The Key to enjoying the game and not feeling frustrated, ever.

Enjoy life away from the computer screen.

 

I met my boyfriend online playing this game. We now live together in a successful and happy relationship. Good things can come out of being a player in an online game, and more importantly part of that community.

It's honestly not complicated. Just be a decent, responsible human being. It isn't easy, but it is simple.

 

1. Your situation is rare as hell if you put it vs the people that doesn't happen too. I am happy for you, good job.

2. This is the internet, people shouldn't be expecting what you just said wasn't complicated. I personally wish it was like that, but its not :/ -in short, ITS FUCKED-

 

"Friends" that fuck you over when you trust them aren't really friends at all. Keep in mind, this can even happen in real life too. But I do have an interesting theory because this online backstabbing seems to happen a lot, right? Maybe it's because the people who do it see no value in the relationships they form (or could have formed) and don't care about others simply because they are online.

 

To be quite honest... it is online, expect it.. if you can;'t see them face to face don't believe a word people say.

Its like being in court and not giving hard evidence, thats how I see online people... Just take everything they say with a pinch of salt and move on gaming.

 

You can still lie in real life. It's usually just harder.

 

Which is why people lie here, its easier. Don't expect people do choose the hard route of lying irl, when they can make gainz online doing it xD

that's why its fucked up on the internet, shits easy because their are so many gullible people willing to trust people from word of mouth. = Scammed people!

 

I also met my gf online and take the train to see her often. Finding a gf/bf really isn't hard. I'm not even the best looking guy and I somehow pull it off. The only people who seem to have trouble are the pessimistic ones.

 

I'm pretty pessimistic myself and yet i met my bf (now ex) on gms.

 

I met my bf of almost a year through Maple. I have fallen in love with him and his daughter. I am now 800 miles from my family and birthplace with him.

But in the end I am 100% with the OP.

Yes some games are addictive. Literally producing the same chemicals in the brain such as dopamine as a drug addict during a high. This is why moderation is important.

Trust me. I know. This is also why I am the way I am. I'll enter a more personal story that I haven't told anyone, and never planned to. The reason I leave for two three days at a time is because I have severe epilepsy that started in my teens. I was addicted to games. Literally. As a kid. Still am. Always will be.

I would get into something and I stay up for too long. Forget to eat. Don't sleep. Don't drink. But after I started having seizures I had to stop. I had to make myself stop because staying up late, not eating, drinking was literally killing me. I had a severe status epilepticus attack about a year ago that scared the ever loving shit out of me. It was during a 24 hour grindfest for ip in league. I was literally seizing for 2 hours.

Obviously this is a bit of a more extreme case than mos people. But it still applies. This isn't meant to be some sap shit story. A lot of people have crap like this and it is a part of life. I still game and I love it. But there is a point where a boundary has to be made between pleasure and health.

I accidentally posted on iPhone before this was done so I made edits. But whatever. tl:dr. Moderate your game play. Keep a bottle of water at your desk. Take literally a 15-30 minute break every now and then.

 

I'm epileptic too but its not bad..it's controlled with meds. I don't even have em anymore, tho i get dizzy spells alot makes my memory go blank for that bit. Last time i had a seizure was a few years ago. I still play ms all day tho...lolol but i keep a drink by me and take breaks.

 

@driverdown Mine are severe. AT LEAST once a week. My meds don't help as much as I would like, and I'm too small to increase the dosages. I look like a drunk in walmart

LOL I'll go ahead and tell you it that it doesn't always work that way. I've had programs placed on my PC when I was a kid that made the computer hard-shut down after x amount of hours of gameplay. I got around it in my pre-adolescent years. If a kid wants something, they'll find a way.

I regret most of all when I was younger the times I spent on the PC rather than with my family. Those times, obviously, cannot be gotten back. It's water under the bridge though and I understand that. But I've had good times on the PC as well and have met a lot of good, long-term friends. Real friends. Not acquaintances and chat buddies. I've put faces to the names (or usernames). But there's a time for everything and a moderation respectfully.

But you have to consider everyone's situation is different. Most people are like: omg I'd love to sit at home and do nothing but play video games all day, but I gotta go to college, oh I got a job, etc. Some people don't even have that luxury. Trust me. I'd rather be out with a job and be able to drive and shit. But it's not a possibility. Do I want to stay home and play games and watch TV and read all day? No. It's boring as fuck. But can I hold a job for more than a week? No. Can I legally drive? No. To those who think staying home all day would be the best shit ever. It's not. I have 200+ games at my disposal and I'm bored 90% of the time.

I would also love to start college again. Even missing 30-40 days in my last two highschool years I managed A's and a top score in my county (89) with a national average of 60. People think I'm lazy/stupid for dropping out of college. But when you miss a week of class every month, what can you expect.

I should just stream for a living. GG. What you guys think. sarcasm smells funny.

 

friends who betray you intentionally aren't friends. so any real online friend is gud~

 

I feel like this thread got a little bit off topic

 

my whole point can be summed up in just that one word cdfa