With this post I kind of want to poll the Steam gamers here; how important are your or your friends’ Steam stats to you?
By that, I mean total playtime, badges, level, number of achievements etc.
For exemple, I have a colleague that keeps boasting about his playtime and expertise on a particular game (which is over 3000 hours). However, whenever I log in Steam, he’s always online running that game (even when he’s actually at work). I have trouble grasping the utility of artificially inflating your numbers if you only played the game for maybe 10% of that amount.
Personally, I pay attention to it, but only as a casual, friendly competition between friends. The sort of thing where someone will brag aboubt their 20 year badge, show off achivememts, or compare playtime in games, but none of us are particularly serious about it, and we keep in mind the circumstances around those stats, such as ignoring hours if the person leaves the game open, or achivements gained by external means.
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Personally, I pay attention to it, but only as a casual, friendly competition between friends. The sort of thing where someone will brag aboubt their 20 year badge, show off achivememts, or compare playtime in games, but none of us are particularly serious about it, and we keep in mind the circumstances around those stats, such as ignoring hours if the person leaves the game open, or achivements gained by external means.