Is online gaming bad for you?

o_zippy · 02-18-2005, 05:48 PM

according to the bbcnews write up we is all doooomed! check it out http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4273125.stm

o_storm · 02-18-2005, 05:54 PM

thats why I dont play rpg, I like my real life to much to dedicate that much time to a game. Not that I would say anything against anyone who wants to as that is their choice and as long as they arent harming anyone they can do whatever they want.

o_gritty · 02-18-2005, 06:50 PM

Too much of any one thing is bad for you, this includes online gaming.

Once you start refusing to go out down the pub because you need to play a clan match, thats when you need to go cold turkey before someone has to surgically remove your fingers from the keyboard.

MMORPG are teh devil, at least with FPS you can take or leave it and it doesnt have to eat up all your time, just a couple hours.

o_rebo · 02-18-2005, 08:34 PM

I think the problem with MMORPG is that they are all designed to make people spend more and more time on the game. Rather than be a skill thing its a time you put in thing. The more time you spend the more months on the contract the more money they get.

o_storm · 02-18-2005, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Gritty

Once you start refusing to go out down the pub because you need to play a clan match, thats when you need to go cold turkey before someone has to surgically remove your fingers from the keyboard.

Get some healthy lung cancer and liver failure in the pub

o_silver · 02-19-2005, 02:04 AM

YESSSS

o_comrade tiki · 02-19-2005, 03:10 AM

Those online RPG games are meant to make the user addicted. To occupy their time, to make them want to continue. And they take WAY too long to advance up as a result of their addictive nature. Comparison:

To obtain resources:

TFC - Run into respawn, get armour, ammo, health, and grenades
MMORPG - Use a magical potion, run around for an hour finding materials

To obtain skill:

TFC - Choose a class, aim and click, gradually get better
MMORPG - Kill thousands of little furry animals and look through the list of skills to obtain

To change classes:

TFC - Press B and a number, respawn in a few secondss
MMORPG - Create a new identity, kill thousands more little furry animals, and waste hours more of your life

To kill an enemy:

TFC - Grenade? Rocket? Shotgun? Point and shoot! Run over the backpack if you're low on ammo.
MMORPG - Select a skill and click on enemy...wait...run from enemy...click and wait...watch enemy die, and pick up items

o_anshinritsumai · 02-19-2005, 07:43 AM

I play TFC, CSSource, HL2DM, World of WarCraft, Anarchy Online, and the occasional webgame and single player game.

Balance them out and it's not a bad thing.

Live your entire life on one single game, and it is.

I've played over 10 different MMORPGs and loved playing alot of them. They are fun, in a way that may seem boring; but it's just so addicting. Like TFC, but in it's own way, a MMO kinda way.

o_cruor · 02-19-2005, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Storm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gritty

Once you start refusing to go out down the pub because you need to play a clan match, thats when you need to go cold turkey before someone has to surgically remove your fingers from the keyboard.

Get some healthy lung cancer and liver failure in the pub

Hell yeah!!!!11

beer > games

( beer + games ) > beer > games

( beer + teh ladies ) > ( beer + games ) > beer > games

o_lithium · 02-19-2005, 03:23 PM

Games + Working Out = Buffed Gaming Nerd!! w00t

o_hatchman · 02-19-2005, 04:55 PM

yea its bad alright. but so soo good

o_|404|innoc-tpf- · 02-19-2005, 05:10 PM

All the hot chicks go for the gaming nerds....I think it's the brain cell killing body odor....

o_staplegun · 02-19-2005, 09:16 PM

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They no longer have the "choice" to play

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My son, Shawn, committed suicide as a direct result of being addicted to the EverQuest game.

hahaha, what the fuck.

o_themadgrenadier · 02-20-2005, 04:39 AM

hey, second time i played TFC i played from 7AM till 9AM "the next day"
26 hours nonstop playing...

and i still play for 5-8 hrs at a time easily sometimes..

o_hudderz · 02-20-2005, 07:07 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2744449.stm

Aparrently, counter strike is good for you according to the BBC
maybe they were just talking about MMORPG's being bad.

o_comrade tiki · 02-20-2005, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cruor

( beer + teh ladies ) > ( beer + games ) > beer > games

Where does "( games + teh ladies )" stand in that comparison?

o_cruor · 02-20-2005, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by comrade tiki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cruor

( beer + teh ladies ) > ( beer + games ) > beer > games

Where does "( games + teh ladies )" stand in that comparison?

