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Originally posted by Playbahnosh@May 12 2006, 07:28 PM
nope! I said "it is not on the box for a reason". You read that part yes? I meant that the game makers would sell less of the game if a huge red tape were on the box saying "WARNING! This game may cause problems in your social life and health!" I'm not agreeing with the parents, all this was their fault in the first place as you said

I'm sorry, perhaps I should have edited out the irrelevant part of your quote to avoid misunderstanding.

Let's try again:

Originally posted by Playbahnosh+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Playbahnosh)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>All in all, MMO games are dangerous. Literally. To your health, to your bank balace, to your social connections...etc.[/b]

IIRC, that's exactly what the parents are saying - that MMO games are dangerous.

Obviously, the warnings are not on the box because that would kill sales. I thought that was a given.

My point is that it's not the games that are dangerous/harmful, but rather, the individual's bad choices.

Originally posted by Playbahnosh@
Yeh, I chose NOT to play too, but the damage was alreasy done. It took me almost a half year to get back on my feet. And then came the worse, girls. The dating game. They they did almost the same, and here am I partially out of the goo again trying to figure out my next move...

This is a wonderful example of having to live with the consequences of your own actions. Congratulations to you for overcoming.

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I realized something. There is a game that is the most dangerous, but because you don't even realize you are playing: Life. "Life is a sh!tty game, but the graphics are awesome" [/quote]

Life isn't really a game, you know. There's no save, you can't start over, or try again. In fact, I think that confusing life with a game is part of what led the boy in the posted article to his very bad decision.