"Addicted" to video games: Biggest loser ever??

At least nowadays the game makes them go outside and look for imaginary shit and get ran over

Bad Wigins wrote:

At least nowadays the game makes them go outside and look for imaginary shit and get ran over

we can only hope more of them fall off of cliffs or get run tha fvck ovah.

I don't think that someone is a loser. If he/she can win some game tournament and gets 10 million, for instance. I can't say that I am a fan of game but when I am bored I play on http://www.kizi2games.net/ 'cause it's relaxing.

i was "addicted" to gaming for a while there, maybe not on that guys level but i'd play 3-5 hours a day with the occasional all day binge which is still pretty bad. Games are fun but its a sad life playing them all the time. I don't play anything anymore and its way better. Nothing wrong with people playing in moderation though, its quite fun

"Nothing wrong with people playing in moderation though, its quite fun"

yeah playing a game for fun a few hrs here or there, no big deal. But spending huge amounts of time, staying up all night, staying in your house ALLL weekend playing games. Total loser.

Competitive gaming will be in the Olympics someday. There is probably already a bigger following of eSports than track and field. And it's the younger generation (aka the future).

There's a disconnect still between the perception that it's just a game and the reality that it takes real skill to be at the top. Like any other endeavor.

FPS games for instance, require exceptional perception and hand-eye coordination. It is immediately obvious whether or not a player has what it takes. The ability to see a 3D world for instance, and to be able think about that volume of space and how to exploit it is impressive.

The issue is like any other schmuck kid that thinks they are the next Barry Sanders / Barry Bonds / Michael Jordan ... they like doing it and think if they practice enough they will make it.

Not true.

All that said, it's a waste of time. But there is real skill, and it will be the 21st century sport once all is said and done.

Only for idiot losers sitting on their couch.

The fact is, it doesn't. really. happen.

The silly stuff that's done on games is all programmed into the game. Only a fool would waste more than a few passing minutes on that garbage.

If gaming is in the olympics you might as well put acting in the olympics.

He admits to losing himself in the game, so he qualifies as being a loser through simple reasoning.

Also, stuff like this has been happening for decades. This thread could've been from 1995.

NotaGamer wrote:

Only for idiot losers sitting on their couch.

The fact is, it doesn't. really. happen.

The silly stuff that's done on games is all programmed into the game. Only a fool would waste more than a few passing minutes on that garbage.

If gaming is in the olympics you might as well put acting in the olympics.

Only losers wear running shorts and knee high socks. Like it or not, competitive gaming has a much larger audience and makes more money than track and field ever will. Competitive gaming has more real world uses than track and field does.

RvaRunner wrote:

losers... wrote:

Video games are a much better use of your time than this message board. Both will result in excessive sitting around and violent thoughts.

I've never harbored violent thoughts after reading this board. To each their own, I guess.

5 people read your response and imagined punching you in the throat. YMMV

RvaRunner wrote:

Don't tell me how to spend my time. I work full time, run about 50 miles per week and own a house. If I choose to play video games for a period a couple times a week, what is the harm? I know it "accomplishes" nothing, but neither does checking and posting on this message board.

Everything in moderation.

re: "work full time, run about 50 miles per week and own a house"

I don't think the OP is referring to you. What I will tell you is my son had a group of friends who played for several hours everyday and none of them were productive. He fell in with them for a period and was literally flunking out of school over video games until he wised up and now views anyone other than recreational players as losers. I will also add that a couple of weeks ago I was around a large group of high achiever females that were the bridesmaids and friends at a wedding. They were talking among themselves, when the topic of guys came up, several of them said they would not date a guys who is more than a casual video gamers. One girl said she would not date a guy period, if he even owned a video game console. I chimed into their conservation and realized some of them had bad experiences with video gamers and some other compulsions.

Obliviously, there is nothing wrong with playing video games, but to some, it is an unproductive and immature compulsion.

How is this any different than track and field athletes that don't do anything but track and field? There are a lot of jocks in track and field who can't even do their homework and otherwise have the skills of a McDonald's worker.

Track and field, sports and exercise is seem as having redeeming value, while video games are seem as having no redeeming value. Btw, I don't have anything against video games, I use to play them back-in-the-day, but never multiple hours a day everyday and that stopped when I started my career.

TrackCoach wrote:

Track and field, sports and exercise is seem as having redeeming value, while video games are seem as having no redeeming value. Btw, I don't have anything against video games, I use to play them back-in-the-day, but never multiple hours a day everyday and that stopped when I started my career.

There is nothing "redeeming" about track and field. Competitive gaming has A LOT more value than track and field ever has. The pro gamers make A LOT more money than pro track and field athletes. Spending all that time running and throwing javelins are useless. They serve no useful function in society. People who spend all that time on the track are the two losers who are generally poor and develop very little useful skills. Track and gaming are just two separate worlds. In no way does it mean one is superior to the other.

I should also add that competitive gaming doesn't have all the drug cheats that are pretty much the norm in track and field. Would you rather have your kids hanging around with drug cheats at the track or developing their skills to work in teams in the gaming arena?

Superior Intellect wrote:

There is nothing "redeeming" about track and field. Competitive gaming has A LOT more value than track and field ever has. The pro gamers make A LOT more money than pro track and field athletes. Spending all that time running and throwing javelins are useless. They serve no useful function in society. People who spend all that time on the track are the two losers who are generally poor and develop very little useful skills. Track and gaming are just two separate worlds. In no way does it mean one is superior to the other.

why don't you take a look at the difference in depression and obesity rates between gamers and runners then get back to us on that one. Also, I've never heard of runners spending 12 hours a day running and giving up all other aspects of their lives just to feed the addiction. Keep in mind, for every pro gamer out their that you seem to hold so highly, theres countless of kids who drop out of school just to sit on their ass and play vids all day. Pro gamers are basically inspiration for kids to do this too

and for what is worth, only the stars of the sport make much money, just like track. Although the highest paid track guys definitely make more than the highest paid gamers. They also get to be in peak physical condition as opposed to worthless lumps too

If you knew enough about competitive video games like Counter Strike, League of Legends, Dota 2, etc. you would realize the amount of skill it takes to get to the elite levels of these games, which like people said before, offer both more prize money and viewers than track and field. If you don't believe me, google The International for Dota 2 or the League of Legends World Championships which literally fill stadiums of fans. Both running and competitive gaming require huge amounts of time and talent to actually reach these levels of competition, but running has just been a sport much longer in society so average people like the scrubs on this message board get more respect than an average gamer does. 30-40 years from now, when gaming becomes a thing on the high school and NCAA level, I think that perception is going to change. Obviously I run as well, otherwise I wouldn't be posting here, but to trash gaming and eSports because you don't understand it is just ignorant and pathetic.

i dno i've wasted far more life than i care to admit playing games and still think esports are stupid and a waste of time

I do tend to agree that we well see more and more of professional gaming though

milhouse2 wrote:

why don't you take a look at the difference in depression and obesity rates between gamers and runners then get back to us on that one. Also, I've never heard of runners spending 12 hours a day running and giving up all other aspects of their lives just to feed the addiction. Keep in mind, for every pro gamer out their that you seem to hold so highly, theres countless of kids who drop out of school just to sit on their ass and play vids all day. Pro gamers are basically inspiration for kids to do this too

I only need to look at local running clubs to see how fat and out of shape most runners are.

You've never heard of ultra runners or Robert Young? There are also countless runners that take illegal drugs and are addicted to them since they all want to run faster. And they will do anything, at any cost to win. Maybe you should look at the trash in your own back yard before harping on gamers.