Would you have guessed ...

ronbyrne2005

that the guy in this photo was a world of warfare fanatic?
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/1210/1228571723636.html

Never big into computer games. Whats the attraction of these games?

0ubliette

Cool thread bro.

Ross_Mahon

The teenager says he can easily spend up to five hours at a time playing the game

That's nothing!

Prof.Badass

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

that the guy in this photo was a world of warfare fanatic?
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/1210/1228571723636.html

Never big into computer games. Whats the attraction of these games?

wtf is world of warfare???

DanGlee

Its the end of the world... of warcraft warfare

/South Park

ronbyrne2005

vinylmesh wrote: »

wtf is world of warfare???

Thats how much I know about the game, that and the southpark episode about it :pac:

ronbyrne2005

He looks like a skinny Irish version of "star wars kid"

Wertz

Reckon that kid has a good future in the World of Welfare...

MagicMarker

Has that kid never heard of masturbation?!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

What's the attraction to anything... really. Everybody has interests that people will ask "what is the attraction to that". I would rather play computer games than watch TV. Considering the amount of crap that is on TV. They can be very entertaining, games that is. However games like World of Warcraft are very addictive and can be bad for you.

Dave!

I've never played it, but I'm curious..... Lots of posters on here seem to get addicted to it. I like addictions May play it some day

JaneyMc

I reckon my bro can play at least 8 hours straight of that Guild Wars game. It can tell you your total amount of hours spent online. Last time I asked him, it was scary. I'll try find out.

syklops

"Shaun got attached to the people in the game as if they were real people. When we made moves to finally end the game he got upset about it," she says

Well in fairness most of the people in the game are real people. I dont mean NPC's, obviously, but the other players are real people. Playing with other people is way better than playing against the computer.

As was said before 5 hours is nothing. My gf got up on Saturday morning around 9am, started playing around 10, and finished playing around 11..... PM!!!!

13 hours pretty much straight. Go GF!

OldGoat

MagicMarker wrote: »

Has that kid never heard of masturbation?!

He can't with crank with that mutant oversize hand of his and ya know it never feels the same when ya use t'other hand.

KerranJast

I know plenty of "normal" 20 & 30 somethings who are as addicted to Football Manager as a lot of other people are hooked on WoW. I managed to kick my ChampMan habit and haven't gone back thank Christ.

Smellyirishman

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

that the guy in this photo was a world of warfare fanatic?
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/1210/1228571723636.html

Never big into computer games. Whats the attraction of these games?

Would you have guessed...

that the girl in this photo was a world of warcraft fanatic?

Proof! (about 4min in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Z0vq6MarU

The attraction is that they are fun, people enjoy them, much like you might enjoy....well...what do you enjoy?

Frisbee

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

Thats how much I know about the game, that and the southpark episode about it :pac:

Then why bother starting a thread about it?

ReacherCreature

Dave! wrote: »

I've never played it, but I'm curious..... Lots of posters on here seem to get addicted to it. I like addictions May play it some day

It aparently drags you in, you can't get out of it it. I've never tried it but give it a lash dude.

Roadend

Smellyirishman wrote: »

The attraction is that they are fun, people enjoy them,

Ya.....people who don't have many friends......:pac:

Zangetsu

Online games can be great fun, was a CS addict for 4 years, up to 15hrs a day at my worst. I had just gotten over the game when WoW came out and swore I'd never play it out of fear of falling back in that hole.

Don't regret a second of it though!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Smellyirishman wrote: »

Would you have guessed...

that the girl in this photo was a world of warcraft fanatic?

Proof! (about 4min in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Z0vq6MarU

The attraction is that they are fun, people enjoy them, much like you might enjoy....well...what do you enjoy?

I would suck farts out of that girls arse...

Frisbee wrote: »

Then why bother starting a thread about it?

To gather information on the game? maybe? It's a long shot... :P

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Roadend wrote: »

Ya.....people who don't have many friends......:pac:

Usual steriotype sh!te... sure we are all obese ugly child molestors too. What a crock of crap. Nerds? Maybe. But you would be surprised at the amount of "normal" people play the game.

Wagon

WOW is ****e. Gameplay is horrible. Can't understand the obsession either!

Splinter

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

That's nothing!

i did 5 hours of it last night and ill prob do the same tonight.. or else ill go to the pub..

Prof.Badass

splinter wrote: »

i did 5 hours of it last night and ill prob do the same tonight.. or else ill go to the pub..

I did 5 hours of yer ma last night and i'll prob do the same tonight.. or else ill go to the pub..

Roadend

Caleb Straight Football wrote: »

Usual steriotype sh!te... sure we are all obese ugly child molestors too. What a crock of crap. Nerds? Maybe. But you would be surprised at the amount of "normal" people play the game.

Pipe down, nerd:P

Diggabot

I'm still addicted to Ms. Pacman.... is that wrong :pac:

ReacherCreature

5 hours. Isn't that a tad sad?

livvy

i always felt people who played theses games were either young male teenagers or male early to mid twenties. I know - very narrow minded of me. Reckon once you get a demanding job, girlfriend, family etc you have to knock it on the head.

