Replies to '06/03 Virtual Chaos'

Quote From: chromos

Gonna have to say with all the posts about "gaming addiction" this has to be the one i appreciate the most. Everything she has stated in this is true in the most absolute sense. You can become addicted to anything in this world sex, drugs, movies ect.. and yes if your wondering i am a gamer...has my life been ruined by mmorpg's...no. Will it be? No. It depends on the person, just like everything. But Too be honest....compared to other horrifically violent video games....ex. Grand Theft Auto and the whole horde of games out there that are similiar to it, world of warcraft should be the least of y'alls worries. If i had children ill tell u i would be alot more at ease them playing world of warcraft alot...than playing games like grand theft auto...basically teling them that killing people is alright, or even movies for that matter. If you get addicted to something, it is your own fault and thus your own responsibility to fix the problem. Just like with smoking..there are steps to getting rid of the addiction...but someone else cant do it for you...you are the one that has to. Personally i play mmorpg's....not because they are a waste of time...like most people who have zero experience with video games think. I do it because it's a hobby of mine and i enjoy it, and you know what? that's all that matters. Am i addicted to it? no i am not...i do it because i enjoy it and it makes me happy. Everyone has something they do for a hobby that they themselves enjoy and thus get their own self-gratification out of it...and yes there are some who have hobbies that do take it overboard and when they realize that..it is up to them to fix it. I speak from personal experience with in the past having been addicted to video games...i remedied the problem and fixed it..do i still play? yes. am i addicted? not anymore. I understand that the point of this post is how video/computer games can destroy lives, wreck marriages, put u in an extreme ammount of debt, but im just backing up this womans statement and defending her post against anyone who decides to flame it. The whole debate on "Virtual Chaos" is portraying video games as some evil corporation to destroy people...it's not the games that destroy people it's the people playing them that take it too far and destroy people. And im sure you have all heard the saying...."Gun's dont kill people, people kill people."