Goethe wrote: > I'm not surprised, it's economic. it's just proof that people value VPs > (or whatever they then become in the current arcane economy) more than > points, or even wins. Nothing wrong with that, everything here > is perceived value anyway. (I personally think the way to make wins > valuable again is to have every type of win reset everything; caste, > points, notes, and contests dissolve; everything resets with a win).
Arguably, everything comes back to bragging rights, the primary forms of which are "look at that (concept I got adopted / win I earned / scam I pulled off)". The economy is relevant to the extent that it serves one or more of these ends.