Zangetsu

ReacherCreature
5 hours. Isn't that a tad sad?

Its only sad if you don't enjoy it... Alot of people may think what you do in your daily life is sad, different for everyone!

funk-you

Caleb Straight Football wrote: »

I would suck farts out of that girls arse...

That is hands down the classiest thing i have ever read.

-Funk

Burning Eclipse

I love videogames. My sig show's just how much time I spend gaming, for people who know what that figure represents.

That said, I don't play WoW, even though I've a few friends playing it who constantly try to convince me to play it. If I said to them that people thought 5 hours a day was a lot they'd laugh.

A weekend where you don't play WoW for at least 12 hours a day is a weekend wasted for one of them. She's talking about how her boyfriend has BB at his parents house, so when they visit at christmas she'll still be able to play.

Overheal

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

that the guy in this photo was a world of warfare fanatic?
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/1210/1228571723636.html

Never big into computer games. Whats the attraction of these games?

Good Sir, you really have no idea what the hardcore gaming world is like if you fear for the livelihood of that lad.

ShooterSF

Its just a hobby at the end of the day. Though when one gets consumed by a single hobby whatever it is it's pretty bad. Ive had dark Championship/Football Manager days.
People are too quick to knock it as pointless but so are a lot of hobbies. Look at most olympic sports. Spending hours upon hours a week trying to run 200m faster than anyone is pretty pointless in the larger scale of things too. Even if it's more healthy.

anonymous_joe

Used to play, mostly with my ex. Then she became my ex so I stopped. ^^

It's possible to play too much, but fúck it, you can do anything too much.

Roadend

ShooterSF wrote: »

Its just a hobby at the end of the day. Though when one gets consumed by a single hobby whatever it is it's pretty bad. Ive had dark Championship/Football Manager days.
People are too quick to knock it as pointless but so are a lot of hobbies. Look at most olympic sports. Spending hours upon hours a week trying to run 200m faster than anyone is pretty pointless in the larger scale of things too. Even if it's more healthy.

I wouldn;t call it a hobby, I'd call it an escape from reality

ScumLord

Whatever happened to the good old days when kids would pick up a drug habit and spend 5 hours a day monged out of their brain watching teletubbies and masturbating in front of door to door sales men? Kids today.

Doctor DooM

Roadend wrote: »

I wouldn;t call it a hobby, I'd call it an escape from reality

virtually every hobby is an escape. To paraphrase the great Terry Pratchett, the important thing is that yuo are always escaping to, not escaping from.

anonymous_joe

SDooM wrote: »

virtually every hobby is an escape. To paraphrase the great Terry Pratchett, the important thing is that yuo are always escaping to, not escaping from.

Words of wisdom.

Burning Eclipse

SDooM wrote: »

virtually every hobby is an escape. To paraphrase the great Terry Pratchett, the important thing is that yuo are always escaping to, not escaping from.

Great quote and perfect application

OldGoat

SDooM wrote: »

virtually every hobby is an escape. To paraphrase the great Terry Pratchett, the important thing is that yuo are always escaping to, not escaping from.

Terry Pratchetts problem is trying to remember WHY he's escaping in the first place.

Hellm0

I spent the alot of time playing these types of games up until not too long ago, they are essentially mental heroin. They set up scenarios where the effort required to get positive feedback is minimal, the only thing you need to get a reward/complete a quest is time. Of course as the game progresses, more and more time is required.

Loosely speaking our brain responds to "reward" by the release of dopamine, the more times a reward pattern is followed the more a habit is formed.

They are as close to heroin as you can get without sticking a needle in your vein.

Of course that said, you never really win. MMO's are the proverbial "Carrot on a stick", you spend all your time chasing something you will NEVER really reach.

KilOit

Oh god not another "WoW and everyone that plays it is a looser" thread :rolleyes:

Hellm0

KilOit wrote: »

Oh god not another "WoW and everyone that plays it is a looser" thread :rolleyes:

No, they are just addict's.

KilOit

Hellm0 wrote: »

No, they are just addict's.

I could stop anytime, i just don't want to

anonymous_joe

Hellm0 wrote: »

No, they are just addict's.

I quit, but for a long time I'd be horrendously bored with the whole thing, only played because my ex still did. When she became the ex I stopped playing quite soon after. She didn't, but that's another story.

WoW is quite addictive, but the people who play are not anti-social misfits they're usually fairly normal.

Hellm0

KilOit wrote: »

I could stop anytime, i just don't want to

That's right, it's only a game...your just playing that extra hour cause you want to get that epic chest piece and your guild won't be doing this raid again for a whole week. But then the hour turns into 2, then 3 and now your going to be late for work in the morning. But oh when the chest piece drops doesn't it feel SO GOOD?!

Varkov

syklops wrote: »

13 hours pretty much straight. Go GF!

Go syklops' GF!