Addiction.

[fishman550]

Theres alot of things flying around about addiction to gaming (foremost WoW and its player deaths).

the latest game related death i've heard of is a game called Legend of Mir and he spent alot of time, money and effort getting i think it was the best sword in the game (there was like 2 of them in the game ever) and somebody hacked his account and stole it and he killed himself.

i think something should be done about hours logged, say if your logged on for 24 hours straight, it should log you off and not let you on for a set amount of hours to be honest. what do you think?

[MoB Adorable]

Yeah maybe they should set a time limit on games how long people can play a day? I know I used to play Halo 2 day and night. Maybe sleeping 3 or 4 hours a night. I wouldn't eat that much either because I would rather play Halo 2 then eat.

[fishman550]

yeah that happened with me and runescape, 16 hours a day average, i used to go on sprees of like 22 hours a day and sleep for about an hour and i woke up and felt like i needed more items and more gold so i got up and played again, not nice.

[edx]

I played runescape for 3 months for 18 hours a day. I put in 100 days of game play in WoW out of 215 actual days. Punishing those who can psychologically handle heavy gaming time doesn't make sense to me. Game makers are NOT my parents, not to mention I'm old enough to make my own decisions about time management.

[PMS Kahlo]

i think something should be done about hours logged, say if your logged on for 24 hours straight, it should log you off and not let you on for a set amount of hours to be honest. what do you think?

Or maybe people should have a little bit of self control. Honestly I think the people who die from gaming are stupid and deserve to die. If you can't get up to feed yourself or release bodily functions, then you have a problem. :eek:

[Dizzydude]

But some people have really addictive personalities and they can't really control themselves. The guy who died in Korea while playing WoW didn't stand up for a long time so a clot formed in his legs and he ended up dying.

I've lost the majority of my friends to WoW, and a couple of them actually pay for bots to do the "work" for them... umm okay, yea I thought games were supposed to be fun, not a chore?

I've played WoW a couple of times before and I can see how it would be addicting (mostly the playing online with your friends part), but I don't find it that much fun at all, I think it's overrated. I mean you are playing this game constantly, you are putting in huge hours, quite a bit of money (unless your mommy's and daddy's are paying for it) and you're not getting anything out of it. Yes it's fun, I can see that (I mean I clocked in just over 100 hours into Oblivion and I had a blast. I just thought that I had enough...plus there were no more achievements to get...jk :rolleyes: ) but when it turns into an obsession, that's where I think you personally need to draw the line.

There are actually classes to curb that addiction to gaming, so if you look at it, those types of games are like a drug to some people. Some of my friends said they could stop if they wanted but they just don't want to. Uhh surrre, especially with the latest expansion coming out for WoW (which puts the level cap to 70), I don't think that will be anytime soon.

How do you know who can handle those types of games? When everyone who I've seen has become addicted to WoW just by playing the trial (I've fought the plague). A good buddy always made fun of WoW calling it stupid, and guess what...he's started playing and in a short time he's put in huge hours already. He's over level 30 by now, and he got it not too long ago.

Soon I'm going to start repeating myself, so I should probably stop.

So all in all, I think it's ridiculous some people and their gaming habits. Get some freaking control over yourself, go out with friends (if you still have any left who aren't WoW zombies), see a movie, go party it up. If you want to stay in then read a book, draw a picture, do some math or workout (you'll release endorphins (happy feelings) when you do, so you'll feel good and give your body something to do...other then your eyes, wrists and fingers which you've probably been overtraining anyway... so you won't have to work those as hard when in the gym :p )

[FLIPTAKU]

Yeah maybe they should set a time limit on games how long people can play a day? I know I used to play Halo 2 day and night. Maybe sleeping 3 or 4 hours a night. I wouldn't eat that much either because I would rather play Halo 2 then eat.

sounds liek me lol

[viskey]

lol but i agree really a little self control or maybe to get out the house a little may be helpful... i remember when fishman was addicted to runescape aswell really well as i can remember invitin him out loads of times just for him to make excuses like he was ill... it made me think he didn't like me anymore :(

[fishman550]

:( sorry viskeykins, didnt know what i was doing, forgive meeeeee :(

[viskey]

its ok.. i did... then i did a little more.... and then a little bit more later;)

[icy]

Since I'm in summer school, my dad set up a curfew for me. I'd get off at 8:30 and go to bed a 10:00 pm (regular bedtime for school days) and then on weekends I'd have to get off at 12:00 am. That's where I FunnyBunnyFunnyBunnyFunnyBunnyFunnyBunnyed up, stayed up two hours past and fell asleep in the living room and dad caught me. Now I just have to follow his rules and get him to trust me to get off and go to bed on time so I can play again. Anybody think it was fair of him to unplug my xbox and not let me play it for a month? Yeah I'm addicted, but I take my gaming seriously.

[viskey]

omg kill him..... i mean...shhhhh

[fishman550]

harper your father sounds like someone i know by the name of bernie, doesnt understand sh*t all and thinks hes always right, fool.