This is a brilliant post. Made me see things in a new way. +1
I have to say, Guild Wars is a very fun game. I have made many friends playing this game and I only play 1-2 hours at a time. So there is no addiction
That's odd, look at the pricing. $136 for 1-60 and then $299 for 1-70 but 60-70 costs $106. So, the smart person would pay for getting 1-60 at $136, then buying 60-70 for a grand total of $242 in 20-29 days. Thus, those who buy the level 1-70 option are chumps.Ty wrote:
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I'm completly with you on this because I've been there myself. MMORPG are the devil, if they are produced by some experts. I know it sounds like a conspiration theorie but they perfectly know the things to get you addicted.
Many people might think that this is just some pathetic blabla and that you cant get addicted to a video game (and I did that too a few years ago...) but it happend to me and my girlfriend an we almost lost our relationship over it. We both started playing WoW at the same time and spent a whole shitload of time with this game. At some point after 8 months (beta not counted) it snapped in my brain and I decided to throw the game away after realizing how much time I spent in it (and believe me, my bf2 time is absolutely nothing compared to that). Unfortunately my girlfriend did not stop and it was just then that I realized how much time we spent 'together' in this game, without actually being together. We sat right next to each other and sure we did our talking n stuff but all in all it was just about the game and our cool so called 'friends' in this game. After some endless months in which we almost split up she finally decided to stop as well and ever since our relationshop recovered and became better - which I'm very thankful for. Anyway, so much for my personal shmu.
WoW (as many other MMORPG) gives you the wrong idea, that you are still in some sort of social environment through this whole guild shit (again something I used to believe too) but if you take a more critical stance towards it, you will come to realize that this is very limited. As long as you are connected, you will be part of this group, but if you log out, they will forget you eventually (few exceptions maybe). The problem about this network is, that people do not realize how much time they spend alone. They think they are with friends but at the end of the day you sit alone in front of your computer.
I think most people dont realize that games can be as addictive as alcohol or any other hard drugs. Like Ty said, this is not about baning those games. But people need to be aware of this issue (especially parents) so that they made be able to pull the emergency break, if one of their friends or kids gets involved too much.
Many people might think that this is just some pathetic blabla and that you cant get addicted to a video game (and I did that too a few years ago...) but it happend to me and my girlfriend an we almost lost our relationship over it. We both started playing WoW at the same time and spent a whole shitload of time with this game. At some point after 8 months (beta not counted) it snapped in my brain and I decided to throw the game away after realizing how much time I spent in it (and believe me, my bf2 time is absolutely nothing compared to that). Unfortunately my girlfriend did not stop and it was just then that I realized how much time we spent 'together' in this game, without actually being together. We sat right next to each other and sure we did our talking n stuff but all in all it was just about the game and our cool so called 'friends' in this game. After some endless months in which we almost split up she finally decided to stop as well and ever since our relationshop recovered and became better - which I'm very thankful for. Anyway, so much for my personal shmu.
WoW (as many other MMORPG) gives you the wrong idea, that you are still in some sort of social environment through this whole guild shit (again something I used to believe too) but if you take a more critical stance towards it, you will come to realize that this is very limited. As long as you are connected, you will be part of this group, but if you log out, they will forget you eventually (few exceptions maybe). The problem about this network is, that people do not realize how much time they spend alone. They think they are with friends but at the end of the day you sit alone in front of your computer.
I think most people dont realize that games can be as addictive as alcohol or any other hard drugs. Like Ty said, this is not about baning those games. But people need to be aware of this issue (especially parents) so that they made be able to pull the emergency break, if one of their friends or kids gets involved too much.
Its called Natural Selection. If you loose your marbles because you lost in a video game, how the hell are you going to live in ...*gasp*VaLzbeStoNeD wrote:
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And I disagree about makin games like WoW illegal, just because someone decided to jump out of window after losing his Tier 10000 set. It's not the game who told him "C'mon! Jump! There's nothing worth left in your life/account! Just quit it!", the problem is in the ppl, if they're too weak to quit/treat it like a game they deserve a... lesson. Imo, it all depends on the person who plays the game.
[dramatic music] REAL LIFE?
Wow that is pretty nuts. Then again I never even KNEW you could buy hacks before BF2.
I've been "addicted" to lots of games, dang I can't tell you how many thousands of hours I must have played SimCity4.
I never would have considered buying a city or a map.
I spent tons of time on GTA:SanAndreas and finally Uploaded my save file to a Forum so someone could do my airport missions for me so I could advance in the game. I posted him a thank you and had to swallow my pride in admitting I couldn't fly but I didn't pay one penny.
Why do they pay to get the levels?
I've never played WoW so tell me if I'm comparing apples to oranges.
I've been "addicted" to lots of games, dang I can't tell you how many thousands of hours I must have played SimCity4.
I never would have considered buying a city or a map.
I spent tons of time on GTA:SanAndreas and finally Uploaded my save file to a Forum so someone could do my airport missions for me so I could advance in the game. I posted him a thank you and had to swallow my pride in admitting I couldn't fly but I didn't pay one penny.
Why do they pay to get the levels?
I've never played WoW so tell me if I'm comparing apples to oranges.
i heard that in china they have hundreds of little asian kids;aged 8-12 play wow to gain super items and shit and ebay it. ..............LOL JUST j/k.........i hope...
It's about setting goals and accomplishing them. It's fun to try for those tough awards. Honestly I've always found it fun to go for those awards that make sense. But for others that I don't care about I just ignore. Why would you care how people have fun anyways?usmarine2005 wrote:
What concerns me is people still play BF2 and care about the stats.
I didn't start a thread about it. It just concerns me.Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:
It's about setting goals and accomplishing them. It's fun to try for those tough awards. Honestly I've always found it fun to go for those awards that make sense. But for others that I don't care about I just ignore. Why would you care how people have fun anyways?usmarine2005 wrote:
What concerns me is people still play BF2 and care about the stats.
yeah its pretty addictive, that's where I've been instead of posting on here or putting bullets in people in BF2 /BF 2142 . I still play Battlefield games, I just REALLY want to get to level 58 then I can go through 'The Dark Portal'