How many pathetic video gamers do you know?

[SillyBear]

Of all the post I took time to write up you focused on that

Because that was the only part of your post that I didn't agree with.

. . . Yea, I think that actually prooves the point I was trying to make.

No, I really don't think it does. You called me close minded for suggesting that excessive and anti-social use of the internet and video games is dangerous. The rest of the stuff you said is either:

A: Things I agree with

or

B: Things I never meant to imply.

So yeah, no point replying to those parts.

 

[Corekrash]

Such a shame when a thread gets derailed into a game of back and forth...

 

[Fooz]

If it makes her happy, who are you to judge?

i have to agree with you, but i think she should probably get a job, i'm not a fan of people living of other peoples taxes etc.

 

[Fooz]

Such a shame when a thread gets derailed into a game of back and forth...

instead of complaining, why not try and get the thread back on track by posting you opinion?

 

[Nikolaz72]

Of all the post I took time to write up you focused on that

Because that was the only part of your post that I didn't agree with.

. . . Yea, I think that actually prooves the point I was trying to make.

No, I really don't think it does. You called me close minded for suggesting that excessive and anti-social use of the internet and video games is dangerous. The rest of the stuff you said is either:

A: Things I agree with

or

B: Things I never meant to imply.

So yeah, no point replying to those parts.

No, you said that even Social use of the internet was Anti-social. Which I claimed was wrong.

 

[SillyBear]

Of all the post I took time to write up you focused on that

Because that was the only part of your post that I didn't agree with.

. . . Yea, I think that actually prooves the point I was trying to make.

No, I really don't think it does. You called me close minded for suggesting that excessive and anti-social use of the internet and video games is dangerous. The rest of the stuff you said is either:

A: Things I agree with

or

B: Things I never meant to imply.

So yeah, no point replying to those parts.

No, you said that even Social use of the internet was Anti-social. Which I claimed was wrong.

No I didn't buddddyyyyy. If I thought that, why the fuck would I even be talking to you right now?

 

[Corekrash]

Such a shame when a thread gets derailed into a game of back and forth...

instead of complaining, why not try and get the thread back on track by posting you opinion?

I'm not complaining and I already posted on topic earlier, so I'd just be repeating myself

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

I know myself.

I'm just a lonely girlfriendless loser. and a bad person :-( help me

Same here buddy, although I don't really attribute how sad I am to gaming so much as my general indolence and misanthropic demeanour. I've had times where I've been addicted to games, but eventually you will get sick of playing the same thing over and over again and you'll find a substitute to break the monotony. Even if it isn't game related, I spend way too much time on the Internet/listening to music on my laptop for example.

 

[Nikolaz72]

Of all the post I took time to write up you focused on that

Because that was the only part of your post that I didn't agree with.

. . . Yea, I think that actually prooves the point I was trying to make.

No, I really don't think it does. You called me close minded for suggesting that excessive and anti-social use of the internet and video games is dangerous. The rest of the stuff you said is either:

A: Things I agree with

or

B: Things I never meant to imply.

So yeah, no point replying to those parts.

No, you said that even Social use of the internet was Anti-social. Which I claimed was wrong.

No I didn't buddddyyyyy. If I thought that, why the fuck would I even be talking to you right now?

You talked about World of Warcraft socialising in a different matter. Facebook and Escapist might be online but you claim World of Warcraft socialising is in fact. Anti-Social because it prevents her from showing up at events you find to be more important.

 

[Lim3]

To everyone who argues in favour of online relationships you should watch talhotblonde (i think thats the name of the program).

Short story: someone pretends to be an 18 yo online and the result is someone murdered.

 

[EradiusLore]

Maybe, but I would wager spelling ignorant ignorent is even more ignorent. Wait..

god damn it, knew i should have spell checked before posting. but rather then focusing on a single spelling mistake you should look at what i was trying to say. and the fact is games are a medium, people are the ones that take it too far. just like guns don't go around killing people, people using guns go around killing people. you cant tell people games are dangerous, because they really aren't. what you should be saying is take a bit of responsibility for your own actions and don't take gaming to far, because your harming yourself and other people around you by being so selfish.

