"Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #30 on: June 19, 2007, 04:11:21 AM »
Unfortunately, you meant well, but were off by a mile.
My problem with his ideas is that it is a ridiculous thing.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #31 on: June 19, 2007, 10:40:51 AM »
I like this video:


If you ruin your life for a video game, it is your fault. The people who created the game are not responsible.

Some people have a tendency to get addicted to things. If you are one of those people, you should have the sense to stay away from things you may get addicted to.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #32 on: June 19, 2007, 05:40:42 PM »
Unfortunately, you meant well, but were off by a mile.

Me? I didn't mean well, I stated my opinion...

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #33 on: June 19, 2007, 07:13:28 PM »
I think I’ve been infected.  Went to a friend’s house and five hours disappeared while I went running around as a wood elf bashing Orcs.  Now I want to play some more.  Should I just try to get over it or shell out some money so I can become addicted also?

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #34 on: June 19, 2007, 07:26:14 PM »
Play some more Mrs More  8)

Like...O M G ! ! ! He is, like, totally using the gun as like some kind of sexual weapon. O M G ! ! That is like, totally awesome! ! !

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #35 on: June 19, 2007, 07:34:06 PM »
But will my life become chaotic quixotic? 

Not as good as yours but it was the obvious one.  8)


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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #36 on: June 19, 2007, 07:48:49 PM »
I play a mod of WoW called Dota, it just includes the heros and none of the "creep" units, and I dont get hooked on that.

I still can play CSS for hours on end, but im gettin older now and my eyes are gettin all fucked up  ::)

I dont think you can really be addicted to gaming, its a pretty easy decision most of the time:

GF or games....hmmmm
Mates or games....hmmmm
Grog or games...hmmmmmm
Sex or games...HMMMMMMMM

Easy choice :-*

Like...O M G ! ! ! He is, like, totally using the gun as like some kind of sexual weapon. O M G ! ! That is like, totally awesome! ! !

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #37 on: June 19, 2007, 07:55:05 PM »
So now I have to figure what to buy.  I don't think I really want to upgrade my computer to the level it would take to play online so that leaves the various platforms....is that the right word?

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #38 on: June 19, 2007, 08:01:52 PM »
You could run WoW on a low-end computer; just turn down the graphics. But I suggest you just quit while you are ahead.

I hate paying $15 a month to play a game that I already fucking bought. It isn't worth it to me when there are so many other games that I can buy once and play forever. Plus I got bored of WoW fairly quickly. I made the mistake of joining an old server that my friends had been on for a year already, and I had nobody to quest with.

And now that I think of it, I signed up for the free demo of the expansion of WoW. I downloaded it and then never even played it. ::)

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #39 on: June 19, 2007, 08:13:13 PM »
PooeY!!!

Like...O M G ! ! ! He is, like, totally using the gun as like some kind of sexual weapon. O M G ! ! That is like, totally awesome! ! !

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #40 on: June 19, 2007, 08:15:16 PM »
Pooey?

Yeah, okay.  Besides, I have to cart everything between two houses.  So there's the new PS and the X-Box....which one?  And which games?  I liked the one I was playing but I can't even remember the name. I think the maker was Snowblind.

Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead.

*Edit: Found the name: Champions of Norrath.  Now that I think of it, it was silly.  My armour was cheesy!
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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #41 on: June 19, 2007, 10:31:34 PM »
Don't buy a PS3. Get an Xbox 360.

If you get a 360, buy Oblivion. It might not be an MMO like WoW, but they did such a good job at creating a living, breathing virtual world that sometimes it feels like it. Now, I'm not sure which other genres of games you like to play, but the 360 has a nice selection of games out now so you should be able to find plenty of games to enjoy. ;D

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #42 on: June 19, 2007, 10:39:39 PM »
Thanks, Master.  The friend with the Champions game also mentioned Oblivion for me.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #43 on: June 19, 2007, 10:41:04 PM »
Obliviooooooooooooooooooooon!!! >=((((

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #44 on: June 19, 2007, 10:44:13 PM »
So No?

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #45 on: June 19, 2007, 10:52:45 PM »
If you haven't plaid the previous Elder Scrolls games, you may perhaps find some enjoyment, as most seem to do. I just have a personal grudge against the game.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #46 on: June 19, 2007, 10:55:10 PM »
So the previous ones are better?  Are they available?

This is so confusing!!!!

