how does runescape help you in life?

[Mike_Ike111]

Honestly, people who say Video Games (runescape included) are bad for you and should be shunned upon are just looking for a reason to disagree with something. Video games invoke and encourage creativity and problem solving skills, while administering hand eye coordination training and decision making practice.

 

 

 

In Runescape, specifically, you learn right from the start what it means to save your money. You learn that if you want to own more money you have to increase that money some how, and to not spend it.

 

As well, most importantly, in the economic side of things: you learn the ins and outs of a mixed economy. You learn supply and demands, elasticity, and many sorts of economic side effects, such as if one thing happens another thing will happen in turn.

 

 

 

I've personally increased my know-how of the internet, in an internet growing world. Most people, mainly older beings, who say Video Games and internet activity is a bad thing simply cannot comprehend what the world is going into. They still haven't caught grasp that the skills, we the next generation, acquire while over the internet will be put into use every day in the present future. The world is thriving on an interweb-tacular society, and everything we do today over the internet and on Video Games will be put in to use in our everyday lives.

[xlippsx]

It teaches you how to avoid your real problems by escaping into an alternate reality. You're only fooling yourself if you believe otherwise.

[xlippsx]

It teaches you how to avoid your real problems by escaping into an alternate reality. You're only fooling yourself if you believe otherwise.

[r4ngewarlord]

Video games invoke and encourage creativity and problem solving skills, while administering hand eye coordination training and decision making practice.

 

 

 

I have to disagree with the hand eye coordination thing, i have the cleanest br in my class and can out snipe anyone but im the 2nd most gumby when it comes to ball sports.

 

I laughed at your siggy quote by the way.

[r4ngewarlord]

Video games invoke and encourage creativity and problem solving skills, while administering hand eye coordination training and decision making practice.

 

 

 

I have to disagree with the hand eye coordination thing, i have the cleanest br in my class and can out snipe anyone but im the 2nd most gumby when it comes to ball sports.

 

I laughed at your siggy quote by the way.

[Sy_Accursed]

Video games invoke and encourage creativity and problem solving skills, while administering hand eye coordination training and decision making practice.

 

 

 

I have to disagree with the hand eye coordination thing, i have the cleanest br in my class and can out snipe anyone but im the 2nd most gumby when it comes to ball sports.

 

I laughed at your siggy quote by the way.

 

 

 

 

 

It's a proven scientific fact gaming increase hand-eye co-ordination. Though it generally applies more to consoles and their controllers.

 

 

 

Equally ball games though they use hand-eye co-ordination are not a definitive measure of it.

 

Eg in baseball

 

Hand-Eye Co-ordination will help you swing the bat in the right place so it would hit the ball if timed right BUT its reaction time that will dictate if you actually swing the bat at the right moment. That coupled with you're general sporting ability, if you're not good at sports you won't have the right posture and may use the muscle groups in a way thats in-effective to get the right timing etc compared to someone who is good at sports.

[Sy_Accursed]

Video games invoke and encourage creativity and problem solving skills, while administering hand eye coordination training and decision making practice.

 

 

 

I have to disagree with the hand eye coordination thing, i have the cleanest br in my class and can out snipe anyone but im the 2nd most gumby when it comes to ball sports.

 

I laughed at your siggy quote by the way.

 

 

 

 

 

It's a proven scientific fact gaming increase hand-eye co-ordination. Though it generally applies more to consoles and their controllers.

 

 

 

Equally ball games though they use hand-eye co-ordination are not a definitive measure of it.

 

Eg in baseball

 

Hand-Eye Co-ordination will help you swing the bat in the right place so it would hit the ball if timed right BUT its reaction time that will dictate if you actually swing the bat at the right moment. That coupled with you're general sporting ability, if you're not good at sports you won't have the right posture and may use the muscle groups in a way thats in-effective to get the right timing etc compared to someone who is good at sports.

[nerdboyxxx]

Runescape can help you in life? :shock:

 

 

 

Seriously, it doesn't do much for me. In fact, it has had an extremely negative impact on my schooling. I've always been kind of lazy, but Runescape gives me an EXCUSE to be lazy.