 

[SillyBear]

I'm seriously concerned about the life of one of my oldest friends, and you call me ignorant and pedantic?

Yes, because you are. You came here to take the soap box and preach the evils of gaming to whoever will listen. Disguising it as you being oh-so-concerned does nothing when you follow up with ignorant rhetoric.

Wow.

You have misinterpreted me more than anyone ever has on this website. Connnngrraaatuullllations!

P.S: I edited my post you seemed to have such a huge problem with. In truth, I just worded it badly because I wrote it in a rush. Please have a read, I cleared some things up.

But if you would rather call me shallow and pedantic and say i have ignorant rhetoric whilst you swirl your invisible glass of red wine, go ahead!

Maybe, but I would wager spelling ignorant ignorent is even more ignorent. Wait..

god damn it, knew i should have spell checked before posting. but rather then focusing on a single spelling mistake you should look at what i was trying to say. and the fact is games are a medium, people are the ones that take it too far. just like guns don't go around killing people, people using guns go around killing people. you cant tell people games are dangerous, because they really aren't. what you should be saying is take a bit of responsibility for your own actions and don't take gaming to far, because your harming yourself and other people around you by being so selfish.

Mate, the reason I didn't reply to the rest of your post was because it was full of stuff like this. Thank you, Captain Obvious. If I really believed games were sign of the devil and that everyone who uses them is anti-social, I wouldn't be a signed up to a gaming website, would I? I'm sorry you misinterpreted me, but the stuff you are posting to me is really really not anything like what I was saying.

 

[OrokuSaki]

I used to be like that for like 9 months. Except the girlfriend thing. I was hit by a car and confined to a wheelchair in my room with only a computer and Diablo 2....... I was pissed when that computer crashed and took my character with it.

 

[Nikolaz72]

I'm seriously concerned about the life of one of my oldest friends, and you call me ignorant and pedantic?

Yes, because you are. You came here to take the soap box and preach the evils of gaming to whoever will listen. Disguising it as you being oh-so-concerned does nothing when you follow up with ignorant rhetoric.

Wow.

You have misinterpreted me more than anyone ever has on this website. Connnngrraaatuullllations!

P.S: I edited my post you seemed to have such a huge problem with. In truth, I just worded it badly because I wrote it in a rush. Please have a read, I cleared some things up.

But if you would rather call me shallow and pedantic and say i have ignorant rhetoric whilst you swirl your invisible glass of red wine, go ahead!

Maybe, but I would wager spelling ignorant ignorent is even more ignorent. Wait..

god damn it, knew i should have spell checked before posting. but rather then focusing on a single spelling mistake you should look at what i was trying to say. and the fact is games are a medium, people are the ones that take it too far. just like guns don't go around killing people, people using guns go around killing people. you cant tell people games are dangerous, because they really aren't. what you should be saying is take a bit of responsibility for your own actions and don't take gaming to far, because your harming yourself and other people around you by being so selfish.

Mate, the reason I didn't reply to the rest of your post was because it was full of stuff like this. Thank you, Captain Obvious. If I really believed games were sign of the devil and that everyone who uses them is anti-social, I wouldn't be a signed up to a gaming website, would I? I'm sorry you misinterpreted me, but the stuff you are posting to me is really really not anything like what I was saying.

By cutting out every other parts of peoples post you prove that you didnt show interrest in the rest. Its a bit like say, listening in real life to a guy having a speech. Then when he is done you pick at the fact that he used wrong grammar in second sentence from top.

 

[SillyBear]

By cutting out every other parts of peoples post you prove that you didnt show interrest in the rest. Its a bit like say, listening in real life to a guy having a speech. Then when he is done you pick at the fact that he used wrong grammar in second sentence from top.

Sorry you have a problem with me directly addressing the only part of your post that was worth replying to.

I will not do it to you in the future!

 

[EradiusLore]

Gaming really is dangerous. I can't think of any other entertainment based hobby that chews so much time and can completely destroy a person. I don't know any bookworms or film buffs that are as pathetic as these people.

