LOL, you dont have to worry about catching something from you wow addicited g/f. other then a keylogger from curse.com where i would assume she rubs one out at... Ah curse.com BETTER THEN PORN!
If the OP's g/f actually has the body part to "rub one out" with, I think he may have bigger problems than "her" addiction to WoW...
ummm.... if i have to explain this they you are probaly to young to be on this site.
Maybe I need to explain to you what the term "rub one out" actually refers to. Use your head (no pun intended).
Have a serious conversation with her about it, don't really bring up the weight directly but imply that you miss working out with her and that you miss her. : )
Have a serious conversation with her about it, don't really bring up the weight directly but imply that you miss working out with her and that you miss her. : )
"Baby I miss you, don't you remember when we used to hang out? Please girl, take a break from WoW and go out with me tonight!"
"Do you have a full set of T10 I could borrow?"
"No..."
"THEN STFU AND GTFO!"
Is T10 the highest Tier, or did Blizzard release another? Meh, point still stands.
Well if Akureii wants to be a real cop and is not just trolling she is a long way off. I was a cop for years and can tell already the psych profile will derail her. Plus no time to raid when you are pulling doubles and are buried in paperwork up to your neck.
Well if Akureii wants to be a real cop and is not just trolling she is a long way off. I was a cop for years and can tell already the psych profile will derail her. Plus no time to raid when you are pulling doubles and are buried in paperwork up to your neck.
Tell your homeboys that just because I look the part, doesn't make be suspect.
I hate how cops are never there when I need them, but always there to harass me over suspicion.
/endrant
(I know it's their job to gage such things, but they suck at it)
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Before we played this game, we used to go out every Friday, Saturday night, go to the gym from Monday to Friday and she was near of having six pack abs, she had a tight body and she was ALWAYS taking care of how she looked.
It all started when my girlfriend and me saw the southpark episode where they played WoW, ...
I am really in a shitty situation and I came here to hear some thoughts about it and maybe some of you guys had a similar problem and can help me out. We have about a year and some playing the game.
Am I the only one that sees the irony in this? All these responses and not one comment about it. You all disappoint me!
Apparently you and your girlfriend either weren't fully paying attention to the episode, failed to see it through to the end, or the folly of the episode completely escaped you both.
However, as a former personal trainer for six plus years, a sedentary lifestyle will eventually lead to mental and emotional problems that are derived from the physical ones that are a more immediate result of said lifestyle. My recommendation would be to slowly incorporate activities that keep you active, into the time you do spend together, ie going for walks, jogging, swimming, etc. You stated that she still wants to have sex, then have her do some of the work involved, as that can be an enjoyable way of burning some calories.
Start off slowly so that spending your time exercising doesn't appear to be your sole motivation with her (and it shouldn't be). Remember, your intentions should come from your concern for her well-being both emotionally and physically (which have a greater connection than most realize). Your concerns should not stem from an urge to get her to appear the way you want her to. Believe, regardless of whether or not she's investing time in WoW, eventually your physical appearance will diminish over the years. Realize this now and give yourself a head-start down the road that leads away from your shallow interpretation of life.
Well if Akureii wants to be a real cop and is not just trolling she is a long way off. I was a cop for years and can tell already the psych profile will derail her. Plus no time to raid when you are pulling doubles and are buried in paperwork up to your neck.
I don't play MMORPG's anymore. The social aspect of MMORPG's give me a headache and the popularity contest reminds me of high school. That's why I prefer games like *pokes xfire signature* It doesn't matter how much or little time I have to devote to it. Skills is skills and time doesn't matter.
I might be a gamer but I'm in no way like OP's girlfriend with the whole weight thing. I go to a miltiary school. I work out. I was supposed to commission in the Marine Corps, la dee da, this isn't about my life story but long story short, accident-disqualify- now I'm a life-hating broke college student that roams forums to pass the time. Time management is nothing to me. I can run on 2 hours of sleep a day, and I have, which is how I balance military school and hardcore gaming.
Originally posted by Comnitus
"Baby I miss you, don't you remember when we used to hang out? Please girl, take a break from WoW and go out with me tonight!"
"Do you have a full set of T10 I could borrow?"
"No..."
"THEN STFU AND GTFO!"
Is T10 the highest Tier, or did Blizzard release another? Meh, point still stands.