 

 

 

I don't really blame runescape though. After getting 2+ hours of homework a day, I kind of just got sick of learning and decided to relax more. I still get B's and A's though. Never got a C \

[nerdboyxxx]

Runescape can help you in life? :shock:

 

 

 

Seriously, it doesn't do much for me. In fact, it has had an extremely negative impact on my schooling. I've always been kind of lazy, but Runescape gives me an EXCUSE to be lazy.

 

 

 

I don't really blame runescape though. After getting 2+ hours of homework a day, I kind of just got sick of learning and decided to relax more. I still get B's and A's though. Never got a C \

[CrashJordan]

Definitely has helped me to learn to be more patient, thanks to long grueling 99's. ;)

[CrashJordan]

Definitely has helped me to learn to be more patient, thanks to long grueling 99's. ;)

[Twibb]

Runescape has taught me there are a bunch of wackjobs trying to break the law for no apparent reason, in any sort of given community. It also improved my typing speed from 60 WPM to around 100 WPM.

[Twibb]

Runescape has taught me there are a bunch of wackjobs trying to break the law for no apparent reason, in any sort of given community. It also improved my typing speed from 60 WPM to around 100 WPM.

[death666bl00ms]

What? No. Just.....no.

 

 

 

Jesus Christ, these threads are getting worse and worse. Runescape does not "help you in life." Seriously. Are you going to go to a future employee, and say "Well, I feel I should be hired because I can type really quickly, have extremely poor grammar, and somewhat decent hand-eye coordination. Oh, and I also have 94 slayer."? No. It isn't going to happen. All of these things people say that video games (read: RuneScape) help is just a way to try to justify the time spent.

 

 

 

No. If you spend 5 hours a day for 4 years, and increased your word count slightly, you have accomplished very very little.

 

 

 

I'm not saying stop playing video games. At all. I AM saying stop trying to justify them with stupid threads like this. (Not directed at you, OP. I have no idea what other threads you have done.) Think about what you could have really accomplished to help you in life, had you only spent 2 hours a day playing, and 3 hours building an actually marketable skill set.

[death666bl00ms]

What? No. Just.....no.

 

 

 

Jesus Christ, these threads are getting worse and worse. Runescape does not "help you in life." Seriously. Are you going to go to a future employee, and say "Well, I feel I should be hired because I can type really quickly, have extremely poor grammar, and somewhat decent hand-eye coordination. Oh, and I also have 94 slayer."? No. It isn't going to happen. All of these things people say that video games (read: RuneScape) help is just a way to try to justify the time spent.

 

 

 

No. If you spend 5 hours a day for 4 years, and increased your word count slightly, you have accomplished very very little.

 

 

 

I'm not saying stop playing video games. At all. I AM saying stop trying to justify them with stupid threads like this. (Not directed at you, OP. I have no idea what other threads you have done.) Think about what you could have really accomplished to help you in life, had you only spent 2 hours a day playing, and 3 hours building an actually marketable skill set.

[Sy_Accursed]

What? No. Just.....no.

 

 

 

Jesus Christ, these threads are getting worse and worse. Runescape does not "help you in life." Seriously. Are you going to go to a future employee, and say "Well, I feel I should be hired because I can type really quickly, have extremely poor grammar, and somewhat decent hand-eye coordination. Oh, and I also have 94 slayer."? No. It isn't going to happen. All of these things people say that video games (read: RuneScape) help is just a way to try to justify the time spent.

 

 

 

No. If you spend 5 hours a day for 4 years, and increased your word count slightly, you have accomplished very very little.

 

 

 

I'm not saying stop playing video games. At all. I AM saying stop trying to justify them with stupid threads like this. (Not directed at you, OP. I have no idea what other threads you have done.) Think about what you could have really accomplished to help you in life, had you only spent 2 hours a day playing, and 3 hours building an actually marketable skill set.

 

 

 

It's nothing to di with justifying playing games.

 

Or trying to say these are skills you can directly reel off to an employer.

