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I Am A Recovering Addict of MMORPG Games - ShoeMoney®

This is probably the only post on his blog worth reading all the way through. Its long so I'll sum it up.

I used to do tech support
I started playing everquest
I got fat
I moved in with my parents
I moved in with my friend
I got my life somewhat together
I started playing WoW.
I had a moment of clarity.
I can no longer play games on teh interwebs :(
Sad Face :(
Teh End
 


He's a maggot for wasting his life writing that shit ... holy shit that's a long post.
 
I have friends who have wasted hundreds of hours on that stuff. It's sad, because they're pretty bright people who could probably do some great things if they would that much time and effort towards something productive.
 
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I have friends who have wasted hundreds of hours on that stuff. It's sad, because they're pretty bright people who could probably do some great things if they would that much time and effort towards something productive.
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Fuck that! I'm going to start playing Diablo 2 again.
 
I have always been naturally good at video games… sports games… whatever. When I was 8 years old I won a tournament in Branson Mo. where I had to play over 14 hours. I beat out over 300 other people of all age ranges. At one time I proclaimed myself the greatest in the world at nhl96 hockey and challenged people to games. I also would play them with no goalie. I was the best. But I digress.
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That made me LOL.



....ok back to work for me
 
God I hope he wrote that for linkbait. I was in a constant state of cringing as I read that.
 
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Actually, 2 of the best programmers I have known have succumbed to the same shit.

Escapism to the extreme, and I am not even kidding.
One lost his job and then spent the next half year living in WoW, pissing away his savings.
The other one was caught in a crappy job (same I was in, but I got out) and basically just decided to quit coming to work and spend his time boozed up, playing Lineage II.
Needless to say, they fired his sorry ass.

Both bright, highly intelligent people, but nothing would get through to them anymore. The MMORPGs got more important than anything else.

I do enjoy my games and yes, I have been lost to the world for some time as well. I cherish my escapism, to say the least.
But I have never crossed that line.

(And before you get all high and moral on me - don't kid yourself, escapism can be fueled by anything - books, movies, internet forums...waitasecond...)

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mmorpg addiction is the most pathetic thing i have ever heard of. If your gonna be addicted at least get high or something
 
I love video games. I play them a lot. But I don't get completely lost in them. I am still able to come back to reality and function and get my work done, haha.

These people that get completely lost in these games are probably severely depressed and it's the only thing that gives them any joy.
 
That was a great post for him to make. I"m sure he has quite a few readers with that same problem. Hopefully he put some perspective in their heads about it and what can happen. I'm one of the lucky bunch of nerds that has no patience for a game. I can play dice wars or spider solitaire for a couple minutes but thats pretty much it. Any game that takes more than 5 minutes to play gets on my nerves. Although that mobsters game on myspace is addicting as hell! It's the type of game that captures me because you only spend a couple seconds at a time on it throughout the day. It's like click click click you're done for a couple hours, but then a couple hours later you're like OH MAN I GOT TO DO MY CLICKS! haha
 
There's a good reason it's nicknamed Warcrack. I've never been anywhere near as bad as that, but it's easy to waste faaaaar too much time on crap like that.
 
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Actually, 2 of the best programmers I have known have succumbed to the same shit.

Escapism to the extreme, and I am not even kidding.
One lost his job and then spent the next half year living in WoW, pissing away his savings.
The other one was caught in a crappy job (same I was in, but I got out) and basically just decided to quit coming to work and spend his time boozed up, playing Lineage II.
Needless to say, they fired his sorry ass.

Both bright, highly intelligent people, but nothing would get through to them anymore. The MMORPGs got more important than anything else.

I do enjoy my games and yes, I have been lost to the world for some time as well. I cherish my escapism, to say the least.
But I have never crossed that line.

(And before you get all high and moral on me - don't kid yourself, escapism can be fueled by anything - books, movies, internet forums...waitasecond...)

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I'd also bet that some pretty high level stress or deeply rooted depression played a role. I was into online poker for a year, mostly the free shit, and literally played 10 hours a day, 7 working hours! I lost a grand total of $200 that year, which at the time, scared the shit out of me that I'd potentially be a gambling addict.

Of course, after being in Vegas for 10 days last month, I know I'm not an addict, I just really fucking suck at gambling!

They also had an Intervention (A&E Series in US) about a dude who was addicted to video games/gaming. Pretty deep stuff these folks get into.
 
A guy I knew got fired from his job and had to move back in with his parents because he was addicted to WoW.

When the latest expansion came out he didn't even sleep until he reached the level cap in like 4 days. All he wanted to do was setup Raids with his guild. This guy was definitely addicted.
 
i can see why this happens to people. i used to be addicted to a few games back in the day.... just mild addiction, nothing like the had to quit my job addiction. When WoW came out i vowed not to play it, and have not played it to this day. Take that blizzard!
 
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