[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
enigma666 wrote:
Video games or mmorpgs are not bad, nor are they good. The key is moderation.
I played WoW in moderation, an average of 20 hours a week. Occasionally more, but more often less. The problem with these games is, they create the illusion of progress, a false sense of satisfaction that should come from actual accomplishment. Most days, we give up 8+ hours of our life to a job we hate, we get in a decent workout, maybe have sex with a woman, if we’re lucky. There’s no progress, there’s no sense of accomplishment. WoW gives you that illusion. “Yesterday I was level 57, today I hit 58. I ran a instance and got a piece of gear that will be good for PvP.” Except of course, it’s nothing. If you need a sense of accomplishment, you should actually go out and do something in the real world. Get something done that won’t cease to exist the moment you log off.
Of course, everyone’s free to do what they want. But you should do stuff in the real world.[/quote]
Yes that is completely true.
I think a lot of people see any one that plays mmorpgs as “having a problem” alto some people actually have a problem and are truly addicted, for the most part this is not true. there are alot of people that play 10-30 hours a week, and I would hardly consider that excessive. I mean if your playign a game for 1-4 hours a day and working 8 and sleeping 8, thats 17-20 hours of your day. Even if you work out for an hour every day you still have around 7-3 hours a day to do any thing else you may want… I mean give me a break, if you think that’s excessive I think you may be the weird one.
I challenge any one on this board to 100% truthfully say they spend every waking moment accomplishing some thing in real life, that means no watching tv, no reading for enjoyment, no drinking, no going out dancing, no playing golf, no going out to the park and playing soem basket ball, ect.
Yes you should strive for things in real life, but every one needs some thing to do to just unwind, whether that’s a hour or two of tv, reading a good book, or hell even playing an mmo.