You have to realize it's not said in seriousness.

Considering the entire household there plays WoW.

I'm not addicted to Lusternia.
I can quit any time I want to.
Just...just leave me alone.
Tryin' to play here.
Go 'way.
Go.

Addicted to Lusternia - not so much, I just live out in the boonies and have nothing better to do.
Addicted to WoW - I was, but got bored. Now that the new expansion is out the day I move back to London for school I'm getting it, installing it, and I won't shut it off until I'm level 80! Mwahaha.

Fortunately I know that school comes before a shoddy coded, bug filled game... but not World of Warcraft!
ZING - just kidding this game isn't so bad.

Oh I'm sure almost no-one says it in seriousness... But it's still mean!

I get very into games and have bursts of "obsessions" over them, but, despite how much I loathe school, it's never been too big of a deal to turn them off and get stuff done.

I actually enjoy my obsessions, and they aren't always video games. I remember one summer in high school I was addicted to photoshop, and really did nothing for a month or so but work on things in it. I don't think this is bad, though, video games or art or any other hobby is no more meaningless than any other thing you could be doing with your time. The important thing is that you are able to enjoy it and be passionate about it, while at the same time being able to quite to take care of responsibilities.

So skipping school, work, or any other thing that you -have- to do is bad, but otherwise these addictions are okay.

Yeah? I remember your "Meh this content seems easy, I don't need to study for my exam", and then the next day "Well that was harder than I anticipated..." -SCOLD-

If you are referring to my discrete math test, than yes, it was harder than anticipated. >.> I also made several dumb mistakes.

But fear not, for as long as I get >80% on the final, I will have an A in the class.

Why was it harder than anticipated? Because you chose to play Lusternia over study!

It was a test over -counting methods-. It's more of a state of mind you have to be in than actually being able to study something. Every question can be different.

You have a fetish or something. >.>

Only for you.

A WoW addict that I work with said there was a kid who was so obsessed with WoW, and then he died, so his parents logged on and held an in game funeral for him with all his online friends.......

Yes, because honoring the dead is just so trite.

That noob, he shared his password? He could have got hacked!

You have anger management issues?
I never would of thought so. Maybe I'll see it when I pay for you system support and start bugging you with stupid things

Zarquan actually invented the term nerdrage.

I used to have really bad anger issues, and they were manifested in game as some of the older characters around here can attest to. I've become a lot more mellow the past couple years though, except for Monday when some jackass rearended my car and I jumped out and yelled at him.

I wouldn't say I'm addicted, though I definitely agree that it's easy to become reliant on virtual worlds for validation and feelings of accomplishment. For me, the two MUDs I play off-and-on (I don't play graphical MMOs, though I've tried a couple) and the related forums provide social interaction that is difficult to come by in this area, as well as a creative outlet. I've gained some long-standing RL friendships, I'm more comfortable with my own personality quirks, and I'm constantly reminded of the diversity of our global culture. I've learned about ancient architecture, obscure poets, unusual musicians, weird subcultures, political trends, religious trivia, and a little bit about myself, as well.

Now, that's not to say I've never been addicted. For about two or three years starting in... '98? I spent nearly all my free time in Achaea. Even if I was visiting a friend, if they had 'net access, that's probably what I spent my time there doing. Even when I was banned from using the computer because my grades were slipping and my mother was getting frustrated that I spent so much time online, I found ways to get around it. If she changed the password, I dug it up. We didn't have an internal modem, and cable/DSL was unheard of, so I'd wrap the thing in a blanket to stifle the noise when I connected at night. I got sneaky, and even started lying about it. I'm honestly not sure what eventually changed. Maybe I just "grew up" a little, or got so distracted by things going on in the real world I didn't have time to feed the addiction. Whatever happened, I finally got over it, and it hasn't bothered me since.

These days, I just enjoy working on artisan designs, a little bit of building, and interacting with people. It's nice to stretch my creative muscles, but I have a lot going on in my real life so I don't have much of a chance to get addicted again.