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Originally Posted by luwe80
WTF do you do with a 500lb squat anyway?
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On topic tell the stasi bastard to gtfo , if you enjoy your downtime playing GW good on ya
Waste of time playing Guild Wars?
Angelic Upstart
On topic tell the stasi bastard to gtfo , if you enjoy your downtime playing GW good on ya
Malice Black
Everyone needs downtime, just as long as it doesn't take over your life.
Hannes
XD XD XD
Malice Black
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Cool as your hairdo
Konig Des Todes
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Originally Posted by ~ Dan ~
That i can have a life and play a game at the same time.
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Turtle222
If it is your parent asking: *show report card*
If it is your friend asking: *show your girlfriend*
If it is a stranger asking: *show your fist up close*
Works for me
If it is your friend asking: *show your girlfriend*
If it is a stranger asking: *show your fist up close*
Works for me
cosyfiep
actually I find playing the game very therapeutic .....I kill off the dumb insects and plants instead of taking my misplaced aggression out on others....works for me and I get some gratification when I accomplish something, granted it many only be a masters bonus reward (and those 3 swords), but it is instant and given---no questions asked. Sometimes you just want simple, and that is simple----do this well and get this reward. thanks!
yes I am wasting time playing the game.....but I think I waste more time posting on guru
yes I am wasting time playing the game.....but I think I waste more time posting on guru
IslandHermet
they call it gaming,
I call it multitasking
I never just play guild wars, I play GW while surfing the net running pandora.com for music, youtube for cool videos, college humor for more funny vids, talkin on vent with friends, editing and maintaining my guild website/social networking site (it is not only for guild wars), checking gobs of emails and checking out all the cool new science and tech, and I am still trying to find a good wallpaper/background website.
somehow I still find time for work and school
sleep is a different story
2 screens FTW.
o forgot I have the TV on in the backgroud as well lol.
so anyone who just watches hours of TV only I slap in the face when they ask this question.
I call it multitasking
I never just play guild wars, I play GW while surfing the net running pandora.com for music, youtube for cool videos, college humor for more funny vids, talkin on vent with friends, editing and maintaining my guild website/social networking site (it is not only for guild wars), checking gobs of emails and checking out all the cool new science and tech, and I am still trying to find a good wallpaper/background website.
somehow I still find time for work and school
sleep is a different story2 screens FTW.
o forgot I have the TV on in the backgroud as well lol.
so anyone who just watches hours of TV only I slap in the face when they ask this question.
upier
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Originally Posted by mystical nessAL
GTFO would be the simplest answer.
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You: "GTFO!"
Person A: "A what or a who?"
You: "...."
Chushingura
GW is stale. Farming to build up your wealth even more, is fun.
Alex the Great
While i do have a life/sports team/job/GF, my mom stilld thinks that guild wars is a waste of time, so i always reply, "So sitting and watching the cooking channel while reading fasion magazines isn't?"
FeroxC
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Originally Posted by Songbringer
Not always a waste of time. As I have just started my college classes torwards a degree in game design and programming.
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Im not pwning Shiro im debugging.
When your two hobbies are gaming and programming your parents tend to see you as a lost cause in regards to staring at a screen.
Kusandaa
Yeah, my mom constantly tells me to stop gaming and do something productive.
Until about 2 weeks back I was recovering from a bad leg fracture - needed surgery and physiotherapy, I had to move out of my apartment and out of the city to get faster treatments (my parents moved with me at my grandparents' in a remote countryside town) which meant going away from my husband (he did join me here after his semester
) and canceling my semester at university. I'm on leave until June, but now that I don't have the leg brace anymore I can now drive and look for a job, which is what I'm doing.
Which meant I had a LOT of time to game and COULDN'T get outta the house much (couldn't drive, couldn't walk, couldn't work)... which turned my mom nuts. Hell, GW was my only decent social window ('cause my grandparents are so-so talkers, and let's face it, my mom isn't the person who I wanna talk to 24/7). My husband and dad understand it fully, but not her.
