First off, I wonder how much they paid some random woman that's never played to sit in front of a computer with a wow splash screen.
Second off:
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But it is normally teenage boys who fall prey to the addiction, not professional women in their twenties.
Yet pretty blonde Susie became so addicted she would stay up until 4am to complete levels - while completely ignoring devoted Chris, 28
Complete levels? Either that means grinding or they are talking crazy.
Pretty Blond? DOES IT MATTER? If this was, say, an allegory for Susan Boyle, would people care?
And more importantly, wow, ageism and sexism in one spot. Girls play WoW as well, while not as many there are a good deal of them. Also, in the short time I played wow I realized the vast majority of people I was ending up playing with were people in their 30's and 40's. What made me quit was listening on vent as a man let his marriage and for that matter entire life crumble for the sake of completing a raid.
Could hear the whole thing,
"If you don't log out right now I'm taking the kids and moving to my Mother's house! You'll never see them again!"
"That's nice dear"
*door slams*
*rest of guild on vent completes mission like 40 minutes later*
"Later guys... think I'll be killing myself" <==== that said like "I'm going to go grab a soda"
Like four days later we didn't hear from him and I canceled my sub. It was all I needed to hear to put me off to WoW. Besides, it really wasn't all that good.
SO, moral of the story is video games addiction = BS
Teenage boys being the primary victim = BS
Shinzon, I don't know if I should be entertained or horrified by that. :eek: Either way, that would've made me quit as well.
It was surreal. I was neither entertained nor horrified, more like an unspoken and impartial witness to a train wreck. After he left there settled in an awkward silence until someone says "Was that for real?"
I dunno, it still gives me an odd feeling thinking back. Not sure what it is exactly.
I was in a transitional between SWG and finding another MMO when it went through its first exodus, so I tried WoW. The first huge difference was the people on vent. Went from fun loving tricksters (most active or former military) in SWG to decidedly depressing people who never really laughed and spoke in acronyms that hurt my head. That incident was the last push I needed to leave, not a gentle nudge but the steely whomp of Leonidas's sandal sending me down the bottomless well of "RUN AWAY!"
Combination of "Wow, creepy" and "Do I really want this to even remotely be a possibility for what could happen to me?"
I've wondered about that for quite a while. I have an episode of "Absolutely Fabulous" where half the episode is about Eddie being 2 stone overweight and I never could figure out what that meant.
I've wondered about that for quite a while. I have an episode of "Absolutely Fabulous" where half the episode is about Eddie being 2 stone overweight and I never could figure out what that meant.
I am insulted and annoyed by this article. The content is about normal; I'm okay with that. I would have had a good hearty laugh at the 'pretty blonde's expense and moved on.
But my god, the author seems like some sort of sexist buffoon.
The entire tone of the article gets to me. It read like 'Pretty girls shouldn't pay video games, pretty girls do things for their boyfriend'. Anyone else get that vibe?
It emphasized the woman was a pretty blond. Emphasized she had a boyfriend. And the guy was very committed. And emphasized her weight. What is this, 1950?
I am insulted and annoyed by this article. The content is about normal; I'm okay with that. I would have had a good hearty laugh at the 'pretty blonde's expense and moved on.
But my god, the author seems like some sort of sexist buffoon.
The entire tone of the article gets to me. It read like 'Pretty girls shouldn't pay video games, pretty girls do things for their boyfriend'. Anyone else get that vibe?
It emphasized the woman was a pretty blond. Emphasized she had a boyfriend. And the guy was very committed. And emphasized her weight. What is this, 1950?
Kinda what I was getting at. It biases against age, and both genders actually.
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LMFAO
fatties is fine why you want to burn them O.o
Nobody subscribes to the Daily Mail for it's quality reporting.
(I'm assuming, of course. Not living over there, the only things I've seen come out of that is typical trash mag stuff)
I really miss Weekly World News. I got the coffee table book with all their "best" work in it. Man, for $0.99 a man could not ask for a better niche laugh. I mean it. My whole time in high school I had my notebooks wallpapered with articles of particular funny or stupid.