Well basically going to the Pub to meet ladies and having a beer(s)

*Edit* Oops missread you post, ( games + teah ladies ) ain't really an option for me. They are not to be combined

o_georgie · 02-21-2005, 12:11 AM

Mebbe you're playing the wrong games.

o_gritty · 02-21-2005, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by comrade tiki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cruor

( beer + teh ladies ) > ( beer + games ) > beer > games

Where does "( games + teh ladies )" stand in that comparison?

games + teh ladies = playing TFC whilst dleding pr0n no?

it would be interested to know where games + w33d fits in many peoples equations.....

o_johnnyp · 02-21-2005, 11:06 AM

Definitely bad.
But I suck in real life and try to compensate by playing WoW
I am lvl27 lesbian human female rogue.

02-18-2005, 05:48 PM	#1
o_zippy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cumbria,UK Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Is online gaming bad for you? according to the bbcnews write up we is all doooomed! check it out http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4273125.stm

02-18-2005, 05:54 PM	#2
o_storm Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: SCOTLAND (above England) Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	thats why I dont play rpg, I like my real life to much to dedicate that much time to a game. Not that I would say anything against anyone who wants to as that is their choice and as long as they arent harming anyone they can do whatever they want.

02-18-2005, 06:50 PM	#3
o_gritty Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stevenage, UK Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Too much of any one thing is bad for you, this includes online gaming. Once you start refusing to go out down the pub because you need to play a clan match, thats when you need to go cold turkey before someone has to surgically remove your fingers from the keyboard. MMORPG are teh devil, at least with FPS you can take or leave it and it doesnt have to eat up all your time, just a couple hours.

02-18-2005, 08:34 PM	#4
o_rebo Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	I think the problem with MMORPG is that they are all designed to make people spend more and more time on the game. Rather than be a skill thing its a time you put in thing. The more time you spend the more months on the contract the more money they get.

02-19-2005, 02:04 AM	#6
o_silver Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	YESSSS

02-19-2005, 03:10 AM	#7
o_comrade tiki Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Nova Prospekt Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Those online RPG games are meant to make the user addicted. To occupy their time, to make them want to continue. And they take WAY too long to advance up as a result of their addictive nature. Comparison: To obtain resources: TFC - Run into respawn, get armour, ammo, health, and grenades MMORPG - Use a magical potion, run around for an hour finding materials To obtain skill: TFC - Choose a class, aim and click, gradually get better MMORPG - Kill thousands of little furry animals and look through the list of skills to obtain To change classes: TFC - Press B and a number, respawn in a few secondss MMORPG - Create a new identity, kill thousands more little furry animals, and waste hours more of your life To kill an enemy: TFC - Grenade? Rocket? Shotgun? Point and shoot! Run over the backpack if you're low on ammo. MMORPG - Select a skill and click on enemy...wait...run from enemy...click and wait...watch enemy die, and pick up items

02-19-2005, 07:43 AM	#8
o_anshinritsumai Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I play TFC, CSSource, HL2DM, World of WarCraft, Anarchy Online, and the occasional webgame and single player game. Balance them out and it's not a bad thing. Live your entire life on one single game, and it is. I've played over 10 different MMORPGs and loved playing alot of them. They are fun, in a way that may seem boring; but it's just so addicting. Like TFC, but in it's own way, a MMO kinda way.

02-19-2005, 03:23 PM	#10
o_lithium Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Games + Working Out = Buffed Gaming Nerd!! w00t

02-19-2005, 04:55 PM	#11
o_hatchman Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New York State Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	yea its bad alright. but so soo good

02-19-2005, 05:10 PM	#12
o_\|404\|innoc-tpf- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Midtown Express Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	All the hot chicks go for the gaming nerds....I think it's the brain cell killing body odor....

02-20-2005, 04:39 AM	#14
o_themadgrenadier Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	hey, second time i played TFC i played from 7AM till 9AM "the next day" 26 hours nonstop playing... and i still play for 5-8 hrs at a time easily sometimes..

02-20-2005, 07:07 PM	#15
o_hudderz Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Birmingham. England Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2744449.stm Aparrently, counter strike is good for you according to the BBC maybe they were just talking about MMORPG's being bad.

02-21-2005, 12:11 AM	#18
o_georgie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Mebbe you're playing the wrong games.

02-21-2005, 11:06 AM	#20
o_johnnyp Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Estonia Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Definitely bad. But I suck in real life and try to compensate by playing WoW I am lvl27 lesbian human female rogue.

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