Think about it....

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old.Gombur Glodson

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Thats some very interesting reading and it makes you stop and think.

Thanks
 
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Sharma

Guest
I have played for more than 10 hours consecutively - my estimate was a full weekend, 48hours :eek6:
i have lost sleep.
i have tried to quit, just ended up coming back to it..
i have extreme patience problems when i have no way of playing DAoC.....

geeeeeeeez i need a fix!
 
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Pixie.Pebr

Guest
Someone give me the number to the Betty Ford clinic, please.
 
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Pixie.Pebr

Guest
No, I found myself in the leftmost or second leftmost column on 99% of those charts.

Now give me that number damnit!
 
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Uncle Sick(tm)

Guest
Pfft... no number for you, you never reply to PM's.

You make Uncle Sick sad. :(

;)
 
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Pixie.Pebr

Guest
I am socially inept, hence playing DAoC, hence not replying to any form of out-of-game communication.

I have a PM box?
Can animuls cry?
Two revelations in under 1 minute, must be a record :D

<walks off to read PMs>

Read em all now, but won't answer. You just turned it into a matter of principle :p
 
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Pixie.Pebr

Guest
If you miss me, you can find me....


HERE!
anim_peterpan1.gif



BW forums matches Peter Pan's outfit nicely don't you think? ;)
 
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Uncle Sick(tm)

Guest
That would be Nevernever land... and as everyone knows - that's in Hibernia. :p
 
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Uncle Sick(tm)

Guest
R18913.gif

ARRrrr! You bet!
... and I am going to make you walk teh plank(tm)!!
:D
 
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Sharma

Guest
The highjackers have struck again!!!!!!!!!


RUN TO THE HILLS!!!!!!!!!!
 
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[Cerebus]

Guest
Yeah but so what? Lots of people are addicted to things.

I look at it like this.

I'm a lad of 20, I enjoy sitting quietly playing a computer game which betters my hand eye coordination and typing skills, it hardly costs me anything out of my wage meaning more money for important things like beer and girls. Above all, I am addicted to the game because I find it fun. I've stopped before for a long time but came back. Not because I couldn't live without it but I find it a good laugh.

Now a similar lad my age is addicted to something else. Crack!

He's addicted to crack because he feels he can't face the world without it. He uses it, not to have a laugh but to escape the world he lives in. To support this habit he regulary prostitutes himself to dirty old men in back allys.

He's tried commiting suicide several times now because he thought the toaster was trying to kill him.

I know what I'd rather be addicted to...
 
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Sharma

Guest
Originally posted by [Cerebus]

he thought the toaster was trying to kill him.

the suicide part wasnt funny but the bit about the toaster made me giggle
 
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old.chesnor

Guest
Originally posted by [Cerebus]
Yeah but so what? Lots of people are addicted to things.

I look at it like this.

I'm a lad of 20, I enjoy sitting quietly playing a computer game which betters my hand eye coordination and typing skills, it hardly costs me anything out of my wage meaning more money for important things like beer and girls. Above all, I am addicted to the game because I find it fun. I've stopped before for a long time but came back. Not because I couldn't live without it but I find it a good laugh.

Now a similar lad my age is addicted to something else. Crack!

He's addicted to crack because he feels he can't face the world without it. He uses it, not to have a laugh but to escape the world he lives in. To support this habit he regulary prostitutes himself to dirty old men in back allys.

He's tried commiting suicide several times now because he thought the toaster was trying to kill him.

I know what I'd rather be addicted to...


What a silly post. So you basically say "addiction to crack is worse for you than addiction to MMORPGs". That kind of misses the point....

The website is very interesting. Most won't accept the fact that this game can damage lives, if you play too much, for too long. Whether that be neglect of your real-life, family, friends, school work, job or whatever.

Me personally, I'd rather not be addicted to anything, and have kind of made a concious decision not to get to hooked. These games are designed with the help of psychologists to make you addicted, thus swelling their paymasters coffers. In this case, Mythic. Think I am being melodramatic? Well, then you have a problem, you are in denial....
 
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old.mattshanes

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I play the game loads(well did a few months ago about 10 hours a day most times or slightly more)lost sleep,became ill kind of due to this and even nearly lost my job.I love the game still and don't care if i am addicted to it.Nice site though seems interesting.
 
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[Cerebus]

Guest
Originally posted by old.chesnor
What a silly post. So you basically say "addiction to crack is worse for you than addiction to MMORPGs". That kind of misses the point....

Well if anybody can detect a pointless post, it's you.

My point was that everyone who plays this is in someway addicted, even you.

There are worse things to be addicted to though. Drugs for example make you feel like you you can't face the day without them. On the other hand you get addicted to a game because you're having fun.