 

 

 

It's pure and simple in the day-to-day living of life how things help you out slightly.

 

If runescape helps you to get you're typing speed up slightly, good for you - it may not be a huge achievment but its a helpful by product of having played.

 

If runescape improves you're hand-eye co-ordination and you're someone who plays alot of sports or needs this skill and therefore it helps you a bit all the better, not a hgue achievement but its asomething from real life that runescape helped with as a by product.

[Sy_Accursed]

What? No. Just.....no.

 

 

 

Jesus Christ, these threads are getting worse and worse. Runescape does not "help you in life." Seriously. Are you going to go to a future employee, and say "Well, I feel I should be hired because I can type really quickly, have extremely poor grammar, and somewhat decent hand-eye coordination. Oh, and I also have 94 slayer."? No. It isn't going to happen. All of these things people say that video games (read: RuneScape) help is just a way to try to justify the time spent.

 

 

 

No. If you spend 5 hours a day for 4 years, and increased your word count slightly, you have accomplished very very little.

 

 

 

I'm not saying stop playing video games. At all. I AM saying stop trying to justify them with stupid threads like this. (Not directed at you, OP. I have no idea what other threads you have done.) Think about what you could have really accomplished to help you in life, had you only spent 2 hours a day playing, and 3 hours building an actually marketable skill set.

 

 

 

It's nothing to di with justifying playing games.

 

Or trying to say these are skills you can directly reel off to an employer.

 

 

 

It's pure and simple in the day-to-day living of life how things help you out slightly.

 

If runescape helps you to get you're typing speed up slightly, good for you - it may not be a huge achievment but its a helpful by product of having played.

 

If runescape improves you're hand-eye co-ordination and you're someone who plays alot of sports or needs this skill and therefore it helps you a bit all the better, not a hgue achievement but its asomething from real life that runescape helped with as a by product.

[death666bl00ms]

What? No. Just.....no.

 

 

 

Jesus Christ, these threads are getting worse and worse. Runescape does not "help you in life." Seriously. Are you going to go to a future employee, and say "Well, I feel I should be hired because I can type really quickly, have extremely poor grammar, and somewhat decent hand-eye coordination. Oh, and I also have 94 slayer."? No. It isn't going to happen. All of these things people say that video games (read: RuneScape) help is just a way to try to justify the time spent.

 

 

 

No. If you spend 5 hours a day for 4 years, and increased your word count slightly, you have accomplished very very little.

 

 

 

I'm not saying stop playing video games. At all. I AM saying stop trying to justify them with stupid threads like this. (Not directed at you, OP. I have no idea what other threads you have done.) Think about what you could have really accomplished to help you in life, had you only spent 2 hours a day playing, and 3 hours building an actually marketable skill set.

 

 

 

It's nothing to di with justifying playing games.

 

Or trying to say these are skills you can directly reel off to an employer.

 

 

 

It's pure and simple in the day-to-day living of life how things help you out slightly.

 

If runescape helps you to get you're typing speed up slightly, good for you - it may not be a huge achievment but its a helpful by product of having played.

 

If runescape improves you're hand-eye co-ordination and you're someone who plays alot of sports or needs this skill and therefore it helps you a bit all the better, not a hgue achievement but its asomething from real life that runescape helped with as a by product.

 

 

 

:roll:

 

 

 

If you are someone who plays a lot of sports, the improvement that you get from RS is insignificant.

 

 

 

EDIT: I would love to sit and debate this with you (seriously), but I have to go to my job. Which, btw, RS in no way helped me get.

[death666bl00ms]

What? No. Just.....no.

 

 

 

Jesus Christ, these threads are getting worse and worse. Runescape does not "help you in life." Seriously. Are you going to go to a future employee, and say "Well, I feel I should be hired because I can type really quickly, have extremely poor grammar, and somewhat decent hand-eye coordination. Oh, and I also have 94 slayer."? No. It isn't going to happen. All of these things people say that video games (read: RuneScape) help is just a way to try to justify the time spent.

 

 

 

No. If you spend 5 hours a day for 4 years, and increased your word count slightly, you have accomplished very very little.

