i personally think all these people who died or shot themselves or whatever just dotn wanna accept responsiblity, like many of u are saying, its not the games fault at all, its the idiots who spend days and days infrotn of their pc. i mean this numbskull in china or wherever who keeled over from playign counterstrike for so long died in a net cafe i think, now think of this net cafes are usuallly packed with people, and if this dude never left even to take a piss or a number 2 and just went on himself dotn u htink the people around him would have eventually smelled his funk and complained about it.
I myself play world of warcraft and love it, i dont care what people say aobut the game that it sucks or its not even in the top ranking of mmorpg, who care a flying &*#@, i play it cause its where i know the most people and have the most fun. i have a great outside the game life, i work, have a decent reltionship with my folks i still do live at home at 25 but hey they let me live eat and do whatever for free! now who can really pass that up. Given if soem of u know me i posted a fourum in WoW general disscuion abotu beign a ingame currency buyer ADDICT which i was, till now, i stopped buying ingame cash cause my 55 toon is a money maker.
Anyway asides from all this i think games that dont end forever are a escape from reality and they can be used for this AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE PLAYING ARE NOT TOTALLY IDIOTS WHO BELIVE IN IT TOO MUCH this meaning well like this for example grand theft auto got into so much trouble numerous times not just cause of their whole san andreas thing but because people who are tards think they can actually do this in real life and get away with it. Well folks a game u can simply push reset or turn it off and everything and everyone is usually back, unlike real life where there is no reset button, one shot and on shot alone is all u get.
Now i watched this movie abotu online games and i must say i laughed to myself. people seeking counseling cause they are addicted and blah blah blah. Might not make so much sense but its what i belive in. My brother had a wedding a few weeks back i was the best man. the day of the wedding i was in a very important isntance in world of warcraft on a charator i deleted. i was all ready for the wedding and i was i nthe middle of the instance with my group. parents said it was time to go i said ok no prob let me get outta this a sec. Told my group online that i needed to go and they said ok sorry to seeya go now, i logged out left had a great 4 hours of fun and went back home.
Games are nto a addiction its the people who take them way too dang sersiously who are ruining it for the rest of us who know its just a game and u need to have a outside life. And the lady who had her child die from heatstroke needs to be shot and hung for stupidity. However thast done and done and cant be changed no reset button for her.
those are my views on this whole subject folks. i know right as i finish this and u read it u may htink diffently of me but just like ur views on game on this site. people will hate me people will agree with me I DONT CARE!!!! its what i feel. now if u will escuse me i gotta get back to work toodles
Originally posted by Grogg I'm sorry, but there comes a point where the PARENT takes responsibility and takes the damn computer away from them. Period. ...
Actually, in none of these stories did I notice the word "parents" - plural. I never heard about anyone's father being involved at all.
I'm not saying that things like video games and junk food don't cause ANY problems, but it seems like we always tend to ignore the elephants in the living room when we're trying to put our fingers on the source of society's woes.
There was a story a while back of a chap that let his toddler starve to death, because he was so engrossed in EQ. I believe he ended up in prison for quite some time.
Originally posted by Hohbein There was a story a while back of a chap that let his toddler starve to death, because he was so engrossed in EQ. I believe he ended up in prison for quite some time.
not like that.
they left the toddler inside a car. then they went to a cybercafe.
6 hours , they stepped out of the cafe and found out their baby is dead....
Originally posted by Jorev http://www3.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQSkw_rj8w I don't know about WoW, but some insist EQ did kill this guy and MMOGs can kill. It's hogwash though. They just don't want to accept personal responsibility for their actions.
