Gamespot scared to play D3

[3CXOD]

I just never even liked watching people play WoW.

[italofoca]

Originally Posted by Equinox

I'd rather see more nerds who live in their mom's basements than more idiots who go around telling other people "get a life" or "you're sad" or "you're still virgin?!". Seriously? If you're so damn happy with your life and your lost virginity GTFO of everyone else's.

Life is in the eye of the beholder. What you consider "a waste of time" and what you consider "precious" may vary for the person next to you. Mind your own business, and accept others as they are. Instead of namecalling and pointing, look at yourself for once, trust me, you have PLENTY of problems.

I like this post...

And all this video and almost all the comments here are metaphoric. Those are just games that caught your attention in a above avarage rate, not a true addiction.

And if i play more then 200 hours of Diablo, it's good enough!

[Equinox]

I find the line between good addiction bad addiction very blurry. People usually have their reasons for doing what they do, however stupid for a bystander. The fat guy who plays WoW? Did he become fat because he plays WoW? I seriously doubt it. Rather, he is not happy and WoW fills that void. Would he be happier if there was no WoW? Again, seriously doubt it. Most important question: would the person magically get better if WoW was not around? BS.

And if you can't prove that then your argument that video game addiction is a bad thing is invalid. The way gaming addiction is bad is iff it's absence leads to something good, of which evidence I've seen none. The true problem is deeper and has nothing to do with video games. They're just displaying what's already there for everyone to see while previously it wasn't as prominent. Just like shooting people after playing DooM Isn't directly related to DooM, but, rather, to the state the people were put in originally.

Correlation does not mean causation...

Just nobody up there wants to remedy the REAL problem. Blame it on WoW or on a person being a loser. Anyone can do that. It starts with public education and the crappy high schools you have spawned, politicians. It starts with your desire to label everything as bad the moment it's different from the "norm", creating loners; wtf is the norm anyway?

"Assent, and you're sane; demur, you're straightaway dangerous..."
/end of rant.

Sorry, I've just been read a lecture on gaming addiction in college class and all that crap and I'm still a bit mad.

I never got myself addicted to WoW. I tried, I failed. I ended up with EVE instead.

[DarkMagicc]

Originally Posted by Equinox

I find the line between good addiction bad addiction very blurry. People usually have their reasons for doing what they do, however stupid for a bystander. The fat guy who plays WoW? Did he become fat because he plays WoW? I seriously doubt it. Rather, he is not happy and WoW fills that void. Would he be happier if there was no WoW? Again, seriously doubt it. Most important question: would the person magically get better if WoW was not around? BS.

And if you can't prove that then your argument that video game addiction is a bad thing is invalid. The way gaming addiction is bad is iff it's absence leads to something good, of which evidence I've seen none. The true problem is deeper and has nothing to do with video games. They're just displaying what's already there for everyone to see while previously it wasn't as prominent. Just like shooting people after playing DooM Isn't directly related to DooM, but, rather, to the state the people were put in originally.

Correlation does not mean causation...

Just nobody up there wants to remedy the REAL problem. Blame it on WoW or on a person being a loser. Anyone can do that. It starts with public education and the crappy high schools you have spawned, politicians. It starts with your desire to label everything as bad the moment it's different from the "norm", creating loners; wtf is the norm anyway?

"Assent, and you're sane; demur, you're straightaway dangerous..."
/end of rant.

Sorry, I've just been read a lecture on gaming addiction in college class and all that crap and I'm still a bit mad.

I never got myself addicted to WoW. I tried, I failed. I ended up with EVE instead.

I think you should post your paper when your done, I would really like to read it .. haha..

I think if, on average, you would rather sit home on a saturday night playing diablo3, than go out and have fun, then you have a problem.

Now, it does go deeper than that because some people aren't happy with their lives and the people they hang out with, so they would rather sit home and play a videogame like D3.

I consider an addiction to, for instance Diablo3 a stage in your life where Diablo3 is what you always think about. If you can't go through a busy day without thinking of the game then there is a problem. It is understandable if you start thinking about it when you are bored, but when you are occupied, you shouldn't be fantasizing about a video game, its not very healthy.

For instance, when I was younger, I was addicted to D2 because I would come home and go straight to the game. Before I went to bed, I would play again. I started and ended my day with D2. This was just a phase, and after I lost interest (for the first time) this stopped happening. I understood that it wasn't normal. My only other videogame addiction was with Nazi Zombies in Cod: Waw, I bought every map pack JUST for the zombie maps and I was obsessed with it..haha

EDIT:
I guess you could also count those poke'mon gameboy games as an addiction:
I owned: Pokemon-
-Yellow
-Red
-Gold
-Chrystal
-Sapphire

[Omnicia]

naw thats why i like the diablo series because you dont have to sacrifice your social life.

[DarkMagicc]

Originally Posted by Omnicia

naw thats why i like the diablo series because you dont have to sacrifice your social life.

Actually, I thought it was more time consuming...being an rpg and all.

I didn't sacrifice any of my social life when cod4 was released. In single player you could always just pause and continue at the same spot. In multiplayer, each game lasts about 5-10 minutes tops.

When playing an rpg, it doesn't leave you "satisfied" that you played if you only play for a few minutes. But I used to have 20 mins before school; i'd just pick up my 360 controller and play 2 games of S&D.

[tristen620]

hah i'll just buy two copies and have my wife play w/me as long as she doesnt hog the loot, then she's on her own , and when it comes out my son will probably be about 4 or 5, so it would'nt be too early to teach him how to play too!