I love gaming, it's my fav passtime, my big hobby... always has been and probably always will be. The difference is that before GW, I was a console gamer. I switched a lot between the computer and the consoles. Now I don't have to move since I game on the computer and I use it... usually at the same time. Yet my mom doesn't yell at me as much when I game on the TV, never understood why...
My husband doesn't think I have a problem. He's a bookworm who likes to game, and I'ma gamer who likes to read :P. I think in the 3 years and a half we've been together, he asked me twice to drop off the game: one 'cause he cut himself bad and needed to go to the ER, the other 'cause he wasn't feeling good at all. In fact he's the first one to tell my mom to chill...
Until about 2 weeks back I was recovering from a bad leg fracture - needed surgery and physiotherapy, I had to move out of my apartment and out of the city to get faster treatments (my parents moved with me at my grandparents' in a remote countryside town) which meant going away from my husband (he did join me here after his semester
Which meant I had a LOT of time to game and COULDN'T get outta the house much (couldn't drive, couldn't walk, couldn't work)... which turned my mom nuts. Hell, GW was my only decent social window ('cause my grandparents are so-so talkers, and let's face it, my mom isn't the person who I wanna talk to 24/7). My husband and dad understand it fully, but not her.
I love gaming, it's my fav passtime, my big hobby... always has been and probably always will be. The difference is that before GW, I was a console gamer. I switched a lot between the computer and the consoles. Now I don't have to move since I game on the computer and I use it... usually at the same time. Yet my mom doesn't yell at me as much when I game on the TV, never understood why...
My husband doesn't think I have a problem. He's a bookworm who likes to game, and I'ma gamer who likes to read :P. I think in the 3 years and a half we've been together, he asked me twice to drop off the game: one 'cause he cut himself bad and needed to go to the ER, the other 'cause he wasn't feeling good at all. In fact he's the first one to tell my mom to chill...
Dallcingi
I just stopped playing a lot of GW since I just realized it is pointless, thus a waste of time. there are many ways to challege your mind... gw is not so great at doing so. you take builds from wiki and get into dumb flame wars over noobs in RA so its well not worth the time and effort.
Gun Pierson
It's my favorite waste of time, except for making love with a woman
My boss doesn't understand why I play for so many hours. I do understand why he's a soccer phreak and goes watching soccer games and gets himself drunk. That's just not my kinda cup of tea though.
In the end we're both adults and we do with our free time whatever we want to do with it. I said to myself: As long as the bills are paid, the job has been done and the household runs, I can do whatever I want.
My boss doesn't understand why I play for so many hours. I do understand why he's a soccer phreak and goes watching soccer games and gets himself drunk. That's just not my kinda cup of tea though.
In the end we're both adults and we do with our free time whatever we want to do with it. I said to myself: As long as the bills are paid, the job has been done and the household runs, I can do whatever I want.
I Can Cure Cancer
If gaming is a waste of time then so is entertainment of ANY kind. I play games because they're fun, not because I have no life.
HuntMaster Avatar
When people ask me why I waste my time on games I reply simply, "because it keeps me out of prison" No one ever knows what to make of that, They just ask me what I would be doing if I wasnt playing games, my reply is a smile.
No one ever knows what to make of that, They just ask me what I would be doing if I wasnt playing games, my reply is a smile.
I MP I
I've been told by just about everyone (except gamer friends of mine) that I'm wasting my time playing video games. My usual response is everything you do in your life is a waste of time if you actually bother to think about it. Which they do afterwards and nod their heads telling me I'm right. OMG ENLIGHTENMENT!
Stormlord Alex
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What would your reply be to such a question?
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StormDragonZ
- Some of us don't have girlfriends.
- Some of us don't have boyfriends.
- Some of us don't have a job.
- Some of us realize Guild Wars is a game and games were meant to be fun.
- Some of us just happen to enjoy Guild Wars more than others.
- Some of us need to fill that void that World of Warcraft once had.
