how does runescape help you in life?

[RSBDavid]

I've learned to do some math quicker in my head. It has also developed my programming skills since I have made several tools in VB and JAVA for Runescape.

[RSBDavid]

I've learned to do some math quicker in my head. It has also developed my programming skills since I have made several tools in VB and JAVA for Runescape.

[Bauke]

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:

 

Yeah, real eye openers.

[Bauke]

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:

 

Yeah, real eye openers.

[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.

 

 

 

: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.

 

 

 

First and foremost you are assuming to be someone who plays sport you must be good at sport to begin with.

 

 

 

If you are bad at sports but still play or if you play a lot. An improvement is an improvement.

 

 

 

If you're hand eye co-ordination is say 1mm better that can make the difference between a hit and a miss in some situations.

 

 

 

To say any sort of improve is insignificant is stupid. I mean if a runner managed to run the 100m 0.01 seconds faster due to some new trainers it wouldn't be insignificant as tht 0.01 seconds can mean the difference between winning or losing.

 

 

 

I know runescape improved my hand eye-coordination a bit, whihc on the odd occasion has proved useful. Eg messing about with friends throwing rubbish at each other manging to block it more often. When I have to rush round to the tils in work cause it gets busy better hand eye co-ordination, even marginally means I can put stuff through the tils quicker and press the buttons quicker etc etc.

 

 

 

I'm not trying to say these improvements justify playing games or that they are any huge deal. But an improvement or life lesson is an improvement or a life lesson regardless of the source or how minute it is.

[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.

 

 

 

: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.

 

 

 

First and foremost you are assuming to be someone who plays sport you must be good at sport to begin with.

 

 

 

If you are bad at sports but still play or if you play a lot. An improvement is an improvement.

 

 

 

If you're hand eye co-ordination is say 1mm better that can make the difference between a hit and a miss in some situations.

 

 

 

To say any sort of improve is insignificant is stupid. I mean if a runner managed to run the 100m 0.01 seconds faster due to some new trainers it wouldn't be insignificant as tht 0.01 seconds can mean the difference between winning or losing.

 

 

 

I know runescape improved my hand eye-coordination a bit, whihc on the odd occasion has proved useful. Eg messing about with friends throwing rubbish at each other manging to block it more often. When I have to rush round to the tils in work cause it gets busy better hand eye co-ordination, even marginally means I can put stuff through the tils quicker and press the buttons quicker etc etc.

 

 

 

I'm not trying to say these improvements justify playing games or that they are any huge deal. But an improvement or life lesson is an improvement or a life lesson regardless of the source or how minute it is.

[Nenga]

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.

 

And that's when it occurred to me, my wrong way of thinking. You're just an [wagon].

[Nenga]

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.

 

And that's when it occurred to me, my wrong way of thinking. You're just an [wagon].

[bedman]

The only good thing I could find is that it improves my english. Besides that, I can only find bad things. I mean, imagine, all the time you've been playing Runescape, you've been practising this one hobby, say tricking for instance. I would be able to do double cork to double cork now then :o

[bedman]

The only good thing I could find is that it improves my english. Besides that, I can only find bad things. I mean, imagine, all the time you've been playing Runescape, you've been practising this one hobby, say tricking for instance. I would be able to do double cork to double cork now then :o

[Severation]

RS taught me absolutely nothing whatsoever. If you have to rely on a game to build up your key life skills (such as money management etc.) then you must seriously have nothing better to do.

 

 

 

Trust me, you'll look back on yourself and think, "why did I waste so much time on that silly game"

[Severation]

RS taught me absolutely nothing whatsoever. If you have to rely on a game to build up your key life skills (such as money management etc.) then you must seriously have nothing better to do.

 

 

 

Trust me, you'll look back on yourself and think, "why did I waste so much time on that silly game"

[Jehosaphat]

For me, RS has helped me learn to type faster. If you're ever after a cubicle job, that really helps.

 

It also helped me learn my way around a calculator, simply because I'm nitpicky about buying my summoning supplies.

 

Oh, and it taught me that no matter where you go or who you are, there will ALWAYS be some idiot thinking he's better than you. And he WILL be vocal about it.

 

 

 

Other than that, RS has just been something to do with the excess of spare time I have, due to my natural antisocial tendencies, which did NOT come about due to Runescape at ALL.

