Originally posted by: bennylong
what's wrong with playing 40 hours a week anyway? I play 60 hours a week and I don't see the problem
You wouldn't. You're in denial.
Originally posted by: bennylong
what's wrong with playing 40 hours a week anyway? I play 60 hours a week and I don't see the problem
Originally posted by: ahurtt
Originally posted by: bennylong
what's wrong with playing 40 hours a week anyway? I play 60 hours a week and I don't see the problem
You wouldn't. You're in denial.
Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Originally posted by: ones3k
Whats the big deal with 40 hours per week? I used to play Everquest 40hrs/week for a period of 2 or 3 months. I also used to play WoW 50-60hrs/week over winter break in 2005 and 2006... I literally played ALL day! I also played quite a bit immediately following the release of WoW (november 23rd, 2004), i was probably doing only 30-40hrs/week then because i also had school at the time, but i played a lot based on your standards. I think you and your parents are acting like pussies, and you need to let your brother do his own thing. Let him learn on his own.
Playing a video game, any game, for 40hrs/week much less 50-60hrs/week is BAD. Playing a game for 6 hours a day is pretty bad and unproductive, and downright unhealthy for you. We, as humans, need a variety of stimulus to make us feel good/healthy. If you play that many hours of video games a day you are limiting the different types of stimulus u get. You won't be outside with friends playing sports/hanging out, u won't have any challenges from work/homework/ etc...
its just bad man...40 horus a week of games...damn.
Originally posted by: darianandre
Wow, it seems like a lot of people have varying ideas on how to go about this. I definitely agree that the parents should have a little more responsibility in dealing with this and I don't think completely cutting him off is a good idea anymore. We will be going on a vacation pretty soon and I think that it would be a good idea to get him into other things. He'll be working this summer so hopefully he'll make some new friends and have something to do.
He doesn't want to play football(6'4", 250lbs), however, because he spends so much time doing homework being in AP and IB. All of his time is either spent on the computer or doing homework. He doesn't lead a normal life and he doesn't have as many friends as he used to. I'm mostly afraid that he's being molded into someone who will find this forum one day and become a lifer within a month arguing in P&N and Video and OT.
He's 17 and he's never had a girlfriend, never so much as hinted that he was attracted to anyone, and he doesn't go to homecomings or any of those things. He certainly seems depressed.
I'm going home pretty soon and I'm going to talk with my parents about some plans of action. He's going to be a senior in a few months and now is not a good time to be going on that downward spiral that is oh so familiar. He is probably the smartest person in the family and his future is on the line right now. I think my parents gave up when they were having problems with me and now they're worn out and they just don't know what to do. I'm going to have to try to show them how to be the great parents that they used to be. Wish me luck!
Originally posted by: darianandre
He doesn't want to play football(6'4", 250lbs)
He's 17 and he's never had a girlfriend, never so much as hinted that he was attracted to anyone, and he doesn't go to homecomings or any of those things. He certainly seems depressed.
Originally posted by: timosyy
btw, I play WoW, and yes, I'm in a raiding guild. 40 hours a week is definately a bit excessive if he feels "obligated" to do it.
If I wanted to make every raid night, I'd only play about 15 hours a week. Oftentimes I'll only end up playing 10 or less. It still feels like a lot, because summer just hit and I'm rather busy catching up with friends/hanging out/doing RL stuff. FWIW, my guild has had C'thun (hardest raid boss in game) on farm for a while and we're one of the top 3 guilds on one of the oldest/largest servers (Arthas), so I'm one of those "powergamers" or "hardcore" WoW players/raiders. And again, I only play ~10-15 hours a week and consider that too much. Course, back in high school I used to play this (and EQ, back in the day) for possibly more than 40 hours a week, so I know where he's coming from, heh.
He should get tired of it shortly, raiding gets pretty boring pretty quick. Obligation is just a BS excuse really... I used to feel "obligated" to raid because people were "depending" on me but now I only log in when I actually feel like it (smallish guild too, its only around 50 people max). People may miss him, or playfully tease him for missing raids or what not, but most people understand (even if they can't do it themselves) that RL > WoW, and will cut him some slack.
