Manchild Fails In Life, Blames Video Games (Then Makes A Video About It) - by june gloom
SubJeff on 23/3/2010 at 01:10
"problems caused by excessive game playing, whether it be computer, video, console, or on-line."
These guys don't know anything about games at all, do they?
Oh, wait, its a satire site, right?
Vivian on 23/3/2010 at 13:36
I just scan-read the first paragraph and saw 'self-help fellowship' as 'self fellatio'. Some kind of sympathetic freudian slip?
polytourist97 on 13/4/2010 at 16:44
Quote Posted by On-Line Gamers Anonymous Screening tool for excessive gamers
-Are you unable to predict time spent gaming?
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- Do you feel a sudden rush of intense joy/sense of euphoria and relaxation after an in-game accomplishment?
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- Do you often fear that life without gaming would be boring, empty, and joyless?
Oh God; it's all true. I NEED HELP.
The funny thing is, if I look at that list, and simply substitute the general notion of "gaming" with "World of Warcraft", the whole self-help angle doesn't seem so ridiculous.
Avalon on 13/4/2010 at 21:19
Quote Posted by polytourist97
Oh God; it's all true. I NEED HELP.
The funny thing is, if I look at that list, and simply substitute the general notion of "gaming" with "World of Warcraft", the whole self-help angle doesn't seem so ridiculous.
Really, if someone were to apply that gigantic list of things to
anything they do, they'll probably come to the conclusion that they're addicted to that thing. The only question that matters is:
Does it hinder you from leading your life - by getting you fired from work or evicted from your home?
Maybe tack leading a successful relationship on there, but as someone who has initiated a breakup with multiple girlfriends because they interfered with my "fun time (gaming included)," I would disagree on a case by case basis. Someone who hinders you from enjoying your off-time, rather than participates in the things you enjoy, isn't a long-term winner.
I've known 3 different people who had their lives "ruined by gaming," but eventually they all came to the conclusion that if it wasn't video games, it would've been something else. The life-ruining addiction is always just a symptom of another problem.
gunsmoke on 14/4/2010 at 17:52
Quote Posted by Avalon
Someone who hinders you from enjoying your off-time, rather than participates in the things you enjoy, isn't a long-term winner.
So true.
Quote Posted by Avalon
I've known 3 different people who had their lives "ruined by gaming," but eventually they all came to the conclusion that if it wasn't video games, it would've been something else. The life-ruining addiction is always just a symptom of another problem.
Yup, addictive personalities usually just transfer their current addiction to another one unless they do actual work at the root of the problem. Case in point: being a cocaine addict, going cold-turkey, finding WoW and diving into that with the same fervor as the cocaine, resulting in no actual progress on bettering their life and situation. It is just as devastating, just maybe in a different way. They will consume the game and it will become the center of their personal universe just as cocaine once did. Hence, the underlying problem wasn't addressed. The addict doesn't see it, though. Since WoW isn't 'illegal' like cocaine, they see themselves as successful. It is even HARDER to now cure them of this new transferred addiction than the original cocaine addiction was. They simply don't see it the same, and tend to see their efforts to spend their time on something they construe as positive as what's hoding their sobriety together. They see anyone's attempts to break them of the WoW habit as sabotaging their entire sobriety. It is a very deep and ugly problem in these 'instances' (lol, no pun intended).
polytourist97 on 15/4/2010 at 18:16
Quote Posted by Avalon
Really, if someone were to apply that gigantic list of things to
anything they do, they'll probably come to the conclusion that they're addicted to that thing.
Yeah, that was kind of the point I was trying to make with my more vague, veiled (failed?) attempt at humor.
Quote Posted by Avalon
I've known 3 different people who had their lives "ruined by gaming," but eventually they all came to the conclusion that if it wasn't video games, it would've been something else. The life-ruining addiction is always just a symptom of another problem.
Yep. I play games a lot, but I can honestly say it has never been a problem. Unlike some friends I've had who would play certain games and "have" to sneak away from their girlfriends at night, or "have" to play while at work/school, or "have" to pay a LOT of extra money for in-game currency (illegally)... but it was always a personal problem, never a problem with the actual game they were playing. I knew other friends that played the same games just as much, but I wouldn't consider them to have had a problem because they didn't exhibit the tendency to let the game infringe upon the other aspects of their life to a degree that would make me say "wtf?".
Matthew on 15/4/2010 at 18:38
Ultima VI ruined my Geography A-level. Truth.
Sulphur on 15/4/2010 at 19:23
Few things finer than that to ruin your studies with, Ultima VII being one of them. Got caned to nearly an inch of my life for that. No regrets, though. :cool:
Namdrol on 15/4/2010 at 21:48
My O levels were pretty much ruined by a multitude of ZX Spectrum games, Commando, Elite and some Carnival platformer being the highlights. They asked me to leave school before I had a chance to ruin my A-levels with Speedball on the Amiga.
Vernon on 19/4/2010 at 14:27
loving the neckbeard denial itt