+1
I've said something similiar to my ex, which is probably the reason why he is my ex... it was more along the lines of
Him: "Hey... we don't ever go out anymore. Lets go to the movies or dinner?"
Me: "No, I just charged 10 dollars onto me [some gaming company]'s account so I can't afford it."
Him: "I'll pay."
Me: "No, I have to farm [some rare item]"
Him: ".................ok. I'm done. It's over."
He's engaged now... so... OP, just dump her and find someone that makes you happy. xD
I bet yout still a virgin. Don't you care about going out meeting new ppl having a career or even having kids someday? This is why polatitions are crying fr this generation.
What does my virginity have to do with anything? If you must know, no, I'm not. I dont care about going out or meeting new people, I'm in college and when my career comes, it comes, but right now, I don't have to worry about it. I hate meeting people in real life because they don't understand my gaming addiction and I don't understand their fascination with getting drunk and waking up next to random people and doing it again the next weekend. I rather waste my time gaming than waste my time getting drunk at parties and waking up with a case of the herpes. I hate children. I hate babies. I plan on being a cop and never getting married. And y'know what? The world can judge me and the world can judge my fellow chick gamers. We're happy doing our thing and if you guys wanna bash us. Do so. If our boyfriends aren't happy with our addiction, then why the hell are they dating us? People change, real life, virtual life. It's how life works. Nothing stays the same forever. Back on topic. Go.
And you as an experienced "i spent all my life on nothing" can give him proper advice.
i wish my english was better but you ll manage.
altho i have nothing against you, you miserably dropped the ball on this one. You are defining yourself as a part of the "girl gaming population".You are doing that cause you want to believe there are more girls like you. You desperately want to belong somewhere cause you dont belong anywhere. Well, you cant be a part of that group.That does not exist. Gamers are gamers. You belong to the "I have never ever had a life" group. With males and females.
As one stated before. Addiction is addiction, no matter in what form it comes. Crack junkie also thinks noone understands them. I srsly doubt you lost your virginity or you lost it cause "you chose to", cause you had too with some equally obese goth guy. You cannot be decent looking girl with devastating your mind and your body with games for 6 years now. Eating and sitting at home. You have absolutely no life experience, you choose "vent movie night" (oh my fucking god i didnt even know that existed") over something real. Thats ok. Sometimes. Not 6 years. You are making excuses cause you want to think you are right. But you probably know (i assumed u r not mentally defected) that is not true. You didnt even gave life a chance. You dont know how it feels like, and you will regret this. 6 years is a very long time to spend infront of a machine. You keep reffering to yourself and group you think you belong to as "us".You share NOTHING in common. There is a difference between your story so your advice fails.
She experienced life, obviously, and you never ever did anything else than gaming and eating. She can be that girl again, she just has to turn on hers common sense and straightner up priorities.You, on the other hand, have never been anything else. If she is dumb enough to let some virtual friends (if vent voice and pic on forum means that) that will never ever mean anything to her (suffice to say they mean everything to you) become more important to her then hers boyfriend then she should stay in that fucking game for good and rott in there. As you probably will. She just needs a reminder or something to trigger that. She has to become aware of what is she doing to herself. You on the other hand "admit" you have a problem. Well, i think i dont have to say that you obviously dont know that you have one. Its not that you dont have social skills, its just that people dont want to have you around. And that attitude was built by gaming. I have nothing against gaming and i was once a hc gamer myself and i still play WoW but post i qouted is one of dumbest, shitties excuses to make yourself feel better i have ever red on this forum. And that takes skill.
Both me and my GF play WoW every day for few hours. But guess what. We talk what we want to do after, or why we shouldnt neglect other things . My brain tells me this is enormous waste of time, and so does hers.
and 1 more thing. Fuck you. Life hateing (19y old give me a fucking break), bitter ppl make me sick.
All I can say is to get involved with her in losing weight. Don't tell her she is fat, and don't be negative. Tell her you want to get in shape, and you want her involved to keep you motivated. Start eating right, and stop going to McDonald's and ordering pizza.
Or go the easy way, and dump her. Find a gf that wants to take care of herself, and is ambitious. Of course, a woman like that is going to want the same in a man.
i dont think that. i think gaming addiction is most idiotic thing ever. No1 forces you to play nor it affects your physical or mental state. its made up.
