Drugs and videogames
<div class="IPBDescription">Opinions... 18+</div>I assume most of the NS2 community are adults over the age of 18+ and if not, most natural selection players have a high maturity. What are peoples opinions about drugs and videogames... ranging from coffee to cannabis?
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Thank you for your insight 6john. I agree that harder drugs certainly destroy lives. I have personal experiences of this myself.
What about things like tea, or even perhaps ritalin? (Dare I ask?) I have ADHd... but I have never taken ritalin and played this game :-P. One would assume you could be very good at it though. I used to turn my math and reading assignments in before the class was over when I took my ritalin....but without it? I would probably not even show up to class lol.
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one nice single malt and some friends + Giants: Citizen Kabuto = good times :D
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sh_VuxYqBY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sh_VuxYqBY</a> love it ^^
- Hunter S. Thompson
Annoyingly though, it just made the whole experience boring. I ruined it for myself.
Never smoked anything or took harder drugs and I don't intend to do it any time during my life.
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lol - This guy is one of my heros, and is why i am actually named hunter, and hunterST on the forums ;)
SO as you can guess... yeah lol, i like a few chemicals :D
I was playing while blottoed on some mandy the other day, but consensus was i should still go commander, dont think i embarassed myself too much, tho was far too messed up to remember if we won or not lol
ADHD, im pretty sure ritalin is a racemic mix of L and D methamphetamine, a good CNS stimulant like that should be good for playing NS :D its allways helped me with fps games neway ! :P
As for cannabis, i rarely play without being stoned, doesnt seem to damage my playing :)
Definatly kids, cause noone wants to be a university educated engineer and small buisness owner. Think of the children, wont someone think of the children!!! lol
Similarly, don't accept any- and everything just because it's "natural." Poison frogs are just as natural as daisies and king cobras. Educate yourself, or stick to pot. Worst you'll do is smoke yourself stupid.
And look up desomorphine, just so you know what you're in for if you end up addicted to the wrong kind of drug. Or search for videos of it using the russian street name for it, krokodil.
I got in a big accident and broke my pelvis in 3 places, 3 ribs, lascerated spleen, internal bleeding, blood clots in my lungs and leg, pinched nerve in my lower spine, and I broke my sacrum bone (Below tailbone).
I wasn't in the best shape but the doctors gave me months of hard painkillers like oxy. Needless to say, natural selection 2 became one of my favorite games during my rehabilitation... haha.
Toys 'R' Us could potentially sue for trademark issues over that, maybe. I know other X 'R' Us shops exist, but they don't sell drugs, maybe.
Similarly, don't accept any- and everything just because it's "natural." Poison frogs are just as natural as daisies and king cobras. Educate yourself, or stick to pot. Worst you'll do is smoke yourself stupid.
And look up desomorphine, just so you know what you're in for if you end up addicted to the wrong kind of drug. Or search for videos of it using the russian street name for it, krokodil.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Desomorphine is some sketch stuff, Krokodil vids are gnarly
Drugs are bad mmkay
#1 drugs worldwide Caffeine, Nicotine, Alcohol probably in that order
just like anything else you use / consume buy local and know your supply chain that way you give back to the community and don't fund terrorism
or something
I tried to have the conversation that is this thread is with .ADHD while were sitting in the readyroom one day and I found .adhd to already hold strong unswayable opinions regarding this subject matter
with that said, i dont do drugs or alco. just weed
As far as video games go, keep making more adult ones please. These cookie cutter video games the consoletarded companies keep cloning and producing in massive droves are ruining the video-gaming industry.
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As far as video games go, keep making more adult ones please. These cookie cutter video games the consoletarded companies keep cloning and producing in massive droves are ruining the video-gaming industry.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
+1
Otherwise, it seems like a waste of a perfectly good high, go outside or something.
Video games are my drug and right now I want to unhook myself from Diablo 3 because while finding epic items is a thrill. There is nothing to do with them other than to progress the same areas and enemies and bosses and cutscenes except it takes 50 times longer. Once completed you got nothing to do at all, farming for more items to get nowhere else is pointless. It doesn't help that the EU AH is basically dead and prices are skyrocketing for anything worthwhile. Hell, even Blizz came out and said the endgame is nonexistant. I won't even bother with the PvP knowing most people still playing have much better stuff than me. And the rubberbanding, gods, the rubberbanding is killing half of the time. I want a refund :(
And the real Diablo fans all saw it all coming, I'm so glad I skipped it. 8-)
Pot is the limit of my 'real' drug use, and it was hardly any. My opinion on any drug really is to educate yourself, stay away from anything with far reaching consequences, and use in moderation. Marijuana is a fantastic drug, but its too good and can end up making you content to lead a ###### life.
Also being commander in NS2 while drunk is funny, but nowhere near as funny as drunken roaming gangs in Eve Online. That game is so stressful since every loss is permanent, so just going nuts together is a great laugh.
Edit: As far as video games that use drugs are concerned, I am against it. For the most part, it is impossible to simulate what a drug feels like when all you have is visuals on a screen. Its messing with brain chemistry. All drug taking in video games ever does is glorifies or villainizes it. That said in RPG games there is often trade offs for drugs that seem mostly pharmaceutical in nature, giving bonus at a tradeoff, which is fine.
Caffeine, I consume probably more than is healthy really. I drink a lot of coffee, and play all my games caffeinated.
Should be noted that I live in a very weed tolerant place, with loose medical laws and hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries (which are more common than Starbucks). Possession under 1oz, even without a license, is a petty offense, punishable only by a small fine.