Know when to say when.

If you can not control your habits then its nobodys fault but your own..

I play wow but i aint on it 16 hrs a day, only 15 and a half.. I use moderation..

People need to stop blaming crap on others and deal with things on thier own..

For real..

The only sickness I see on this planet is nobody giving a crap about anyone else but themselves and chasing thier god in the form of 1's, 5's 10's and 20's.

The rest is to kill the pain of such screwed up and twisted life we live in..

I think the only people who are able to be conditioned by games are those with an IQ being closest to a rat itself.

to summarize, ..... only people with weak minds, slow lives, who have a hard time discerning reality from fantasy, are the types who play games to the point of sickness or death.

I never got into WoW..simply wasn't my thing. I tried...I used the free trial, but just never seen the luster.

now...left for dead...I tossed away a ton of hours on that and the followup..but thats different...see, I am fighting back a zombie apocolypse...if it wasn't for me and my steam friends, you lot would all be freaking infected...


on a different note...video games is a exit from reality. it is a controlled world without any real consequence. It is a new form of a drug trip...so of course its addicting for people whom simply need to focus on something besides reality.

Billionares dont need video games...they already have their consequence free game going in reality...most forms of entertainment is designed to keep the top where they are at and keep the bottoms stupified and content.

They do this same thing at work under the guise of employee moral activities. Pizza parties, points systems, stars on a board, comment letters on a wall, pay raises, promotions, etc. The same concept is applied in every facet of our life to keep us motivated. Open a magazine and you will see all the rewards of products they are selling...buy this, buy that...get white teeth, regrow your hair. Investors are motivated by numbers ticking up and down. We are all living in one big box. The thing I do enjoy about video games is that it is the only environment I can be rich in.

Originally posted by IntastellaBurst



I think the only people who are able to be conditioned by games are those with an IQ being closest to a rat itself.

to summarize, ..... only people with weak minds, slow lives, who have a hard time discerning reality from fantasy, are the types who play games to the point of sickness or death.

I think I have issue with everything you said.

conditioning to games is the same as conditioning to television, websites, etc...its basically false external stimulus. the ego is conditioned by stimuli...be it real or electronic.

reality from fantasy...since man has had the ability to speak, we have been on the quest to understand what truely is reality v fantasy. look in a mirror and see either a great person or a hairless ape releasing putrid juices and fumes from various holes is a perspective, which is real and which is not real.

the best way to feel better about yourself is to not build yourself up, but to push others down. it creates the illusion of superiority...but superiority is simply an illusion, a fantasy..and isn't that exactly what you did in your posting there by pushing down people that are exactly like you?

as far as the whole play to death...well, again, whats the difference between playing for 3 days straight and dropping verses watching tv for 25 years and dropping from a heart attack due to lack of exercise...

I must go actually engage in a life (speaking of addictions to something.... ummm....
ATS anyone?)

I will return to answer responses.

NO INSULTS.

This thread will not be derailed by individuals who do not know how to debate and make it personal.

Cheers everybody.

Wait. You're trusting Cracked.com - a comedy site - as a trustworthy source of information?

WTF?

EDIT: Went and read the article. I was surprised; Cracked actually using resources? Wow.
Very interesting. But even if this is true, what's your point?

[edit on 3/10/2010 by Golden Boy]

Originally posted by Golden Boy
Wait. You're trusting Cracked.com - a comedy site - as a trustworthy source of information?

WTF?

The source is bogus, but the concept itself fair.

I'll put my neck on the line and agree with you on this. From a VERY recent experience.

Always been a Final Fantasy fan, and after the new one, I'm probably going to stay that way. I picked up my copy yesterday morning, as soon as Gamestop opened, Lo and behold , I fell in love with the game.

12 hours later, my girlfriend is complaining about why I haven't touched a single morsel of food all day. I couldn't tell her, the thought of food never once crossed my mind. The game subconciously kept this hungry stoner, from even once getting the munchies.

Yeah they know what they're doing.
Especially when you see the content of the story in 13. It reeks of more of that Illuminati, we do this in real life, but we'll show you in a game so it doesn't seem possible. Already had "The purge" or migration of "contaminated citizens", which in actuallity was a a massacre that the Elite pulled, all while the FF media lies to the unsuspecting people.

My first thought....Israeili West Bank. Just saying......