I don't play that much, or plan to, but I think it'd be cool to get 8192. I've played 2048 for awhile and only got 4096 last year. I use the snake strategy, but nothing too fancy besides that. Here's my current high score:
General policy for my markets: In the rare event of a conflict between my resolution criteria and the agreed-upon common-sense spirit of the market, I may resolve it according to the market's spirit or N/A, probably after discussion.
I’ve decided to make one more attempt, then call it quits. Chances — empirically — are miniscule, but you never know…
@Conflux Alas - I did get 2048 and 1024 this run, but then I got into a tight spot and lost
@JimHays I have been playing sometimes, but haven’t even gotten 4096+2048 yet, so not looking great. I did narrowly beat my high score though
I lost countless hours on this game... I'm betting YES as an incentive for you to stop playing this addictive game and bet on NO!
@JimHays "it's fun" is not an answer, because it can be said for any hobby. I wanted to know a deeper reason. Examples: "because I want to learn exponents of 2", "because i feel the illusion of progress, like in clicking games", "because it is easy and reminds me that puzzles should not fry brains".
I hope you understand.
@JimHays I don't think kids toys are anyhow insulting. I have two teddy bears.
Funny, but you said "maybe because it's fun" and then "not all things people like are fun". So the question whether it is fun (or for example, meditating for Conflux) is still open.
@JimHays I think you falling into demagogy. There is not much difference between my question and the one you try to enforce.
your original question embeds the assumption, “2048 is a kids toy”. I don’t think this is true. I think it’s probably not the case that the majority of people who have played it are kids. And yes, I agree that it’s not self evident that Coflux’s answer would be “it’s fun”. I had (wrongly it seems) thought that you were merely asking a rhetorical question (as in “Why would anybody who is serious about puzzles like puzzles designed for kids?”), rather than honestly trying to get an answer
@KongoLandwalker I like to play simple video games while listening to podcasts (or sometimes music), and 2048 is one of the ones I play. I think it’s an interesting game, and it would be cool to get 8192, but I recognize that it’s not very important.
I got 4096 after not playing for awhile because an old friend of mine got 4096 and I felt competitive.