Comments on: Addiction http://celera.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/addiction/ Read. Comment. Relax. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:11:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://celera.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/addiction/#comment-238 Anonymous Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:18:31 +0000 http://celera.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-238 The game appeals to me for the same reasons you described and I think a few more. School vs. WoW is a continuing struggle for me. I think a lot of it has to do with the independent nature of university work and the relatively limited attendance that is required to do well. Unlike work, where it doesn't take long for others to detect your absence and for you to experience the consequences, in school, it can all seem inconsiquential until the day of the exam arrives or the big paper is due. I don't HAVE to read those three chapters before lecture. Heck, I don't even HAVE to go to lecture. And sometimes, because of the game, I do not. Not always, not enough to hurt my grades, but enough that it makes me feel like I'm probably at least a borderline addict. On more than a few occaisions I've ended up sitting in the library (safely away from WoW) studying everything I missed before a big exam, or turning in a paper at 11:58pm on the day it's due without proofreading. I think this is way more common than people would imagine. I hope you keep finding time to write =) The game appeals to me for the same reasons you described and I think a few more. School vs. WoW is a continuing struggle for me. I think a lot of it has to do with the independent nature of university work and the relatively limited attendance that is required to do well. Unlike work, where it doesn’t take long for others to detect your absence and for you to experience the consequences, in school, it can all seem inconsiquential until the day of the exam arrives or the big paper is due.

I don’t HAVE to read those three chapters before lecture. Heck, I don’t even HAVE to go to lecture. And sometimes, because of the game, I do not. Not always, not enough to hurt my grades, but enough that it makes me feel like I’m probably at least a borderline addict.

On more than a few occaisions I’ve ended up sitting in the library (safely away from WoW) studying everything I missed before a big exam, or turning in a paper at 11:58pm on the day it’s due without proofreading. I think this is way more common than people would imagine.

I hope you keep finding time to write =)

]]> By: celera http://celera.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/addiction/#comment-236 celera Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:33:02 +0000 http://celera.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-236 Anna! I'm so excited about your new blog, thanks for giving me the link. Perhaps blogging about your addiction is rather like a methadone program for WOW :). The blog looks great, I can see I'm going to have to put you on my list of people who obviously know way more about website design than I do. Tom, wasn't it Mark Twain who said that golf was a good walk, spoiled? I think every era and every type of person has their particular habit-forming indulgence. Samantha, thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll be back. Anna! I’m so excited about your new blog, thanks for giving me the link. Perhaps blogging about your addiction is rather like a methadone program for WOW :) . The blog looks great, I can see I’m going to have to put you on my list of people who obviously know way more about website design than I do.

Tom, wasn’t it Mark Twain who said that golf was a good walk, spoiled? I think every era and every type of person has their particular habit-forming indulgence.

Samantha, thanks for stopping by! I hope you’ll be back.

]]> By: Samantha http://celera.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/addiction/#comment-233 Samantha Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:53:24 +0000 http://celera.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-233 Well, I have taken quite a close look on your website and I must say that I find it extraordinarily interesting. Well, I have taken quite a close look on your website and I must say that I find it extraordinarily interesting.

]]> By: Tom Twaiten http://celera.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/addiction/#comment-232 Tom Twaiten Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:56:10 +0000 http://celera.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-232 I've never been into World of Warcraft, but I do play chess from time to time, and it can be addictive. I remember reading an article called "The Chess Nut is a Helpless Pawn," and I myself have had the addiction at times. Chess has been described by one player as "the most perfect waste of time ever devised by the human mind," but I suspect the person who said that had just lost a game. I figure if you enjoy it and it doesn't interfere with work or family life, make the most of it. I’ve never been into World of Warcraft, but I do play chess from time to time, and it can be addictive. I remember reading an article called “The Chess Nut is a Helpless Pawn,” and I myself have had the addiction at times. Chess has been described by one player as “the most perfect waste of time ever devised by the human mind,” but I suspect the person who said that had just lost a game. I figure if you enjoy it and it doesn’t interfere with work or family life, make the most of it.

]]> By: Annalira http://celera.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/addiction/#comment-227 Annalira Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:07:45 +0000 http://celera.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-227 I definitely know the feeling when it comes to upswings and downswings in game-addiction time. For awhile it seems like I"m playing every spare moment I have... and then eventually I move away and knit more or work on various other tasks. I wish I could find a way to have it be relatively continuous, but I seem to approach most of my hobbies this way. I've actually found that one way I temper my gaming drive is to write about gaming. For some reason having to put together coherent blog posts (daily, which is a goal I've set for myself) means I'm more likely to wait a little longer to log in while I edit or find appropriate pictures for something. You can find me over at www.toomanyannas.com :) I definitely know the feeling when it comes to upswings and downswings in game-addiction time. For awhile it seems like I”m playing every spare moment I have… and then eventually I move away and knit more or work on various other tasks. I wish I could find a way to have it be relatively continuous, but I seem to approach most of my hobbies this way.

I’ve actually found that one way I temper my gaming drive is to write about gaming. For some reason having to put together coherent blog posts (daily, which is a goal I’ve set for myself) means I’m more likely to wait a little longer to log in while I edit or find appropriate pictures for something. You can find me over at http://www.toomanyannas.com :)

]]>