Why do YOU feel obligated to do something here?
Because he is a friend and he sees him pissing his opportunity away over a stupid game. Go ahead and flame me for calling a game stupid, but compared to what he is missing out on it is stupid. Is he failing? if so talk to his professors, tell them your concern. They can give you some advice that may just kick his ass into gear. If he has to make good grades on the rest of his exams to pass let him know. If he is a freshman and is not on a scholarship and who ever is funding his schooling isnt going to cut him off if he fails you may have to let him fail to get the picture. Thats what happened to me. If he is on a scholarship, will lose it if he fails and has no other way of paying for school explain to him that if he fails he will have no more university. Do not drag yourself down trying to help him. If he is not taking this help there is probably nothing you can do. I am guessing he is a freshman, Some of us have to get kicked out of school before we realize just how bad we are screwing up.
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