I recently read the new Game Informer article on the trip to the Korea WoW festival. And it saddens me that Korea is pro gaming, while in America you are put down and called a loser for playing video games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This almost makes me with I knew Cantonese and lived in Korea. almost ;)

There if you spend 8 hours a day on video games, you're cool. If I did that here, I wouldn't have any friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess it promotes good health though. (Although it doesn't seem to be working :? )

But when koreans game they game with there friends. :-w

Gaming 24-7 is really bad for your health, its a good thing that we get called nerds/geeks/etc for it, we get discouraged and we try to do more sports, and become healthier in the process(government pyramid scheme ftw?)

im korean and i play alot of good games other then runescape. multiplayers like warcraft 3 were my firsts.

TBH it's a prolem with the Western World as a whole. I'm called sad for playing games, but you don't find me as a 35 year old queing up outside Waterstones for 50hrs prior to the release of a children's book, dressed up as a wizard.

At least Americans arnt scared of fan death.

I play games and no one calls me sad?

Americans call 8 hours gaming unhealthy? True that, but knowing that they are the biggest consumers of fast food in the world their attitude makes me laugh.

Its pretty ironic that the highest carbon producer and fattest place in the world is calling 8 hours of srtaight gaming unhealthy. I've done that a couple times and I'm alright.

At least Americans arnt scared of fan death.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shut up about that! Fans got my brother... I knew getting the new model was a bad idea... :lol: :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But, back on-topic, it would be cool to not be ridiculed at my school for playing Runescape. :?

I do 8 hours of gaming a lot sometimes. (not straight though, breaks in between) :oops: .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But yeah gaming is huge over there. They even show starcraft matches and the like on TV. I think all we need to do though is give it some time over here in the west.

Hmm, are koreans fat? Probably not..

Gaming 24-7 is really bad for your health, its a good thing that we get called nerds/geeks/etc for it, we get discouraged and we try to do more sports, and become healthier in the process(government pyramid scheme ftw?)

Its pretty ironic that the highest carbon producer and fattest place in the world is calling 8 hours of srtaight gaming unhealthy. I've done that a couple times and I'm alright.

 

 

 

http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=676315&highlight=fattest+countries :)

 

At least Americans arnt scared of fan death.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holy crap, funniest thing I've ever read. o__o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I've forgotten what this thread is even about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I ehh ... sleep with my fan on every night so hmm?

gaming is big here in some games but no where near as it is there in some games

There is something wrong in the West when it stigmatises and sometimes demonises gaming, while in places like South Korea, hot chicks will swarm all over you for being good at Starcraft.

That'd be North Korea, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JK, North Korean people don't game at all :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that the anti-gaming society here in the US promotes health. Too bad it isn't anti-McDonald's.

They're probably more social gaming. You know how we get together with a bunch of neighbors and uncles to watch the (american) football games? They probably do that with starcraft, WoW, and such. Here in America our game is not social at all...This is just guessing.

You telling me all you fools don't get a LAN going with mates? Damn.

 

 

 

And here I was thinking such 'LAN parties' were comon practice :uhh:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personally, I do that kind of thing fairly often with my mates, awesome fun - and a good way to get new games / music / etc in the process :P

You telling me all you fools don't get a LAN going with mates? Damn.

 

 

 

And here I was thinking such 'LAN parties' were comon practice :uhh:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personally, I do that kind of thing fairly often with my mates, awesome fun - and a good way to get new games / music / etc in the process :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the US if your "mates" play games (especially RPGs), you're considered a "nerd". Don't ask me why you just are. Even the popular kids play RPGs though. They just keep it quiet.

Because US youth culture sucks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's what happens when you're not legally allowed to booze up at 18.

And in Korea if you don't play games, you're weird/loser/etc. There's no difference between Westernized countires' youth. There will be groups of people that would be considered weird no matter what.

Well here is kind of depends what games you play. I never heard someone getting made fun of for playing madden all night.