- Some of us like to stay indoors.
Plenty of reasons how to respond if someone says "You're wasting your life playing Guild Wars".
- Some of us don't have boyfriends.
- Some of us don't have a job.
- Some of us realize Guild Wars is a game and games were meant to be fun.
- Some of us just happen to enjoy Guild Wars more than others.
- Some of us need to fill that void that World of Warcraft once had.
- Some of us like to stay indoors.
Plenty of reasons how to respond if someone says "You're wasting your life playing Guild Wars".
_Todeshand_
It's fun. That's the reason. I only play for fun, no grinding, no title hunting. I like to trade and get gold, and sometimes I also get sad after losing ingame money, but it's still fun.
GW-Trading is like a normal hobby for me - meeting new friends, having fun, spending time and no risk to lose real life money. GW-Playing, what I don't do that much anymore is also fun, but more like a "normal" PC game.
GW-Trading is like a normal hobby for me - meeting new friends, having fun, spending time and no risk to lose real life money. GW-Playing, what I don't do that much anymore is also fun, but more like a "normal" PC game.
Commander Ryker
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Originally Posted by Kusandaa
I love gaming, it's my fav pastime, my big hobby... always has been and probably always will be. The difference is that before GW, I was a console gamer. I switched a lot between the computer and the consoles. Now I don't have to move since I game on the computer and I use it... usually at the same time. Yet my mom doesn't yell at me as much when I game on the TV, never understood why...
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Then, about 7 years and 2 kids later I got my first computer just to play Doom. Lots of computer games, platform games followed until we find me here with GW that I totally love. I love everything about it, the graphics, music, the titles and just the idea of it. When I was a kid, I could never have imagined anything as awesome as this and I'm thrilled that it's happened in my lifetime. So, if someone says anything about wasting time, I'll tell them, hell, I'm just trying to catch up. The best thing about having a second childhood is that you can afford your toys.
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My husband doesn't think I have a problem. He's a bookworm who likes to game, and I'ma gamer who likes to read :P. I think in the 3 years and a half we've been together, he asked me twice to drop off the game: one 'cause he cut himself bad and needed to go to the ER, the other 'cause he wasn't feeling good at all. In fact he's the first one to tell my mom to chill...
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The best part is that it's something we do together.
Zahr Dalsk
I used to read a lot. Still do sometimes but usually just when I can't access my PC and there's nothing interesting going on. So gaming pretty much replaced reading for me, though certain authors I will set aside gaming for (Dan Abnett, GRR Martin, Terry Goodkind, etc).
Do I consider Gw a waste? Compared to other games, yes. Compared to life... nah. Considering the world these days Gw isn't really a waste. I mean, hey, better than being a US marine shooting or torturing some Iraqi civilians in a show of good American generosity, for example, or a KKK member lynching an innocent black man.
Do I consider Gw a waste? Compared to other games, yes. Compared to life... nah. Considering the world these days Gw isn't really a waste. I mean, hey, better than being a US marine shooting or torturing some Iraqi civilians in a show of good American generosity, for example, or a KKK member lynching an innocent black man.
RedStar
I just say that it trains my english xD. Or that at least I'm not wandering inside the house/garden like a zombie.
Kusandaa
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Originally Posted by Commander Ryker
Imagine being a gamer before gaming was invented. The very first video game didn't come around until I was almost 18 and that was Pong by Atari. I then had to wait 15 years for Nintendo to come out with Mario Brothers. After that, it just kept getting better and better.
