Kristov is funny, he mentions how you have to grind out the best toys and that 'PEOPLE WANT IT NOW!', that it's part of games and should be and anyone who doesn't like it should not play those games. But when he talked of Eve in another thread (after bringing it up himself) his complaint was that you had to grind over and over again and that it was a 'money grubbing tactic' designed to keep people playing and paying their subscription.
When used outside of subscription models however it is valid gameplay and anyone who doesn't like it is a spoilt child that wants all their toys.
I don't think he ever has anything nice to say unless it's about himself.
Progression through a game is one thing, enforced grind simply to prolong the time required to get any progression, which is exactly what CCP does with EvE per themselves, is another thing all together. Storyline games have progression, it's how you get through the story so it's rather a required part of the entire process. Did you know EvE has a storyline? If you want to progress through it, you have to grind and grind and grind to open up the next part of the storyline, again CCP does this on purpose, they've made no bones about, they've always been upfront about this stuff and I respect that, I don't LIKE it, but I respect their honesty.
Non-storyline games you can have progression or not, Minecraft for example, no storyline and no progression, and it's quite successful. I'm not personally entertained by the game but my grandson absolutely loves it and I'm good with that because it fosters creativity and imagination and doing things JUST to do them, no reward being tied to the doing at all except enjoyment. Elite has no storyline, but they do offer progression in multiple formats, Combat/Trade/Exploration ranks as well as moving up to different ships and outfitting them as well as the BGS/faction affiliation system and the PP system(which is a horrible grind mechanic that needs a lot of work). You CAN grind for the ranks and faction affiliation and ships if you want, but you aren't required to at all, you will gain all those things simply playing the game without any purpose or cause. I'm a Count and Warrant Officer, Expert/Broker/Ranger, haven't spent any time at all grinding for those ranks, just been playing the game and enjoying myself doing whatever the hell I felt like at the moment. I'm sitting in some pristine rings right now mining, very relaxing and it's fun to watch the little collector limpets bopping about and chasing my ship when I move to another rock. I've even played some hide and seek with them for grins and giggles. An hour ago I was killing pirates for the Empire, saw that the system I was in had some pristine high metal and metallic rings and decided to mine them, so that's what I'm doing. No idea what gallite goes for but I'm finding tons, no pun intended, of it, hope it's worth something but if not that's fine, I'm enjoying myself and that's all that matters.
Progression does not have to be enforced grinding Soliluna, EvE is enforced grinding, Elite's isn't, you should understand that, we both play and do things in Elite for the exact same reason, we're having fun.
On the cheat codes I LOLed. Must be some form of trolling. Better google 
