Nessaja sent me this image a little while ago, not too sure if it’s real but damn is it hilarious. I’ll take it down if it offends anybody in particular but I blurred out any names. It’s probably a joke or fake item but it did make me think a little.
I have some friends and family members too that kind of go overboard with the game. I don’t want to call it an addiction because then I’d be like every other two-bit hack that’s trying to demonize video games claiming they’re ruining our children. Right, parent ruin children, not video games. I got two kids right now. I’ve helped raise family member’s kids. Letting your 7 year old play Halo is just dumbass parenting. But that’s not what this is about.
People say to check how many hours a day you play but that’s not right I think. A better question would be what did you decide not to do so you could play WoW? If people are hardcore raiders and work their day jobs or school and then play all night 5 days a week; that’s fine for them. They’re meeting their real life responsibilities of work or school and they’re spending any free time doing what they enjoy. I wouldn’t exactly call that fun, but then again I’m not a hardcore raider.
There are times though that people (especially parents) need to take a step back and find out what’s being sacrificed for the game (or any other activity) and if that’s healthy in general by their standards.
I’m done with the rant, I really just wanted to post the funny picture for you all but I couldn’t in my right mind do that without at least trying to be somewhat informative and helpful.
I agree that it’s poor parenting and lack of understanding what the kids are playing that’s the problem. My two brothers and I have been playing video games since the Apple IIGS. But Mom and Dad always understood what we were playing and would sometimes watch or also play with us…Mom playing MarioKart…priceless, she’s such a noob.
I think it’s the duty of the parents to know the games their kids are playing. Afterall, I highly doubt that 10 year old is going to the store to buy themselves violent games.
I think it is all about balance in your life. Definitely, parents should watch their children’s amount of play-time. If kids 15-18 are running 7 days a week, 5 hours+ a day, something is wrong…
For adults, if they are choosing WoW over spouses or boy/girlfriends, or if you can’t do an activity with a group of friends because you have an instance, or if you say to your kid “I can’t play with you right now.” more often than not, then there’s a problem.
I personally feel a lot of responsibility towards guildmates. I’ve seen a couple that are logged in (and have been) for a long time before I log on and are logged in for a long time after I leave. I definitely get nosy and ask how long they’ve been playing and so on. I don’t think it’s out of line to say, “Look, man, you’ve been on for 8 hours today, why don’t you go take a break or take a nap?”
It’s definitely very situational, though and in the end it all comes down to your question I think: “What not do today?”
“What did you not do today?” is what I meant. LOL
HAMMER OF JUSTICE!!
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Now that I’ve recovered. I agree that everyone needs to take a step back from the game every once in a while to check and make sure you have real life in order. Everyone who plays the game has been guilty of neglecting something at least once.
Now, what do you think that kid is going to do for his 105 days of out of school suspension?
Start your own webcomic and your desire to play the game plummets. It worked for my WoW addiction and now I have a slightly healthier addiction to Cru the Dwarf.