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Essay is going well. :) I've finished doing the reading, and I've made a plan. It's already making me write faster - I'm just worried if I'm actually ansewring the question. Tilt my head one way, yes, I am; tilt my head the other, no, I'm not, and I'm only implying stuff without saying anything outright. >__< guh.
So. The expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King, came out for World of Warcraft last night. What do I see on TV today? People on BBC news talking with a freaking psychiatrist about it.
Wut. Okay, fair enough, I only saw about ten-fifteen minutes of it but from what I heard? What?! They were talking about people being addicted to it, and how much people were playing it. There was a specialist there for the 'other side' one and uh... he didn't seem that much like a specialist. When asked how much he played WoW, he hedged and said about an hour a day on the weekdays - he played more on the weekend. He'd just it just slow enough to seem like he was lying (to me anyway). Then he was asked long he plays on the weekend - he says five hours. With the same hesistation. Riiiight. Unless he was just nervous about being on live TV. If then, fair enough.
He was also asked about what he was doing online. I think. Anyway, he then starts talking about instances and how, at the end of each instance, you get to the boss and you get good stuff from it. *rubs bridge of the nose* I was muttering at him to use 'dungeon' because who's going to understand 'instance'? He was then asked how long these instances could take. His answer? Some can take an hour, others can take four or five. ... What? Maybe it's because I'm lower level (I'm assuming) but what dungeon takes freaking five hours to complete? Maybe he's talking about Karazhan or something. But still. The longest I've been in a dungeon is idunno, an hour and a half.
I was also amused by his explanation of WoW. If you've seen the South Park WoW episode, it's basically like that. There's people on it, that are real people, and you can do stuff.
So the psychiatrist was talking about how long some people could play the game, some players were playing it up to sixteen hours a day. And the woman's surprised and wonders who could have the time to play that much. Young children, people who haven't left school yet. ... Well duh. In a general sense, kids play more games and they have more free time since they don't exactly have a lot of homework to go do.
What he then went on to say was that kids whose parents were going through divorce, being bullied at school were playing this game to get away from real life etc etc. *headdesk headdesk infinity* >___< Arrrgh! I'm started to agree with Dineen in how people in psychology are just using anything to get customers.
How about people are playing it because it's more interesting than real life? That they can talk to people on it, who talk back? They're not completely isolated on their computer playing this game. How about people are playing this game because it's fun?
You're saying the game is addictive - it's meant to be. If it wasn't addictive, then you wouldn't play it, or play it as much.
Why the hell are you talking about this, when you've got people drinking, taking drugs, all those other things? These people are sitting on their PCs at home or in a computer cafe while there're others causing bodily harm and property damage. I know that people have died playing the game but just how many more people have died from drink, from drugs, from fights?
I seriously do not understand why you needed to go talk about this on TV.
*takes a deep breath* I think I'm done.
D: It really seems like Fullmetal Alchemist, XXXHolic and Tsubasa are nearing an end. I mean, look at who turned up in the latest chapter of FMA! And just before them too. *squees so hard at the last person who showed up*
So. The expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King, came out for World of Warcraft last night. What do I see on TV today? People on BBC news talking with a freaking psychiatrist about it.
Wut. Okay, fair enough, I only saw about ten-fifteen minutes of it but from what I heard? What?! They were talking about people being addicted to it, and how much people were playing it. There was a specialist there for the 'other side' one and uh... he didn't seem that much like a specialist. When asked how much he played WoW, he hedged and said about an hour a day on the weekdays - he played more on the weekend. He'd just it just slow enough to seem like he was lying (to me anyway). Then he was asked long he plays on the weekend - he says five hours. With the same hesistation. Riiiight. Unless he was just nervous about being on live TV. If then, fair enough.
He was also asked about what he was doing online. I think. Anyway, he then starts talking about instances and how, at the end of each instance, you get to the boss and you get good stuff from it. *rubs bridge of the nose* I was muttering at him to use 'dungeon' because who's going to understand 'instance'? He was then asked how long these instances could take. His answer? Some can take an hour, others can take four or five. ... What? Maybe it's because I'm lower level (I'm assuming) but what dungeon takes freaking five hours to complete? Maybe he's talking about Karazhan or something. But still. The longest I've been in a dungeon is idunno, an hour and a half.
I was also amused by his explanation of WoW. If you've seen the South Park WoW episode, it's basically like that. There's people on it, that are real people, and you can do stuff.
So the psychiatrist was talking about how long some people could play the game, some players were playing it up to sixteen hours a day. And the woman's surprised and wonders who could have the time to play that much. Young children, people who haven't left school yet. ... Well duh. In a general sense, kids play more games and they have more free time since they don't exactly have a lot of homework to go do.
What he then went on to say was that kids whose parents were going through divorce, being bullied at school were playing this game to get away from real life etc etc. *headdesk headdesk infinity* >___< Arrrgh! I'm started to agree with Dineen in how people in psychology are just using anything to get customers.
How about people are playing it because it's more interesting than real life? That they can talk to people on it, who talk back? They're not completely isolated on their computer playing this game. How about people are playing this game because it's fun?
You're saying the game is addictive - it's meant to be. If it wasn't addictive, then you wouldn't play it, or play it as much.
Why the hell are you talking about this, when you've got people drinking, taking drugs, all those other things? These people are sitting on their PCs at home or in a computer cafe while there're others causing bodily harm and property damage. I know that people have died playing the game but just how many more people have died from drink, from drugs, from fights?
I seriously do not understand why you needed to go talk about this on TV.
*takes a deep breath* I think I'm done.
D: It really seems like Fullmetal Alchemist, XXXHolic and Tsubasa are nearing an end. I mean, look at who turned up in the latest chapter of FMA! And just before them too. *squees so hard at the last person who showed up*