I'm just glad I'm not addicted to being a self-important prick who can't see a light hearted post when he reads one.
 
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Saturnine

Guest
lets keep this thread remotely serious please:
I'm not pointing accusations or anything - just keeping you awair that things can get out of control and to just stay sensible with your playing habits.
 
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Aurelius LH

Guest
Well it's sort of interesting... but fundamentally pointless, and a restatement of the obvious.

If you have an addictive personality, you are more likely to become addicted to things - drugs, a game, exercise, dieting, pretty much anything at all can become an addiction - and if that 'addiction' damages the rest of your life, it's a bad thing and you should stop it, or get help stopping it. I can't see what the precise relevance of gaming is to his thesis, if any.
 
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old.chesnor

Guest
Originally posted by [Cerebus]


Well if anybody can detect a pointless post, it's you.

My point was that everyone who plays this is in someway addicted, even you.

There are worse things to be addicted to though. Drugs for example make you feel like you you can't face the day without them. On the other hand you get addicted to a game because you're having fun.

I'm just glad I'm not addicted to being a self-important prick who can't see a light hearted post when he reads one.


If you really think "you get addicted to a game because you're having fun." then perhaps you should actually take the time to read the site posted by the thread starter. It is clear to me you havn't when you post waffle such as this, and your silly 'crack addict' comparison...

And why do you feel the need to personally insult me. It really winds me up; do you feel that you can't discuss an issue without resorting to personal insults?
 
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Danya

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Originally posted by Aurelius LH
Well it's sort of interesting... but fundamentally pointless, and a restatement of the obvious.

If you have an addictive personality, you are more likely to become addicted to things - drugs, a game, exercise, dieting, pretty much anything at all can become an addiction - and if that 'addiction' damages the rest of your life, it's a bad thing and you should stop it, or get help stopping it. I can't see what the precise relevance of gaming is to his thesis, if any.
I wouldn't say that, it is restatement because addicitions are similar to each other. However it does show evidence for MMORPGs in particular, not just that people can (and will) become addicted. The relevance of gaming is that people attempt to say gaming isn't addictive, this paper provides evidence to the contrary.
 
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liste

Guest
Addicted? most likely

aware of it? sneaking suspicion :p

Anxious about it? well... not really. Still having fun with it, which means im not suffering too much :)

Pointless article? not at all. good reading
 
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ButaneBob

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Originally posted by Aurelius LH
If you have an addictive personality, you are more likely to become addicted to things - drugs, a game, exercise, dieting, pretty much anything at all can become an addiction

..research has proven this to be grossly untrue, you only have to look at the many tens of thousands of people who became addicted to benzodiazepines (Valium, Mogadon, Temazepam etc) in the 70s/80s by the simple process of chronic exposure, leading ultimately to increasing physiological tolerance and eventual dependence, the brains reward mechanism sees no distinction between physical and psychological stimuli, the same neurophysiological pathways are involved and thus the same propensity to dependence can occur with many different agents whether they be crack cocaine, nicotine, daoc, eq, caffeine, chocolate, hash, pong, or whatever, the point is if you had read the article properly you would see that it argues quite eloquently that mmorpgs are cleverly designed to target the brains operant reward mechanisms, thus giving them a huge propensity to dependence, the adverse effects of which are directly related to length of time played and which differ from the enjoyment of a normal hobby by their significant potential for damaging social and psychological effects ie insomnia, anxiety, irritability, mood disturbance, neglect of outside pursuits, relationship difficulties etc, and to conclude that you have to have to have some kind of defective personality to become significantly addicited to these games is dangerously nieve

people have commited suicide over eq, many people enjoy recreational drugs with no adverse physical or psychological sequelae

please dont comment about something you know nothing about, or at least read the link properly before doing so

<Bob procedes to remove textbook from gullet>

k!
 
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Aurelius LH

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Originally posted by ButaneBob
to conclude that you have to have to have some kind of defective personality to become significantly addicited to these games is dangerously nieve


Well the tone of your post was extremely aggressive, condescending and annoying, so since I'm not in a particularly good mood you can get the same sort of response back... :)

Thanks for the advice to read things properly, however I never said you HAD to have an addictive personality in order to become addicted, or that you can only become addicted if you have such a personality type - only that if you have such a personality, it is easier to become addicted to many things.

please dont comment about something you know nothing about, or at least read the link properly before doing so

<Bob procedes to remove textbook from gullet>

k!

However, since you reckon that nobody should comment on anything they know "nothing about" (how you know me, my personal life, family etc to such a level as to 'know' I have no experience or knowledge of the subject is beyond me, but hey, apparently you do....') I'll leave this thread to experts such as yourself.

However I do know something about English, and the word you were looking for is naive, not the made-up nieve.


Damn I must be having a bad day......
 

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