05-12-2001 20:39									#1
	What does winning or losing have to do with ANYTHING? Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

It looks like the standard fan response these days is becoming "You only whine because you can't beat the game." Or some variation thereof. And I don't even understand what does it have to do with anything. Does winning automatically make game good, or wth?

I mean, let's say I make a game. Let me give you the code in Java. It has a GUI and everything, too

code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Game1 {
    private static JFrame mainFrame;

    public static void main (String args[]) {
        mainFrame = new JFrame();
        mainFrame.getContentPane().add(new JLabel("Congratulations! You won!"));
        mainFrame.pack();
        mainFrame.show();
    }
}

code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Game2 {
    private static JFrame mainFrame;

    public static void main (String args[]) {
        mainFrame = new JFrame();
        mainFrame.getContentPane().add(new JLabel("Too bad! You lose!"));
        mainFrame.pack();
        mainFrame.show();
    }
}

code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Game3 {
    private static JFrame mainFrame;

    public static void main (String args[]) {
        mainFrame = new JFrame();
        if (Math.random() > 0.5) {
            mainFrame.getContentPane().add(new JLabel("Congratulations! You won."));
        }
        else {
            mainFrame.getContentPane().add(new JLabel("Too bad! You lost."));
        }
        mainFrame.pack();
        mainFrame.show();
    }
}