Are you a game addict?
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Agent
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written Monday, March 14 2005 05:34
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Because everybody likes polls and because I wanted to find out how addicted I am, I made this little test. Feel free to share your experiences. About myself: I’m a rather affected person (Avernum and skribbane). And I confess that I play even stupid card games like Klondike sometimes – just to calm down :P Poll Information This poll contains 10 question(s). 50 user(s) have voted. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=NCYnuQlgzuzz"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=NCYnuQlgzuzz"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   -------------------- ^ö^ vegetarians are sexy. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, March 14 2005 05:54
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Actually, I play games very rarely these days. Significantly more of my time is spent online (on forums as well as just surfing aimlessly). And yes, games are kind of an escape when I do play them. Usually when I have either some kind of stress problem or something very unpleasant to do. It doesn't make that go away, of course, but it provides a brief relief from that "tunnel perspective". -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Monday, March 14 2005 08:04
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The amount of time I spend gaming per week is highly variable- I basically only play when I have something worth my while, and since I don't bother to spend more than twenty-five dollars or so on games per year, there are more than a few dry periods. My main objective in playing a game is to assuage boredom, and as such I don't play when I have anything better to do. Which means I'll never be the loser holed up in his room on the computer while others are partying it up somewhere or even hanging out next door. However, I have been guilty on more than one occasion of playing when I ought to have been at class or doing homework. In terms of my addictions, gaming hardly qualifies. Alcohol tops the list, although I'm in my early stages of addiction yet. Once I get pangs from abstaining a week, I'll know I'm there. I'm not really sure if any other addictions exist in my life. I'm not a terribly passionate person in general, although when I do really like something (or someone) I suppose I am rather prone to addiction and obsession. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, March 14 2005 08:35
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Some of my answers are different than they would have been a month ago. I played all the Avernum and Geneforge games until I was too bored to even consider opening them again. This was after having played each game multiple times and being able to recite conversations before the NPCs said anything. I liked playing the new games and the scenarios because they were new stories and I didn't know what was going to happen next. Computer games are an escape from the world. They are a much less harmful method than most people use, assuming school and relationships don't suffer due to lack of doing anything else. hmm, only one skribbane head huh (thinking back on some past posts) -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, March 14 2005 09:18
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Computergames do not distract me from my sorrow. The main aim in a game is triumph. Realising that this triumph would be irrational, however, I do not enjoy playing games. The only reason why I do is a desperate attempt to fight the tedium and emptiness. Posts: 356 | Registered: Tuesday, April 6 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
Member # 2210
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written Monday, March 14 2005 09:40
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I stick with spiderweb games. Otherwise games would take up too much of my time. Not that Avernum isn't as addictive as Skribbane. I am addicted to Gremlin Merlot! Can't stop drinking the stuff... -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, March 14 2005 10:18
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Mostly to forget a little about the world (these days) and because I enjoy the immersion in a parallel world (since. . . a long time). If I like the game, I tend to play it straight through until I finish it (RPs and Adventure games) or a map or so a day (Strategy), but it doesn't keep me from work or going out (unless it's a really nice game. If Fallout 3 ever comes out, for example, and I like it as much as the previous 2, I'll be playing it straight through, forcing myself to work, but sleeping little (as usual) in between.) Only addiction I have these days, besides films (I guess seeing every single movie I can, including tons of garbage, may constitute an addiction), I'll have to say cigs. Hardly ever play a game a second time. -------------------- quote:Random Jack Vance Quote Manual Generator Apparatus (Cugel's Saga) Posts: 604 | Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00 |
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By Committee
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written Monday, March 14 2005 10:40
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I was stuck for the longest time in Khoth's laser maze in ZKR before I realized I had invulnerability potions to use (cursed efreeti!), which actually kept me off away from Blades. Now that I'm past that stopgap, however, I'm back to playing whenever I can. Diplomacy with the Dead will be done soon, and then - the other scenarios! And to think I purchased my mac to reduce my gaming... Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
Member # 1092
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 16:39
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Macs don't lessen your gaimng expierience. PC's have plenty of problems, more than any person can have. As for the mac, better performance. PCs=Ford Macs=Holden I'd just thought I'd say that. -------------------- When you think you can't get any lower in life and hit rock bottom, God hands you a shovel. Following the rights movements You clamped on with your iron fists drugs being conviently available for all the kids Minor drug offenders fill your prisons You don't even flinch All our takes paying For your wars against the new non rich Posts: 615 | Registered: Friday, May 3 2002 07:00 |
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Master
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 16:54
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Macs are PCs. -------------------- Polaris - Weather balloons, ninjas, and your big daddy Wise Man. What more could you want? Undead Theories - Don't Ask, Don't Tell Posts: 3323 | Registered: Thursday, April 25 2002 07:00 |
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BANNED
Member # 3477
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 17:15
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hmm... is von toast copying my sig? -------------------- Avernum is as addictive as skribbane!!! Withdrawal symptoms are harsh so I just keep playing. Free skribbane at Wal-mart Posts: 296 | Registered: Monday, September 22 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, March 16 2005 02:36
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Computer games distract me. They distract my attention from the crap, the misery and the stupidity of the world. Sure, my schoolwork probably suffers from me playing on the computer, when I should be working, but after a few hours work, my brain is pretty useless. -------------------- Aut Tace Aut Loquere Meliora Silencio Posts: 1487 | Registered: Sunday, February 10 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
Member # 1993
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written Wednesday, March 16 2005 10:02
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Hey FBM, you changed your name! Epimetheus, the afterwards-thinker? ... what should we think of that? :P -------------------- ^ö^ vegetarians are sexy. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, March 16 2005 18:41
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I don't really play games all that much any more. I usually just surf the Internet and post useless posts on these forums in my recently-limited spare time. But yeah, on vacations, my addiction is strong. :) Everybody should have checked skribbane. :P -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
Member # 618
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written Thursday, March 17 2005 01:44
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Yes, after thought. We should probably think of that that the FBM decided that change is good and wanted to keep up appearances. Because, like heck, is anyone wanting the real reason. -------------------- Aut Tace Aut Loquere Meliora Silencio Posts: 1487 | Registered: Sunday, February 10 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, March 17 2005 07:23
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Hi FBM! Nice new name. -------------------- quote:Random Jack Vance Quote Manual Generator Apparatus (Cugel's Saga) Posts: 604 | Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00 |