She knows that shit exists. And thinks of it same as me. Worst crap ever. Im lucky enough to have a gril with brain that also plays games (yes that exists)
And you as an experienced "i spent all my life on nothing" can give him proper advice.
i wish my english was better but you ll manage.
altho i have nothing against you, you miserably dropped the ball on this one. You are defining yourself as a part of the "girl gaming population".You are doing that cause you want to believe there are more girls like you. You desperately want to belong somewhere cause you dont belong anywhere. Well, you cant be a part of that group.That does not exist. Gamers are gamers. You belong to the "I have never ever had a life" group. With males and females.
As one stated before. Addiction is addiction, no matter in what form it comes. Crack junkie also thinks noone understands them. I srsly doubt you lost your virginity or you lost it cause "you chose to", cause you had too with some equally obese goth guy. You cannot be decent looking girl with devastating your mind and your body with games for 6 years now. Eating and sitting at home. You have absolutely no life experience, you choose "vent movie night" (oh my fucking god i didnt even know that existed") over something real. Thats ok. Sometimes. Not 6 years. You are making excuses cause you want to think you are right. But you probably know (i assumed u r not mentally defected) that is not true. You didnt even gave life a chance. You dont know how it feels like, and you will regret this. 6 years is a very long time to spend infront of a machine. You keep reffering to yourself and group you think you belong to as "us".You share NOTHING in common. There is a difference between your story so your advice fails.
She experienced life, obviously, and you never ever did anything else than gaming and eating. She can be that girl again, she just has to turn on hers common sense and straightner up priorities.You, on the other hand, have never been anything else. If she is dumb enough to let some virtual friends (if vent voice and pic on forum means that) that will never ever mean anything to her (suffice to say they mean everything to you) become more important to her then hers boyfriend then she should stay in that fucking game for good and rott in there. As you probably will. She just needs a reminder or something to trigger that. She has to become aware of what is she doing to herself. You on the other hand "admit" you have a problem. Well, i think i dont have to say that you obviously dont know that you have one. Its not that you dont have social skills, its just that people dont want to have you around. And that attitude was built by gaming. I have nothing against gaming and i was once a hc gamer myself and i still play WoW but post i qouted is one of dumbest, shitties excuses to make yourself feel better i have ever red on this forum. And that takes skill.
and 1 more thing. Fuck you. Life hateing (19y old give me a fucking break) make me sick.
again. sry for my english
Um. There are girls out there like me. There ARE girls that devote a lot of their time to gaming, like I do. Great, you don't agree with my life choices but I'm not going to shove my beliefs down your throat either. You remind me of Jehovah's witnesses that come at my door attempting to save my soul and change my ways or something. I'm happy. I'm perfectly 100% happy with having no real life and just gaming. You've never seen me, met me, or held a real conversation with me. Who are you to pass judgment on how I live my life? You don't know the communities I'm a part of and you don't know my friends. How do you know that there aren't chicks like me in the world? My L4D2 all girls team? Same situation and each one of those girls are drop dead gorgeous, IMO. I've done nothing but sit on my ass and eat? Like I said, I go to a military school. I have to pass physical fitness tests in order to stay IN school. So... um... okay. You're going to pass judgment on my looks and physical shape from a forum post. Makes sense. Is this what real life teaches you? If so, damn. I'm definitely staying in my little cave.
'You on the other hand "admit" you have a problem. Well, i think i dont have to say that you obviously dont know that you have one.'
^ I don't even know what you're trying to say here... it's like saying, "You say you have an apple, but you obviously don't know that you have an apple." Wait... what?
I bet yout still a virgin. Don't you care about going out meeting new ppl having a career or even having kids someday? This is why polatitions are crying fr this generation.
What does my virginity have to do with anything? If you must know, no, I'm not. I dont care about going out or meeting new people, I'm in college and when my career comes, it comes, but right now, I don't have to worry about it. I hate meeting people in real life because they don't understand my gaming addiction and I don't understand their fascination with getting drunk and waking up next to random people and doing it again the next weekend. I rather waste my time gaming than waste my time getting drunk at parties and waking up with a case of the herpes. I hate children. I hate babies. I plan on being a cop and never getting married. And y'know what? The world can judge me and the world can judge my fellow chick gamers. We're happy doing our thing and if you guys wanna bash us. Do so. If our boyfriends aren't happy with our addiction, then why the hell are they dating us? People change, real life, virtual life. It's how life works. Nothing stays the same forever. Back on topic. Go.