Tell him to take a break. Tell him the guildies will understand. And quit paying for the account
Originally posted by: ones3k
Originally posted by: darianandre
He doesn't want to play football(6'4", 250lbs)
He's 17 and he's never had a girlfriend, never so much as hinted that he was attracted to anyone, and he doesn't go to homecomings or any of those things. He certainly seems depressed.
Some fat 17yr old hasn't scored yet? :shocked: You don't say...
Originally posted by: dugweb
thelanx brought up a very good point. Your brother needs to be shown there is more to life than WoW. I don't think that screwing up the computer so that it doesn't work is the way to go! In fact I think that is a terrible idea. From a computer techy's perspective that is comparable to screwing up the car, or something else you hold extremely valuable. Rather than resolving the problem it will create so many more. Imagine disabling Lance Armstrong's bike, and the reaction he would have. Maybe you get the picture.
Attempt to get him away from the computer, instill a broader perspective on life. Take him camping, 4-wheeling, boating, clubbing, go on a road trip. Seriously he needs to be shown that life is an adventure in itself, and regain perspective on what's most important. As he does this, he'll begin to lose interest in WoW himself.
Depression is probably what caused him to start down this path to extreme addiction.
Originally posted by: kami333
It sounds as it isn't affecting anything that much other than the fact that there is nothing else to do, it shouldn't matter that much. I'm probably an addict that shouldn't even be allowed to touch a computer
There was one summer that I spent probably close to 100hrs a week playing Wolf:ET for about a month. My internship was over, I had just come back from being abroad for a semester, and I was living in my parent's house (my parents weren't around) and didn't know anyone in a 2000mile radius. I would wake up, start playing, make lunch and play while eating, make dinner and play while eating, go to the gym for 90min (that was pretty much the only time I went out, other than to get groceries), then come home and drink and play until I passed out. Then repeat. But didn't touch it once I got back on campus and had work to do. I got really good at it, but was pretty bored by it by the end of the summer.
Originally posted by: Powermoloch
Originally posted by: kami333
It sounds as it isn't affecting anything that much other than the fact that there is nothing else to do, it shouldn't matter that much. I'm probably an addict that shouldn't even be allowed to touch a computer
There was one summer that I spent probably close to 100hrs a week playing Wolf:ET for about a month. My internship was over, I had just come back from being abroad for a semester, and I was living in my parent's house (my parents weren't around) and didn't know anyone in a 2000mile radius. I would wake up, start playing, make lunch and play while eating, make dinner and play while eating, go to the gym for 90min (that was pretty much the only time I went out, other than to get groceries), then come home and drink and play until I passed out. Then repeat. But didn't touch it once I got back on campus and had work to do. I got really good at it, but was pretty bored by it by the end of the summer.
Wolf:ET another addicting game.....It was fun until I got problems w/ punkbuster :/ . Then I quit (thanks to oblivion)
Originally posted by: intogamer
Originally posted by: Powermoloch
Originally posted by: kami333
It sounds as it isn't affecting anything that much other than the fact that there is nothing else to do, it shouldn't matter that much. I'm probably an addict that shouldn't even be allowed to touch a computer
There was one summer that I spent probably close to 100hrs a week playing Wolf:ET for about a month. My internship was over, I had just come back from being abroad for a semester, and I was living in my parent's house (my parents weren't around) and didn't know anyone in a 2000mile radius. I would wake up, start playing, make lunch and play while eating, make dinner and play while eating, go to the gym for 90min (that was pretty much the only time I went out, other than to get groceries), then come home and drink and play until I passed out. Then repeat. But didn't touch it once I got back on campus and had work to do. I got really good at it, but was pretty bored by it by the end of the summer.
Wolf:ET another addicting game.....It was fun until I got problems w/ punkbuster :/ . Then I quit (thanks to oblivion)
Aye I just ended up finding better things to do but still isn't good
Your brother just needs to find something better to do.
As he found WOW a better thing to do from doing his normal stuff
Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
What if the kid does something drastic if the computer is formatted, or the CD is smashed?