Video Games Are Addicting...literally

Disman · November 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Stumulates the brain much like drugs..?</div> <a href='http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031104/ts_nm/tech_videogames_addiction_dc_5' target='_blank'>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._addiction_dc_5</a>

Meh. Thought you all might like this...

Sir_Robin · November 2003

i get a rush of NS

SoulSkorpion · November 2003

When mainstream media realises and latches onto the correlation between clans and social sports teams, I'll be happy.

DOOManiac · November 2003

Its much more likely that the ignorant masses will associate Clans with.. well... <a href='http://www.farmworkers.org/bracero5/kkk.gif' target='_blank'>clans</a>...

Smoke_Nova · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Heavy games players can play an average 17 to 26 hours a week. The online games, in which players battle with opponents online, are considered the most gripping and time-consuming. </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

17-26 hours a week?

Get it right!

40-60!

Nil_IQ · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Smoke Nova @ Nov 5 2003, 10:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> 17-26 hours a week?

Get it right!

40-60!  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Hmm, about 4 hours a day on weekdays (4x5=20) + about 12 total for the weekend gives a grand total of 32 hours. I'm spending approximately 20% of my time on the computer, OMG!

/me feels the need to start a seperate post about this "pressing" issue.

Although tbh what else is there to do? TV? Sure, IF there's something good on. Go out and play sports? Well let's just assume we all have sportsophobia. Go round a friend's house? Why when you can play against them on NS without leaving the room.

So... when I think about it not ALL of this 20% is playing... some of it is socialising (no, I do not consider THIS socialising since I don't really <i>know</i> any of you).

Yes, I am blatently an addict.

Smoke_Nova · November 2003

Well. Let me think about my time on the computer.

Ummm...about 30-40% of my time. M/W/F I usually spend about 9 hours a day. T/Th, I spend about 10-11 hours a day.
That's a lot of freaking time on the computer.

Ironically, since i've started going to college i've lost 10-15 pounds and am in better shape then ever. Despite spending 30-40% of my time on the computer. COOOL.

So yeah, that's why my post count went from like 600 Before college to 1600+ in college.

Plus I got realllly good with a CStrike Riot Shield.

Disman · November 2003

Come on guys you have to leave at least 3-4 hours every week for the gym. And maybe run 30 min every other day?

CommunistWithAGun · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Disman @ Nov 5 2003, 01:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Come on guys you have to leave at least 3-4 hours every week for the gym. And maybe run 30 min every other day?  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I walk everyday <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

CplDavis · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Nov 5 2003, 09:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Its much more likely that the ignorant masses will associate Clans with.. well... <a href='http://www.farmworkers.org/bracero5/kkk.gif' target='_blank'>clans</a>...  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
dont you mean the Klan?

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

stupid kkk.. anyways

haha I rmember once when I played Cs for 24 hours with only bathroom and quick food breaks <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

By the end of the day I had awsome ratios like 86-6. I also had the biggest migran ever at the end of it all. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>

but that was a long time ago.

Obst · November 2003

Try about 60 hours of NS nonstop. Then try comming in your last game. Don't forget to drink some beer while playing. Oh yeah, LANs are fun.

@topic: I think I'm addicted. Seriously, I don't do anything else. I have only social contacts based on my classmates. I don't have a girlfriend. I have simply nothing else. Addicting, yes, but fun!!!

Necrotic · November 2003

...anyway

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
"Game entertainment is not a classic media experience. It has a potency that offers a new psychological experience," Kline said, adding he could imagine violent experiences in games to spill over in real life.

Other scientists, who like Chee have carried out scientific surveys, said heavy games players were in fact sociable and not the pathological loners they are often made out to be.