Originally posted by Desu Reguarding that video.. That kid needs some friends and a girlfriend. He was probably upset at his brothers wedding because hes getting married and hes alone. Lmao i still cant get over how she blames the game because her son is a fat retard who got cheated on over a video game.. LMFAO anyway... owned :-D This lady is so annoying, What about cigeretts? They are only doing it for money. This lady should stfu and accept her son got owned
I love how the lady says "THEY MADE THE GAME SO ADDICTIVE JUST FOR MONEY, I BLAME SONY". I lmao'd... this is why people sue McDonalds because they ate food there and got obese
just like what binary said, people getting so upset cause they were betrayed by a person the ythought were their friend or their accoutn getting hacked gets them so upset that they commit susicide, well u know what i say to these complete morons who do this.......GOOD RIDDENS!!!!! now given this may sound harsh but htink aobut it. its a online game for one and people who even hold a grudge against someone can easily get a hold of their ip address or account info or whatever and hack the living *&% outta whatever they want. i msyelf got hacked to oblivion in anarchy online. had me a sweet account couple high lvls, came on one night only to see i could not access my account anymore. true as true can be i got pissed but did i grab a gun or knife and start goign ape onmsyelf....nope
simply told coustume support what happened, asked them if i could start fresh again they let me and i was back in game after uping my virus and online protection. see folks crap like this is nto worth takign ur life it just isn't all it is, is a game to have fun with. However with all these moronic people out there im betting in the future there is gonna be no games at all or its gonna be like purchasign a handgun. checkign ur back record seeing if ur prone to suicude or whatever. I fully support game companies on its not their fault, its the idiots out there who take thigns way way way over proportion
Originally posted by SlickShoes Originally posted by Jorev http://www3.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQSkw_rj8w I don't know about WoW, but some insist EQ did kill this guy and MMOGs can kill. It's hogwash though. They just don't want to accept personal responsibility for their actions.
Her website is a total joke! You can only be saved from MMORPG addiction if you accept god into your life, how about take care of your son dont let him get so depressed he doesnt wan tto talk to you and only play everquest then shoot himself becuase you can gbuy a gun anywhere in america.
Its the old if you dont believe in god your a sinner and deserve your addiction thing, classic stuff, How about just develop some self control and values, most people are sensible enough to realise when they are playing too much and there real life suffers, the people who dont are usually people who have missed out on something in life from there parents or somewhere else, maybe if the parents dont let there kids game constantly this wouldnt happen, if you bring up a kid and let them play games all day guess what theyll do when they grow up!
Cant believe these people blame the games, they just dont want to have to look closer to home!
Thats how all of the 12 step programs work. Turn your life over to a higher power. It works for some, didnt work for me. Most don't go that. I can tell you when you get addicted to something reason and self control go out the window.
Originally posted by SBC3 People really have to gte lives... I mean I play games and all but not that much! Some people need to get a girl then you start to have real fun!
hmmm, im sure my hubby would like that, but I'm not thinking it'll work for me, lol.
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Originally posted by myrrdinirl I love how the lady says "THEY MADE THE GAME SO ADDICTIVE JUST FOR MONEY, I BLAME SONY". I lmao'd... this is why people sue McDonalds because they ate food there and got obese
The only thing the word "addictive" means is that you really, really like something. By what logic can you possibly decide where to draw that imaginary line between being a self-absorbed jerk and being an "addict?"
When it comes to crossing that line, I think pop psychology may be the most addictive thing ever invented.
It gives you the right to be a complete loser, and instead of actually DOING something about it, all you have to do is let it get worse and worse until you can finally say: "I'm not a jerk, I'm an 'addict!'" And then some people will magically stop being disgusted by you and start feeling sorry for you instead.
Originally posted by kopema Originally posted by myrrdinirl I love how the lady says "THEY MADE THE GAME SO ADDICTIVE JUST FOR MONEY, I BLAME SONY". I lmao'd... this is why people sue McDonalds because they ate food there and got obese
The only thing the word "addictive" means is that you really, really like something. By what logic can you possibly decide where to draw that imaginary line between being a self-absorbed jerk and being an "addict?"
When it comes to crossing that line, I think pop psychology may be the most addictive thing ever invented.
It gives you the right to be a complete loser, and instead of actually DOING something about it, all you have to do is let it get worse and worse until you can finally say: "I'm not a jerk, I'm an 'addict!'" And then some people will magically stop being disgusted by you and start feeling sorry for you instead.
What could possibly be more addictive than that?
Very interesting theory Kopema. I'll have to chew on that one a bit. I think your right on in at least 50% of the addiction cases out there.
Dont go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. (Mark Twain)
Originally posted by nethaniah How long do you think these peoples' corpse runs were?