"Aliens here for our Krispy Creams"
"Did those Cops need to shoot Sasquatch?"
I can't believe I sat here and read that entire article. I want to find the author and slap him in the face with a sign reading 'women play games too, you overbearing TRIBBLE.'
It's something most people don't understand. Female gamers are not that rare! My ex girlfriend could routinely wipe the floor with me in Halo. Two of my friends, both women, annihilate me in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (but then again, almost everyone does)... My older sister beat Final Fantasy VI while I was still struggling through the latter half of the game. Then you have people like Cappy, Raven, and others who, despite playing games, still lead normal, healthy lives.
Gamers are not just overweight teenage boys with no life. Taking this further, gaming addiction is a real thing, but it doesn't just affect lonely, socially awkward teenage boys. Like any other addiction, it can hit anyone, provided they have the correct, competitive mindset to get addicted in the first place.
On a less serious note... I can understand game addiction, but addiction to World of Warcraft?! That game's horrible! I think I lasted two weeks before realizing what a waste of time it was.
I played WoW for just over 5(?) years. However long it was from the beta through Feb2010. The last six months or so I was getting pretty bored, but before that there was enough in there to keep me interested, easily.
People (usually in the minority of "gamers") talk bad about it, but the game works. Now, however, I believe Blizzard is finally feeling the "too little too late" attitude as many long-time players get disillusioned with the game. Of course, there are still be plenty to play it still...
It'll be interesting to see what happens to STO since they've been dealing with that same "too little, too late" mindset for a while now, and we've only now hit 1 year.
i reread it again and it was very BIG Offence to Women Players, i'm WTF!!!! and i said That P****!!!! i'd find the Author and Shut down his Authoring Business as well Daily Mail Business. i read 6 to 7 stories and they are that f****ing Sexist! like Dawson said. gosh, i feel like i want to come over and whip the DM Team's butts for Making Women look Bad >.< :eek:
I am insulted and annoyed by this article. The content is about normal; I'm okay with that. I would have had a good hearty laugh at the 'pretty blonde's expense and moved on.
But my god, the author seems like some sort of sexist buffoon.
The entire tone of the article gets to me. It read like 'Pretty girls shouldn't pay video games, pretty girls do things for their boyfriend'. Anyone else get that vibe?
It emphasized the woman was a pretty blond. Emphasized she had a boyfriend. And the guy was very committed. And emphasized her weight. What is this, 1950?
i did see some sexist comments, like the need to use the word pretty and an overuse of the boyfriend but i dont think the vibe was one of overall sexism. i dont think the writer was intending to insult women, as there is a sense of trying to portray women as being above computer games, which i think just insults gamers both male and female.
through terrible writing he basically ended up insulting a wide range of people from women, to gamers, to teenage boys.
overall it was a poor piece that really did not deserve this much attention.
I am (and will likely remain, class changes and the like be damned - I LIKE WARCRAFT) a loyal player of WoW. I have been since September of 2005. And yes, I am a fat man who spends a lot of time on the computer. But I do occasionally go out and do something else. Usually browse about a cemetery, a museum or some other kind of interesting historical thing. (History. My one prevailing passion...even over games.)
It sickens me that you people look at a very small minority - the people who take it to such extremes that it destroys their lives, literally in some cases - and decide to plaster that up as a representation of ALL people who play WoW. It's like saying that all people who play this, or any other Star Trek games, are pathetic, lonely young men who live in their mother's basement, have no girlfriends, and just sit around watching Star Trek, playing the games, and eating Hot Pockets. Tell me, does that sound like you at all?
It sickens me that you people look at a very small minority - the people who take it to such extremes that it destroys their lives, literally in some cases - and decide to plaster that up as a representation of ALL people who play WoW. It's like saying that all people who play this, or any other Star Trek games, are pathetic, lonely young men who live in their mother's basement, have no girlfriends, and just sit around watching Star Trek, playing the games, and eating Hot Pockets. Tell me, does that sound like you at all?
