He had one girlfriend before he played MS.. Then she started hating him.
~Nero
Gee, I wonder why.
Nero said:
Well, he says he's level 30 something. (I think he said 38) and he's played for a month and a half (Or 2). What does that tell you about the time he spends on Maplestory?
It took me well over a year of playing off and on to get to around that level. He's fucking insane, let's leave it at that. *shudders*
Nero said:
Does drinking soda and eating chips/chocolate bars count? ADD: He eats bananas and apples too. I ask him to play a damn game of Basketball, and he won't come out and play!
I hope you've seen the World of Warcraft South Park episode. He's going to end up like that. Seriously.
Nero
Yeah.. Let me go to the garbage dump and try to find it.
Ah, what a shame. I was hoping I could have the parts if you weren't going to torment him with them. =P All the same, though.
He is in dire need of help now since he's so young and he's essentially going to be addicted to these games for the majority of his life until he
A) Kills himself over a trade-gone-wrong
B) Just rots away playing for X days straight
C) Gets bored and finally realizes there is something outside worth living for.
It's absolutely pathetic. Someone so young shouldn't have such an overwhelming addiction, but here we are with a problem. At least MS is free to play. I can't imagine his parents really caring if he was costing an additional $15 per month though...
I hope his parents also realize they are doing him a great disservice by not doing anything. He's not even ten yet from the sounds of it, and he will probably drop out of school. He probably will never move out either, and when (if?) his parents try to get him out of there, it'd be way too late. Already, I can see him failing hardcore at life because he's pretty much denying himself those early life-lessons like being able to talk to others, or talking to others of the opposite gender, or finding something he's good at so he can market himself later in life to a company for employment.
I'm honestly amazed he even bothers going to school. You can get so many additional hours of grinding if you skipped! Argh. I'll hang myself if he somehow gets away with playing it AT school.
To be honest, I'm so passionate about this because this kid was me several years ago. Mind you, not the same game or whatever, but it's the same thing. I am a former video-game addict, and I spent the first 15 or so years of my life just staying inside and playing games. I was very rarely social, and that led to me being socially awkward even now in my final years of college. Oh yes, it sucks. I could've really benefited from being comfortable around others but I can't very well change that now, can I?
I remember hearing someone say that video games are more addicting than crack. I know exactly why--the world of video games are a world of familiarity and mysticism, both which are lacking in the real lives of many children, hence being drawn to them. Out of either fear or preference, they simply play more and more games, shunning the outside world and giving themselves to the machine as a whole. They enjoy the time spent yes, but there is no real profit to be had other than just passing the time. How many professional gamers do you know? I mean, those who actually get paid for what they do? I know of exactly zero.
I was fortunate, somewhat. I managed to pull back before it really got too strong, though it still did enough damage in the long run. And video games aren't always the enemy. They can in fact still be good things--even socially. Why, I just spent the past couple of hours playing SSBM with my friends and we had a blast. That is one of the reasons why I still play to this day, though it's hard to completely shake the yoke of the addiction.
Sorry to ramble, but there's still time to save him. Something must be done before it's too late, or he'll be pretty much as you said, nothing more than a slopworker at Burger King with a miserable life.
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