Gamer Addictions
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I'm playing too much COD2 atm, so much so that my parents have taken away my pc power cord becasue i'm becoming anti-social 
I honestly don't think i play too much as i still go out often with friends etc it's just that i'm addicted to it and when i play it's normally in 3-5 hour sessions.
I'm starting to get into DOD:S now and i think it may break my addiction to COD2 which will be good as i can't sit there playing DOD:S as long as i can with COD2.
I honestly don't think i play too much as i still go out often with friends etc it's just that i'm addicted to it and when i play it's normally in 3-5 hour sessions.
I'm starting to get into DOD:S now and i think it may break my addiction to COD2 which will be good as i can't sit there playing DOD:S as long as i can with COD2.
I used to be adicted to Asherons Call and by addicted I'd get up at 7/8AM and stop playing it around 3AM stopping for only food and toilet breaks.
It was, at the time, the best game I'd ever played and I think most MMORPGs owe a little to Asherons Call it's a shame it added housing and such like in the end as this removed the town populations which were so good to chat to and try and figure out new spells.
The game was so free flowing as well you could go almost anywhere and find an area and just kill monsters - the other side of this was that you could fight lots of monsters at once and if you were taking a kicking you could run off - you could try and dodge spells as well which in todays MMORPGs is unheard of.
The skills were also excellent you could up your run or jump speed and actual see a difference there were even quests which were made easier because you had a high jump skill, you could up your melee defence and again notice this in fights it's such a diverse game it's untrue every character was unique - unfortunately all the games nowadays relate around you pressing a few buttons with no real skill or diversity.
It was, at the time, the best game I'd ever played and I think most MMORPGs owe a little to Asherons Call it's a shame it added housing and such like in the end as this removed the town populations which were so good to chat to and try and figure out new spells.
The game was so free flowing as well you could go almost anywhere and find an area and just kill monsters - the other side of this was that you could fight lots of monsters at once and if you were taking a kicking you could run off - you could try and dodge spells as well which in todays MMORPGs is unheard of.
The skills were also excellent you could up your run or jump speed and actual see a difference there were even quests which were made easier because you had a high jump skill, you could up your melee defence and again notice this in fights it's such a diverse game it's untrue every character was unique - unfortunately all the games nowadays relate around you pressing a few buttons with no real skill or diversity.
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DailyGeek said:Ultima Online.
I think I just got readdicted after a three year break too
lol i remember running up a 797pound freeserve bill when i was 14 playing that in the summer holidays..had a nackerd modem so took about 10 times 2 connect and kept on disconnecting....but what we didnt realise was that every time u connected it was a 50p charge and then 1p per min thier after
took me a whole year of wrkin sat sun 2 pay that off 
Ouch.... gotta say tho i have had times when games have taken over my life..like playing Halo2 in pro leagues also world of war craft..think you just gotta make sure you keep your freinds and get a girl freind....lifes fun with games in it jst dont depend on them..
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kdd said:
been there
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heh i just dont have the time to be addicted anymore these days... with work,sleep, learning to drive, goin to the gym and learning 3d modelling gaming just doesn't seem to fit in as much as it used to
Which is a good thing, as i have been totally addicted to waay too many games since i started gaming.. mostly mmo's they are just evil time sinks but i have also gone through the play cs for 12 hours a day stages
Now i just play bf2... i get in a couple of hours a night at most.. maybe a bit more on the weekends, but definately not enough to consider myself addicted
Which is a good thing, as i have been totally addicted to waay too many games since i started gaming.. mostly mmo's they are just evil time sinks but i have also gone through the play cs for 12 hours a day stages
Now i just play bf2... i get in a couple of hours a night at most.. maybe a bit more on the weekends, but definately not enough to consider myself addicted
Kreeeee said:
Shame, I don't.
Edit: Reason why I'm not really that concerned is that I have no intention of having kids at any point in my life (also seemed to pick the mental women to get involved with :/ ), most TV is rubbish so I only watch a few hours a week and my "real life" mates are mostly into tabletop role-playing games to relax.
I live almost across the road from two pubs and with the nightly drunken behaviour/violence outside them with the antics of the customers I'd rather stay in.
Gaming addiction to me is the best choice out of the others listed, as the only person it might affect is myself.
(edited my post so it didn't sound cheeky)
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Not really addicted anymore.
Last year and a couple of years back I was. I'd play CS1.6 for 12hrs a day quite easily and enjoy it.
But now since working I seem to have lost the urge. I still game, just not for as long. Guess before it was a habit, and I've broken it for now.
Last year and a couple of years back I was. I'd play CS1.6 for 12hrs a day quite easily and enjoy it.
But now since working I seem to have lost the urge. I still game, just not for as long. Guess before it was a habit, and I've broken it for now.
Murf said:WoW is dominating my life at the moment. I spend most evenings on it with my RL friends in a skype convo. There is only one person with the powers of persuasion to get me away from the keyboard at the moment.
God? When he hits it with a lightning bolt?
