Can you leave it all behind?
Addone_Abaddon
I only play gw cause jersey sucks.
My Passion
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Originally Posted by Narutoscryed
I have made countless ammounts of money in the game.. yet to a non player... these items and plat are worthless.. am i placing to much value in these digitized goods?
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I believe that ive learned a few things while playing gw but yes over time you relize its worthless. I justify my "addiction" by saying "well if I get better, who knows I may end up in a top guild and make some money; whereas if I were playing Wow id just be losing money and gaining nothing." But in the end you find that youve wasted your time and money in a bundle of data.
Answer to your question: Yes I could leave at anytime.
Ghull Ka
Addicted? No. Guild Wars is better than TV or other hobby that I'd use to fill my downtime and leisure time.
Virtual items: If you can still have a lot of fun if all of your platinum vanished tonight, then you've got the right mindset. If you'd quit playing altogether if all of your platinum vanished tonight, then, maybe you're putting too much value in these items.
Virtual items: If you can still have a lot of fun if all of your platinum vanished tonight, then you've got the right mindset. If you'd quit playing altogether if all of your platinum vanished tonight, then, maybe you're putting too much value in these items.
Darth Marth
I managed to quit cold turkey about a week ago because I realized I was addicted (6-7 hours a day, at least) and had grown tired of both PvE and PvP. (Not a very good combination 
) I had 1300+ hours over 9 months, but I'm realizing how wasted that time was. I quit once before in March, after getting tired of leading a dying guild, but I eventually came back for the Summer once my preordered copy of Factions came. I've made sure GW doesn't steal any more of my life by canceling my Nightfall order. I do still log in now and then to say hi, but mostly I've moved on. Of course, if I'd been really addicted, I wouldn't have wanted to quit. 
) I had 1300+ hours over 9 months, but I'm realizing how wasted that time was. I quit once before in March, after getting tired of leading a dying guild, but I eventually came back for the Summer once my preordered copy of Factions came. I've made sure GW doesn't steal any more of my life by canceling my Nightfall order. I do still log in now and then to say hi, but mostly I've moved on. Of course, if I'd been really addicted, I wouldn't have wanted to quit.
Diablo???
You'll be back... they always come back...
Age
You couldn't leave it all behind then you would have to leave The GWG behind but one day it it will come to an end so atm enjoy it while you can.
perfect
Game addiction is a serious thing and we will be hearing a lot more about it in the future in my opinion.
If you are addicted or even if you are not, I recommend reading posts on this site.
WoW Detox
Its encouraging messages from former WoW addicts who have been able to overcome their addiction and will work if you addicted to GW too.
If you are addicted or even if you are not, I recommend reading posts on this site.
WoW Detox
Its encouraging messages from former WoW addicts who have been able to overcome their addiction and will work if you addicted to GW too.
Guardian of the Light
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Originally Posted by Lampshade
For me it's not the game that brings me back, it's the people.
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If my friends quit Guild Wars I probably would quit.
Know one thing
"Nothing in this world will matter in the end"
Lynxius
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Originally Posted by Oh a GW forum
I think the real question here is: Should you really take everything southpark says as god given truth? I mean... you act as if playing a game means you have no life, yet it took SOUTHPARK for you to reach this conclusion?
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Know one thing
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Getting back on topic.
