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Professional Burger
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: McDonalds
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You seem to be acting like theres a set path for people to take in life, you must have this many friends and this good of grades, and if you put other things over it, such as getting addicted to graal you have a 'serious' problem and have gone off the rails society expects of you. You weren't really getting what i was saying... Maybe some people, given the right age to be able to make decisions for themselves, can choose what makes them happy in life. It doesn't have to be having an extremely social life and having lots of money and being successful, people can make choices. That's what life's all about right? Being happy? I mean what else is there? If this game is incredibly important to them, and it makes them happy, whats really wrong with abandoning parts of your social life for it? |
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06-04-2012
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Should be fixed.
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 6,359
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School comes first, kiddies. Seriously. The line between what you may consider a hobby and what is actually an addiction can be blurry, and hard to see... but it's there. The moment it starts effecting your life in a negative way, you should step back and start reevaluating and get your priorities straight. It's so easy to get drawn into Graal, not as a game but as a time and social sink. But in the end the moment you start putting off other things, like going out with friends, or homework, to play Graal, there is a BIG problem. I think the most positive thing that has come out of Graal for me is that it got me deeply invested into development, and in more fields than one. It's pretty much what got me into game art, programming, and game design. However, the cons probably outweigh the pros. I don't know what my life would have turned out without Graal, but there's a good chance it would probably be better. |