As far as I know, Real Life™ is pretty much run like a Diablo hard-core server, you only get to die once, so Im guessing these folks dont need to worry about doing a corpse run, and thankfully the rest of us arent getting spammed with:
OMFG GET A ^$*# LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can stand when people die over the computer. And also that video on youtube the girl is pissed because they used addicted or some form of addict in there advirtisment. Why dont you just sue every f%$% company because they used some form of addict in there Ad. Any i doubt SOE goes and makes a game to kill some on. My 16 year old brother plays WoW and when he was addicted he play for like 8 hrs. My parents were responsble and so my parents turn of my bros screen and press the power button. Now my brother plays water polo and has friends(he always did but now he gone every weekend) and a life. Parents are repsonsable. P.S Lady whos son died why didnt you call a therpist when some ones has dpression you dont let him just sit there
P.S.S I get pissed when this happens and my grammer etc is really bad
Wow...... I have been addicted to a game before...but that was Dragon Warrior 1 back in 1994.
I never really was a fan of EQ...
I used to have a friend who played EQ. His computer fan broke one time, he came running over and asked for a fan to borrow... and of course i said yeah because I thought he was using it because it was hot in his house upstairs. Two hours later I went over and he was under a blanket with like Ten fans blowing at his computer to keep it cool while playing EQ.
Now I get why SOE screwed up SWG so bad, they didn't want another death causing mmo on their hands. Good job SOE, i'm quite sure no one will play themselves to death over your crap pile of a game now.
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i personally think all these people who died or shot themselves or whatever just dotn wanna accept responsiblity, like many of u are saying, its not the games fault at all, its the idiots who spend days and days infrotn of their pc. i mean this numbskull in china or wherever who keeled over from playign counterstrike for so long died in a net cafe i think, now think of this net cafes are usuallly packed with people, and if this dude never left even to take a piss or a number 2 and just went on himself dotn u htink the people around him would have eventually smelled his funk and complained about it.
I myself play world of warcraft and love it, i dont care what people say aobut the game that it sucks or its not even in the top ranking of mmorpg, who care a flying &*#@, i play it cause its where i know the most people and have the most fun. i have a great outside the game life, i work, have a decent reltionship with my folks i still do live at home at 25 but hey they let me live eat and do whatever for free! now who can really pass that up. Given if soem of u know me i posted a fourum in WoW general disscuion abotu beign a ingame currency buyer ADDICT which i was, till now, i stopped buying ingame cash cause my 55 toon is a money maker.
Anyway asides from all this i think games that dont end forever are a escape from reality and they can be used for this AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE PLAYING ARE NOT TOTALLY IDIOTS WHO BELIVE IN IT TOO MUCH this meaning well like this for example grand theft auto got into so much trouble numerous times not just cause of their whole san andreas thing but because people who are tards think they can actually do this in real life and get away with it. Well folks a game u can simply push reset or turn it off and everything and everyone is usually back, unlike real life where there is no reset button, one shot and on shot alone is all u get.
Now i watched this movie abotu online games and i must say i laughed to myself. people seeking counseling cause they are addicted and blah blah blah. Might not make so much sense but its what i belive in. My brother had a wedding a few weeks back i was the best man. the day of the wedding i was in a very important isntance in world of warcraft on a charator i deleted. i was all ready for the wedding and i was i nthe middle of the instance with my group. parents said it was time to go i said ok no prob let me get outta this a sec. Told my group online that i needed to go and they said ok sorry to seeya go now, i logged out left had a great 4 hours of fun and went back home.
Games are nto a addiction its the people who take them way too dang sersiously who are ruining it for the rest of us who know its just a game and u need to have a outside life. And the lady who had her child die from heatstroke needs to be shot and hung for stupidity. However thast done and done and cant be changed no reset button for her.
those are my views on this whole subject folks. i know right as i finish this and u read it u may htink diffently of me but just like ur views on game on this site. people will hate me people will agree with me I DONT CARE!!!! its what i feel. now if u will escuse me i gotta get back to work toodles
Actually, in none of these stories did I notice the word "parents" - plural. I never heard about anyone's father being involved at all.
I'm not saying that things like video games and junk food don't cause ANY problems, but it seems like we always tend to ignore the elephants in the living room when we're trying to put our fingers on the source of society's woes.
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they left the toddler inside a car. then they went to a cybercafe.
6 hours , they stepped out of the cafe and found out their baby is dead....
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I love how the lady says "THEY MADE THE GAME SO ADDICTIVE JUST FOR MONEY, I BLAME SONY". I lmao'd... this is why people sue McDonalds because they ate food there and got obese
Their brain would just shrink and shrink from the effects of the game until the brain was so small that it could not support life.
Completely believable to me.