Im quoting this from the this site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4137782.stm
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South Korean dies after games session
Screenshot of Starcraft: Ghost developed by Blizzard Online gaming is treated like a sport in South Korea A South Korean man has died after reportedly playing an online computer game for 50 hours with few breaks. The 28-year-old man collapsed after playing the game Starcraft at an internet cafe in the city of Taegu, according to South Korean authorities. The man had not slept properly, and had eaten very little during his marathon session, said police. Multi-player gaming in South Korea is extremely popular thanks to its fast and widespread broadband network. Games are televised and professional players are treated, as well as paid, like sports stars. Professional gamers there attract huge sums in sponsorship and can make more than $100,000 a year. They are the types of games that completely engross the player. They are not games that you can play for 20 minutes and stop Professor Mark Griffiths The man, identified by his family name, Lee, started playing Starcraft on 3 August. He only paused playing to go to the toilet and for short periods of sleep, said the police. "We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from exhaustion," a Taegu provincial police official told the Reuters news agency. He was taken to hospital following his collapse, but died shortly after, according to the police. It is not known whether he suffered from any previous health conditions. They added that he had recently been fired from his job because he kept missing work to play computer games. |
akruan
I don't understand why people worry about becoming an addict to something. I believe that as long as you are happy while not harming others you can be addicted to whatever you want. I mean, in the end. Every single person, no matter what they have done in their lives will die and the world will keep going. It doesn't matter if you spend your life in a couch smoking pot, it doesn't matter if you spend it getting rank 12 or if you spend it saving starving children in Africa, you will die, the world will forget about you and that's it.
So I say, be happy, don't hurt others and play on!
So I say, be happy, don't hurt others and play on!
Diablo???
For certain I do recommend that people don't kill themselves doing the things they love, but besides that. Ya, Play on!
Lynxius
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Know one thing
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I mean, in the end. Every single person, no matter what they have done in their lives will die and the world will keep going. It doesn't matter if you spend your life in a couch smoking pot, it doesn't matter if you spend it getting rank 12 or if you spend it saving starving children in Africa, you will die, the world will forget about you and that's it.
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Isolating your self from the real world to the point of becoming completely anti-social is not healthy.
These kind of games are just like drugs, they provide you with a great escape of reality, an ilusionary world.
As long as you dont let them take you as far as they took that south korean man in my earlier post then youl do fine.
Just dont let it get to your head
akruan
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Those are sad perspectives of life.
Isolating your self from the real world to the point of becoming completely anti-social is not healthy. These kind of games are just like drugs, they provide you with a great escape of reality, an ilusionary world. As long as you dont let them take you as far as they took that south korean man in my earlier post then youl do fine. Just dont let it get to your head |
Malice Black
I've not logged on in 3 weeks and haven't played seriously for 3-4 months so yeah I could quit anytime..might cancel my pre-order for Nightfall cant see myself having the time to play it..starting work on setting up my 4th business...
Trvth Jvstice
Let's not turn this a conversation about life the universe and everything. It's about a game we all enjoy. Just remember -"Moderation in all things."
Lynxius
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Originally Posted by akruan
Is not healthy if it harms you, therefore it would make you unhappy and then you shouldn't do it. But if you can play for 40 years straight with a smile on your face and you don't hurt anybody in the process, then; why not? AND Im not saying I could do that.
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Let's not turn this a conversation about life the universe and everything. It's about a game we all enjoy. Just remember -"Moderation in all things."
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Just trying to show my righteous point of view ^_^
But il try keeping my inate criticism at bay.
Angelica
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Originally Posted by Sorcha ravenlock
Meh, you can ask that about any hobby. Can an avid reader put a book down and not read anything but traffic signs for 2 months? Can a golfer stay away from the green? Can a yoga fanatic be a couch potato for 3 weeks without freaking out?
A hobby is only an addiction when it's a problem. When your work, school, family life or social life suffers, or when you experience health problems. Once there are any signs of that, then you have to re-evaluate your life. But there is nothing wrong with playing video games for a few hours a day, and if you get enjoyment, and in MMORPGs social interaction out of it, then it's just as much (or as less) waste of time as any other hobby. I think GW stimulates the mind, you have to think about your class, build, stats, skills, team mates, enemies and so on, and I can't see anything wrong with that Can I walk away from the game, or from gaming in general? Sure, there are more important things in life. But some entertainment and relaxation for a while every day can make these important things easier to deal with, since I am more relaxed |
The Omniscient
It's about the competition and people for me. I wonder when I'll quit this game...
Vermilion Okeanos
I don't understand the concept of thoughts like this topic...