Thats funny, cause i am in the same profession you are getting into. i wont say whati do though. but its similar and i can tell you sitting on your ass playing a video game is not going to ge you spot on a department. You have to pass an agility test. not gonna do that when you can't run 4 steps and kealing over cause you can't breath. So YES everything i said has alot to do with everything. you are going to get NO WHERE with you selected career unless you get off you ass and do something about it. book smarts will only get you so far.
That being said. yes i like to game. I have played wow for 5 years but i didn't spend 12+ hours a day doing it.
Originally posted by Akureii what real life teaches you? If so, damn. I'm definitely staying in my little cave.
'You on the other hand "admit" you have a problem. Well, i think i dont have to say that you obviously dont know that you have one.'
^ I don't even know what you're trying to say here... it's like saying, "You say you have an apple, but you obviously don't know that you have an apple." Wait... what?
Makes perfect sense to me, in fact, I think there was a movie where a zen-type guy holds up an apple and says it's an orange, while the other guy looks at him like "we both know it's an apple".
Same thing applies to people who say they are addicted to games, when it's impossible to be addicted to a waste of time. You can supplement anything else into that need to waste daylight, like TV, if that was even an option anymore...
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i didnt even doubt that you have all girl playmates as your team. Yes. If you sit on your ass all day and eat you become gorgeous. No really.
You do.
Pointless discussion. And fuck no im not religious person.
Yes. Ppl can get addicted to a shitload of stuff. But there are very few addiction that are justified. So yea. Also the gambling bit is exactly the same as gaming. Its all in your brain.Common sense. If you are stupid enough to ruin your life and lives of ppl around you then you mister are stupid as hell. no exceptions being made. NONE.
You just cant get addicted to sitting and stareing at flashing lights. There is no physical aspect to it. Unlike heroin alchohol cigs and what not where you get in serious pain if you dont continue. If you still dont know at what im getting at then i dont know what to say.
People aren't addicted to games, because it would show them leaning towards just one in particular - like how people treat drugs. A WoW player can suppliment his need to waste time in other games until it starts to grind on him. It's all about making today turn into tomorrow, without having to suffer the effects of feeling that time pass. I've seen WoW players freak out over not getting into the game, but the moment they play something else it's pretty much forgotten until they get tired of playing that.
It's like when people freak out when they lose their internet connection. it's not because they need the internet, they just prefer it as their main timewaster. It forces them to go back to TV.
God, if I actually had to deal with everyday life without the internet to console me, I wouldn't last very long... it's pure escapism, and it doesn't matter what you do, as long as you don't have to deal with RL.
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Sorry, but there is a lot of evidence proving that people can become addicted to games. Reasons may vary, but the addiction applies.
You should watch some documentaries about mmo gamers. It's enlightening and kind of pathetic. One guy was so addicted to WoW that he lost his job, his wife, his house got forclosed, and he sought treatment for his addiction. At the time, he said the treatment did not work, however within 6 months he'd lost 50 lbs, gotten a fulltime job, and exercised regularly.
I see you're a game designer, that's a good reason to say people can't get addicted to games, but you should share the truth, not bury it. You can become addicted to anything; in fact, everyone is addicted to air, without it we cannot survive. Some people are addicted to carbohydrates, others are addicted to sex. Some people are addicted to fuzzy computer characters.
I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't admit that gaming addiction is a very serious issue.
Thats funny, cause i am in the same profession you are getting into. i wont say whati do though. but its similar and i can tell you sitting on your ass playing a video game is not going to ge you spot on a department. You have to pass an agility test. not gonna do that when you can't run 4 steps and kealing over cause you can't breath. So YES everything i said has alot to do with everything. you are going to get NO WHERE with you selected career unless you get off you ass and do something about it. book smarts will only get you so far.
That being said. yes i like to game. I have played wow for 5 years but i didn't spend 12+ hours a day doing it.
Like I said in above post, I go to a military school. I need to pass a first class PFT to stay in the program.
24 hours in a day= 8 hours of school and hw. 2 hours of PT. 2 hours for meals and hygeine. 3 hours to sleep. That leaves... 9 hours of gaming. Time management. ^_^
Originally posted by fixif
i didnt even doubt that you have all girl playmates as your team. Yes. If you sit on your ass all day and eat you become gorgeous. No really.
