Besides, Trade channel is the ultimate release. I find it extremely cathartic to vent my frustrations to all and sundry.
Therapist Wants In-Game Treatment for WoW Addicts
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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To be honest, i think that the best thing to try and do is get people to play the game less rather than completly quit altogether.
also i agree with the people that are saying its not the games fault, but probably its effectivly a place to go for people who have problems socialising or to get away from the pile of shit that real life is.
I do find the idea of having in-game shrinks quite funny but it could work, it will be interesting to see a shrink advertising in trade chat in stormwind .
and to quote terry pratchets 'guards guards'-" its a million to one chance but it just might work"
better understood if you read the book but whatever.
also i agree with the people that are saying its not the games fault, but probably its effectivly a place to go for people who have problems socialising or to get away from the pile of shit that real life is.
I do find the idea of having in-game shrinks quite funny but it could work, it will be interesting to see a shrink advertising in trade chat in stormwind .
and to quote terry pratchets 'guards guards'-" its a million to one chance but it just might work"
better understood if you read the book but whatever.
Sounds like they just want to play WoW while working. I wonder how many top level toons that guy rolled.
Oh, yeah, this will go well.
"So, tell me, why do you feel you must do this pvp fight right now instead of going out with frie--*GANKED*"
"loln00b"
Teabagging ensues. Yes, it's possible in WoW.
"So, tell me, why do you feel you must do this pvp fight right now instead of going out with frie--*GANKED*"
"loln00b"
Teabagging ensues. Yes, it's possible in WoW.
My shenanigans detector is going off; sounds like some psychiatrist just wants to play for free.
I don't really see what the fuss is, theres not that much harm in playing it extensively. Its easy to monitor and stop them if they are skipping school to play it, but other than that, kids could be doing a lot worse than sitting in their bedrooms at a computer. And its not like they aren't interacting with people; they are just doing it in an unconventional way.
I don't really see what the fuss is, theres not that much harm in playing it extensively. Its easy to monitor and stop them if they are skipping school to play it, but other than that, kids could be doing a lot worse than sitting in their bedrooms at a computer. And its not like they aren't interacting with people; they are just doing it in an unconventional way.
I laugh while reading this because the first person to start lecturing me about how much time im playing wow, WHILE im playing it, gets a nice swift /ignore from me and i go about my business
especially if i dont know the person and they just start outta no where..
especially if i dont know the person and they just start outta no where..
I am capable of playing WoW for ridiculously long stretches of time, most of it spent futzing around in completely unproductive activities. But I am also capable of playing the Xbox for ridiculously long stretches of time and knitting for ridiculously long stretches of time. And my job? Dear lord, the hours I've been known to work are insane. Am I an addict? Maybe. But it's not exclusive to WoW. Would anyone be able to initiate a psychotheraputic conversation with me in-game? Even with my consent, if I'm actually playing, my hands and eyes are too busy to attend to deep, meaningful conversation. If the kid hasn't consented beforehand, don't we repeatedly warn kids against anonymous online adults who try to engage them in personal conversation? They won't think the person is a therapist, they'll think he's a pedophile.
Thank you. Like it or not people need this.
I quit WoW when I met the sorriest excuse for a human being ever, and if you disagree with what I am about to say, well then, I think that you need to take a good hard look in a mirror and reexamine your own priorities in life.
I was playing with a guy in SM when he said he would brb. When he came back, he said that his wife was annoying him and he told her to stop. After some discussion, he admitted that they were on their honeymoon and his wife was actually trying to "get some" but he wanted to finish the instance instead.
WTF people? How can stuff like this be aloud to happen??
I got rid of my account about a week later.
I quit WoW when I met the sorriest excuse for a human being ever, and if you disagree with what I am about to say, well then, I think that you need to take a good hard look in a mirror and reexamine your own priorities in life.
I was playing with a guy in SM when he said he would brb. When he came back, he said that his wife was annoying him and he told her to stop. After some discussion, he admitted that they were on their honeymoon and his wife was actually trying to "get some" but he wanted to finish the instance instead.
WTF people? How can stuff like this be aloud to happen??
I got rid of my account about a week later.
The only way I could see this really working at all, would instead of Blizzard waiving fee's would be to actual hire a group of therapists and have them work for Blizzard. It would be easier for the company to identify potentially "addicted" members of the game, be just creating a program to track game times and who is logging a certain amount of hours.
Something like xhours(xdays) = x and if the result is well let's say as a quick figure if over a week period you play 50 hours, which is 7.14 hours per day then they send someone into help. But then you get people paid to "play the game" instead.
Something like xhours(xdays) = x and if the result is well let's say as a quick figure if over a week period you play 50 hours, which is 7.14 hours per day then they send someone into help. But then you get people paid to "play the game" instead.
Now I know what Yahtzee means when he says he hates what MMOs do to people.Cama Zots said:
God save us all from the clutches of Blizzard.
5 bucks says that the Therapists are addicted to it, and not showing the signs, and they just want it free.