It is "entertainment", you are suppose to "play", and to release some stress from work through entertainment. Playing is a very important part of life for a human, as playing is one of the most efficient way of learning and stress release. (I suppose this game is for people who feel competition is fun. Then again, if there aren't any competetion, then the players might feel they had not accomplish anything, as to why competetion are placed insidie a game which will create viewable results and thus telling the player that he/she had not been wasting time... I could go on)
Now I just wish there is a game that is completely productive, entertaining and stress releasing at the same time. (I do hope that come true one day... and maybe I will aid it to make it happen =D )
It is "entertainment", you are suppose to "play", and to release some stress from work through entertainment. Playing is a very important part of life for a human, as playing is one of the most efficient way of learning and stress release. (I suppose this game is for people who feel competition is fun. Then again, if there aren't any competetion, then the players might feel they had not accomplish anything, as to why competetion are placed insidie a game which will create viewable results and thus telling the player that he/she had not been wasting time... I could go on)
Now I just wish there is a game that is completely productive, entertaining and stress releasing at the same time. (I do hope that come true one day... and maybe I will aid it to make it happen =D )
explodemyheart
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I have made online pals that i will never meet in person. Are they worth anything?
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Spike
I wonder how much blizzard paid south park to be on thier show. They must be geting REALLY desprate for publicty. As for leaveing it all behind. I've done it before when I got bored and will do it again if and when it happends.
azerdain
How many of you have a bedpan like Eric Cartmans?
Guardian of the Light
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Those are sad perspectives of life.
Isolating your self from the real world to the point of becoming completely anti-social is not healthy. These kind of games are just like drugs, they provide you with a great escape of reality, an ilusionary world. As long as you dont let them take you as far as they took that south korean man in my earlier post then youl do fine. Just dont let it get to your head |
That statement I said can be good or bad.
To me it means you shouldn't concentrate on "titles" we work for that don't mean anything at all in the long run. Just enjoy life with everything you love and be thankful for what you have.
But it's different for everybody.
Diablo???
All this ridicule of video gamers as having no life, it's as if there is a standard "life" that we measure from. What exactly constitute as a life? how can anyone make the claim that their life is what we should measure up to.
All of our perspectives of life are different, may it be sad to you, or optimistic to others, they are all true to ourselves. We don't need to have our life subjugated to meet this fantasy standard of life.
It's not our place to call another video gamer "anti-social", just as is calling another religious person "delusional". They are a measurement of our difference of opinion, our difference in values, and mind. Its ok to think gaming for 6 hours is a waste of time, but we hold NO right to reprimand another person for doing so.
All of our perspectives of life are different, may it be sad to you, or optimistic to others, they are all true to ourselves. We don't need to have our life subjugated to meet this fantasy standard of life.
It's not our place to call another video gamer "anti-social", just as is calling another religious person "delusional". They are a measurement of our difference of opinion, our difference in values, and mind. Its ok to think gaming for 6 hours is a waste of time, but we hold NO right to reprimand another person for doing so.
Relambrien
The term "life" when used in the context of "that guy has no life" generally has this definition:
Social experiences in person with friends, family, etc., often involving leaving one's place of residence.
And since our society is, well, social, people who are not very social are looked down upon, as if their very life has been taken away due to lack of in person social interactions.
On the concept of just being able to quit, I probably could. Guild Wars isn't the only thing that keeps me entertained you know. I could spend the time I play Guild Wars working up the courage to ask out the girl I like
Who knows what would happen if I did that?
Social experiences in person with friends, family, etc., often involving leaving one's place of residence.
And since our society is, well, social, people who are not very social are looked down upon, as if their very life has been taken away due to lack of in person social interactions.
On the concept of just being able to quit, I probably could. Guild Wars isn't the only thing that keeps me entertained you know. I could spend the time I play Guild Wars working up the courage to ask out the girl I like
Who knows what would happen if I did that?
Diablo???