You do.
Pointless discussion. And fuck no im not religious person.
1 sec. Are you from USA?
Wait... "If you sit on your ass all day and eat you become gorgeous. No really. You do."
What. The Fuck. Are you trying to say.
I'm not going to post my picture just to prove a point, but, there are decent looking gamer chicks out there. W/e. I didn't say you were religious. I just compared you to a Jehovah's Witness. However, since you do not speak English or understand the language, this is kinda like asking a BR to do something for you in an FPS. It doesn't work out.
I am begin truthful, it's not an addiction, it's escapism. You can suppliment gaming, TV, reading or even jogging as your route to not deal with the things you have to do. Games are just the obvious target because they can be entertaining for far longer periods than any lineup on a TV network, and doesn't get you fatigued like exercise.
That guy would have been avoiding his responsibilites regardless of whether he had a crack problem, or just can't stop watching Oprah. The psychological addiction is in trying to avoid what you have to do, doesn't matter what the route is, and without there actually being drugs involved, there is no physical addiction to even consider. All in your head, mang.
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I am begin truthful, it's not an addiction, it's escapism. You can suppliment gaming, TV, reading or even jogging as your route to not deal with the things you have to do. Games are just the obvious target because they can be entertaining for far longer periods than any lineup on a TV network, and doesn't get you fatigued like exercise.
That guy would have been avoiding his responsibilites regardless of whether he had a crack problem, or just can't stop watching Oprah. The psychological addiction is in trying to avoid what you have to do, doesn't matter what the route is, and without there actually being drugs involved, there is no physical addiction to even consider. All in your head, mang.
I guess if you present it that way I can't argue with your logic. You're right, most addictions are based in escapism. Apologies, I wasn't trying to be confrontational. You're also right that most addictions are psychological. I stand by my air argument, though
I am begin truthful, it's not an addiction, it's escapism. You can suppliment gaming, TV, reading or even jogging as your route to not deal with the things you have to do. Games are just the obvious target because they can be entertaining for far longer periods than any lineup on a TV network, and doesn't get you fatigued like exercise.
That guy would have been avoiding his responsibilites regardless of whether he had a crack problem, or just can't stop watching Oprah. The psychological addiction is in trying to avoid what you have to do, doesn't matter what the route is, and without there actually being drugs involved, there is no physical addiction to even consider. All in your head, mang.
I guess if you present it that way I can't argue with your logic. You're right, most addictions are based in escapism. Apologies, I wasn't trying to be confrontational.
I wouldn't have come to that conclusion if I didn't suffer from it myself. Only thing is that I don't have a preferred game atm, so I am more than happy to just troll these forums, watch hulu or break.com, even play a game of Civ 4 with no intent of actually beating it. It's all about making time pass, because life has a tendancy to suck.
With that said, the OP should take his chick outside and remind her that sometimes it's worth living. At least before it's too late and you discover you wasted it.
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Honestly any person with an addictive personality can go this way. Many facets of life can be like this, living for your car, for your clothes, your clubbing, your sterio, and yes your video games. These people, from my experiences, are folks that have something else going wrong that leads them to make the game a substitute. Something is missing or making the person want escape and not caring about the outside world. Be it work, relationship, family, etc. Something is forcing this, the game is not the focus. Finding out what is really wrong should be.
Honestly any person with an addictive personality can go this way. Many facets of life can be like this, living for your car, for your clothes, your clubbing, your sterio, and yes your video games. These people, from my experiences, are folks that have something else going wrong that leads them to make the game a substitute. Something is missing or making the person want escape and not caring about the outside world. Be it work, relationship, family, etc. Something is forcing this, the game is not the focus. Finding out what is really wrong should be.
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People just have a tendency to get depressed and dig themselves in further.
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Maybe I need to explain to you what the term "rub one out" actually refers to. Use your head (no pun intended).
Have a serious conversation with her about it, don't really bring up the weight directly but imply that you miss working out with her and that you miss her. : )
"Baby I miss you, don't you remember when we used to hang out? Please girl, take a break from WoW and go out with me tonight!"
"Do you have a full set of T10 I could borrow?"
"No..."
"THEN STFU AND GTFO!"
