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There's 11 million people playing WoW, with different levels of playtime/dedication. It's a bit excessive to try to put all these people in the same can. I wou

by arien 18y ago

There's 11 million people playing WoW, with different levels of playtime/dedication. It's a bit excessive to try to put all these people in the same can. I would trust psychological tests rather than just assume all WoW players are irresponsible people just cause you met one silly guy who happened to play WoW. At my company, around 12 people are WoW players. I play WoW myself and even my boss did until a year ago. Problems with any of us? None.

josefresco 18y ago
There's more than 11 million people using drugs, with different levels of use/dedication. It's a bit excessive to try to put all these people in the same can. I would trust psychological tests rather than just assume all drug users are irresponsible people just cause you met one silly guy who happened to smoke pot. At my company, around 12 people are drug users. I use drugs myself and even my boss did until a year ago. Problems with any of us? None.
- sgibat 18y ago
  I agree. (I don't think that was effective at making the point you wanted.)
  - ConradHex 18y ago
    Yeah. Actually, a better analogy would be alcohol use, since drug use is illegal (and WoW playing isn't). What if a company had a bad experience with an alcoholic employee, so they refused to hire anyone who drinks at all?
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- arien 18y ago
  Gaming = legal. Drugs = illegal (generally). Although I did meet a couple of people that were really good at their jobs and I later found out were drug users. This is what taught me not to assume or generalise stuff about others before even getting a first impression. We can play this game and substitute drugs or WoW for anything you want, it will still work, yes. What does that mean? That the problem the object of addiction is not really a problem by itself. The person, who is weak and gets addicted, is the problem. The ones that lose control and become slaves of their desire. Drugs in that sense are more powerful because they create a physical addiction, not just mental. Games are more addicting than e.g. TV because interaction provides more satisfaction than just being a mere spectator. But some people can still seize control over this and not let it overrun their lives, while others just let themselves go and end up with a huge problem on their hands. I'd say the first group is a very interesting group of people, they show mental strength. These kind of personal qualities you can find with psychotechnical tests, that's what I meant with my original message. Isn't that what headhunters are supposed to do? Find skilled people and then study their personality to see if they are adequate for their company.

by arien 18y ago

josefresco 18y ago

There's more than 11 million people using drugs, with different levels of use/dedication. It's a bit excessive to try to put all these people in the same can. I would trust psychological tests rather than just assume all drug users are irresponsible people just cause you met one silly guy who happened to smoke pot. At my company, around 12 people are drug users. I use drugs myself and even my boss did until a year ago. Problems with any of us? None.

sgibat 18y ago
I agree. (I don't think that was effective at making the point you wanted.)
- ConradHex 18y ago
  Yeah. Actually, a better analogy would be alcohol use, since drug use is illegal (and WoW playing isn't). What if a company had a bad experience with an alcoholic employee, so they refused to hire anyone who drinks at all?
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arien 18y ago
Gaming = legal. Drugs = illegal (generally). Although I did meet a couple of people that were really good at their jobs and I later found out were drug users. This is what taught me not to assume or generalise stuff about others before even getting a first impression. We can play this game and substitute drugs or WoW for anything you want, it will still work, yes. What does that mean? That the problem the object of addiction is not really a problem by itself. The person, who is weak and gets addicted, is the problem. The ones that lose control and become slaves of their desire. Drugs in that sense are more powerful because they create a physical addiction, not just mental. Games are more addicting than e.g. TV because interaction provides more satisfaction than just being a mere spectator. But some people can still seize control over this and not let it overrun their lives, while others just let themselves go and end up with a huge problem on their hands. I'd say the first group is a very interesting group of people, they show mental strength. These kind of personal qualities you can find with psychotechnical tests, that's what I meant with my original message. Isn't that what headhunters are supposed to do? Find skilled people and then study their personality to see if they are adequate for their company.