Gaming Addiction

[JackDaniels]

Ok argue that ffxiv can't be addictive because it sucks, or argue that gaming addiction is a myth conjured up by girls who can't get their boyfriends to turn off WoW so they can get attention too, argue that i only made this thread because i'm on a high horse, whatever. My point has been made.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Pointless thread, kids will do what they want to do unless their parents make them do other things. If I was still a kid and you told me this I would give you the bird finger. Often when I was younger I did go outside and play a lot but I lived in FL so when it was raining or 100+ degrees outside plus humidity during mid-summer I was outside swimming or inside playing games if I could help it.

[Celethien]

I burn easily in the sun so I don't like going out during the day and also it's way too hot during the day. Not too much into going bars anymore either so not much evening activity like that either. But I do go over at my friends places and I'm searching a job too so that takes time off of the games.

[Verecund]

Heh... if I had the money, I'd be fulfilling my other addictions of hots wings and beer.

[Speeral]

Wow ok so firstly I can not believe the negative feedback this thread is getting. In the OP I suggested some examples of things one could do instead of gaming, I wasn't insisting that one with a gaming addiction should do these things in stead. There are plenty of things one could do that I didn't list off such as reading, or playing board games with your family or whatever.

Maybe people who are slamming this thread should read the website before they post condescending know-it-all remarks saying that my OP is a)stupid because ffxiv is so bad u cant get addicted to it b)the op doesnt know what he's talking about c)theres no such thing as gaming addiction.

Jack board games are still gaming, just the medium changes . . . .

[Hazmatyre]

Ok argue that ffxiv can't be addictive because it sucks, or argue that gaming addiction is a myth conjured up by girls who can't get their boyfriends to turn off WoW so they can get attention too, argue that i only made this thread because i'm on a high horse, whatever. My point has been made.

All I see in this thread of yours is:
"MY OPINION > YOUR OPINION"

[JackDaniels]

All I see in this thread of yours is:
"MY OPINION > YOUR OPINION"

And you are entitled to your opinion, even though it wasn't constructive at all.

[BrusselSprout]

Ok so to the people in florida or any other warm state, why do you even play this game? If I didnt live half way to the north pole i would be oot and aboot every sunny day!

Your mistake is having the odd idea that the two are mutually exclusive. I play final fantasy when I get home from work, and lo and behold the sun has set. I spent last weekend visiting the zoo, washing my car, and getting drunk at an irish pub.

[JackDaniels]

Wow, so you aren't addicted to video games!! Good for you! What's your point?

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Also for the addiction part, sure video games can be addictive but I would rather the people I know be addicted to video games instead of being addicted to Meth or Coke or other stupid crap that is a lot more harmful. I believe everybody is addicted to something and how far they go with it totally depends on the personality of the person in question. Plus many of my fond childhood memories involve sitting around a TV with 3 other friends playing some Goldeneye 007 or playing Final Fantasy 7 for the first time and some would've called me a video game addict but it was my hobby of choice. Who gives anyone the right to judge a person based on what they like to do because they deem it immoral by the standards of somebody else, it's not physically healthy and true enough it is not but don't say it is wasting your childhood because for many people playing video games makes them feel young again.

Look at some of the hardcore Asian people that play these MMOs, they are in shape and play more than most of us do. They also work full time jobs and some have a family yet they still manage their love for their hobby. I don't think gaming is bad or really so much an addiction but just like anything else you need some self control and discipline so it doesn't become an addiction.