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[smarteth]

Pot is the wrong drug to compare it to.

Maybe smoking would be more appropriate. It's metally addictive, it's possible you can do without letting it fuck up your life, it's a good timekiller and although you know it's bad for you if you do it too much you don't really want to quit.

How is smoking more appropriate of an example than pot? I know alot of people who take pot seriously and actually have an addiction to it

Otaku, you'll be surprised that MANY middle/high/college students actually have NO self control when it comes to some things and that it's a teenie bit over 1%.

[Shaun.]

How is smoking more appropriate of an example than pot? I know alot of people who take pot seriously and actually have an addiction to it

Otaku, you'll be surprised that MANY middle/high/college students actually have NO self control when it comes to some things and that it's a teenie bit over 1%.

Yes, but pot generally isn't addictive.

I miss my gaming addiction tbh.

[smarteth]

Yes, but pot generally isn't addictive.

I miss my gaming addiction tbh.

of course, it could be more than just that.. mental addiction.. hell I could get addicted to picking my nose.. though that's more of a habit

[Mevado]

if your able to get addicted to a freaking game, you needed help LONG ago.

[Hellswarm]

I'm pr0 at gaming, pr0 at life. My friends think it's really strange that I'm a geek yet I'm one of the most athletic in my grade.

[Dgamer]

well i know ive left some homework undone in the past because of gaming....

[Clintonio]

How is smoking more appropriate of an example than pot? I know alot of people who take pot seriously and actually have an addiction to it

Otaku, you'll be surprised that MANY middle/high/college students actually have NO self control when it comes to some things and that it's a teenie bit over 1%.

Er. I would like to point out that just because you got addicted and regret it does not mean "most teens" will be addicted. Actually most hardcore games DO sleep so they don't get fatigued. And they DO have to do other things so they can earn money/ education. There is a TINY percent of gamers that actually get addicted to games (Maybe I don't mean addicted. Maybe I just mean "Go overboard")

Seriously, before posting get your facts right.

Also people who think they are "addicted" to games are usually just in a state where they find gaming so enjoyable it overshadows other hobbies/ activities.

[ArKonIte]

I'm pretty sure the soul purpose of games is to have fun

[loopy]

When do you think you'll stop playing games? Do you think that people with high paying professional jobs have time to play games? Do you think any successful(as in a good paying, professional job) has time to play games? If you never play games, you will have time to study and learn valuable things that get you closer to a good college, but playing games is just a waste of time that will ruin your life.

Actually, quite a few high paid professionals play computer games, the CEO of Dell, for one (and yes, there are not many professionals play computer games, but that is mainly because computer games are a relatively recent phenomenon, and that they haven't really had a chance to work their way up the age brackets yet. Of course, there are plenty of professional programmers and network administrators, systems engineers and the like who play computer games.

Also, you are slightly generalising. While I hold the opinion myself that MMORPG's are generally addicting (I played WoW for two years approx.), playing them does not automatically mean that you will fail at life. Many people who work extremely hard at their jobs and in their studies use gaming as a method of relaxing in the precious few hours they get off. I will use the New York Times article on gaming in South Korea as an example. Most of the students there go to school from 8am to 8pm in the holidays, longer during the school term. Most students there use gaming as a much needed release-valve to the stresses of everyday life.

There is no concrete proof that gaming of any kind other than MMORPG's causes addiction, and if you choose to play a computer game for 8-10 hours a day, you then can't turn around and say "it was the games fault" when you fail. Its your own.

My $0.02

[ZA RODINA]

@OP

You suck. Seriously, harden the fuck up. Don't talk about unsintalling WOW as if its like getting off drugs

[Garamiah]

Games are not addictive, that's all there is to it. GG, end of story, I win, lock please.

try telling that to your parents

[frostassasin]

try telling that to your parents

He probably has...
I know I have, and they listen to me too.

[Dark Exodus]

I agree with Rodina.

I'm pr0 at gaming, pr0 at life. My friends think it's really strange that I'm a geek yet I'm one of the most athletic in my grade.

No offense, but the fact that you are bragging on a geeky internet forum somewhat detracts from the credibility of this.

of course, it could be more than just that.. mental addiction.. hell I could get addicted to picking my nose.. though that's more of a habit

A mental addiction is distinct from a physical addiction however. Doing something because you enjoy it is different from doing something because your body is telling you it needs it. Nicotine causes physical addiction, pot does not.

If you never play games, you will have time to study and learn valuable things that get you closer to a good college, but playing games is just a waste of time that will ruin your life.

The same could be said of any activity which overshadows all others. Games are just another form of media, like books or films.

I also feel sympathy if all you want to achieve in life is material wealth through a good job.

[otaku_4_life]

try telling that to your parents

My mom's all like "OMG UR GUNNA LIEK DROP OUTTA SCHOOL IF U DUN GET LIEK 100% U R FAIL LOL"

But my dad plays BF2, as well, and understands .

[BlightedArt]

Funny how people say that games aren't addictive simply because they themselves aren't addicted to them.

I could say that you cannot be an alchoholic because I'm not addicted to drinking alchohol.

WRONG.

[Haplo]

that song made me sleepy

[Eagleeye]

well i know ive left some homework undone in the past because of gaming....

No no u didnt. youn left hw undone becuz of the same reason i do. You're a lazy bastard just like me. I'm so tired of people talking about how addicting a game is and how it ruins ur life and how horrible it is. Look if you call video games addicting then u must call reading, sports and girl friends addicting. And you'd be wrong on all accounts. An addiction mean u physically will have trouble living without something. You play WoW because its fun and you want to see your character develop. Not because if you stop you'll have trouble sleeping and you'll have physically withdrawl like throwing up or becoming sick. I do the same thing whenever I read a good book or now when I have a girlfriend that I really like. I've blew off countless hw assignments because she wanted to hang out or i couldnt put a book down. Theres nothing more wrong with playing video games too much than there is with reading too much or dating too much. So stfu your not addicted your just having a good time. Which is what life is all about. At the most you should just chill a bit don't stop doing something you like becuz a bunch of no nothings say you're addicted.

[Tw!sT3d Sn!p3r]

I am a gamer for life, but I will continue to have a social life unlike one of my friends. He has almost completly given up everything for WoW and games, he felt people judged him too harshly, and now he quit school, I go over to his house, its just not the same... But I would never stop playing Video Games.

[hu6h35y]

it's gets on my nerves how every time people make an article/ programme, WoW seems to be what it is all about, and not many other games get mentioned.

[Bruce Fwaaa]

it's gets on my nerves how every time people make an article/ programme, WoW seems to be what it is all about, and not many other games get mentioned.

they use it because its probably the best modern day example of an addiction in gaming terms. and yes, people do get addicted to WoW.

[edit] for all the people trying to figure out whether or not pot is addictive... why? lol. OP just meant that WoW is addictive, surely you could tell that