Is T10 the highest Tier, or did Blizzard release another? Meh, point still stands.
Well if Akureii wants to be a real cop and is not just trolling she is a long way off. I was a cop for years and can tell already the psych profile will derail her. Plus no time to raid when you are pulling doubles and are buried in paperwork up to your neck.
Tell your homeboys that just because I look the part, doesn't make be suspect.
I hate how cops are never there when I need them, but always there to harass me over suspicion.
/endrant
(I know it's their job to gage such things, but they suck at it)
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Am I the only one that sees the irony in this? All these responses and not one comment about it. You all disappoint me!
Apparently you and your girlfriend either weren't fully paying attention to the episode, failed to see it through to the end, or the folly of the episode completely escaped you both.
However, as a former personal trainer for six plus years, a sedentary lifestyle will eventually lead to mental and emotional problems that are derived from the physical ones that are a more immediate result of said lifestyle. My recommendation would be to slowly incorporate activities that keep you active, into the time you do spend together, ie going for walks, jogging, swimming, etc. You stated that she still wants to have sex, then have her do some of the work involved, as that can be an enjoyable way of burning some calories.
Start off slowly so that spending your time exercising doesn't appear to be your sole motivation with her (and it shouldn't be). Remember, your intentions should come from your concern for her well-being both emotionally and physically (which have a greater connection than most realize). Your concerns should not stem from an urge to get her to appear the way you want her to. Believe, regardless of whether or not she's investing time in WoW, eventually your physical appearance will diminish over the years. Realize this now and give yourself a head-start down the road that leads away from your shallow interpretation of life.
Best of luck.
Your fail comment, failed.
I don't play MMORPG's anymore. The social aspect of MMORPG's give me a headache and the popularity contest reminds me of high school. That's why I prefer games like *pokes xfire signature* It doesn't matter how much or little time I have to devote to it. Skills is skills and time doesn't matter.
I might be a gamer but I'm in no way like OP's girlfriend with the whole weight thing. I go to a miltiary school. I work out. I was supposed to commission in the Marine Corps, la dee da, this isn't about my life story but long story short, accident-disqualify- now I'm a life-hating broke college student that roams forums to pass the time. Time management is nothing to me. I can run on 2 hours of sleep a day, and I have, which is how I balance military school and hardcore gaming.
+1
I've said something similiar to my ex, which is probably the reason why he is my ex... it was more along the lines of
Him: "Hey... we don't ever go out anymore. Lets go to the movies or dinner?"
Me: "No, I just charged 10 dollars onto me [some gaming company]'s account so I can't afford it."
Him: "I'll pay."
Me: "No, I have to farm [some rare item]"
Him: ".................ok. I'm done. It's over."
He's engaged now... so... OP, just dump her and find someone that makes you happy. xD
And you as an experienced "i spent all my life on nothing" can give him proper advice.
i wish my english was better but you ll manage.
altho i have nothing against you, you miserably dropped the ball on this one. You are defining yourself as a part of the "girl gaming population".You are doing that cause you want to believe there are more girls like you. You desperately want to belong somewhere cause you dont belong anywhere. Well, you cant be a part of that group.That does not exist. Gamers are gamers. You belong to the "I have never ever had a life" group. With males and females.
As one stated before. Addiction is addiction, no matter in what form it comes. Crack junkie also thinks noone understands them. I srsly doubt you lost your virginity or you lost it cause "you chose to", cause you had too with some equally obese goth guy. You cannot be decent looking girl with devastating your mind and your body with games for 6 years now. Eating and sitting at home. You have absolutely no life experience, you choose "vent movie night" (oh my fucking god i didnt even know that existed") over something real. Thats ok. Sometimes. Not 6 years. You are making excuses cause you want to think you are right. But you probably know (i assumed u r not mentally defected) that is not true. You didnt even gave life a chance. You dont know how it feels like, and you will regret this. 6 years is a very long time to spend infront of a machine. You keep reffering to yourself and group you think you belong to as "us".You share NOTHING in common. There is a difference between your story so your advice fails.
