When you succeed with something hard in a game you can (often?) get a rush of endorphins, and you can definitely get addicted to those.
I definitely get them when I'm playing something hard and succeed.
But I've quit multiple times at the drop of a hat and wasn't shaking, convulsing, feeling empty, getting enraged at the slightest things, etc. I mean, where's the withdrawal symptoms?
(Emphasis mine)
Doesn't sound like you really quit in my opinion.
i play wow during my free time because i'm intellectually starved.
I am faced with a choice: read/watch mindless dreck, or experience mindless dreck with at least the minimal requirement of interactivity.
it's simply more stimulating than most of what's out there.
Go to a library if you are "intellectually starved". I play computer games to allow the intellectual part of my brain to rest. Claiming it's because nothing good is on tv, that's just lame.
"at least two languages"? He's burying it for 25 years, not 250! I'm sure the English language (and any other on Earth, for that matter) will still exist in a mostly compatible form 25 years from now!
While I completely agree that it's unpossible for English to go away in 25 years. Your other assertion is probably false.
"Of the six thousand languages spoken in the world today, only six hundred may survive into the next century." - Mark Abley
Easy math, there folks. And I don't buy the 'incoming spam' thing - texting can be just disabled completely, at the provider level. Explain to me how it's a 'better' form of communication, anyway. Why not just make a phone call? Person's not there? Leave a message!
Any form of communication that is more expensive than Hubble - deal me out. I don't need it, when there are just so many other choices.
... it does not accelerate, it travels at a constant speed...
... Now it does slow down as it travels through a medium...
Therefore it speeds up (ahem, accelerates) when it comes back out.
Eh no.
It doesn't speed up.
It has one speed in medium1 c1. Then when it leaves medium1 and enters vacuum it has speed c. There is no "speeding up" (accelerating) between c1 and c. It's instant.
I am the psychotherapist. Please, describe your problems.
shut up Why do you say shut up?
will you please just shut your fucking star fags loving mouth? I would appreciate it if you would watch your tongue!
star fags is shit Perhaps you could avoid such unwholesome thoughts.
i shit it out everyday Please, get your mind out of the gutter.
the only thing more disgusting than adults talking about star fags like it matters is adults reading comic books What makes you believe that?
shout your star fags mouth Maybe your plans have something to do with this.
it's fucking faggotry Are you afraid of sex?
i piss on it Is it because of your life that you say you piss on it?
fucking retard Tell me about something about your sexual history.
just shove this shit up your ass Such lewdness is not appreciated.
I'd agree with that. Mostly I'm a little bitter because the MMO RPG seems to have entirely displaced the CRPG. Fortunately, there's nearly 20 good years of CRPGs to catch up on. Maybe I'll finally get around to playing Pool of Radiance.
If you mean "Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor", don't do it. It's a terrible game and when you finally uninstall it in disgust it deletes systems files making windows unbootable.
It happened to me:-(
I've often heard it said that open source experience is useless on resumes, because then employers of developers for closed source projects (regrettably the majority of software jobs) will think you are so kind of hippie rebel and they won't trust you keeping their code under wraps. Explain to anyone that asks that you do open source programming to learn and get working experience.
Not to save the world.
It the only easy way for unemployed people to work on "proper code" and be able to show what you have done to others.
When people are so desperate not to have to play your game that they'll write a program to do it for them, the gameplay model is broken. Try to do better next time.
Sincerely,
An indie gamer I wish I could fail as miserably as a game designer.
To design a game that millions of people pay for again and again and again.....
Why would I be glad that they're taking action? Id much rather they either legalize bots within the game or take away the reason for using them. Make the grind shorter, reduce the time and money sinks and you'll reduce the number of people botting. Won't work. There are always people that feel that *any* effort is to much.
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When you succeed with something hard in a game you can (often?) get a rush of endorphins, and you can definitely get addicted to those.
I definitely get them when I'm playing something hard and succeed.
But I've quit multiple times at the drop of a hat and wasn't shaking, convulsing, feeling empty, getting enraged at the slightest things, etc. I mean, where's the withdrawal symptoms?
(Emphasis mine)
Doesn't sound like you really quit in my opinion.
for me it's not about "addiction".
i play wow during my free time because i'm intellectually starved.
