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MMORPG = Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing GameGrowler said:whats a mmorpg? Why is a cloudsong so important? ROFL
I mean, Ima cs player and I have never heard anyone like that before.
MMORPG = Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing GameGrowler said:whats a mmorpg? Why is a cloudsong so important? ROFL
I mean, Ima cs player and I have never heard anyone like that before.
I think that was DAoC, not WoW. o_oDewd In Ћe Newd said:*Warning* Harsh Language
WoW is Serious Business
Maybe, but if you stick realistic graphics with 7.1 surround sound and a Dual Shock analogue pad then it gets pretty close. Smell and taste don't exactly play a part in murder.Growler said:only 3 senses (touch - touch is only 1/2 assed in games, considering you can't touch the surroundings in the game, only the mouse and keyboard, visual, audio) are being stimulated when playing a game, and the other two (smell, taste) are pretty much impossible to get in game... which is why games will never be too realistic.
Ravendust said:Smell and taste don't exactly play a part in murder.
Hope that never happens to me , even though i currently use a internet cafe (it nearly sought of did last night , but thank god for brothers)sicron said:1) Parents of a chinese child went to a internet cafe to play WoW they left their child to die...
I completely agree with that man. My parents brought me up fine, and it's only natural for a person to grow into themself and become an individual... Computer games are just another hobby. When I play paintball, I don't want to go out and kill people with real guns, it's just a game.Davidskiwan said:I disagree, i just have to look at the people i know and it tells me that games/movies mean jack **** to how a person behaves in the real world. All my friends that play alot of games (and one of them plays alot >_> buys a new game every week and its completed in one or two days) they tend to be less agressive, more calm and collected than my friends that go out playing football (-_- soccer) or skateboarding, they're usually the ones that go out and start fights with people.
Imho, I think the way you're effected by most things is completely down to how you were brought up. In the end I know whats wrong and right down to how my parents brought me up, I know to look into things more than just "He's pissed me off! im gonna ****ing kick his head in" and no game and no movie is ever going to change that about me. I know for a fact my actions in a game have no repocussions on me in the real world, and so when i play a computer game its an exscape from all the **** thats going on around me, its alot of freedom to experiment and do things i dont get to do normally.
Its like those people that got the exorcist banned, i watched that movie when i was 10 and it didnt scare me at all >_>. I can tell the difference between fantasy and reality as most people can, some novels are graphic and violent but they're never banned, why? cuz you're not seeing it happen? Reading and mentally picturing or thinking how something happens is going to effect your mentality more than something that stimulates the eyes and ears imo. Games arent about being brutal, they all have a method, a way they work best, playing games to complete them is doing what is required to get past each level with certain conditions. I know that if im killing grots in halo im gonna smack them down so i can save my ammo for the elites. Thats not being brutal i just know if im gonna wanna get past the next bit im gonna think ahead. All games are, are the ability to perform certain actions under certain conditions.
You're saying that the capability for games to do psychological harm is there, and I'd be willing to admit you're right. If you play any game (with or without violence) enough, your view of the world may start to shift based on your experiences. This is true not only for games, but just about anything you experience that illicits an emotional or psyiological response (reading a good book, watching tv, going to the movies, combat in the military . . .). The impact of the experience varies from person to person of course, depending on things like their upbrining, their coping ability, etc.Mental stability has nothing to do with anything. People in Mental Asylums are mentally unstable. Why are they mentally unstable? It is due to their mind cracking under tons of pressure usual due to emotion over-loads from real life experiences which mess up their Neurological signals. Once again, everyone is different; everyone has their limits and boundaries.
Mediation has been proven to "re-wire" your Neurological "circuitry"; video games, movies, real life experiences, etcetera do the same thing. Neurological Signals are used to send messages to the brain. Neurological Signals tells your mind what is going on in your body and outside of it. You watch a movie; Neurological Signals are being sent to your brain describing what you see and hear; constantly sending images and sound to the brain.
Your brain organizes the information in the order it is sent. Emotional stress will cause an over-load of Neurological Signals which in turn become confused and disordered. Say if you played a game... let's say Manhunt, 12 hours a day, 5 days a week. Your mind will be very used to receiving the Neurological Signals which are sending information about the game. Lets say one day; after months playing; while your playing Manhunt some one tries to start something with you on AIM, MSN, whatever.
You know this person, and you have physical contact with them. Your mind is going to get confused as Neurological Signals from playing Manhunt and this new development are being mixed together along with your emotions. Why are they getting confused? It is because of the hormones being activated by even more Neurological Signals in response to a threat (the guy).
The argument between you and the guy escalate to physical threats. And your Neurological Signals are still going crazy, your brain is trying to sort everything out; you are having a major over-load as your brain is sorting everything out in the wrong order. Say if the guy wants to fight you in a few minutes on the street in front of your house. What are you going to do? This is where everyone differs, some will call the Police, some will hide, some will fight, and some will kill.
If you played a violent game, you have to think differently than you would. You have to have what I call the gameâs mentality in order to play the game and eventually beat it. You have to think as if you are in the game, you have to change your mind set. What if when you and that guy were arguing that your mind was still in that game set? I am sure you can figure it out.
Anyway, it does not matter if your mentally stable or not. It does not even matter if you do not like to do bad things.
I completely agree with you. I play games a lot, some games I've played for a few days with little breaks. A lot of the games I play are violent games (Gta, Postal 2, etc) but just because I play them a lot and set people on fire in them doesn't mean I'm going to in real life. Out of the people I know I'm the least violent, I hate violence in real life, in games it doen't bother me. My opinions of right and wrong aren't about to be altered by games no matter how good the graphics are.Davidskiwan said:I disagree, i just have to look at the people i know and it tells me that games/movies mean jack **** to how a person behaves in the real world. All my friends that play alot of games (and one of them plays alot >_> buys a new game every week and its completed in one or two days) they tend to be less agressive, more calm and collected than my friends that go out playing football (-_- soccer) or skateboarding, they're usually the ones that go out and start fights with people.
Imho, I think the way you're effected by most things is completely down to how you were brought up. In the end I know whats wrong and right down to how my parents brought me up, I know to look into things more than just "He's pissed me off! im gonna ****ing kick his head in" and no game and no movie is ever going to change that about me. I know for a fact my actions in a game have no repocussions on me in the real world, and so when i play a computer game its an exscape from all the **** thats going on around me, its alot of freedom to experiment and do things i dont get to do normally.
Its like those people that got the exorcist banned, i watched that movie when i was 10 and it didnt scare me at all >_>. I can tell the difference between fantasy and reality as most people can, some novels are graphic and violent but they're never banned, why? cuz you're not seeing it happen? Reading and mentally picturing or thinking how something happens is going to effect your mentality more than something that stimulates the eyes and ears imo. Games arent about being brutal, they all have a method, a way they work best, playing games to complete them is doing what is required to get past each level with certain conditions. I know that if im killing grots in halo im gonna smack them down so i can save my ammo for the elites. Thats not being brutal i just know if im gonna wanna get past the next bit im gonna think ahead. All games are, are the ability to perform certain actions under certain conditions.