She experienced life, obviously, and you never ever did anything else than gaming and eating. She can be that girl again, she just has to turn on hers common sense and straightner up priorities.You, on the other hand, have never been anything else. If she is dumb enough to let some virtual friends (if vent voice and pic on forum means that) that will never ever mean anything to her (suffice to say they mean everything to you) become more important to her then hers boyfriend then she should stay in that fucking game for good and rott in there. As you probably will. She just needs a reminder or something to trigger that. She has to become aware of what is she doing to herself. You on the other hand "admit" you have a problem. Well, i think i dont have to say that you obviously dont know that you have one. Its not that you dont have social skills, its just that people dont want to have you around. And that attitude was built by gaming. I have nothing against gaming and i was once a hc gamer myself and i still play WoW but post i qouted is one of dumbest, shitties excuses to make yourself feel better i have ever red on this forum. And that takes skill.
Both me and my GF play WoW every day for few hours. But guess what. We talk what we want to do after, or why we shouldnt neglect other things . My brain tells me this is enormous waste of time, and so does hers.
and 1 more thing. Fuck you. Life hateing (19y old give me a fucking break), bitter ppl make me sick.
again. sry for my english
if you think warcraft is like crack, wait until your girlfirend discovers facebook games. oh the joy of seeing her play farmville....
All I can say is to get involved with her in losing weight. Don't tell her she is fat, and don't be negative. Tell her you want to get in shape, and you want her involved to keep you motivated. Start eating right, and stop going to McDonald's and ordering pizza.
Or go the easy way, and dump her. Find a gf that wants to take care of herself, and is ambitious. Of course, a woman like that is going to want the same in a man.
i dont think that. i think gaming addiction is most idiotic thing ever. No1 forces you to play nor it affects your physical or mental state. its made up.
She knows that shit exists. And thinks of it same as me. Worst crap ever. Im lucky enough to have a gril with brain that also plays games (yes that exists)
Um. There are girls out there like me. There ARE girls that devote a lot of their time to gaming, like I do. Great, you don't agree with my life choices but I'm not going to shove my beliefs down your throat either. You remind me of Jehovah's witnesses that come at my door attempting to save my soul and change my ways or something. I'm happy. I'm perfectly 100% happy with having no real life and just gaming. You've never seen me, met me, or held a real conversation with me. Who are you to pass judgment on how I live my life? You don't know the communities I'm a part of and you don't know my friends. How do you know that there aren't chicks like me in the world? My L4D2 all girls team? Same situation and each one of those girls are drop dead gorgeous, IMO. I've done nothing but sit on my ass and eat? Like I said, I go to a military school. I have to pass physical fitness tests in order to stay IN school. So... um... okay. You're going to pass judgment on my looks and physical shape from a forum post. Makes sense. Is this what real life teaches you? If so, damn. I'm definitely staying in my little cave.
'You on the other hand "admit" you have a problem. Well, i think i dont have to say that you obviously dont know that you have one.'
^ I don't even know what you're trying to say here... it's like saying, "You say you have an apple, but you obviously don't know that you have an apple." Wait... what?
Oh, one more thing.
LOL U MAD?!
Thats funny, cause i am in the same profession you are getting into. i wont say whati do though. but its similar and i can tell you sitting on your ass playing a video game is not going to ge you spot on a department. You have to pass an agility test. not gonna do that when you can't run 4 steps and kealing over cause you can't breath. So YES everything i said has alot to do with everything. you are going to get NO WHERE with you selected career unless you get off you ass and do something about it. book smarts will only get you so far.
That being said. yes i like to game. I have played wow for 5 years but i didn't spend 12+ hours a day doing it.
Makes perfect sense to me, in fact, I think there was a movie where a zen-type guy holds up an apple and says it's an orange, while the other guy looks at him like "we both know it's an apple".
Same thing applies to people who say they are addicted to games, when it's impossible to be addicted to a waste of time. You can supplement anything else into that need to waste daylight, like TV, if that was even an option anymore...
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I think you are kidding yourself if you don't "believe" gaming addictions are not real.
People can get addicted to just about anything. Yes, it is the person, but people do get addicted to some crazy things.
Gaming gives some of the same chemical reactions that drugs do. Just like Gambling, or drinking, or cutting yourself because of the pain euphoria.
Also, troll post is troll.
i didnt even doubt that you have all girl playmates as your team. Yes. If you sit on your ass all day and eat you become gorgeous. No really.
You do.
Pointless discussion. And fuck no im not religious person.
