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> How many will pick up a book, or go for a walk, now that they no longer have their go-to fix of virtual reality. Statistically, Zero. Trust me, they are all

> How many will pick up a book, or go for a walk, now that they no longer have their go-to fix of virtual reality. Statistically, Zero. Trust me, they are all madly typing on forums, mashing refresh, trying to find out / talking about what happened. > How many WOW addicts will have time to think "never again" and follow through. A few.

JoeAltmaier 14y ago
They are not all blogging. Very few do. Millions of WoW players are lazy slobs, who are tweeting their friends "bummer man" and maybe, just maybe, going out for a movie or a walk or something actually, concretely social for a change.
- jmduke 14y ago
  I think it's impossibly difficult to argue that wasting time playing WoW is fundamentally worse than, say, watching football.
  - podperson 14y ago
    If someone watches football as obsessively as folks play WoW then I'd agree. But if your child falls over and needs attention you can get up and deal with it without "letting down your group/team/guild". I know of multiple cases of child neglect by players... indeed, my wife and I gave up WoW cold turkey when we realized one of our twins had a fever and we hadn't noticed for several hours because we were so engrossed in the game. Haven't played seriously since.
    - robryan 14y ago
      That is true of most team based activities. I think the difference with online games is kind of like working from home. Other people living with you may expect you to be present whereas really what you are doing is similar to being on a sports team. No one expects you to be present to do other things while out on the sporting field in the middle of a match. Granted the time invested is likely a little different.
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      - Evbn 14y ago
        Or to flip it around, playing WoW during babysitting is like running out to go play a match on the field.
    - Evbn 14y ago
      Holy cow, where were the kids? Were they crying during sleep time or something? /posting from my kid's room while she falls asleep.
      - podperson 14y ago
        They were in the room with us in a playpen.
- saraid216 14y ago
  I challenge you to find ten.

JoeAltmaier 14y ago

They are not all blogging. Very few do. Millions of WoW players are lazy slobs, who are tweeting their friends "bummer man" and maybe, just maybe, going out for a movie or a walk or something actually, concretely social for a change.

jmduke 14y ago
I think it's impossibly difficult to argue that wasting time playing WoW is fundamentally worse than, say, watching football.
- podperson 14y ago
  If someone watches football as obsessively as folks play WoW then I'd agree. But if your child falls over and needs attention you can get up and deal with it without "letting down your group/team/guild". I know of multiple cases of child neglect by players... indeed, my wife and I gave up WoW cold turkey when we realized one of our twins had a fever and we hadn't noticed for several hours because we were so engrossed in the game. Haven't played seriously since.
  - robryan 14y ago
    That is true of most team based activities. I think the difference with online games is kind of like working from home. Other people living with you may expect you to be present whereas really what you are doing is similar to being on a sports team. No one expects you to be present to do other things while out on the sporting field in the middle of a match. Granted the time invested is likely a little different.
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    - Evbn 14y ago
      Or to flip it around, playing WoW during babysitting is like running out to go play a match on the field.
  - Evbn 14y ago
    Holy cow, where were the kids? Were they crying during sleep time or something? /posting from my kid's room while she falls asleep.
    - podperson 14y ago
      They were in the room with us in a playpen.
saraid216 14y ago
I challenge you to find ten.