 

 

 

I'm not saying stop playing video games. At all. I AM saying stop trying to justify them with stupid threads like this. (Not directed at you, OP. I have no idea what other threads you have done.) Think about what you could have really accomplished to help you in life, had you only spent 2 hours a day playing, and 3 hours building an actually marketable skill set.

 

 

 

It's nothing to di with justifying playing games.

 

Or trying to say these are skills you can directly reel off to an employer.

 

 

 

It's pure and simple in the day-to-day living of life how things help you out slightly.

 

If runescape helps you to get you're typing speed up slightly, good for you - it may not be a huge achievment but its a helpful by product of having played.

 

If runescape improves you're hand-eye co-ordination and you're someone who plays alot of sports or needs this skill and therefore it helps you a bit all the better, not a hgue achievement but its asomething from real life that runescape helped with as a by product.

 

 

 

:roll:

 

 

 

If you are someone who plays a lot of sports, the improvement that you get from RS is insignificant.

 

 

 

EDIT: I would love to sit and debate this with you (seriously), but I have to go to my job. Which, btw, RS in no way helped me get.

[Randox]

At the very worst, RuneScape has tought me how to type much faster than I used to be able to do. I can almost touch type now, and while there are plenty of people faster and more accurate than I am, its a lot better than using your two pointer fingers to jab your key board which is exactly how I typed about 5 years ago.

 

 

 

Thanks to my maniacal drive to attempt proper English unless game circumstances demand something faster, my typing does not produce papers that would give me a failing grade in English (I can keep the chatspeek out of school work).

 

 

 

It developed some of my early interest in Economics, which has since proven to be my best course (I got my schools economics award), and something I might major in after Engineering (Electrical/Computer).

 

 

 

I have learned an odd set of social skills. Specifically, if I ever meet a bunch of people with asperger's syndrome (people who's brain does not naturally recognize non-verbal cues and communication), I'll be all set.

 

 

 

I am a much more reliable and often more responsible person on line than in the real world, so having something that shows me what I could be without spending any effort to see this possibility is a gift. At some point I realized how stupid it is that I am more reliable online to people I don't know, and have changed myself to reflect those quality's in me that are brought out by RuneScape. Oddly, I think my online reliability has suffered for it, but real life is more important.

 

 

 

There aren't always real people around when I want them, so this game can be a stand in for real people when I want to talk at 1am and no one else I know is awake (or sober enough to warrant a phone call). Being at University pretty much killed any chance of overplaying the game (would be very expensive to try that), limiting me to more healthy hours. It will also function and a stress sink for me, allowing me to relax. Always a good thing. MUCH healthier than trying to vent (which is habit forming).

 

 

 

I think this games done quite a bit for me. And while there has been some negative impacts to my life for sure, its also had some big pros over the years. And now that I can balance the real world and online activity's, its not a big deal for me. I have repaired the negative stuff already, so I have come out ahead in the end.

[Randox]

At the very worst, RuneScape has tought me how to type much faster than I used to be able to do. I can almost touch type now, and while there are plenty of people faster and more accurate than I am, its a lot better than using your two pointer fingers to jab your key board which is exactly how I typed about 5 years ago.

 

 

 

Thanks to my maniacal drive to attempt proper English unless game circumstances demand something faster, my typing does not produce papers that would give me a failing grade in English (I can keep the chatspeek out of school work).

 

 

 

It developed some of my early interest in Economics, which has since proven to be my best course (I got my schools economics award), and something I might major in after Engineering (Electrical/Computer).

 

 

 

I have learned an odd set of social skills. Specifically, if I ever meet a bunch of people with asperger's syndrome (people who's brain does not naturally recognize non-verbal cues and communication), I'll be all set.

 

 

 

I am a much more reliable and often more responsible person on line than in the real world, so having something that shows me what I could be without spending any effort to see this possibility is a gift. At some point I realized how stupid it is that I am more reliable online to people I don't know, and have changed myself to reflect those quality's in me that are brought out by RuneScape. Oddly, I think my online reliability has suffered for it, but real life is more important.

