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--sez me...
"What goes bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud? - - -A Time Lord committing suicide." - Graffito the Prydonian.
Heh. In the immortal words of the tenth and heretofor yummiest incarnation of the venerable and eccentric Theta Sigma, "Oi."
not to sound -bitter and outraged- but... did it never occur to those horribly like-minded dronish, insufferably annoying, pencil pushing, mad cow diseased, money grubbing, haemovoric ingrates that some of us players actually like to SEE what's on our screen as we're playing a game? Not to mention the OTHER annoyingly obvious point of fact... the one where some players actually like PLOT in their games. Most RPGs, for example.. they ought to read like a good book, and what do we have? nothing remotely like taht. Why? Becusae little boys like racing games, boobs, and kill kill kill. so what do the rest of us get? Brainless, moronic CRAP that doesn't intellectually envigorate a ROCk, let alone those of us with any mental capacity. tht being said, I am all for innovation, insofar as it applies to everyone, not just the same subgroup of neanderthals who have been running (add an I to that and what do we have?? RUINING) the industry for the past 30 years. I mean, we had ZELDA, kiddies. ANd look what they did to it. Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. NO HEART! They cut out Zelda's heart... literally. I mean, gosh. Why would we need PLOt and Intellectual value when we can just cookie dough an evil antiplot made of moldy tar paper and horse glue! COME ON! Not to say taht HALO isn't an extrememly satisfying method of entertainment...
HEh. Rassilon forbid that some people actually wantto SEE what they're playing, which definitely cancels out anything on the -phone-.
Bibamus, moriendum est.
oh, and this too.
"What goes bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud? - - -A Time Lord committing suicide." - Graffito the Prydonian.
THe fact that you ahve noticed this in your friend is the first step. Congratulations! I applaud you.
THe first thing you need to do is observe him. Focuse on what other interests he might once have had, and gradually introduce those to him at times when you feel his attacfhment to the game is the weakest. But, be careful not to approach it from an obvious, -oh im trying to save y0ou from yourself- attitude. He will smell it on you, and vehemently go against whatever you are trying to accomplish with him. YOu need to introduce these ideas in such a way that his mind begins to work on them hi8mself, in a latent, subconscious manner. It may begin with ideas, or visuals, or actions. Wants and desires are the key. if yiou can balance his desire to paly the game with another desire, you may be able to wean him off of it gradually. Also, nad this is the MOST IMPORTANT, try to discover -DISCREETLY- why he is hiding in the game liek this. Wjhat area of his life is SO deficient that he feels he needs to lose himself in a game to feel what he is trying to feel? My love nd encouragement go out to you.
by the way, if you wnat to contact me, go to fanfiction.net and type in ChellusAuglerie. love nad hugs, sweethearts!
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And while I'm at it...
This message has been brought to you by a relative (ME) of the person who created this screen name. neither the former rant or the following message were the view of the person who created said screen name.
--sez me ...
"What goes bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud? - - -A Time Lord committing suicide." - Graffito the Prydonian.
Heh. In the immortal words of the tenth and heretofor yummiest incarnation of the venerable and eccentric Theta Sigma, "Oi."
not to sound -bitter and outraged- but... did it never occur to those horribly like-minded dronish, insufferably annoying, pencil pushing, mad cow diseased, money grubbing, haemovoric ingrates that some of us players actually like to SEE what's on our screen as we're playing a game? Not to mention the OTHER annoyingly obvious point of fact... the one where some players actually like PLOT in their games. Most RPGs, for example.. they ought to read like a good book, and what do we have? nothing remotely like taht. Why? Becusae little boys like racing games, boobs, and kill kill kill. so what do the rest of us get? Brainless, moronic CRAP that doesn't intellectually envigorate a ROCk, let alone those of us with any mental capacity.
tht being said, I am all for innovation, insofar as it applies to everyone, not just the same subgroup of neanderthals who have been running (add an I to that and what do we have?? RUINING) the industry for the past 30 years. I mean, we had ZELDA, kiddies. ANd look what they did to it. Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. NO HEART! They cut out Zelda's heart... literally. I mean, gosh. Why would we need PLOt and Intellectual value when we can just cookie dough an evil antiplot made of moldy tar paper and horse glue! COME ON! Not to say taht HALO isn't an extrememly satisfying method of entertainment...
Or at least the Wii is.
HEh. Rassilon forbid that some people actually wantto SEE what they're playing, which definitely cancels out anything on the -phone-.
Bibamus, moriendum est.
oh, and this too.
"What goes bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud? - - -A Time Lord committing suicide." - Graffito the Prydonian.
--- TempusDominus10---
THe fact that you ahve noticed this in your friend is the first step. Congratulations! I applaud you.
THe first thing you need to do is observe him. Focuse on what other interests he might once have had, and gradually introduce those to him at times when you feel his attacfhment to the game is the weakest. But, be careful not to approach it from an obvious, -oh im trying to save y0ou from yourself- attitude. He will smell it on you, and vehemently go against whatever you are trying to accomplish with him. YOu need to introduce these ideas in such a way that his mind begins to work on them hi8mself, in a latent, subconscious manner. It may begin with ideas, or visuals, or actions. Wants and desires are the key. if yiou can balance his desire to paly the game with another desire, you may be able to wean him off of it gradually. Also, nad this is the MOST IMPORTANT, try to discover -DISCREETLY- why he is hiding in the game liek this. Wjhat area of his life is SO deficient that he feels he needs to lose himself in a game to feel what he is trying to feel? My love nd encouragement go out to you.
by the way, if you wnat to contact me, go to fanfiction.net and type in ChellusAuglerie. love nad hugs, sweethearts!