Then, about 7 years and 2 kids later I got my first computer just to play Doom. Lots of computer games, platform games followed until we find me here with GW that I totally love. I love everything about it, the graphics, music, the titles and just the idea of it. When I was a kid, I could never have imagined anything as awesome as this and I'm thrilled that it's happened in my lifetime. So, if someone says anything about wasting time, I'll tell them, hell, I'm just trying to catch up. The best thing about having a second childhood is that you can afford your toys. |
I think that's why he's never really told me to get off a game NOW - my mom does it all the time, causing me to sometimes missing guild activities or AFK for a long while. She thinks this game is eating my life (especially my currently non-existant social life) and that I'm pretty dependent of them. I doubt she realized how GW WAS my social life because I COULD NOT have a social life here, since this place has little to no youth, so finding someone with my interests is fairly hard, since I'm either considered a geek (gaming, reading) or uber-feminine (Arts/Literrature, doesn't help that I'm gay)... and both are badly viewed around. I'm in a backwater (literally, this is an island), very-religious, small Canadian Christian belt.
No matter how many times I explains this to her, she keeps yelling at me for not going outside to meet other people my age (like hell I'll hang out in country bars...) or finding a job (I couldn't work until 2 weeks back, she's been yelling at me for that since March!). My husband tries to calm her down, my dad joins in too, but the next day she does the same thing over and over again... it's frankly irritating and I don't know what to do about it.
As you guys can see I'm pretty sick of it all - kinda needed to vent about this or gather tips before I explode >_>. It's not because I'm a gamer that I'm wasting my life... in fact I'm not wasting it since I had NOTHING else to do until 2 weeks back. But nope, she doesn't get it and it's bothering me.
Kali Magdalene
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I have used this one before:
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Snow Bunny
"It's a waste of time to argue with you over this"
wanmoke
Games exist for wasting time. But I'm having fun, and isn't that the point?
People who ask those types of questions don't understand your point of view.
People who ask those types of questions don't understand your point of view.
payne
it is a waste of time...as you could be doing much more important stuff...but if you enjoy it then its a good waste of time
<<< words of some un-famous prophet: Jim-Bob the 3rd
<<< words of some un-famous prophet: Jim-Bob the 3rd
Luminarus
The only time its ever happened to me, was this tryhard loser at school so my reply was
Me:"When you have sex are you trying to make children"
Him: "No"
Me: "Why do you do it then"
Him: "Its fun"
Me: "So is Guild Wars"
That shut him up
(and before anyone says anything I am not comparing GW to Sex)
Me:"When you have sex are you trying to make children"
Him: "No"
Me: "Why do you do it then"
Him: "Its fun"
Me: "So is Guild Wars"
That shut him up
(and before anyone says anything I am not comparing GW to Sex)
Sierraa
<.< I tell people that I'd rather be a gamer than some slutty prep who has little to no brains.
Gaming is fun. DnD helped my math scores :P And I learned a lot of "If I want something, I have to work hard for it." like the gwen armor. I really wanted norn, so I had to acutally spend the time farming the points. <3 Plus I have access to a network of people who I can interact with and chat with.
Gaming is fun. DnD helped my math scores :P And I learned a lot of "If I want something, I have to work hard for it." like the gwen armor. I really wanted norn, so I had to acutally spend the time farming the points. <3 Plus I have access to a network of people who I can interact with and chat with.
ilipol
Everyone uses drugs ... it's just sometimes they're called differently.
isamu kurosawa
well, there could me many answers.
"i'm an Adult i can decide whats best for myself"
"It's my Hobby"
"I have other hobbies too"
"I spend less time playing than you do watching TV"
"I am more intelligent than you and neet more mental stimulation than you do."
Or to condense the lot.
"I spend more time going to the cinema, hiking, rock-climbing, doing aikido, reading, working and going out than i do in game while you sit there watching other people act out fake lives with more depth than yours ever has.
I am healthier, i eat healthier food than you do and i don't smoke. I don't have a weight problem from sitting on my arse all day and my idea of mental stimulation and culture requires more than watching bargain hunt."
I could go on but i have had this conversation with people before. If its not their hobby or what they consider wrothwhile then you shouldn't be doing it.
Now when they reply "But watching TV isn't the same" i have to aggree with them. Playing a game such as guild wars requires you to actually think while looking at the pretty colours.
TV these days is an endless sea of reality tv shite with a few good TV shoes (dexter, californication) not getting the credit they deserve.
