WoW and addiction... (NSFW) Options

[impala454]

A majority of WoW players are socially inept. sorry to say it, but its true.

hmm... blanket statement with no real evidence to back it up (that is unless you know the majority of wow players. also kinda funny how you said "A majority", doesn't really make any sense (unless there's more than one majority of wow players who are "socially inept"). Not a great start for a philosopher.

Additionally, I dont think the game is hard at all.

Coming from someone who's never played the game... again... I think your philosophy professors would be upset... but what do I know, I'm supposedly "weak minded" (wonderful philosophical argument btw). I suppose you could give some detail as to what you believe is easy?

Im not one for video games at all really. Ill occassionally play some multiplayer XBOX games like ESPN NHL 2K_ or Bond or something with my friends IN PERSON, but a lot of people use WoW as a social outlet and well...

So playing video games with your friends in person is different how? How would you suggest I socially interact with my friends who don't live in town? I don't think I could interact with them any better than playing the same game and talking to them on a headset. Also how exactly is you playing Bond or NHL 2K with your friends not using video games "as a social outlet"? Lastly what would you say to someone who could interact with and make friends with people they don't know, AND still goes out with their friends several times a week? I suppose being graduated and working (without having homework and studying) I have more free time than a college student would, but it would seem to me if you could do both you'd actually have social interaction with more people than someone who didn't play online games.

I hate to step on toes here, but thats fucking gay. LETS ALL GANG UP AND GO KILL OTHER PEOPLE TOGETHER CUZ IT WILL BE FUNNY HARDY HAR HAR..... pathetic. Weak minded?.... yes. The game was designed to suck you weak minded fools in.

So... having 40 people you don't know all talk and work together in a game is weak minded? And every bit of entertainment on the planet (games/movies/music/etc) is designed to suck people in. You think a game designer, movie director, or song writer is out there thinking... "hmm... well I don't want too many people to be interested in my work..."?

I have no qualms with the people who play it when they are bored or have nothing else to do because we all have our little hobbies to do when we are bored... like me posting on Techsans.

You have no problems with people playing a game when they're bored. Hmm... I'm trying to think of any other time when one would play a game.

I do see a problem with people who stay up all hours of the night playing and then miss class, or do that instead of going out with their friends or making real life friends. Yeah, gay.

Once again I think the philosophy professors would be upset. Giving "missing class" as a reason to bag on WoW makes no sense at all. It's right up there with the "guns kill people" and "i'm suing mcdonalds for making me fat" arguments. A person is late for or misses class because they choose to, not because they played a game, or went out and got wasted the night before.

It's ironic to me how some of you guys say a person can have no social life and no friends on the computer, and yet still actively participate in this community online. Whether you love me or hate me, the vast majority of people on here have never met me (or very few times), and yet we still socially interact on a daily basis. Of course there's your people who play for 12 hours a day, which is bad for your health/life/etc, but it's no different than someone who stares at myspace all day, or watches tv all day.

[GOB]

fag

[pebkac]

People people people...

It doesn't matter whether you love wow or hate it. Either way, it's JUST A FUCKING GAME. If you hate it, don't play it. If you love it, respect other people's right not to like it. It's as simple as that.

[Mommy]

hmm... blanket statement with no real evidence to back it up (that is unless you know the majority of wow players.  also kinda funny how you said "A majority", doesn't really make any sense (unless there's more than one majority of wow players who are "socially inept").  Not a great start for a philosopher.


Coming from someone who's never played the game... again... I think your philosophy professors would be upset... but what do I know, I'm supposedly "weak minded" (wonderful philosophical argument btw).  I suppose you could give some detail as to what you believe is easy?


So playing video games with your friends in person is different how?  How would you suggest I socially interact with my friends who don't live in town?  I don't think I could interact with them any better than playing the same game and talking to them on a headset.  Also how exactly is you playing Bond or NHL 2K with your friends not using video games "as a social outlet"?  Lastly what would you say to someone who could interact with and make friends with people they don't know, AND still goes out with their friends several times a week?  I suppose being graduated and working (without having homework and studying) I have more free time than a college student would, but it would seem to me if you could do both you'd actually have social interaction with more people than someone who didn't play online games.


So... having 40 people you don't know all talk and work together in a game is weak minded?  And every bit of entertainment on the planet (games/movies/music/etc) is designed to suck people in.  You think a game designer, movie director, or song writer is out there thinking... "hmm... well I don't want too many people to be interested in my work..."?


You have no problems with people playing a game when they're bored.  Hmm... I'm trying to think of any other time when one would play a game.


Once again I think the philosophy professors would be upset.  Giving "missing class" as a reason to bag on WoW makes no sense at all.  It's right up there with the "guns kill people" and "i'm suing mcdonalds for making me fat" arguments.  A person is late for or misses class because they choose to, not because they played a game, or went out and got wasted the night before.

