spirited away Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 So, i was flicking through the that free magazine that comes with The Daily Telegraph half a year back and came across an interview with a Korean guy apparently the 'King' of a game called Lineage, which i had not heard of until then.I was intrigued so I read through it and you found out about his life which included on some-insane- days 20 hours of play each day, and the other time spent working his burger bar. I read on and it enlightened me to how 'crazy' some Koreans are about mmorpg's, apparently around 3 million play this game a week and they have huge internet cafes that seat hundreds of people where they all sit and immerse themselves in this fantasy world. He spends most of his time stuck on the computer, probably to escape from his adequate life, controlling the games political area, like raising taxes e.t.c as he is ultimately in control but does come up against rebellions. Apparently his account is so good it would go for 10,000's of pounds maybe even into the hundreds as everything can be sold for real life money. There was even a death i believe when somone scammed another player of a really good item, and it was that important to him:wtf: . For some people its like the game becomes their life and thyre hiding away from the 'real' world. I mean could you really play as much as this guy does in front of the computer. other peoples views please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arragaun Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Well if everyone he knows plays the game all the live long day, it is life isn't it? And what's wrong with escapism anyway, if you really can't find anything worthwhile somewhere, you can move somewhere else and look there. In this case it's just his video game and stuff. I don't think sitting at a computer playing games all day is a life any less normal than the lives we all lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtle Squad Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Life isn't worth it...except if you find love. Games bring u into are less stressful world than life (usually) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirited away Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 yes i get ur point but doesnt it seem as if hes neglecting his real life, gaming is gr8 and i like to escape but thats just excessive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arragaun Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 He can do whatever to fuck he likes really. So long as it doesn't involve stopping someone else doing whatever the fuck they want, and vice vesa like. What I was getting at before was that you are judging what his life is like against your own completely different life and mindset. So you can't really say he's neglecting his 'real life' because it seems to be the gaming world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 lol games take u away from the troubles of reality, even if ur standing there doing nothing it is still compelling to play i mean im play mc ds, using psp internet and playing runescape at same time even thought standing there talking on rs and looking up videos on psp its still compelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirited away Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 and im aloud to have a fucking opinion chump, how amny other people u know that play 20 hours some days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arragaun Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Fine, I give up. You're the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViPeR Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Sounds like that guy who died because he didn't eat or drink. I think he was a korean gamer too. Quite a mad lifestyle they have over there, but if it makes them happy who are we to judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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