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Councilman Booted For His Farmville Obsession
Bulgarian Dimitar Kerin won't have to decide if he should tend his crops or pay attention to Plovdiv City Council business anymore. The committee voted him off 20-19, saying that he obviously "needs more time for his virtual farm." From the article: "Kerin was not alone in his obsession among council members. Council chairman Ilko Iliev had previously warned several of them that the new wireless network and laptops provided to all 51 council members were not to be used for playing games on social media sites during budget meetings. Kerin was singled out for continuing to manage his farm and milk his cows despite Iliev's warnings. "
Seriously, what is it about this Farmville crap that turns otherwise normal people into ridiculous, obsessed nerdy dweebs? I've played WoW quite a bit, I'm really quite a nerd myself but this game looks boring as shit and it seems to drag "normal" people into it like WoW draws in nerds.
I'd fire anyone who uses a company computer on company time for personal reasons.
Exempting this comment posting, of course.
http://www.plovdivcity.net/plovdiv_information.html
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
If he'd been playing SimCity instead, he could have claimed it was work related!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
If you can't put down the zynga long enough to take care of your real-world job, maybe you don't need one. Normally I don't relish social darwinism, but in this case it's hard to not see the appropriateness of it.
The article notes that he was voted off of his committee. It doesn't say whether his actual seat is gone.
Looks like the old saying is true. You reap what you sow.
The real news here is, they voted him out 20-19. What were they thinking? I mean, the other 19.
Mostly harmless.
implications of Farmville see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odBDAcOEKuI
I've considered throwing a brick through the front glass on city hall to indicate how I feel about my local government's obscene spending policies. Time spent playing online games is time during which they aren't spending ridiculous amounts of money on stupid, wasteful things.
I want them to do at least 80% less than they do, so if they waste a bunch of time on online games, that's okay with me.
Holy crap! I've been in meetings with 20 people that take forever and are drawn out simply because too many people need to hear their own voice. I don't blame this guy for zoning out. 51 isn't a council, that's a legislature.
I believe these sort of games provide a sense of accomplishment that many people find addictive, in spite of the fact that in reality they have accomplished nothing. It FEELS like you have accomplished something, and you feel compelled to continue on to accomplish even more.
You could say this is a hallmark of a great game. It compels the player to play more.
A work that expires before its copyright never enters the public domain and thus enjoys eternal copyright protection.
he said "Im just level 40. there are councillors who are level 45. why is noone talking about them"
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There's an AOL News?? AOL is still around???
put half of your opening sentence in your subject line. God, I hate people who do that.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
ke this?
The 20 who voted to get rid of him are the ones who play it. "Hey, let's vote him off! Then he'll have more time to fertilize our crops!"