Sociology Professor Holin Lin at National Taiwan University discovered many players were members of an online 'clan' to try to become more successful against opponents in the game. She also found many had relationships with clan members in real life.
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I like the way it says "Other scientists, who like Chee have carried out scientific surveys" thus implyign the ones who have actually done some research and know what they're talking about. Thank god some people are taking this seriously rather than just the "omg some kid blew away some other kids and he played mario lets ban all computer games" attitude we've had to put up with for too long.
And yes I beleive myself to be sociable, I work in a retial environment (posh expression for crappy supermarket job) so I'm constantly surrounded by colleagues and customers, I have friends who I go out with to my local where I am well known by the regulars and bar staff.
Gone are the days of the secluded geek teenager stuck in his mums basement or the anti-social depressive goth pyscho who everyone thinks is going to flip out one day. We are just like everyone else, I mean what the hell, the guy organising a LAN I'm going to is a 35 year old plumber.
Time for society to get a grasp and reality and see what gamers really are instead of sticking with the stereotypes.

Smoke_Nova · November 2003

Well, when my girlfriend is around...well, I turn the computer on to check my mail. that's it.

but I only get to see her like once or twice a month.

3-4 hours a week for the gym?

What's a gym?

Is that some sort of new freeware game?

uranium_235 · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Nov 5 2003, 01:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Disman @ Nov 5 2003, 01:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Come on guys you have to leave at least 3-4 hours every week for the gym. And maybe run 30 min every other day? </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
I walk everyday <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Yeah, you walk to the kitchen, get a snack, and walk back.

Geminosity · November 2003

I remember reading a bit in penny arcade where they said they were hard-core into PSO and had even spent 28 hours straight playing it.
I managed to play it for something like 3-5 days straight before finally losing consciousness in the middle of a conversation ^^;

Sylver · November 2003

Wow and i thought i was addicted <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

i just barely reach 20 hours a week <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'>

Geminosity · November 2003

yeah well... when your friend gives you a surprised look when you come out of your room after a 3-5 day PSO binge + 1-2 days sleep recovery saying something like "I thought you went back home for the week?" you tend to cut down on your gaming hours afterwards <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

PSO's more the exception than the rule... I usually get out and about each day while doing gaming stuff too but I'd lose whole weeks to Phantasy Star Online ^^;

UltimaGecko · November 2003

I walk to class....that counts, doesn't it? (...that's at least a mile of walking each day, probably 2)

Smoke Nova, I demand your college trade networks with my college...so I can play more and get better pings <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>.

Disman · November 2003

Let's see.... I play about 2 hours a day. That's only about 14 hours....per week... So not to bad. Some days I might do 3 or 4. Just depends on if I had a stressful day. NS is a great stress relief for the most part.

I like to play ns or work out when I am stressed. If I could, I would play it more. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> Between G/F, School, Homework, Friends, Family, JOB, and seks.............. ns only gets about 14 hours. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

EDIT: spelling

RPG_Jssmfulhud · November 2003

Ok, let's see for me. While I don't play any games anymore, I'm still on the net to chat, role-play and so on... MUCH!

Ok, every day, I'm on the computer for at least 8, usually 10-11 hours. And that's every day, no exception. That means... I spend about 70 hours a week on my compy (almost 3 days a week non-stop). And yes, I need a life... But my life is on the net! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Disman · November 2003

I used to RP quite a bit. I was goign to be an english major at the time and It hought It was fascinating to go to chatrooms with experienced rpers and act out in a different character. If you surround yourself with good writers and creative people it is as though your writing a new chapter almost every day. Very cool experience and it gives you an insight on ideas for new characters, new topics for books, new plot ideas, new vocabulary....a writers dream. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Burr · November 2003

Let me see here:

Su/M/T/W/R: about 6 hrs a day average, makes it 30 hours a week

F/Sa: I don't get on the computer on the weekends unless im REALLY bored (Im usually drunk before I get REALLY bored, so it doesn't happen much)

Of course, some days are more, and some days are less (this actually refers to time spent playing games, not total time on computer, I don't count that becuase I HAVE to be on the computer alot, darn ArcGIS program!)