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #47 on: June 19, 2007, 10:57:32 PM »
Indeed. You might have trouble finding Morrowind or Daggerfall in stores, but you could easily torrent them or--if you're a goodie two-shoes--buy it online or something like that...I dunno. Arena is free for download, but it's also from like 1992 and has 2-dimensional mapping and is kind of hard to play if you're not used to it.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #48 on: June 19, 2007, 11:10:07 PM »
So why doesn't someone update the better ones?  Rhetorical question.
Better question:  What's in the works for the PS3?  I'd hate to buy the damned thing and then find better games elsewhere.  Guess that's the dilemma.

I can't lug computers about and I'm leaving here so that's the why of the PS3.


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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #49 on: June 21, 2007, 06:05:43 AM »
And another era dies.
My problem with his ideas is that it is a ridiculous thing.

Genius. PURE, undiluted genius.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #50 on: June 21, 2007, 05:02:53 PM »
Don't listen to him, Mrs. More. He is just biased against the game. Oblivion is better than the other games in the series in every way you can think of. D-Draw just doesn't like how it doesn't follow the same storyline, and because of this he is convinced that the game is no good at all. ::)

But really, it is the best RPG ever created, hands down.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #51 on: June 21, 2007, 05:08:44 PM »
Don't listen to him, Mrs. More. He is just biased against the game. Oblivion is better than the other games in the series in every way you can think of. D-Draw just doesn't like how it doesn't follow the same storyline, and because of this he is convinced that the game is no good at all. ::)

But really, it is the best RPG ever created, hands down.

Lies. Sure, some of it is a personal grudge, but you honestly have no idea what you're talking about. If you were more deeply into it, you might understand. Great graphics, sure, and the game has plenty of personality, but let's be honest: there was so much they fucked up. The "Radiant AI" is a pathetic shell of what it's supposed to be, the physics are nonsensical and annoying, the construction set (keep in mind that the modding community is one of the biggest attractions to single-player RPGs--especially the Elder Scrolls series) is nearly unusable, and frankly, the story is rather boring--not to mention ridiculously cliche and overused--compared to the other games. Perhaps for casual gaming, it is good and plenty, but for a unique, immersive experience? I think not.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #52 on: June 21, 2007, 05:18:47 PM »
Well, really both of you sort of agree as I am only a casual player and I'll probably never even know what I've missed in the previous games.  Maybe there will be a better sequel.

Thanks for the advice. 

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #53 on: June 21, 2007, 05:20:17 PM »
Lies. Sure, some of it is a personal grudge, but you honestly have no idea what you're talking about. If you were more deeply into it, you might understand. Great graphics, sure, and the game has plenty of personality, but let's be honest: there was so much they fucked up. The "Radiant AI" is a pathetic shell of what it's supposed to be, the physics are nonsensical and annoying, the construction set (keep in mind that the modding community is one of the biggest attractions to single-player RPGs--especially the Elder Scrolls series) is nearly unusable, and frankly, the story is rather boring--not to mention ridiculously cliche and overused--compared to the other games. Perhaps for casual gaming, it is good and plenty, but for a unique, immersive experience? I think not.

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Well, millions of gamers and thousands of game critics disagree with you. ::)

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #54 on: June 21, 2007, 05:32:06 PM »
Lies. Sure, some of it is a personal grudge, but you honestly have no idea what you're talking about. If you were more deeply into it, you might understand. Great graphics, sure, and the game has plenty of personality, but let's be honest: there was so much they fucked up. The "Radiant AI" is a pathetic shell of what it's supposed to be, the physics are nonsensical and annoying, the construction set (keep in mind that the modding community is one of the biggest attractions to single-player RPGs--especially the Elder Scrolls series) is nearly unusable, and frankly, the story is rather boring--not to mention ridiculously cliche and overused--compared to the other games. Perhaps for casual gaming, it is good and plenty, but for a unique, immersive experience? I think not.

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Well, millions of gamers and thousands of game critics disagree with you. ::)

Critics don't mean shit, and a somewhat large fanbase agrees with me. Casual, mainstream gamers may like it, especially since it's on Xbox. But honestly, there are so many things wrong with the game, it's hard for me not to be negative about it. I don't care if you're blind, and I don't care if the large community of Xbox players are blind (hell, they made fucking HALO 2 popular...Gimme a break).

Bandwagons don't inhere universal law.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #55 on: June 21, 2007, 05:41:16 PM »
Critics don't mean shit, and a somewhat large fanbase agrees with me. Casual, mainstream gamers may like it, especially since it's on Xbox. But honestly, there are so many things wrong with the game, it's hard for me not to be negative about it.
Yes, I am sure a large number of Elder Scrolls fanboys are just as biased as you are. ::)

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I don't care if you're blind, and I don't care if the large community of Xbox players are blind (hell, they made fucking HALO 2 popular...Gimme a break).
Blind my ass. I am not the one who is searching for imaginary flaws in the game just to convince myself that it's bad, that I am right, and that everyone who disagrees with me is an idiot (which is exactly what you are doing). And yes, the opinions of professionals in the industry do count, much more than your opinion counts. They, unlike you, actually have a clue what they are talking about.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #56 on: June 21, 2007, 06:37:38 PM »
Don't listen to him, Mrs. More. He is just biased against the game. Oblivion is better than the other games in the series in every way you can think of. D-Draw just doesn't like how it doesn't follow the same storyline, and because of this he is convinced that the game is no good at all. ::)

But really, it is the best RPG ever created, hands down.