Yes. Ppl can get addicted to a shitload of stuff. But there are very few addiction that are justified. So yea. Also the gambling bit is exactly the same as gaming. Its all in your brain.Common sense. If you are stupid enough to ruin your life and lives of ppl around you then you mister are stupid as hell. no exceptions being made. NONE.
You just cant get addicted to sitting and stareing at flashing lights. There is no physical aspect to it. Unlike heroin alchohol cigs and what not where you get in serious pain if you dont continue. If you still dont know at what im getting at then i dont know what to say.
again. i wish my eng was better.
People aren't addicted to games, because it would show them leaning towards just one in particular - like how people treat drugs. A WoW player can suppliment his need to waste time in other games until it starts to grind on him. It's all about making today turn into tomorrow, without having to suffer the effects of feeling that time pass. I've seen WoW players freak out over not getting into the game, but the moment they play something else it's pretty much forgotten until they get tired of playing that.
It's like when people freak out when they lose their internet connection. it's not because they need the internet, they just prefer it as their main timewaster. It forces them to go back to TV.
God, if I actually had to deal with everyday life without the internet to console me, I wouldn't last very long... it's pure escapism, and it doesn't matter what you do, as long as you don't have to deal with RL.
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Sorry, but there is a lot of evidence proving that people can become addicted to games. Reasons may vary, but the addiction applies.
You should watch some documentaries about mmo gamers. It's enlightening and kind of pathetic. One guy was so addicted to WoW that he lost his job, his wife, his house got forclosed, and he sought treatment for his addiction. At the time, he said the treatment did not work, however within 6 months he'd lost 50 lbs, gotten a fulltime job, and exercised regularly.
I see you're a game designer, that's a good reason to say people can't get addicted to games, but you should share the truth, not bury it. You can become addicted to anything; in fact, everyone is addicted to air, without it we cannot survive. Some people are addicted to carbohydrates, others are addicted to sex. Some people are addicted to fuzzy computer characters.
I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't admit that gaming addiction is a very serious issue.
Like I said in above post, I go to a military school. I need to pass a first class PFT to stay in the program.
24 hours in a day= 8 hours of school and hw. 2 hours of PT. 2 hours for meals and hygeine. 3 hours to sleep. That leaves... 9 hours of gaming. Time management. ^_^
Wait... "If you sit on your ass all day and eat you become gorgeous. No really. You do."
What. The Fuck. Are you trying to say.
I'm not going to post my picture just to prove a point, but, there are decent looking gamer chicks out there. W/e. I didn't say you were religious. I just compared you to a Jehovah's Witness. However, since you do not speak English or understand the language, this is kinda like asking a BR to do something for you in an FPS. It doesn't work out.
I am begin truthful, it's not an addiction, it's escapism. You can suppliment gaming, TV, reading or even jogging as your route to not deal with the things you have to do. Games are just the obvious target because they can be entertaining for far longer periods than any lineup on a TV network, and doesn't get you fatigued like exercise.
That guy would have been avoiding his responsibilites regardless of whether he had a crack problem, or just can't stop watching Oprah. The psychological addiction is in trying to avoid what you have to do, doesn't matter what the route is, and without there actually being drugs involved, there is no physical addiction to even consider. All in your head, mang.
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I guess if you present it that way I can't argue with your logic. You're right, most addictions are based in escapism. Apologies, I wasn't trying to be confrontational. You're also right that most addictions are psychological. I stand by my air argument, though
I wouldn't have come to that conclusion if I didn't suffer from it myself. Only thing is that I don't have a preferred game atm, so I am more than happy to just troll these forums, watch hulu or break.com, even play a game of Civ 4 with no intent of actually beating it. It's all about making time pass, because life has a tendancy to suck.
With that said, the OP should take his chick outside and remind her that sometimes it's worth living. At least before it's too late and you discover you wasted it.
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Honestly any person with an addictive personality can go this way. Many facets of life can be like this, living for your car, for your clothes, your clubbing, your sterio, and yes your video games. These people, from my experiences, are folks that have something else going wrong that leads them to make the game a substitute. Something is missing or making the person want escape and not caring about the outside world. Be it work, relationship, family, etc. Something is forcing this, the game is not the focus. Finding out what is really wrong should be.
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People just have a tendency to get depressed and dig themselves in further.
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still waiting for a PM from the future cop and the dude with the fat wow playing chick still wanna nail them!