Comment My thoughts... (Score 1) 1134
Addiction is the word that 90% of the people in the world use to disguise their lack of personal responsibility. I dont agree that any game is liken to an 'addiction'. I have played the same MMO for about 3 years now(ac1 to those that care). The first year and a half I played, it would seem to some that I was 'addicted'. But when it came down to it, It was just a choice I made, one that alot of people make. The decision to escape rather than cope. It was more healthy(and cheaper) than persuing other 'addictions' (gambling, womanizing, patying...etc) and paying 12 bucks a month to be somewhere/someone else is chickenfeed if you are so inclined to dissasociate yourself with reality. I personally was pretty dislocated from my head and such when I played during those first couple of years, but addiction? No. You allow yourself to become absorbed...immersed as its commonly marketed as. For me, I ditched all my accounts but two (I think I had 5 at one time) dropped my play time to less than 8 hours a week (I once stayed up 34 hours straight playing) and found something else to do.
As far as sony's billing concerns, I agree that lack of customer service/communication isnt ideal for a company with an MMO to engage in, but I think you should be speaking with your wallet and urge everyone who agrees with you to do the same. As far as the 'ever changing game world', I.E. buffs/nerfs, dont take the crutch offered to you9if you are so inclined to still play). We all choose to play, so adapt or die. A good friend I used to work with (who was alot older than I was) told me about how he got into our line of work( I.T. Business) He was a carreer changer, he had to go back to school and learn a new trade in the electrician's strike of 1977. Adapt or die. Whenever I get the urge for 'immersion' now, I go read a book, or engage my girlfriend in a conversation, whose easily twice as smart as I. Take that 12 bucks a month, save it for 3, take your best friend on a roadtrip.
As far as sony's billing concerns, I agree that lack of customer service/communication isnt ideal for a company with an MMO to engage in, but I think you should be speaking with your wallet and urge everyone who agrees with you to do the same. As far as the 'ever changing game world', I.E. buffs/nerfs, dont take the crutch offered to you9if you are so inclined to still play). We all choose to play, so adapt or die. A good friend I used to work with (who was alot older than I was) told me about how he got into our line of work( I.T. Business) He was a carreer changer, he had to go back to school and learn a new trade in the electrician's strike of 1977. Adapt or die. Whenever I get the urge for 'immersion' now, I go read a book, or engage my girlfriend in a conversation, whose easily twice as smart as I. Take that 12 bucks a month, save it for 3, take your best friend on a roadtrip.