RPG_Jssmfulhud · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Disman @ Nov 5 2003, 10:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I used to RP quite a bit. I was goign to be an english major at the time and It hought It was fascinating to go to chatrooms with experienced rpers and act out in a different character. If you surround yourself with good writers and creative people it is as though your writing a new chapter almost every day. Very cool experience and it gives you an insight on ideas for new characters, new topics for books, new plot ideas, new vocabulary....a writers dream. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
You hit the nail. I live for RP. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Jezpuh · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sylver @ Nov 5 2003, 08:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Wow and i thought i was addicted <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

i just barely reach 20 hours a week <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
My friends record is like 18 hours straight on the pc.
Mine is like 17 hours, I basicly live behind my pc, but I have a really good shape, maybe that's because I breakdance allot or something. I do have a girlfriend where I hang out much lately..
But hmm, in vacations, if I don't have anything to do, I don't come out of my house for like 7 days, 17 hours on the pc :S

Help me <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Smoke_Nova · November 2003

Gecko, my college network is a T1 servicing 1200 people, from 400-800 at any given time doing P2P (Filesharing).

15.5kb/s downloads @ 3am!
YAY!

Align · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Obst & Gemuese @ Nov 5 2003, 07:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Try about 60 hours of NS nonstop. Then try comming in your last game. Don't forget to drink some beer while playing. Oh yeah, LANs are fun.
 </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
What happens?

I dont play as much anymore, but that is only because I don't have as much time anymore(college), and that I surf around on these boards n webcomics. And stuff....
<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'> :/

Disman · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RPG_Jssmfulhud @ Nov 5 2003, 03:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Disman @ Nov 5 2003, 10:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I used to RP quite a bit. I was goign to be an english major at the time and It hought It was fascinating to go to chatrooms with experienced rpers and act out in a different character. If you surround yourself with good writers and creative people it is as though your writing a new chapter almost every day. Very cool experience and it gives you an insight on ideas for new characters, new topics for books, new plot ideas, new vocabulary....a writers dream. <img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
You hit the nail. I live for RP. <img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Where you rp at and what type of rp? Mine was mid-evil. We also dealt with greek mythology quite a bit.

Edit:: Fantasy rpg I suppose. :O

uranium_235 · November 2003

Man, you can RP for hours and it'll feel like it's been 10 minutes.

Hmm maybe that's because 2 hours is spent getting everyone actually focused on the game... another two hours is usually spent whining at the GM, throw in half an hour for a Mountain Dew / Snack run...

UltimaGecko · November 2003

T3 in a 6000+ campus. Almost everything to download is blocked (bandwidth caps on everything, 50kbs/s max...unless it's microsoft or something). Kazaa and other p2p are blocked too (don't use them anyway). Compare that to the 300kbs/s+ road runner at home, and a very low ping, and I'm infuriated.

From 4-11pm it's not worth being on the computer besides AIM or Microsoft messanger (or whatever it is).

They could open bandwidth like it was last year, but noooooo "We want to save money on bandwidth"....buncha jerk offs. There reason for limiting it: people were downloading to much of KaZaa last year...so they blocked it...I'd like to know why they blocked everything else too...

(20-80 hours during the summer on the comp (that'd be at home, not here))

Obst · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Align @ Nov 5 2003, 11:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Obst & Gemuese @ Nov 5 2003, 07:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Try about 60 hours of NS nonstop. Then try comming in your last game. Don't forget to drink some beer while playing. Oh yeah, LANs are fun.
</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
What happens?

I dont play as much anymore, but that is only because I don't have as much time anymore(college), and that I surf around on these boards n webcomics. And stuff....
<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'> :/  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
After some time you will paly 10 hours a day, DURING SCHOOL TIME. I currently have 4 hours of sleep max each night. This suxx. But I can't stop. I'm addicted,

RPG_Jssmfulhud · November 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>[Disman]

Where you rp at and what type of rp? Mine was mid-evil. We also dealt with greek mythology quite a bit.

Edit:: Fantasy rpg I suppose. :O</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

I RP at two boards currently but mostly with my friends on AIM (gotta have the constant flow-in <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> ). I'm not really going to tell where... Heh. And no, it's sci-fi RP for me.

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>[uranium - 235]

Man, you can RP for hours and it'll feel like it's been 10 minutes.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

Very very VERY true. I once RPed for 6 hours non-stop on AIM. Wow... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Ahem, I'm not going to hijack this thread though... Sorry.

Video Games Are Addicting...literally

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