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| maximo310:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on August 04, 2016, 11:36:22 am --- --- Quote from: maximo310 on August 04, 2016, 01:24:51 am --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on August 04, 2016, 12:57:27 am --- --- Quote from: maximo310 on August 03, 2016, 09:25:00 pm ---Anything consumed in excess can become an addition; therefore, gaming by itself is not an addiction. This is a pretty silly topic anyways; according to the topic creator only certain kind of activities are defined as "addiction" by his standards. --- End quote --- Excuse me. I made the argument of something totally useless, is not the same as something useful. You can't compare playing a guitar, learning a skill, or self improvement to sitting in a dark basement playing video games alone. You're improving yourself by doing those activities, and they don't have deadly side effects for some. I defined it the way I saw, instead of semantics. You can define it whatever way you want. --- End quote --- Yeah, because no one ever plays video games in a bright lit room with friends, or makes connections online or in person because of games. But I guess some are more interested in certain hobbies then others; there's no need to make hasty generalizations to bolster your opinion. Your argument is just based on opinion alone, and you don't have anything to back it up. By the way, you're excused. ;) --- End quote --- As I said not everyone. But i'm guessing you're talking about couch co-op? Isn't that kind of dead these days with the whole online aspect? --- End quote --- Couch co-op is not really supported on XB1/ PS4 because both companies realized that w/ online, you don't have to worry about optimizing framerate for multiplayer, and consumers have to pay to play online. You can also play online with friends, even when you're right next to each other as well. Edit: Thanks for correcting me; its the dev decision for this, not Sony/Microsoft ignition! |
| doctorlaudanum:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on August 04, 2016, 12:01:25 pm ---I don't think it's an addiction but I can educate other views. It's obviously a personal subject. If it's to much for you as usual you know where the door is. --- End quote --- If you can't handle someone disagreeing with you, then perhaps opening a "debate" thread wasn't the best idea. |
| ignition365:
--- Quote from: maximo310 on August 04, 2016, 04:17:13 pm --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on August 04, 2016, 11:36:22 am --- --- Quote from: maximo310 on August 04, 2016, 01:24:51 am --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on August 04, 2016, 12:57:27 am --- --- Quote from: maximo310 on August 03, 2016, 09:25:00 pm ---Anything consumed in excess can become an addition; therefore, gaming by itself is not an addiction. This is a pretty silly topic anyways; according to the topic creator only certain kind of activities are defined as "addiction" by his standards. --- End quote --- Excuse me. I made the argument of something totally useless, is not the same as something useful. You can't compare playing a guitar, learning a skill, or self improvement to sitting in a dark basement playing video games alone. You're improving yourself by doing those activities, and they don't have deadly side effects for some. I defined it the way I saw, instead of semantics. You can define it whatever way you want. --- End quote --- Yeah, because no one ever plays video games in a bright lit room with friends, or makes connections online or in person because of games. But I guess some are more interested in certain hobbies then others; there's no need to make hasty generalizations to bolster your opinion. Your argument is just based on opinion alone, and you don't have anything to back it up. By the way, you're excused. ;) --- End quote --- As I said not everyone. But i'm guessing you're talking about couch co-op? Isn't that kind of dead these days with the whole online aspect? --- End quote --- Couch co-op is not really supported on XB1/ PS4 because both companies realized that w/ online, you don't have to worry about optimizing framerate for multiplayer, and consumers have to pay to play online. You can also play online with friends, even when you're right next to each other as well. --- End quote --- That's not really a Microsoft/Sony decision, that's a developer decision. |
| hanky:
More like collecting :D |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: doctorlaudanum on August 04, 2016, 04:40:03 pm --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on August 04, 2016, 12:01:25 pm ---I don't think it's an addiction but I can educate other views. It's obviously a personal subject. If it's to much for you as usual you know where the door is. --- End quote --- If you can't handle someone disagreeing with you, then perhaps opening a "debate" thread wasn't the best idea. --- End quote --- Wrong. It's called push back, so it doesn't turn into a monologue. Please don't get emotional again. |
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