Are Games A Total Waste Of Time

[Assultsniper]

Cons - Wastes your life, Its all scripted by people,its not real,destroys society, and its definetly a girl reppelent

[bluedevil]

the con thing is when you enter a part of the game that you cannot pass without playing it over and over.

makes me wanna smash things

[abu_has_the_power]

the con of gaming is that ur grades go down the drain. if i were to play 11 hrs of cs nonstop, 1st, my parents will nuke me, then my grades would fall, if i play often

[RGX]

Games are an escape from reality, just like movies, just like TV, just like board games

Hand eye co ordination improves greatly, and it provides a well needed vent to take out your frustration on (vice city for example), rather than taking out your anger and aggression on other people

everyone needs an escape, through music, literature, and games....countless more

[Xilo]

I played an EverQuest session for 4 days straight. Only got off to take a crap, piss, eat, shower, etc during down time when I was waiting for a full mana bar and had lots and lots of caffeine. Only slept a few hours... It was getting to the point where I felt like I was going to peel over and my brain and eyes were rot, sorta like a zombie

[CadeLaguana]

Originally posted by Xilo@21 September 2003 - 00:45
I played an EverQuest session for 4 days straight. Only got off to take a crap, piss, eat, shower, etc during down time when I was waiting for a full mana bar and had lots and lots of caffeine. Only slept a few hours... It was getting to the point where I felt like I was going to peel over and my brain and eyes were rot, sorta like a zombie

Thats how I felt playing runescape (a mmorpg). Runescape you could mine, fish, do tons of quests, fight for skill, herblaw with using herbs to make potions, make your own arrows, make all kinds of armour and weapons by smithing. Mine bronze, iron, steel, mith, adamantite, rune. Rune require like a level 90 in mining to mine it. That would take about a year to get that good...I played that game straight for a year and only managed to get to level 67 in mining. I mined day and night, made armour, sold it.

When I woke up I played it untill I went to sleep. My girlfriend had to force food down me. I just ate a quick sandwich or something.

Damn that game was addictive. But I had to get over it. Don't play it anymore but I recommend it anyone who loves masive multiplayer online rpgs.

Also its best to run the game with your desktop resolution at 800x600 since the window gets to small any higher...

ahhh wtf am I saying, not like any of you are going to check it out...

Don't do it. You will get hooked and die.

[james_bond_rulez]

that is why I avoid that kind of game

I, too, have fell into the lures of multiplayer games, playing for hours without knowing day and night and my health just degradated

So I ditched all of my online games and now I only play single player games, even then I watch how long I play, 2 hours max

[james_bond_rulez]

Originally posted by CadeLaguana@21 September 2003 - 01:15
When I woke up I played it untill I went to sleep. My girlfriend had to force food down me. I just ate a quick sandwich or something.

wow such a nice girlfriend.

I would've taken your girlfriend while you were still in that fantasy world mining all that crap

but seriously that was nice of her

[Jay]

i dont know about pros or cons but i see myself playing less and less as time goes on

[Turd Ferguson]

Originally posted by Jay@21 September 2003 - 05:26
i dont know about pros or cons but i see myself playing less and less as time goes on

Me too. I used to come home from school and play for like 2-3hrs every day, but now I probably play about 3 or 4 hrs a week, and only that much because I'm not working full time yet.