 

 

 

There aren't always real people around when I want them, so this game can be a stand in for real people when I want to talk at 1am and no one else I know is awake (or sober enough to warrant a phone call). Being at University pretty much killed any chance of overplaying the game (would be very expensive to try that), limiting me to more healthy hours. It will also function and a stress sink for me, allowing me to relax. Always a good thing. MUCH healthier than trying to vent (which is habit forming).

 

 

 

I think this games done quite a bit for me. And while there has been some negative impacts to my life for sure, its also had some big pros over the years. And now that I can balance the real world and online activity's, its not a big deal for me. I have repaired the negative stuff already, so I have come out ahead in the end.

[Emmentail]

When I was.. 13 when I started, I learnt that tin and copper make bronze. Oh and that steel is an alloy made of iron and carbon. :) That helped me get a mars bars in a chemistry lesson once!

 

 

 

Other than that I don't tend to think of Runescape unless i'm sat down at my pc and playing it.

[Emmentail]

When I was.. 13 when I started, I learnt that tin and copper make bronze. Oh and that steel is an alloy made of iron and carbon. :) That helped me get a mars bars in a chemistry lesson once!

 

 

 

Other than that I don't tend to think of Runescape unless i'm sat down at my pc and playing it.

[Nenga]

Man what is up with some of you guys?

 

 

 

[hide=haters]

What? No. Just.....no.

 

 

 

Jesus Christ, these threads are getting worse and worse. Runescape does not "help you in life." Seriously. Are you going to go to a future employee, and say "Well, I feel I should be hired because I can type really quickly, have extremely poor grammar, and somewhat decent hand-eye coordination. Oh, and I also have 94 slayer."? No. It isn't going to happen. All of these things people say that video games (read: RuneScape) help is just a way to try to justify the time spent.

 

 

 

No. If you spend 5 hours a day for 4 years, and increased your word count slightly, you have accomplished very very little.

 

 

 

I'm not saying stop playing video games. At all. I AM saying stop trying to justify them with stupid threads like this. (Not directed at you, OP. I have no idea what other threads you have done.) Think about what you could have really accomplished to help you in life, had you only spent 2 hours a day playing, and 3 hours building an actually marketable skill set.

 

 

 

It teaches you how to avoid your real problems by escaping into an alternate reality. You're only fooling yourself if you believe otherwise.

[/hide]

 

 

 

Runescape taught me the importance of saving money.

 

Runescape taught me not to fall for scams

 

Runescape taught me that fame takes experience, not work.

 

Runescape taught me strange beings from England will take my problems away even if I have already grown accustom to those problems and have based the entire economy around them. :wall:

[Nenga]

Man what is up with some of you guys?

 

 

 

[hide=haters]

What? No. Just.....no.

 

 

 

Jesus Christ, these threads are getting worse and worse. Runescape does not "help you in life." Seriously. Are you going to go to a future employee, and say "Well, I feel I should be hired because I can type really quickly, have extremely poor grammar, and somewhat decent hand-eye coordination. Oh, and I also have 94 slayer."? No. It isn't going to happen. All of these things people say that video games (read: RuneScape) help is just a way to try to justify the time spent.

 

 

 

No. If you spend 5 hours a day for 4 years, and increased your word count slightly, you have accomplished very very little.

 

 

 

I'm not saying stop playing video games. At all. I AM saying stop trying to justify them with stupid threads like this. (Not directed at you, OP. I have no idea what other threads you have done.) Think about what you could have really accomplished to help you in life, had you only spent 2 hours a day playing, and 3 hours building an actually marketable skill set.

 

 

 

It teaches you how to avoid your real problems by escaping into an alternate reality. You're only fooling yourself if you believe otherwise.

[/hide]

 

 

 

Runescape taught me the importance of saving money.

 

Runescape taught me not to fall for scams

 

Runescape taught me that fame takes experience, not work.

 

Runescape taught me strange beings from England will take my problems away even if I have already grown accustom to those problems and have based the entire economy around them. :wall: