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why do some games use 10 and 20 when 1 and 2 would work?

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1991s1
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07 Jun 2025, 10:06 pm

An example, lets say there's a game where you throw rings at poles, if you get a ring on the closer pole you get ten points, when you get a ring at a farther pole you get twenty, but 1 and 2 would suffice perfectly fine, why do I sometimes see this? (Or at the very least, remembered seeing this


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08 Jun 2025, 8:57 am

I think it's appealing to psychology. Who wouldn't want to eat 10 cookies instead of 1 cookie?


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1991s1
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08 Jun 2025, 2:02 pm

ah


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