Granger wrote:Which is, given what some people wall these in for sports, a bad mechanic in need of repair.
Or do they wall them in to keep other assholes from cutting them down intentionally? Both this attitude of looking down on others for trying to protect their interests and the others that are a tad bit paranoid and need to try to protect one lone tree are both a bit extreme in attitude.
I'll admit I live in a relatively quiet section of the world right now, but i've lost, two, maybe 3 trees or rocks since the beginning of the world. I don't think there's much of a necessity of any of it, just a few rare locations with some bad apples. it's like locking your house. Some parts of the world don't even do that because A) what good does a lock do if someone really does want to break in, and B) who's going to even bother "just checking" other than maybe some stupid teenagers? The big difference in that analogy is that one you might--
might--lose some of your valuables, and in the other, you might lose 15 minutes of play time (maybe more if the timing was wrong, etc etc)
edit: I really do hate derailing a HDI topic like this, but maybe some folks will read this and get a bit wiser about how the game works.
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