"i'm an Adult i can decide whats best for myself"
"It's my Hobby"
"I have other hobbies too"
"I spend less time playing than you do watching TV"
"I am more intelligent than you and neet more mental stimulation than you do."
Or to condense the lot.
"I spend more time going to the cinema, hiking, rock-climbing, doing aikido, reading, working and going out than i do in game while you sit there watching other people act out fake lives with more depth than yours ever has.
I am healthier, i eat healthier food than you do and i don't smoke. I don't have a weight problem from sitting on my arse all day and my idea of mental stimulation and culture requires more than watching bargain hunt."
I could go on but i have had this conversation with people before. If its not their hobby or what they consider wrothwhile then you shouldn't be doing it.
Now when they reply "But watching TV isn't the same" i have to aggree with them. Playing a game such as guild wars requires you to actually think while looking at the pretty colours.
TV these days is an endless sea of reality tv shite with a few good TV shoes (dexter, californication) not getting the credit they deserve.
Turtle222
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Originally Posted by Luminarus
The only time its ever happened to me, was this tryhard loser at school so my reply was
Me:"When you have sex are you trying to make children" Him: "No" Me: "Why do you do it then" Him: "Its fun" Me: "So is Guild Wars" That shut him up (and before anyone says anything I am not comparing GW to Sex) |
Esan
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Have you ever be told that you are wasting your time playing Guild Wars when you can be doing something more constructive.
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Aera Lure
All games are a waste of time by definition.
zamial
10. This keeps me from suicide.
9. I do this while I wait for the pizza guy to show up.
8. You mean this isn't real?
7. and sleeping isn't?
6. This keeps me from having to sell guns to grade school kids.
5. When we want your opinion we will give it to you.
4. What was that? I couldn't hear you because of all the fun I am having!
3. YOU WATCHED THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL AND AMERICAN IDOL!!!!!
2. Don't hate just cause your mommy won't buy you a computer.
AND THE #1 ANSWER IS.......
1. Hillary is my inspiration.
9. I do this while I wait for the pizza guy to show up.
8. You mean this isn't real?
7. and sleeping isn't?
6. This keeps me from having to sell guns to grade school kids.
5. When we want your opinion we will give it to you.
4. What was that? I couldn't hear you because of all the fun I am having!
3. YOU WATCHED THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL AND AMERICAN IDOL!!!!!
2. Don't hate just cause your mommy won't buy you a computer.
AND THE #1 ANSWER IS.......
1. Hillary is my inspiration.
Zahr Dalsk
While we're on reasons to game, mine is that I have trouble speaking with people, because they seem to have such a tendency to massive stupidity. (To those of you saying Guild Wars is multiplayer - no it isn't, I play it H/H about 95% of the time.) Hence I prefer to spend my leisure time gaming.
As soon as the general population of Canada becomes worthwhile speaking to, then I might consider going around talking to people. Until then, I couldn't care less about them, and they can go ahead living their shallow, petty, pathetic social lives. And keep in mind that I'm happier than them through gaming
As soon as the general population of Canada becomes worthwhile speaking to, then I might consider going around talking to people. Until then, I couldn't care less about them, and they can go ahead living their shallow, petty, pathetic social lives. And keep in mind that I'm happier than them through gaming
enter_the_zone
I just point out that all of what we consider important is utterly frigging pointless and all that hard work and striving just leads to an earlier transfer to the rotting corpse department.
Seriously, most of life is completely and utterly pointless. At least gaming keeps me distracted from the screaming black void of nothingness hovering over all our heads.
Oh, bloody hell yes. Dexter is probably the best character drama since Buffy stopped airing. Lost got boring and I feel the solution will be a huge letdown, and Heroes is interesting and fun but not truly deep.
Seriously, most of life is completely and utterly pointless. At least gaming keeps me distracted from the screaming black void of nothingness hovering over all our heads.
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TV these days is an endless sea of reality tv shite with a few good TV shoes (dexter, californication) not getting the credit they deserve.
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