Kungani Sidlala Amageyimu, Ingxenye 1
Kukhona ikhwalithi ethile yesikhashana ehlukanisa ama-gamers kubo bonke abanye abantu, into ethile eyenza thina, nabo nabo, hhayi thina. Angikaze ngikwazi ukubeka umunwe wami kuso, kepha akunakuphepheka lapho. Namuhla, ngethemba lokusondela kuleyo mfanelo ebalulekile yokudlala, sihlola ingxenye yalokho okusenza sithikameze. Ikakhulu, sibheka ukuthi yini edonsela izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zabadlali kumdlalo wokuzilibazisa. Wonke umdlali udlala ngezizathu ezahlukahlukene, kepha kunemicu ejwayelekile ehlanganisa isipiliyoni ndawonye.
Abadlali abaningi bashukunyiswa yinselelo umdlalo ongayiveza. Impumelelo emdlalweni ingalawulwa yinoma yimaphi amakhono ahlukahlukene. I-First Person Shooter idinga ama-twitch reflex, isandla esizinzile kanye nokukwazi ukuhlala uzolile ngaphansi kwengcindezi. Umdlalo wephazili wamagama ungadinga isilulumagama esibanzi kanye nekhono lokucabanga kabusha ukusetshenziswa kwamagama amadala, kepha asikho isilinganiso sejubane. Ukulingiswa kwezemidlalo kungadinga ulwazi olunzulu ngesihloko, ngaphezu kwekhono le-Arcade, kepha akunakwenzeka ukuthi ube nokukhathazeka okunamandla ngama-acumen olimi.
Intambo ejwayelekile ukuthi yonke imidlalo iphonsela inselelo isethi ethile yamakhono omdlali. Le nselele ingaba isisusa esinamandla. I-Challenge Motivated gamer idonselwa kumdlalo ovivinya amakhono abo, mhlawumbe owodwa obahlola emikhawulweni yabo. I-gamer nayo ingashukunyiswa ngukuthuthuka kwemvelo okuvela ekusebenzeni okuphezulu. Baqhutshwa ngaleso sikhathi, hhayi nje ukuvelela kuphela, kodwa nokwenza ngcono. Inselelo Abadlali Abashukumisayo bayachuma noma nini lapho umdlalo ucindezela isethi yamakhono abo, kepha kungenzeka bangabi nentshisekelo kumageyimu awela kude kakhulu kulitshe.
Umncintiswano ungumzala osondelene nenselelo. Abadlali abaningi baqhutshwa yisidingo sokufakazela ukuthi yibo abahamba phambili, ukuze baqhuzulwe nabangane babo futhi baphume phambili. Abadlali abanomqondo wokuncintisana baqala kulabo abafuna inselelo empini efanelekile kuze kube kuhlobo lwezinsana ezikhuluma ngezinsimbi ezikhuluma ngemali ezisinikeza igama elibi sonke. Ukuncintisana kungaba lula ukuthatha kude kakhulu. Akukho lutho olungalungile ngokwemvelo ngokuqhutshwa umncintiswano. Ngokwezinga elithile, ukuncintisana kumane kuyinselele ethathwe ngokweqile. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho kuholela ekuphathweni kabi komunye umdlali wakho lapho iqala khona ukungabi nogqozi futhi ibe yisiqu sobuntu esingesihle. Umncintiswano Abadlali Abashukumisayo bayachuma kuleyo midlalo lapho bebambene khona ngomphumela obekwe ikhono lokudlala lo mdlalo. Zizohlala zincipha kulezo zindawo ezidinga ukubambisana, njengama-MMORPG amaningi, noma kumageyimu lapho ikhono lidlala khona indima encane kakhulu, njengakumakhadi asezingeni eliphansi kakhulu noma emidlalweni yamadayisi.
Ngesonto elizayo sizobheka ezinye izinto ezigqugquzela abadlali, ezibandakanya i-Creativity ne-Escapism.