I thought not.
I don't think anyone is taking that point of view at all. Nobody here has said anything negative about the people who play the game, aside from, as you said, the small minority that allows it to consume their life. The people who used to play the game- myself included- have merely said that they moved on because some aspect of the game itself wasn't appealing to them.
For me, one of those aspects just so happened to be the community. While there were quite a few decent, entertaining and good-natured people who played the game, there was a greater number of immature, sniveling, angry little children. I'm sure you'll agree with me here- just take a trip through The Barrens. While the same could be said of any MMO (or almost any MMO, but I digress) and, indeed, while I could have forgiven the game for its horrible community, the fact was the core gameplay was, in my opinion, boring. This, combined with the horrible community, caused me to leave the game.
This is in no way a slight to any of the decent people who play the game. One of my closest friends played the game for longer than I ever did, and continued playing long after I left. This friend is around 6'2", well built, extremely socially gifted, and is one of the most humorous people I know- a far cry from the stereotypical WoW player.
I think you'll find that the forum-goers here, aside from being just a bit insane and random as all hell, happen to be among the most intelligent and good-natured group of people you'll find anywhere online. Intelligent, good-natured people do not, as a rule, tend to stereotype others. There has been no stereotyping in this thread, and I challenge you to find any stereotyping in this forum as a whole. In fact, most of the posts here have actively debunked most common stereotypes.
It's like saying that all people who play this, or any other Star Trek games, are pathetic, lonely young men who live in their mother's basement, have no girlfriends, and just sit around watching Star Trek, playing the games, and eating Hot Pockets. Tell me, does that sound like you at all?
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You make toucan sad and he didn't even say anything about wow.....
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P.S. This is news... why exactly? More to the point.. why does anyone care?
Second off: Complete levels? Either that means grinding or they are talking crazy.
Pretty Blond? DOES IT MATTER? If this was, say, an allegory for Susan Boyle, would people care?
And more importantly, wow, ageism and sexism in one spot. Girls play WoW as well, while not as many there are a good deal of them. Also, in the short time I played wow I realized the vast majority of people I was ending up playing with were people in their 30's and 40's. What made me quit was listening on vent as a man let his marriage and for that matter entire life crumble for the sake of completing a raid.
Could hear the whole thing,
"If you don't log out right now I'm taking the kids and moving to my Mother's house! You'll never see them again!"
"That's nice dear"
*door slams*
*rest of guild on vent completes mission like 40 minutes later*
"Later guys... think I'll be killing myself" <==== that said like "I'm going to go grab a soda"
Like four days later we didn't hear from him and I canceled my sub. It was all I needed to hear to put me off to WoW. Besides, it really wasn't all that good.
SO, moral of the story is video games addiction = BS
Teenage boys being the primary victim = BS
It was surreal. I was neither entertained nor horrified, more like an unspoken and impartial witness to a train wreck. After he left there settled in an awkward silence until someone says "Was that for real?"
I dunno, it still gives me an odd feeling thinking back. Not sure what it is exactly.
I was in a transitional between SWG and finding another MMO when it went through its first exodus, so I tried WoW. The first huge difference was the people on vent. Went from fun loving tricksters (most active or former military) in SWG to decidedly depressing people who never really laughed and spoke in acronyms that hurt my head. That incident was the last push I needed to leave, not a gentle nudge but the steely whomp of Leonidas's sandal sending me down the bottomless well of "RUN AWAY!"
Combination of "Wow, creepy" and "Do I really want this to even remotely be a possibility for what could happen to me?"
A stone is 14 pounds my American friend
OMG!!! THANK YOU!!!!
I've wondered about that for quite a while. I have an episode of "Absolutely Fabulous" where half the episode is about Eddie being 2 stone overweight and I never could figure out what that meant.
LMFAO
fatties is fine why you want to burn them O.o
*tuts* Clicky
But my god, the author seems like some sort of sexist buffoon.
