Internet Addiction

[Zaij]

Kid addicted to computer games, crappy current affairs program runs with story

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/101637/Internet_Addiction.html

Christ, don't these parents realise that the reason these kids play so long in front of the computer is because their lives suck? What better way to escape reality than getting immersed in video games where you can pretend that people that you've never met before are your best friends.

This kid looks like a complete dork and lives in a shitty home, no wonder he looks for solace in computer games.

 

[DoughboyJones]

The reason these kids play in front of the computer all the time is because their parents LET THEM. We wouldn't have problems with BS like this if parents actually started acting like parents and making their kids get off of their increasingly large butts and DO something.

 

[SuAside]

very very very very very very old.

and i'm sure this has been posted before.

 

[Zaron]

I turned it off as soon as I realized the film was about WoW; I can't handle any more of that shit, since it just reminds me of a friend I used to have. These days he looks like Gollum and probably goes 'My epicssssss' when no-one is around.

Please God, don't make this happen to Fallout. Please!

 

[Madbringer]

I turned it off as soon as I realized the film was about WoW; I can't handle any more of that shit, since it just reminds me of a friend I used to have. These days he looks like Gollum and probably goes 'My epicssssss' when no-one is around.

Dude, that shit ain't even funny anymore. That fucking game sucked the life out of my 3 good mates, they're like god-damned zombies now, i'm barely able to make them move their asses to catch a beer once a week, plus, one of them lost his job coz of WoW.

There's nothing "addictive" here, just a bunch of pussies who don't know how to handle their lives and choose to escape in the fantasy. Same shit like with narcotics (tho, most of them are physically addictive) and alcohol.

I hope people responsible for WoW will die raped by penguins. Nasty penguins with thorned dicks. Gimme my mates back, you assholes.

 

[Sorrow]

There's nothing "addictive" here, just a bunch of pussies who don't know how to handle their lives and choose to escape in the fantasy. Same shit like with narcotics (tho, most of them are physically addictive) and alcohol.

It is. Games like that are created to be addictive - after all they get cash for every mont of playing...

 

[Madbringer]

It is. Games like that are created to be addictive - after all they get cash for every mont of playing...

True that. However, it isn't the same thing like with heavy narcotics, for example. Quitting that shit dosen't make you a living nerve wreck which has periods of uncontrollable spasms and sudden consciousness breaks. It's only a matter of cancelling a subscribtion and uninstalling a few 0's and 1's.

All in all, it's pretty sad and laughable at the same time. The only reason MMO's are so popular is because they allow a whole bunch of different people to meet up together, join in groups/guilds/whatever, simply, interact with each other. And in large majority these are people who have trouble getting real life friends, and it's the anonymity of the game, hiding behind your character, or avatar, recreating yourself in a way you would like to be in reality, that's so appealing.

Way i see it, companies like Blizzard just filled in a hole that was screaming "money", and it's the people who fail at life that fall into it, by their own choice.

So like i said, the game in itself isn't addictive, it's the people that inhabit it's world make it so. All the more fucking stupid that they could get the same shit just going out, getting a few beers, and playing thru a D&D campaign... ah well.

 

[monsharen]

Christ, don't these parents realise that the reason these kids play so long in front of the computer is because their lives suck?

It works both ways. Their life sucks which brings them to games. The games make their lifes suck. So basically its best not to start.

This kid looks like a complete dork and lives in a shitty home, no wonder he looks for solace in computer games.

Sexy, big breasted, overtanned chicks with minimalistic cloth repertoires can bring down the best.. Just look at those delicious night elfs...

It's only a matter of cancelling a subscribtion and uninstalling a few 0's and 1's.

And kill off his entire social network? Thats a tough one

 

[Muff]

Dude the net can be addictive but sometimes people take it to far, I played ultima online for a few months back in 2000 I met one dude on there who stayed online nearly all the time, he was cool but he was a one topic guy, Ogre this, and Bandit camp that....

This kid need's to realise that real life can be just as fun even though it dosn't have ork's and magic in it.

 

[Madbringer]

And kill off his entire social network? Thats a tough one

No need to do that. There's MSN, ICQ, mIRC, phones... lots of ways to stay in touch, if you really develop a friendship with a person. Breaking a social network was not even a remotely possible issue for me when i have quitted Anarchy Online - i still talk with seventeen people i met there, and have grown to treat as my mates.