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re: 'This game is like heroin:' Fortnite addiction sending kids to gaming rehab
Posted on 12/10/18 at 6:16 am to lake chuck fan
Posted on 12/10/18 at 6:16 am to lake chuck fan
Video games are so mainstream it is like watching TV or movies...except it is not passive, it is active.
What is wrong with that. Would you be mad your kid wants to compete in chess? Some games are as competitive as chess.
What is wrong with that. Would you be mad your kid wants to compete in chess? Some games are as competitive as chess.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 6:26 am
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Posted on 12/10/18 at 6:39 am to Pectus
The virgin goves parenting advice!
Posted on 12/10/18 at 6:56 am to Tigerbait357
5 bucks says most of these “cases” are decent kids that have a hobby. But some parents are fricking idiots
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:03 am to Tigerbait357
Change the wifi password. Problem solved
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:21 am to Tigerbait357
I would smash the fricking console with a sledgehammer while my kid was playing it.
The look on his face alone would make it worth it.
The look on his face alone would make it worth it.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 7:40 am
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:24 am to Tigerbait357
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the Epic Games Inc. creation is free to play
Wrong. I saw it for sale for like sixty bucks at Walmart.
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Like most things in life, the issues surrounding Fortnite's pull are complicated.
No it's not. The kids need something else productive to focus on. It's simply another vice, and self control goes a long way.
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While I believe parents need to do whatever it takes so their kids aren't playing 12 hours a day, including throwing the game and console in the trash
Boom.
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Sometimes parents and their children need a little professional help to solve their problems. And that's never wrong.
That is incredibly wrong. Excessive professional help results in some level of over-drugging, on a societal level. Although yes, it's always true that SOMETIMES people need professional help. Cheeky slight of words.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:35 am to Tigerbait357
Make your kids go play outside.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:38 am to diat150
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Parents is now disciplining their kids with fortnight dances now
Wow, what an abortion of a sentence.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:38 am to BluegrassBelle
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Nowadays, I see parents who are distressed about what to do and are damn near appalled when I say they should maybe take their phone away or their video game/internet access away for a bit. It's bizarre.
Because that would be firing the babysitter
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:41 am to DavidTheGnome
Best decision we ever made when our kids were born was to not have TVs.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:43 am to Tigerbait357
How bout just throw the damn system away and be a freaking parent.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:47 am to dbeck
It’s a third person shooter
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:54 am to Barbellthor
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Excessive professional help results in some level of over-drugging, on a societal level.
Maybe for some people but that's a ridiculous statement
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:02 am to Barbellthor
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Wrong. I saw it for sale for like sixty bucks at Walmart.
The game is FREE. What you saw included DLC, which costs money. You could spend well over $60 on Fortnite if you wanted to. Anyone can play the game free though.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:07 am to DavidTheGnome
Also because parents don't know how to discipline the fit the kids throw when they take the phone or video game away. Little Johnny is in control.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:07 am to Tigerbait357
Rehab?
Um, I don't need rehab for a kid. I know where the plug is. I bought the controllers. If they were playing it on a computer, I bought that too.
Good Lord when did parents become so pathetic?
Um, I don't need rehab for a kid. I know where the plug is. I bought the controllers. If they were playing it on a computer, I bought that too.
Good Lord when did parents become so pathetic?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:09 am to Barbellthor
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the Epic Games Inc. creation is free to play
Wrong. I saw it for sale for like sixty bucks at Walma
When you speak in absolutes, you should try being absolutely right.
The addictive battle royale experience is 100% free to play on every platform.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:20 am to Glorious
Gaming can be addictive and I know people who failed out of college because they spent way too much time gaming rather than going to class.
Part of it is pulling them away from it for a while. After a week or two cold turkey they wonder “Why was I playing WOW/Battlefront/whatever so much?”
They may go back to gaming a bit but typically not to the “doesn’t leave the house except for food and work : class” levels anymore.
Also, IMHO, part of it is people trying to compete at an elite level, which tends to take a lot of money and/or up time.
The problem is that most elite guilds / teams / whatever have a high burnout rate because playing so much eventually drives people away.
Part of it is pulling them away from it for a while. After a week or two cold turkey they wonder “Why was I playing WOW/Battlefront/whatever so much?”
They may go back to gaming a bit but typically not to the “doesn’t leave the house except for food and work : class” levels anymore.
Also, IMHO, part of it is people trying to compete at an elite level, which tends to take a lot of money and/or up time.
The problem is that most elite guilds / teams / whatever have a high burnout rate because playing so much eventually drives people away.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:23 am to el Gaucho
I am older and smarter than a lot of parents on this board.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:40 am to Tigerbait357
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Played by more than 200 million users, the Epic Games Inc. creation is free to play yet has made at least $1.2 billion on the sale of the V-Bucks, the in-game currency.
Reminds me of this South Park episode
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