It's ironic to me how some of you guys say a person can have no social life and no friends on the computer, and yet still actively participate in this community online.  Whether you love me or hate me, the vast majority of people on here have never met me (or very few times), and yet we still socially interact on a daily basis.  Of course there's your people who play for 12 hours a day, which is bad for your health/life/etc, but it's no different than someone who stares at myspace all day, or watches tv all day.

Your first paragraph about "the majority" is fucking dumb. Take a lesson in English there, buddy. That sentence makes sense. WoW players is one group of people.... the majority of which are socially inept. Dont be such a homo.

Umm I have seen the game enough to have an opinion. I sat and watched hours upon hours upon hours of it being played. I never touched the keyboard and mouse when it was on...that you are correct on; however, I think I have enough exposure to the game to have an opinion.

Im not reading the rest because your first two paragraphs, as usual, were stupid enough. You can pick on my degree all day long. I dont care. The fact of the matter remains that you have the most pathetic arguing skills on these boards and you try to make me look like an idiot to validate your point. Here is a lesson in philosophy...thats a horrible arguing style...rather than hitting my points dead on, you feel the need to devalidate me. Thats cool. I can take it. Doesnt bother me one bit coming from you. Youre a dumbass

This post has been edited by Jessica: Aug 15 2006, 02:21 PM

[Billy]

if it did that he'd be homeless with no one to take care of him

[False Dude]

id like to see this obvious evidence that the majority of people who play wow are socially inept.

[Xentither]

Hahahaha!..... social ineptitude...... you want proof? *giggles viciously*

[Jim]

Your first paragraph about "the majority" is fucking dumb. Take a lesson in English there, buddy. That sentence makes sense. WoW players is one group of people.... the majority of which are socially inept. Dont be such a homo.

Baseless opinion. Let's see fact.

[Seussninja]

this argument ended on the last page but it seems a few users are made of gasoline and fire

[chook]

i know this is gonna get alot of bad response..... but what is MY primal nature?

baking a pretty cake!




























and rape

[chook]

I'm taking a break from studying for the Mcat so i'll add me 2 cents in.

I think Greg got it right, being relative. A 35 level character is hundreds of playing hours. Comparing that to 5 minues of a movie is quite stupid. Its about liking the style of play. I could play final fantasy 7 through Midgard (or whatever that big city was called) and realize that I do not like the game.

I played Mud's around 93' when it was on a BBS and only 4 people would be signed in at the same time (My friend Brett and I dialed in at the same time to go questing together).
Along came the internet and with that MUDs, and several ones through AOL and Compuserv, like Dragonmasters. We belonged to clans and helped eachother. In real life I played warhammer, 40k when it came out and magic (started beta). These type of people were the core of the original MMORPG's. For me it was the fantasy that I liked, some poeple it was their whole life. I played UO on a player ran shard, but was drifting away.

Newer generation has much more diversity that the older one. Almost everyone grows up with a computer now, so the crowd gets more diverse. You can still find alot of people who are socially inept online, that will never change. I personally grew out of online roleplaying, but still like going back to that lifestyle every once in a while. It takes too much to get a good character in one of these games.

As for WoW, I think its addicting for some people. Its not necessarly a bad thing, but can become one. People like Jim will defend it with zealotry, while others like Jessica will bash it. To me its just a game that I don't like. It is not a hard game to master, takes too much time and is not something I enjoy. The game depends on working with a good clan and going raiding once you max out your character. I see my friends who play it spend about 20 nights raiding with their clan so they can get tier 2 equipment.

But for some people, this game is fun for them. It doesn't mean they are weak minded. I like playing Master of Orion on the occasion, although I know how the play the game quite well. Some people have fun with their clan. For some its their only social outlet, for some its just something for fun. I know both popular and unpopular people who play this game.

Everyone just needs to chill out about it. Stop worrying what people think about the game, they don't play it and its just a game. Stop complaining about it unless its affecting someone (i know a guy who failed out of school becuase of WoW)
It should just be a game.

[Dogmeat]

id like to see this obvious evidence that the majority of people who play wow are socially inept.

I don't think I know a single person who plays WoW regularly that isn't antisocial .... seriously

[TetraGrammaton C...]

oh no drama!


everybody plays stupid games, not all with computers, some with real life
some with religion. honestly, it is just passing the time.

there are plenty of worse things to pass the time with and forum posting may be one of them!!!!!!!!!



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[TetraGrammaton C...]

I don't think I know a single person who plays WoW regularly that isn't antisocial .... seriously

if you were more social you might meet them

[Jim]

I don't think I know a single person who plays WoW regularly that isn't antisocial .... seriously

Hi. Have we met, my name is Jim. Currently, all of my friends are on summer vacation and are coming back to ABQ this week.


I guess that blows your theory of everyone who plays WoW regularly is Anti-social. More like you're retarded.