Be safe people! Game in moderation.

Mate, the reason I didn't reply to the rest of your post was because it was full of stuff like this. Thank you, Captain Obvious. If I really believed games were sign of the devil and that everyone who uses them is anti-social, I wouldn't be a signed up to a gaming website, would I? I'm sorry you misinterpreted me, but the stuff you are posting to me is really really not anything like what I was saying.

oh ok, well point out the bit i misinterpreted as pretentious, ignorant and altogether nothing like what you were saying.

wouldn't be: "Gaming really is dangerous." or "can completely destroy a person" or maybe " I don't know any bookworms or film buffs that are as pathetic as these people."

remember the owning up to your own responsibility thing i talked about? well saying one thing then denying it when someone calls you out is covered under that.

 

[SillyBear]

I'm calling them as I see them.

Have a look at this video. I know it's old and long, but it does present a relevant counter-point that might open your mind a bit:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5327497459334792260#

Ah, let me just pop my edited post here, and if you have a problem with that you can call me names again, thus proving you are the most intelligent person here.

I am in favour of gaming in moderation. Like most things. Spending 12 hours a day in game isn't healthy.

That's really all I'm saying. I'm sorry you misinterpreted me due to my poor wording of my words.

oh ok, well point out the bit i misinterpreted as pretentious, ignorant and altogether nothing like what you were saying.

wouldn't be: "Gaming really is dangerous." or "can completely destroy a person" or maybe " I don't know any bookworms or film buffs that are as pathetic as these people."

remember the owning up to your own responsibility thing i talked about? well saying one thing then denying it when someone calls you out is covered under that.

I edited that post about 15 minutes ago and gave an explanation for my poor choice of words. Drop it.

 

[SillyBear]

Such a shame when a thread gets derailed into a game of back and forth...

I agree. The people here are really good at doing this. It doesn't matter how many times you try to explain that you poorly chose your words, they'll keep replying to you and keep insisting you are ignorant and (insert cliched "intellectual" insult here).

I don't really know why they can't just address the OP instead of talking about a post I edited and corrected 15 minutes ago.

If it makes her happy, who are you to judge?

This point has never made sense to anything to me. If someone is being self destructive, their friends have the imperative to step in and help them out.

By the way, my friend is actually incredibly unhappy at the moment. I know this because I am her friend. I'm pretty sure you don't know her, but maybe you do. Who knows.

 

[Vault101]

this is why Im not into MMO's I can see myself becoming like this

 

[Appleshampoo]

From what I've gathered from the posts you've made, it can be summed up with something like this -

'This girl isn't living life the way I feel she should any more, and thus it's bad. Please help me stop her from living her own life and come back to living life how I say it should be lived.'

Forgive me if I'm way off the mark there, but that's what it seems to me.

However, I'm willing to be it's just a case of very bad wording and not getting your real point across which I'm guessing is this -

'This girl used to be really close to me, now she's become a recluse and I'm really getting worried she's going to forever screw her life up and never be happy in the future and this isn't right.'

Anyway, I was a lot like you have described her to be. 12+ hours a day on Warcraft, never went out blah blah blah. Well, I barely went out anyway, but whatever. For some people like me, socialising on a game like Warcraft is FAR more enjoyable than doing it in real life. I generally just don't like people and the cruel things they can do with little to no reason.

I too found love on Warcraft once, and that lasted for over a year. Although we did only live a 30 minute drive from each other, so that's a bonus I guess.

But anyway, after being addicted for so long I finally had enough and just kinda...stopped being addicted. I've never understood addiction personally, I either do something or I don't.

So I cut my play hours down, got a job, met a new girl, had a baby, and now...well, still doing the baby part.

I still play Warcraft, quite a lot, but never does it come before reality to me now. Kid wants something? Log off and away I go to save the day as Super dad. And so on.

While I get you're worried, perhaps the best you can do is just be patient and hopes she does what I did and just decides to focus on real life, or maybe play with her to spend some time with her?

If all else fails, hope she plays PvP server, roll the opposite faction and gank her until she rage quits forever.