs more there.
Balance me a budget in which you can live in an apartment or home (not a homeless shelter) in America (or Canada), feed yourself (food stamps are allowed, but they don't cover everything), clothe yourself, maintain your things, heat your home, keep your lights on, and keep the water in your tap flowing, while keeping money put aside for emergencies (medical or otherwise), all while keeping yourself from spiralling into debt, on 10K or less per year. Or better yet, 5K per year, which is what $3.50 on part time adds up to.
It cannot be done. It cannot be done for less than $25K per year if you go low end everything and cut the emergency fund (which will invariably spin you into debt). It cannot be done COMFORTABLY for less than $40K per year.
And when you say "people will be unemployed", are you referring to a mass unemployment? That will only happen if everyone is as insane as you and stops buying ANYTHING to try to live within your idiotic standards. If you mean "everyone will be unemployed at some point", been there and done that. All I learned about the "real economics of the world" is "Even in Canada, the government handouts are not enough to keep your lights on".
And what the hell is this "set time aside to be socially responsible"? You work eight hours a day for five days a week when working full time. This leaves you six to eight hours a day to "be socially responsible" on weekdays alone, with a good 15 or 16 hours of "socially responsible time" available to you on both days of the weekend.
You somehow overlook the fact that more or less ALL Americans work full time after graduating, and yet somehow, we're not surrounded by soulless zombies (unless you're an Ayn Rand fan and think that you are, but you totally aren't if any of your words mean anything).
Man, you are in for a HELL of a surprise when you leave your parents' home. (I know you haven't, because if you wouldn't spill your torrents of "wisdom" if you had.)