[Jehosaphat]

For me, RS has helped me learn to type faster. If you're ever after a cubicle job, that really helps.

 

It also helped me learn my way around a calculator, simply because I'm nitpicky about buying my summoning supplies.

 

Oh, and it taught me that no matter where you go or who you are, there will ALWAYS be some idiot thinking he's better than you. And he WILL be vocal about it.

 

 

 

Other than that, RS has just been something to do with the excess of spare time I have, due to my natural antisocial tendencies, which did NOT come about due to Runescape at ALL.

[Capslck13]

Teaches us economics.

 

 

 

When a stock goes up blame smokin mils.

[Capslck13]

Teaches us economics.

 

 

 

When a stock goes up blame smokin mils.

[Seraphi]

Economics.

 

Thats about the only thing.

[Seraphi]

Economics.

 

Thats about the only thing.

[A_Mace]

Well as it's a game, it keeps me entertained.

 

And it helps me improving my English. :thumbup:

[A_Mace]

Well as it's a game, it keeps me entertained.

 

And it helps me improving my English. :thumbup:

[Will H]

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.

 

I don't know about you, but for me enjoying life is far more important than high-end jobs, should I have to choose between the two. After all, the latter is only supposed to achieve the former, and often fails to do so.

 

 

 

I've learnt to type fairly fast due to Runescape, and basic economics, but that's it. It's not supposed to be an educational game (an oxymoron if I ever saw one), it's supposed to be a fun game.

[Will H]

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.

 

I don't know about you, but for me enjoying life is far more important than high-end jobs, should I have to choose between the two. After all, the latter is only supposed to achieve the former, and often fails to do so.

 

 

 

I've learnt to type fairly fast due to Runescape, and basic economics, but that's it. It's not supposed to be an educational game (an oxymoron if I ever saw one), it's supposed to be a fun game.

[stonewall337]

Infact, RuneScape, and all other online games are extremely unhealthy. It doesn't help you in any way to just sit at home and play an online game. You could be out socializing with friends, excersising, and stuff like that.

 

 

 

Actually RuneScape is ruining my life so bad, I would pay all the money I have, and get a large bank loan, to shut down Jagex completely.

 

 

 

Kinda hard to socialize with friends when most of mine are either in college, or working full time as I am.

 

 

 

Keeps me from being bored. I still read alot, and I had good grades when I was in HS. I am just a gamer by nature.

[stonewall337]

Infact, RuneScape, and all other online games are extremely unhealthy. It doesn't help you in any way to just sit at home and play an online game. You could be out socializing with friends, excersising, and stuff like that.

 

 

 

Actually RuneScape is ruining my life so bad, I would pay all the money I have, and get a large bank loan, to shut down Jagex completely.

 

 

 

Kinda hard to socialize with friends when most of mine are either in college, or working full time as I am.

 

 

 

Keeps me from being bored. I still read alot, and I had good grades when I was in HS. I am just a gamer by nature.

[Mike_Ike111]

Infact, RuneScape, and all other online games are extremely unhealthy. It doesn't help you in any way to just sit at home and play an online game. You could be out socializing with friends, excersising, and stuff like that.

 

 

 

Actually RuneScape is ruining my life so bad, I would pay all the money I have, and get a large bank loan, to shut down Jagex completely.

 

 

 

Kinda hard to socialize with friends when most of mine are either in college, or working full time as I am.

 

 

 

Keeps me from being bored. I still read alot, and I had good grades when I was in HS. I am just a gamer by nature.

 

 

 

Which I will also add:

 

 

 

If you are at home doing absolutely nothing, what would be a better way to waste time. Watching TV, and letting it's hypnotic waves mush your brain into a gray milky matter? Sleeping? Doing nothing?

 

 

 

With Runescape, your brain is constantly going, and moving, and pushing. Each action you do leads to another, and you are forced to decide what to do next. It's basically keeping you in motion. Not only that, but you are double tasking, and sometimes even triple tasking many things. Watching a movie, on Tif and playing runescape. That is three different things you are focusing on, and I'd like to believe that is much better than keeping your eyes glued to a TV, which is what you would be doing other than Runescape if you are at home.

 

 

 

Now on the other hand, don't stay at home. Get outside and do stuff. Runescape isn't a life, it is a vacation.