The entire tone of the article gets to me. It read like 'Pretty girls shouldn't pay video games, pretty girls do things for their boyfriend'. Anyone else get that vibe?
It emphasized the woman was a pretty blond. Emphasized she had a boyfriend. And the guy was very committed. And emphasized her weight. What is this, 1950?
Kinda what I was getting at. It biases against age, and both genders actually.
Because Fat People Not Good (safe for work and not offensive, I promise).
Speaking of canceling, if I was subbed to that paper, this article and it's writer would have made me want to cancel.
And in case anyone missed it the first time around,
Fat People Not Good
(I'm assuming, of course. Not living over there, the only things I've seen come out of that is typical trash mag stuff)
"Aliens here for our Krispy Creams"
"Did those Cops need to shoot Sasquatch?"
Hey, video game addiction is for realz!
How else can you explain people playing WoW for so long?
It's something most people don't understand. Female gamers are not that rare! My ex girlfriend could routinely wipe the floor with me in Halo. Two of my friends, both women, annihilate me in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (but then again, almost everyone does)... My older sister beat Final Fantasy VI while I was still struggling through the latter half of the game. Then you have people like Cappy, Raven, and others who, despite playing games, still lead normal, healthy lives.
Gamers are not just overweight teenage boys with no life. Taking this further, gaming addiction is a real thing, but it doesn't just affect lonely, socially awkward teenage boys. Like any other addiction, it can hit anyone, provided they have the correct, competitive mindset to get addicted in the first place.
On a less serious note... I can understand game addiction, but addiction to World of Warcraft?! That game's horrible! I think I lasted two weeks before realizing what a waste of time it was.
People (usually in the minority of "gamers") talk bad about it, but the game works. Now, however, I believe Blizzard is finally feeling the "too little too late" attitude as many long-time players get disillusioned with the game. Of course, there are still be plenty to play it still...
It'll be interesting to see what happens to STO since they've been dealing with that same "too little, too late" mindset for a while now, and we've only now hit 1 year.
what you mean i have to read the article as well?
*sigh*
ok ill be back in a moment.
through terrible writing he basically ended up insulting a wide range of people from women, to gamers, to teenage boys.
overall it was a poor piece that really did not deserve this much attention.
It sickens me that you people look at a very small minority - the people who take it to such extremes that it destroys their lives, literally in some cases - and decide to plaster that up as a representation of ALL people who play WoW. It's like saying that all people who play this, or any other Star Trek games, are pathetic, lonely young men who live in their mother's basement, have no girlfriends, and just sit around watching Star Trek, playing the games, and eating Hot Pockets. Tell me, does that sound like you at all?
I thought not.
I don't think anyone is taking that point of view at all. Nobody here has said anything negative about the people who play the game, aside from, as you said, the small minority that allows it to consume their life. The people who used to play the game- myself included- have merely said that they moved on because some aspect of the game itself wasn't appealing to them.
For me, one of those aspects just so happened to be the community. While there were quite a few decent, entertaining and good-natured people who played the game, there was a greater number of immature, sniveling, angry little children. I'm sure you'll agree with me here- just take a trip through The Barrens. While the same could be said of any MMO (or almost any MMO, but I digress) and, indeed, while I could have forgiven the game for its horrible community, the fact was the core gameplay was, in my opinion, boring. This, combined with the horrible community, caused me to leave the game.
This is in no way a slight to any of the decent people who play the game. One of my closest friends played the game for longer than I ever did, and continued playing long after I left. This friend is around 6'2", well built, extremely socially gifted, and is one of the most humorous people I know- a far cry from the stereotypical WoW player.
I think you'll find that the forum-goers here, aside from being just a bit insane and random as all hell, happen to be among the most intelligent and good-natured group of people you'll find anywhere online. Intelligent, good-natured people do not, as a rule, tend to stereotype others. There has been no stereotyping in this thread, and I challenge you to find any stereotyping in this forum as a whole. In fact, most of the posts here have actively debunked most common stereotypes.
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You make toucan sad and he didn't even say anything about wow.....