I am faced with a choice: read/watch mindless dreck, or experience mindless dreck with at least the minimal requirement of interactivity.
it's simply more stimulating than most of what's out there.
Go to a library if you are "intellectually starved".
I play computer games to allow the intellectual part of my brain to rest. Claiming it's because nothing good is on tv, that's just lame.
Thanks, that was interesting reading.
IT people are usually of higher than average IQ...
And you base this assumption on?
"at least two languages"? He's burying it for 25 years, not 250! I'm sure the English language (and any other on Earth, for that matter) will still exist in a mostly compatible form 25 years from now!
While I completely agree that it's unpossible for English to go away in 25 years. Your other assertion is probably false.
"Of the six thousand languages spoken in the world today, only six hundred may survive into the next century." - Mark Abley
http://books.google.se/books?id=skV2wp81JQIC&dq=Travels+Among+Threatened+Languages&hl=en&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
In Diablo 2 you could at least hire one (perhaps 2 my memory is hazy).
It made the earlier-middle parts in GuildWars soloable. It's something more mmos should have.
I can really recommend his "The Wonderful end of the world". I bought it on steam a few weeks ago after trying the demo.
-1 Pointless Rant
+1 Interesting
uh here's a thought:
DON'T USE TEXT!!
no use = no fees
Easy math, there folks. And I don't buy the 'incoming spam' thing - texting can be just disabled completely, at the provider level. Explain to me how it's a 'better' form of communication, anyway. Why not just make a phone call? Person's not there? Leave a message!
Any form of communication that is more expensive than Hubble - deal me out. I don't need it, when there are just so many other choices.
-1 Totally missed the point
Youtube is going to let Joe Sixpack easily download whatever video he wants to his computer.
The issue was if YouTube should support Theora.
I find this funny that I just learned LaTeX two weeks ago.
And the OP has been using it for years. Perhaps he knows something you don't?
+1 insightful (out of mod points)
Now days it's Console -> PC -> Whatever (if you're really lucky).
Therefore it speeds up (ahem, accelerates) when it comes back out.
Eh no.
It doesn't speed up.
It has one speed in medium1 c1. Then when it leaves medium1 and enters vacuum it has speed c.
There is no "speeding up" (accelerating) between c1 and c. It's instant.
Eve Online may scratch that itch.
I am the psychotherapist. Please, describe your problems.
shut up
Why do you say shut up?
will you please just shut your fucking star fags loving mouth?
I would appreciate it if you would watch your tongue!
star fags is shit
Perhaps you could avoid such unwholesome thoughts.
i shit it out everyday
Please, get your mind out of the gutter.
the only thing more disgusting than adults talking about star fags like it matters is adults reading comic books
What makes you believe that?
shout your star fags mouth
Maybe your plans have something to do with this.
it's fucking faggotry
Are you afraid of sex?
i piss on it
Is it because of your life that you say you piss on it?
fucking retard
Tell me about something about your sexual history.
just shove this shit up your ass
Such lewdness is not appreciated.
I'd agree with that. Mostly I'm a little bitter because the MMO RPG seems to have entirely displaced the CRPG. Fortunately, there's nearly 20 good years of CRPGs to catch up on. Maybe I'll finally get around to playing Pool of Radiance.
If you mean "Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor", don't do it. :-(
It's a terrible game and when you finally uninstall it in disgust it deletes systems files making windows unbootable.
It happened to me
That's about as silly as saying swords beat guns just so long as it's a katana and looks neat.
But, but, but....
that's the way it's supposed to work. Isn't it?
No No No
You are not supposed to make sense.
You are supposed to complain about Bill Gates giving away money.
They would, if they didnt have to pay for microsoft's license ANYWAY, even if they DONT use their software.
No they would not. Only a hopeless idealist with no knowledge of humans would claim that.
Not to save the world.
It the only easy way for unemployed people to work on "proper code" and be able to show what you have done to others.
When people are so desperate not to have to play your game that they'll write a program to do it for them, the gameplay model is broken. Try to do better next time.
Sincerely,
An indie gamer I wish I could fail as miserably as a game designer.
To design a game that millions of people pay for again and again and again.....