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just like what binary said, people getting so upset cause they were betrayed by a person the ythought were their friend or their accoutn getting hacked gets them so upset that they commit susicide, well u know what i say to these complete morons who do this.......GOOD RIDDENS!!!!! now given this may sound harsh but htink aobut it. its a online game for one and people who even hold a grudge against someone can easily get a hold of their ip address or account info or whatever and hack the living *&% outta whatever they want. i msyelf got hacked to oblivion in anarchy online. had me a sweet account couple high lvls, came on one night only to see i could not access my account anymore. true as true can be i got pissed but did i grab a gun or knife and start goign ape onmsyelf....nope
simply told coustume support what happened, asked them if i could start fresh again they let me and i was back in game after uping my virus and online protection. see folks crap like this is nto worth takign ur life it just isn't all it is, is a game to have fun with. However with all these moronic people out there im betting in the future there is gonna be no games at all or its gonna be like purchasign a handgun. checkign ur back record seeing if ur prone to suicude or whatever. I fully support game companies on its not their fault, its the idiots out there who take thigns way way way over proportion
Its the old if you dont believe in god your a sinner and deserve your addiction thing, classic stuff, How about just develop some self control and values, most people are sensible enough to realise when they are playing too much and there real life suffers, the people who dont are usually people who have missed out on something in life from there parents or somewhere else, maybe if the parents dont let there kids game constantly this wouldnt happen, if you bring up a kid and let them play games all day guess what theyll do when they grow up!
Cant believe these people blame the games, they just dont want to have to look closer to home!
Thats how all of the 12 step programs work. Turn your life over to a higher power. It works for some, didnt work for me. Most don't go that. I can tell you when you get addicted to something reason and self control go out the window.
Dont go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. (Mark Twain)
The only thing the word "addictive" means is that you really, really like something. By what logic can you possibly decide where to draw that imaginary line between being a self-absorbed jerk and being an "addict?"
When it comes to crossing that line, I think pop psychology may be the most addictive thing ever invented.
It gives you the right to be a complete loser, and instead of actually DOING something about it, all you have to do is let it get worse and worse until you can finally say: "I'm not a jerk, I'm an 'addict!'" And then some people will magically stop being disgusted by you and start feeling sorry for you instead.
What could possibly be more addictive than that?
The only thing the word "addictive" means is that you really, really like something. By what logic can you possibly decide where to draw that imaginary line between being a self-absorbed jerk and being an "addict?"
When it comes to crossing that line, I think pop psychology may be the most addictive thing ever invented.
It gives you the right to be a complete loser, and instead of actually DOING something about it, all you have to do is let it get worse and worse until you can finally say: "I'm not a jerk, I'm an 'addict!'" And then some people will magically stop being disgusted by you and start feeling sorry for you instead.
What could possibly be more addictive than that?
Very interesting theory Kopema. I'll have to chew on that one a bit. I think your right on in at least 50% of the addiction cases out there.
Dont go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. (Mark Twain)
i've heard 2 stories but cant really remember them.
The first one is in EQ when someone didnt sell there rare item to someone else and got kill by that person!
The second one is where a guy died after play computer for 50 hours strait
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How long do you think these peoples' corpse runs were?
As far as I know, Real Life™ is pretty much run like a Diablo hard-core server, you only get to die once, so Im guessing these folks dont need to worry about doing a corpse run, and thankfully the rest of us arent getting spammed with:
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OMFG GET A ^$*# LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can stand when people die over the computer. And also that video on youtube the girl is pissed because they used addicted or some form of addict in there advirtisment. Why dont you just sue every f%$% company because they used some form of addict in there Ad. Any i doubt SOE goes and makes a game to kill some on. My 16 year old brother plays WoW and when he was addicted he play for like 8 hrs. My parents were responsble and so my parents turn of my bros screen and press the power button. Now my brother plays water polo and has friends(he always did but now he gone every weekend) and a life. Parents are repsonsable. P.S Lady whos son died why didnt you call a therpist when some ones has dpression you dont let him just sit there
P.S.S I get pissed when this happens and my grammer etc is really bad
Wow......
I have been addicted to a game before...but that was Dragon Warrior 1 back in 1994.
I never really was a fan of EQ...
I used to have a friend who played EQ. His computer fan broke one time, he came running over and asked for a fan to borrow... and of course i said yeah because I thought he was using it because it was hot in his house upstairs.
Two hours later I went over and he was under a blanket with like Ten fans blowing at his computer to keep it cool while playing EQ.
The fool.....
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