Lies. Sure, some of it is a personal grudge, but you honestly have no idea what you're talking about. If you were more deeply into it, you might understand. Great graphics, sure, and the game has plenty of personality, but let's be honest: there was so much they fucked up. The "Radiant AI" is a pathetic shell of what it's supposed to be, the physics are nonsensical and annoying, the construction set (keep in mind that the modding community is one of the biggest attractions to single-player RPGs--especially the Elder Scrolls series) is nearly unusable, and frankly, the story is rather boring--not to mention ridiculously cliche and overused--compared to the other games. Perhaps for casual gaming, it is good and plenty, but for a unique, immersive experience? I think not.

~D-Draw

Your mod community statement is a biased, bullshit theory. I created a mod community around a game, I think I have the inside track on such things. Your bias is passionate, but misplaced.
My problem with his ideas is that it is a ridiculous thing.

Genius. PURE, undiluted genius.

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #57 on: June 21, 2007, 07:17:02 PM »
"I write mods for WoW. I never get laid."

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #58 on: June 21, 2007, 09:37:06 PM »
Get a 360 and Forza 2. I laughed my ass off when I saw some dumbass try to play it like an arcade racing game in an electronics store. He got up and was like "What the hell? Thats so unrealistic.". I just said "Yeah, another Need for Speed: Most Wanted knock off.".

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Re: "Computer & Videogames Make People Crazy"
« Reply #59 on: June 21, 2007, 09:50:57 PM »
Don't listen to him, Mrs. More. He is just biased against the game. Oblivion is better than the other games in the series in every way you can think of. D-Draw just doesn't like how it doesn't follow the same storyline, and because of this he is convinced that the game is no good at all. ::)

But really, it is the best RPG ever created, hands down.

Lies. Sure, some of it is a personal grudge, but you honestly have no idea what you're talking about. If you were more deeply into it, you might understand. Great graphics, sure, and the game has plenty of personality, but let's be honest: there was so much they fucked up. The "Radiant AI" is a pathetic shell of what it's supposed to be, the physics are nonsensical and annoying, the construction set (keep in mind that the modding community is one of the biggest attractions to single-player RPGs--especially the Elder Scrolls series) is nearly unusable, and frankly, the story is rather boring--not to mention ridiculously cliche and overused--compared to the other games. Perhaps for casual gaming, it is good and plenty, but for a unique, immersive experience? I think not.

~D-Draw

Your mod community statement is a biased, bullshit theory. I created a mod community around a game, I think I have the inside track on such things. Your bias is passionate, but misplaced.

You misunderstood. It's not that the modding community is nonexistent. It is unaccomodated.

Blind my ass. I am not the one who is searching for imaginary flaws in the game just to convince myself that it's bad, that I am right, and that everyone who disagrees with me is an idiot (which is exactly what you are doing). And yes, the opinions of professionals in the industry do count, much more than your opinion counts. They, unlike you, actually have a clue what they are talking about.

::) Professionals? These are men who sit on their asses telling other people what they should and shouldn't play. And anyways, it would be suicide to say that Oblivion is a bad game for a critic, because their job is not to give people information, it is to make them happy.

I, as an actual avid gamer who loves single-player games above almost any other type of game know NOTHING about what avid gamers who love single-player games like, though. Of course not. It would be FOOLISH to think so.

The flaws are not imaginary. The Radiant AI was a failure. I was watching the whole deal from the beginning, and they kept making "Radiant" AI less and less central, and then voila. Now, final product is the Fable fallacy--a bastardized form of what they were talking about at first. It's still OKAY, but the same thing's been done and far better.

Plus, it's cliche as fuck. Deer? Rabbits? Temperate forests? Worst. Cliches. Ever. Why not throw in Gandalf the Grey and Frodo Baggins while you're at it?

The physics are a pain in the ass. Admit it, they are. Try actually arranging shit. It doesn't work.

I could go on. Keep in mind that I'm not saying that it's a particularly BAD game, it's just not the best, and it's definitely not worthy of the Elder Scroll namesake. Comparitively, it sucks anus.

~D-Draw