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[butlerfamilywa]

Seriously, follow this link, and actually read it...

No, seriously, read it, not just skim it.

Tell me how many of you have had this feeling in your life..

<-- me.

http://kotaku.com/5384643/i-kept-pla...ming-addiction

[KKDragonLord]

people will not usually want to read random things

they will not even care to try when they don't know what its about

and finally, following a link to an external site is not only tedious, but maybe dangerous as well.

Get a quote, explain what it is, and then people can start discussing it and some might even read it!

[AyumiAmakusa]

I've just read it. No viruses or anything like that. It's a story about a guy being addicted to video games. Pfft. What a loser

EDIT: I've learnt how to control my gaming at a very young age. Never been addicted, never will.

[butlerfamilywa]

How addictive MMO's can lead to unhappy lives..

~~**The woman I had once told was the love of my life was sitting undressed in my bed not a foot away from my computer desk, begging me to join her, and I kept putting it off. I was so close to level 40 I could taste it.**~~

I've been there, sadly... being so close to level 20 on my 2nd TR that I just couldn't be bothered to leave the computer.. for any reason...


Wow... Ya know, this is basically a story that a blogger wrote in regards to his addiction issues with MMO's.

He now writes for them.

Read it please, discuss it if you like.. but at least read it.. kinda makes me feel not alone when I sit here on the forums, going over DPS numbers for hours upon hours upon days to get the correct formula for Monk DPS in DDO...

[Consumer]

people will not usually want to read random things

they will not even care to try when they don't know what its about

and finally, following a link to an external site is not only tedious, but maybe dangerous as well.

Get a quote, explain what it is, and then people can start discussing it and some might even read it!

A TLDR would have been much faster.


I get bored very quickly so unless I'm in a zerging group I'll log off every other quest and do something else.

It shouldn't take more than an hour to work out DPS by hand for any class lol.

[butlerfamilywa]

A TLDR would have been much faster.


I get bored very quickly so unless I'm in a zerging group I'll log off every other quest and do something else.

It shouldn't take more than an hour to work out DPS by hand for any class lol.

HA, I wish that was true, however with Monks you have to calculate which strikes your using against each boss, which handwraps, which bursting rings, buffs, how each ki strike affects each strike, how many times, ect.. as well as the damage from criticals from earth strikes and vorpals on fists of darkness ect ect ect...

The DPS from a Monk comes from so many different sources that it truly is the most difficult class i've had to work out DPS numbers for, even more so now with the changes to TWF that came in U5, and the 10% double strike, offhand procs, ect ect ect


oh, whats a TLDR?

[Rasczak]

booo...thought this was another poor sap...same one.

I mean who doesn't take a 'quick' afk for nekkid time?

Idjut......

[Fenrisulven6]

Okay, here's the short rebuttal:

Anything can be addictive and taken to the extreme. From DDO to political activism to cat herding.

Its not the tool, its the person wielding it.

[butlerfamilywa]

Agree'd. However, how many of us can stop and say... you know, I have this person I play online with... i wonder what they do for the 3 hours it seems their not online...

I posted this just to get folks to stop and think...

MMO's can become an addiction, but being aware that they can, can make it easier to avoid it While it might not be an issue for you (denial is the first sign of addiction fyi LOL), it might be someone you know

Like the Completionist players we have currently on their 8th, 9th, even 10th class.

[Lilliana]

oh, whats a TLDR?

TLDR or TL;DR is short for Too Long, Didn't Read.

[butlerfamilywa]

Tyvm

[flynnjsw]

Agree'd. However, how many of us can stop and say... you know, I have this person I play online with... i wonder what they do for the 3 hours it seems their not online...

I posted this just to get folks to stop and think...

MMO's can become an addiction, but being aware that they can, can make it easier to avoid it While it might not be an issue for you (denial is the first sign of addiction fyi LOL), it might be someone you know

Like the Completionist players we have currently on their 8th, 9th, even 10th class.

I don't think that's true (in red)even in the slightest. People KNOW drugs are addictive, but they still try them and use them. Some people never becaome addicted because they do not have the personality type. As a poster above stated, anything can be addictive.

[Ystradmynach]

I don't think that's true (in red)even in the slightest. People KNOW drugs are addictive, but they still try them and use them. Some people never becaome addicted because they do not have the personality type. As a poster above stated, anything can be addictive.

People are less likely to try and become addicted to drugs if they know the dangers of the drugs in question beforehand. And I also very much doubt anyone could avoid chemical addiction if they were to take an addictive drug for a long enough period, personality doesn't really play into it, except maybe in their likelihood of recovering from an addiction afterwords.

Of course video games are not physically addictive, but at the same time I don't think you can label a person as just someone who is going to be an addict while another person is safe. Saying someone has an addictive personality is just a way to rationalize why someone takes an activity to such an extreme that they destroy everything else in their lives and someone else doesn't. On the other hand, I've known drug addicts who have set clear boundaries for their behavior as to how far they are willing to go to get high, so that they can lead nearly normal lives while still being physically addicted to drugs.

[flynnjsw]

People are less likely to try and become addicted to drugs if they know the dangers of the drugs in question beforehand. And I also very much doubt anyone could avoid chemical addiction if they were to take an addictive drug for a long enough period, personality doesn't really play into it, except maybe in their likelihood of recovering from an addiction afterwords.

Of course video games are not physically addictive, but at the same time I don't think you can label a person as just someone who is going to be an addict while another person is safe. Saying someone has an addictive personality is just a way to rationalize why someone takes an activity to such an extreme that they destroy everything else in their lives and someone else doesn't. On the other hand, I've known drug addicts who have set clear boundaries for their behavior as to how far they are willing to go to get high, so that they can lead nearly normal lives while still being physically addicted to drugs.

Let me reply to this one point at a time;

EVERYONE knows how addictive drugs are. In our society, it is fed to us on a daily basis through every form of media. There is no escaping the information unless you live somewhere totally isolated from the rest of the world. It is taught (at an ever decreasing age) in schools. There is no reason anyone can claim ignorance as far as this goes.

No, there is no way to be able to tell who is likely to become addicted to one thing or another; however, there are people and personality types that are more at risk than others.

As far as the person who sets limits on themselves with their addiction; that's all wonderful, but one of the kickers about any of the illicit drugs is the lowering of inhibitions. They may be able to set themselves a limit now, but unless they have the personal willpower greater than the sum of every other drug user on the planet, then they will slip. If that is NOT the case, then there is no reason that they can not shake the physical addiction.