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And since our society is, well, social, people who are not very social are looked down upon, as if their very life has been taken away due to lack of in person social interactions.
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But I certainly don't "look down" on someone who likes to spend time by themselves.
Socializing is a form of activity no different than video gaming, hobbies, or leisure pursuits. They're no more and no less important, the only difference is that they are more prevalent because it is the first form of activity a human learns. It would be misleading to believe that it holds more value than anything else, because if it does. Pity the blind, the mute and the deaf.
Vahn Roi
I'm addicted to GW, I play far too much for my own good. Yes I know it's a waste of time, but I enjoy doing it...
Diablo???
Before anyone takes offense to my last comment, my point is that there is no measure to how much socializing a person must do. People either socialze more than you, or less than you, and just because it's less does not automatically categorize them as anti-social. It's a mere perspective. Because no one knows where they rank on the scale of socialization.
By the way, being anti-social points to a specific pattern of behavior in which the person not only avoids social activities, but goes out of their way to create a hostile response to disrupt any attempt at socialization.
By the way, being anti-social points to a specific pattern of behavior in which the person not only avoids social activities, but goes out of their way to create a hostile response to disrupt any attempt at socialization.
explodemyheart
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I'm addicted to GW, I play far too much for my own good. Yes I know it's a waste of time, but I enjoy doing it...
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If you really want to break it down, everything is a waste of time. People go to school to learn skills to get a career for the rest of their life (in "ideal" situations) just to make money, maybe have a family and die. If you spend your life doing the things that you enjoy and make you happy, then as far as I'm concerned, it's not a waste.
Truong
At the moment, I could. Before, no, I couldn't.
It was my "anti-drug", and it still is, but I'm moving on to a more healthy lifestyle.
It was my "anti-drug", and it still is, but I'm moving on to a more healthy lifestyle.
Diablo???
Additionaly, if you are on this forum, it is most likely that you are not anti-social.
Trvth Jvstice
What a bunch of goofy crap! lol. Social, antisocial... whatever-- And Diablo, why the jab at religion? It had nothing to do with any of the previous posts.
We're talking about a game here. Out of the many choices of addictions, I'd say being addicted to Guild Wars isn't that much of a big deal.
To the spouses, friends, parents of anyone addicted to Guild Wars: on the computer, click start, control panel, add and remove programs, Guild Wars, remove, yes.
EDIT: Diablo, looking at your earlier post, you mention life leading into oblivion. By that I assume you mean non-existance?- -Also-In your posts, you try to persuade people that simply because life is so short that what you are and do in life doesn't matter. No way, the values and beliefs you have in life are passed down through generations and therefore hundreds if not thousands of years. It's passed down through your children and the people close to you. What you are and do does matter.
Edit: Removed insulting remarks about Diablo----My apologies.
We're talking about a game here. Out of the many choices of addictions, I'd say being addicted to Guild Wars isn't that much of a big deal.
To the spouses, friends, parents of anyone addicted to Guild Wars: on the computer, click start, control panel, add and remove programs, Guild Wars, remove, yes.
EDIT: Diablo, looking at your earlier post, you mention life leading into oblivion. By that I assume you mean non-existance?- -Also-In your posts, you try to persuade people that simply because life is so short that what you are and do in life doesn't matter. No way, the values and beliefs you have in life are passed down through generations and therefore hundreds if not thousands of years. It's passed down through your children and the people close to you. What you are and do does matter.
Edit: Removed insulting remarks about Diablo----My apologies.
Alpha Moth
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All people value their time spent differently, whether it be for pleasure or for productivity, it is based on our own perceptions of importance. Afterall, when we die, what is it all worth?
