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My Life As An Online Gamer

Posted by Zonk on from the sexless-virtuality dept.

The BBC is running a story featuring several interviews with hard-core online gamers. The article is in response to China's time limit restriction it plans to put into effect for MMOGs. From a very confused man interviewed in the article: " I think I am addicted. I've got to the stage where I feel that without gaming, I have nothing interesting to do. On weekdays, I game for about five to seven hours a day and in the weekends I will spend 15 hours a day gaming online. I once spent 48 hours in one go at a game. It's crazy, I know. I was at university then and full of energy. "

6 of 113 comments (clear)

  1. life/gamer by subl33t · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... is it legal to use these two words in the same sentence?

  2. Re:We should ask instead... by chris_mahan · · Score: 3, Funny

    > what personal problems do these people have that make them want to spend so much time in gaming?

    They live in China?

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    "Piter, too, is dead."

  3. Re:3 hour timelimit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    I quit EQ 5.5 years ago.
    I got married 5 years ago. Quitting was a prerequisite.
    **WHIP CRACK**
  4. Re:3 hour timelimit... by GravelordBocephus · · Score: 2, Funny

    You need to be married before getting pussy? Is this Slashdot, or church?

  5. Re:3 hour timelimit... by Mikail · · Score: 3, Funny

    Both seem to be woefully out of touch when it comes to sex...

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    If life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, let's all get wasted and have the time of our lives.
  6. Re:3 hour timelimit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Avoiding sex before marriage increases the risk of accidentally marrying a transvestite. Which does Jesus hate more? Premarital sex, or marrying a man? Let me know, because my lady Oscar and I are about to get hitched.

    Thanks.