Dr. Phil Yells At Woman For Her FarmVille Addiction

Littlee300

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Why is everyone hating Dr.Phil (except for being a snitch)
Anyways I agree, my mom needs to learn to stop playing that game and please get do something like go shopping for food!
 

BloodyThoughts

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Indecizion said:
+10 rep farmville SUCKS dr phil just gained respect with me rofl.
Your right, Fishville is much better :)

No I am just kidding he gets +100 respect points.
 

Chunko

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This doesn't really have too much to do with videogames but that guy comes across as a jerk.
 

MattAn24

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You could say Dr. Phil's only talking about FarmVille but he still said that video games are evil in that subtle "doctor" way.

On the other hand though, yes, FarmVille is quite stupid.. But there are legitimate people using it.

My own mother "plays" FarmVille and CafeWorld. They're the only technical games she plays because console games just got too much for her. She still works, she still has a life and makes a nice living from doing craft work.. But she uses things like FarmVille and CafeWorld like us actual gamers do. A hobby. Relaxation. Enjoyment.

That's all it is. People who go massively overboard with it like this other woman though.. Ugh. Still, it's no different than someone playing an MMO like WoW for hours on end gathering materials, questing and such.
 

jasoncyrus

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Furburt said:
What, we're taking this guy seriously now?

Anyway, she's stupid for being addicted to that game, he's stupid because of what he does, and I'm stupid for talking about it.

There, done.
Ok firstly we need to get out definition of "addiction" correctly used.

Sure it requires a lot of free time and can consume your attention quite a lot. But in all honesty it aint that hard to step away from it. Hell with a 24x24 far it takes about 30 mins to an hour just to replant it so you're mostly sitting there doing nothing so you get to thinking that its a petty boring game.

In other words. It's impossible to be addicted to it because all thats needed to break te habit is to have to go do something else for the day. Like the zoo.

As for those who call it stupid, I've seen far worse games addiction wise *cough*maplestory,conqueronline,WoW,CoD:MW2*cough*

All these are far more addicting, what you all arn't understanding is that shes a mother, most likely a house wife, who isnt a regular gamer like us and so doesn't have any other electronic outlets for her gaming needs.

So instead of insulting her try seeing it from her perspective. If all you had for a compter game was farmville, i'm pretty damn sure you'd be playing it.

Plus, why does anyone listen to him? He's an idiot, no professional health worker wih an ounce of self respect and TALENT gets a freakin talk show. The only reason they get talk shows is because they cant do their own freakin job right. Otherwise they'd have a private practise making millions a year doing something they're supposed to love. Helping people.

Plus shouting at the people hes trying to "help" is extremely unprofessional and, hell, practically unethical.
 

quiet_samurai

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For being a pompous ass Dr. Phil does make some good points once in a while. But then again so does everyone else. He's also Oprah's *****.
 

MattAn24

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jasoncyrus said:
As for those who call it stupid, I've seen far worse games addiction wise *cough*maplestory,conqueronline,WoW,CoD:MW2*cough*

All these are far more addicting, what you all arn't understanding is that shes a mother, most likely a house wife, who isnt a regular gamer like us and so doesn't have any other electronic outlets for her gaming needs.

So instead of insulting her try seeing it from her perspective. If all you had for a compter game was farmville, i'm pretty damn sure you'd be playing it.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD, DAMNIT!

I mean.. Um... Good show, old sport!
 

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Normally I return fire on people ragging on video games, but in the case of that piece of crap Farmville, I'm willing to do a 180 and say, "good on you, Dr Phil!"
 

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The problem I find with the people supporting this is the assumption that Dr. Phil talked like that because it was Farmville. Any other game he would treat the same way. Many people (and I am inclined to think him as well) see video games as a waste of time compared to "real" interactions.
 

Gildan Bladeborn

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Why the hell would anyone intentionally go about raising virtual crops for fun - what's next, Cubicle Drone-ville, where you shepherd your virtual office worker through the grind of the ole 9-5?

As much as I'd like to rag on Dr Phil, I really have to agree with him here. Even in the field of casual gaming it's bloody terrible, and anyone who goes about lying to their family so they can feed their 'farmville addiction' sounds like they might perhaps both the lamest and most boring person on the face of the earth. For shame!
 

jasoncyrus

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Furburt said:
Unless she was convinced to say that by the producers (which wouldn't actually be too surprising) I can't imagine anyone sane actually saying something like that on television.
I'd say that, hell i make sure of it everytime I leave the house, do you know how annoying it is to find the giant field you took an hour to plant is all dead and the cash you used on it is now wasted? It's damn annoying.
 

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In all fairness, while I haven't played FarmVille I know from experience that farming sims are addicting as hell. I can't blame anyone for getting obsessed with it.

*goes off to play Harvest Moon*
 

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Indecizion said:
+10 rep farmville SUCKS dr phil just gained respect with me rofl.
Same, lol.

I have a woman at work, a middle aged woman. Who is obsessed!!!
 

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Holy shit i was just playing on it lol... litterally just turned it off, and came onto here to see this thread...

I like it, but im not adicted to it. Only Facebook game im adicted to is Vampire Wars... or the puzzle games.