Weed v WoW

I will not STFU, remember where you are...

Lets compare a recreational drug and working in lidl, shall we?

If you woke up at 6 in the morning from an online binge you must have gone to bed early?

There's no comparrison, simple as

bluewolf wrote: »

reading (not a glossy/tabloid) > tv

Would you be reading a tabloid newspaper? Porn? A book written by David Attenborough?

Well I would rather play wow all day and evening than watch the crap that is on TV.

If I'm correct, I have the highest /played time in wow on boards.ie across all my characters (according to a recent thread on the WoW forum here). Yet still I'm not "addicted" :rolleyes:

I rarely actually sit down and watch TV, I don't drink much at all (can't even remember the last time I was out in a pub), so dunno what the problem is, I don't do anyone any harm by enjoying playing a game I like

Also don't see the problem with smoking weed either so meh...

Overheal wrote: »

Well see, I would argue that weed and alcohol still leave you open to socialise with people. I mean youd have some serious skills if you could play WoW and flirt successfully at the same time.

Well that's easy enough for me as my missus also plays Wow, she gave up trying to stop me playing a long time ago and just joined in.

Overheal wrote: »

I mean youd have some serious skills if you could play WoW and flirt successfully at the same time.

I actually know a girl who met her husband over WoW.

Overheal wrote: »

Well see, I would argue that weed and alcohol still leave you open to socialise with people. I mean youd have some serious skills if you could play WoW and flirt successfully at the same time.

Then I must have serious skills, I live with my girlfriend, we met through wow... Imagine that.

See Ireland is soo backwards when it comes to the net. Seriously closed minded people... pfft...

Overheal wrote: »

I think you need to see what you guys are actually doing, spiced up with a pinch of reality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw&eurl=http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055427276&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw

Yea... differance is... we get the sex!!!

Now I have seen a few larps on you tube, there is one where people added in "lightning bolts" and other fancy bits n bobs... Them people scare me...

WoW is every bit as addictive and destructive as any narcotic/addictive substance. I played it for over 2 years and I am only now seeing what i was like during that period, skipping nights out to stay in , not socialising, not excercising, becoming unhealthy and obsessed. All of those symptoms are the same as drug addiction.

Comparing it to watching tv for 3-4 hours, in my opinion, is moronic. I can easily go without TV but I couldnt go without WoW and anyone who plays it regularly and says they can go without it is suffering from another classic addiction trait, denial.

WoW itself is set up to be addictive, its not like any other game that has a defined ending or limits on what you can do. WoW is ever changing and adapting to ensure that there is no possible ending, no sense of completion, there is always something more to do, or at least it makes you feel like you have to.

WoW builds itself up to be a social game where you rely on others to 'complete' tasks that really cannot be ever completed as when you do the game creators simply create a new task. So immediately it drags you into a social network that replaces real life social networks.

Lastly, the facts speak for themselves, people have actually died from overplaying WoW due to neglecting their own body. What does that remind you of? Again, drugs addictions. I have not heard of any other game with that track record. WoW is every bit as dangerous as any drugs out there.

FishFood wrote: »

WoW is every bit as addictive and destructive as any narcotic/addictive substance. I played it for over 2 years and I am only now seeing what i was like during that period, skipping nights out to stay in , not socialising, not excercising, becoming unhealthy and obsessed. All of those symptoms are the same as drug addiction.

Comparing it to watching tv for 3-4 hours, in my opinion, is moronic. I can easily go without TV but I couldnt go without WoW and anyone who plays it regularly and says they can go without it is suffering from another classic addiction trait, denial.

WoW itself is set up to be addictive, its not like any other game that has a defined ending or limits on what you can do. WoW is ever changing and adapting to ensure that there is no possible ending, no sense of completion, there is always something more to do, or at least it makes you feel like you have to.

WoW builds itself up to be a social game where you rely on others to 'complete' tasks that really cannot be ever completed as when you do the game creators simply create a new task. So immediately it drags you into a social network that replaces real life social networks.

Lastly, the facts speak for themselves, people have actually died from overplaying WoW due to neglecting their own body. What does that remind you of? Again, drugs addictions. I have not heard of any other game with that track record. WoW is every bit as dangerous as any drugs out there.

Are you high? Did you just take a big hit from wow? Ok we have compared wow with lots of drugs out there. I think you need to sleep or get your brain checked out by multiple doctors. No needles came with my Wrath of the Litch King... Them b4stards...

Anything can be addictive if your that much of a tithead... pfft!!!

FishFood wrote: »

Denial - Not just a river

Overeactive defensive behaviour upon any perceived criticism of your 'hobby', glad you guys arent acting like your addicted anyway.

Something needs needles to be addictive now? Damn tobacco and alcohol companies with their false advertising!
I drink a fair bit on nights out with work for example, it makes me feel good. I dont however drink for 3-4 hours every day like a 'tithead' as you say. If i drank for 3-4 hours every day im sure others would say i had a problem and then i would go ' no way man! no needles with these mutliple bottles! its a hobby! i can stop anytime i want!'

And so forth.

Ignore the troll or continue beating him with the "YOUR WRONG" stick?

Well you got one thing right, Tobacco and alcohol companies falsely advertise, and have for many many years

Drinking is not considered a hobby, beit 3-4 bottles a day, or just at the weekends. Goodluck getting a job with that on your CV

Hobbies and Interests: DRINKING

Here comes the roflcopter :P

I am not addicted to wow, nor are most people. We do enjoy the game. Did your account get an indefinate ban? Does your mother not allow you play it? Or are you just too rubbish at the game? Something in your tone suggests that you have been hurt in the past. Poor guy...