What is tangible in life that we may take with us into oblivion? Time and chance happens to us all, just as mountains will erode, so will our existence here on earth. A Saint's lifetime differs not from anyone here on this forum, after a thousand years, neither of our names or accomplishments will be remembered. As Marcus Arelius wrote in Meditations, "the yawning gulf of time behind you and before you at another infinity to come. In this eternity, the life of a baby of three days and the life of a nestor of three centuries are as one." Our life is too short to worry about how other people judge our time, you spend it pursuing the things you desire, and nothing, not even the whole world, can tell you otherwise. |
But, I wouldn't mind being remember for a thousand years, just as the ancient people and gods are remember for more then a thousands of years.
But, i'd rather live a long and happy life, a life worth living. Then a short life and be remember for a thousand years.
arcanemacabre
As far as anyone knows, we only live once. This is it. Soak it up.
If playing Guild Wars is what makes you happy, who is anyone to refute that?
On the other hand, if you're still playing Guild Wars and you're sick of it, maybe you should step back and take a look at yourself. Go and be merry. Do what makes you happy.
If playing Guild Wars is what makes you happy, who is anyone to refute that?
On the other hand, if you're still playing Guild Wars and you're sick of it, maybe you should step back and take a look at yourself. Go and be merry. Do what makes you happy.
Diablo???
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What a bunch of goofy crap! lol. Social, antisocial... whatever-- And Diablo, why the jab at religion? It had nothing to do with any of the previous posts.
We're talking about a game here. Out of the many choices of addictions, I'd say being addicted to Guild Wars isn't that much of a big deal. To the spouses, friends, parents of anyone addicted to Guild Wars: on the computer, click start, control panel, add and remove programs, Guild Wars, remove, yes. |
...Because in no way what I have said is degrading a religious person, I am supporting what people do with their own time, whether it be for hobby, leisure, or religious practice. The key word here is not "religion", its "Time spent".
Diablo???
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This is pretty much the way i see life as.
But, I wouldn't mind being remember for a thousand years, just as the ancient people and gods are remember for more then a thousands of years. But, i'd rather live a long and happy life, a life worth living. Then a short life and be remember for a thousand years. |
Ilya Khan
I was sick of of Prophecies 6 months into it but kept playing simply because of the friends I had made. I really hated factions after 3-4 weeks but kept playing that because of guildies. I have cut back on my GW playing from 6-8 hours a day to 1-2 every 3-4 weeks or so. I do it mainly to keep in touch with the good friends I have made. The real question is whether or not I will buy Nightfall. If I do, I will be entertained with the game for a few weeks and then probably get sick of it. If I don't then I save $50 and can still chat with my guild friends. Oh yeah...WoW sucks.
Diablo???
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EDIT: Diablo, looking at your earlier post, you mention life leading into oblivion. By that I assume you mean non-existance?- -Also-In your posts, you try to persuade people that simply because life is so short that what you are and do in life doesn't matter. No way, the values and beliefs you have in life are passed down through generations and therefore hundreds if not thousands of years. It's passed down through your children and the people close to you. What you are and do does matter.
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The values you cherish are your own, they may be passed down to your children, and their children beyond. But they all die, every single person, dies. Nothing is forever, as time consumes all of which is remembered today... everything will be forgottened... (in this universe at least).
But I agree that what you do does matter, because I never said that it didn't.
What I'm saying, is that your values, are most important to only ONE person in this world, and above all else, that one person is yourself. YOU are the judge of your time, what you value, what you cherish, is for yourself to judge.
Ken Dei
You've never seen addiction rates like those associated with Entropia Universe. Trust me.
Note: DO NOT PLAY THAT GAME! EVER!
Note: DO NOT PLAY THAT GAME! EVER!
Diablo???
Before this topic strays any further.
The point I hope everyone gets from me is that: If you truly LOVE playing a game, ANY game, may it be Guild Wars or WoW. Do it, by all means.
Your time can only be wasted if you spend your life doing what you DON'T want to do.
Because you'll never get a second chance...
The point I hope everyone gets from me is that: If you truly LOVE playing a game, ANY game, may it be Guild Wars or WoW. Do it, by all means.
Your time can only be wasted if you spend your life doing what you DON'T want to do.
Because you'll never get a second chance...