but tip it can break tip it's rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So why is Kiara_Kat defending it?

how should i know that. But it makes sense to me

Ah, I too remember those days of when the dinosaurs ruled the earth and before the computer was mainstream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank God for Runescape, coming in and bashing books though. Now what to do about those "old fossils" ruling? (get the pun? lol)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On topic, overall, very nice job, we all have these similar thoughts, and we constantly ask ourselves, "Am I addicted?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We define addict to ourselves. No one definition is the same. But being reasonable within the limits of social graces is a limiting bound, our grace period to tranisition ourselves from 2D life to 3D life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be frank with this statement here, but don't bash me, I have no intentions whatsoever of offending anyone here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't be a lil dork, playing RS in the corner, unless you're handicapped (in no way you can go out from your home), you have no friends, you are an agoraphobic, AND you have some life-threatening disease that is contagious, so you're in a literal bubble. (not or, that would make the bounds too broad.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope no one playing RS is what was aforementioned.

an interesting read. but i've read one to many "are you addicted" articles either on forums or wherever.

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but that tip it times is against the forum rules:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A healthy life is a balanced life: work or school, sleep, chores, interaction with family and friends, games. If you're not doing some or all of these, then something is out of whack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not everyone is a virtue theorist. I find it offensive that tip it promotes a "balanced life" over other ethical/religious choices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We only get one shot at life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a very religious statement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You're confusing "religion", "philosophy" and "spirituality" for one thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those are not a religious statements. They are not religious dogma, nor are they promoting one religion or sect over others. They are philosophical statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nowhere have I ever suggested that one religion or sect is preferable to another, and I strongly resent your accusation that I'm promoting any sort of religion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am most certainly not a virtue theorist -- however it's been my practical experience, over several decades, that a balance between work and play, between feast and famine, between rest and exertion tend to lead to a more satisfactory quality of life. That's neither a religious dogma nor a theory, but practical wisdom born of a lifetime's experience. There is also considerable medical evidence indicating that a balanced life is a healthier one -- now I know a lot of doctors who think they're gods, but that still doesn't make espousal of balance a religion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We do only get one shot at our current lives -- that's not religious dogma either, that's basic physics -- time flows in one direction only. There's no "time outs", no "do overs", no rehearsals, -- you get to live from birth to death with no opportunity to go back and relive any portion of your life to undo any mistakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had you read the article in toto, you would have read the conclusion where I said:

Play RuneScape, have a good time, collect all those fancy skill capes, but don't neglect the real world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am well aware of Tip.It's rules and policies. However, as Editor I have a degree of autonomy beyond that of the forum discussions. There are responsibilities that come with that autonomy and neither I nor my predecessors have abused the position by using it as a bully pulpit. We endeavour to both inform and entertain our readers, not preach, promote, or propagandize. I save my serious rants for my personal journal, which is not linked to these forums in any way whatsoever.

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but that tip it times is against the forum rules:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not everyone is a virtue theorist. I find it offensive that tip it promotes a "balanced life" over other ethical/religious choices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if you find it offensive that the editor (who isn't speaking officially for tip.it, as clearly stated) promotes a certain lifestyle over others, why are you creating posts titled "How much do YOU know about the Gospels? Take the quiz here!" on these very forums? Isn't that a bit hypocritical?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saying that people ought to have a "balanced life" is a moral code. Saying that people only have one life is again religious, because that is a belief regarding the purpose of the universe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The moral code bit is somewhat true but irrelevant. Your second point... I'm sorry to say but it's a bit nuts. Saying that people only have one life is pretty much a tautology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's an example. Let's say you're playing runescape, head down to barrows to do a few runs. You don't even finish one run, and you're interrupted by your friend coming into the room. You look up from the computer, and he tells you that there's another you at the front door. "It's your lucky day, now there are two of you, kirby" You would probably reply, "there can't be two of me, I'm the only me". This isn't a belief about the purpose of the universe, it's a tautologically true statement, since the definition of the word "me" and "you" don't allow for duplication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The situation is the same for having two lives... if I start talking to you about what happened in your other life, last year, there are two possibilities. Either you will be aware of what I'm talking about, and say that was part of your same life you have now, or you won't be aware, and you'll deny that it was you. The definition of a life doesn't allow for one person to have two of them, all your ramblings about the purpose of the universe aside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, I'm sure that's a defense for a much stronger interpretation of "one life" than the editor intended, but it's funnier this way.

Not the best article ever written. Sorry to say that.

 

 

 

BUT!.. the message is perfectly clear to me. It was about time someone made this perfectly clear. And The Editor did a great job on that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And as far as the ending of the article goes.

 

 

 

Real life is far better then Runescape

 

 

 

I think ''NRE'' hit me last night :-$ :

Very nice article, now I know I'm not addicted, although I spend A LOT of my time playing RuneScape..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But is playing RuneScape worse than having fun in other ways? People say that if you're using a lot of time on a game, you're an addicted. But is playing a lot of football any better fun? (Except that you burn a little more calories : )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you play football, isn't that for fun as well? You're having fun while playing RuneScape as well. Same thing about reading books, watching TV, hanging out with your friends etc.. It's all because you want to have fun, does it matter in what way you're having fun? This is my excuse for playing RuneScape a lot. And it's more than enough for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And thanks for the Tears of Guthix thing! I really didn't know, and I've done many trips without Juna letting me in, because I lost the count! I look forward to many more "Did you know"!

I'm obsessed and proud of it! Runescape is the only place I am happy and I wouldn't have it any other way

That is an excelent article. Very well done. I have been worried about how long i spend on the computer recently. (It is winter over here, so I cant go skateboarding) And i have been spending about 3 to 4 hours a day, but i dont exclude anything else :D So I am probably not obsessed, but i still wanna go skateboarding more :(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excelent article guys, and that "did you know.." thing was very helpful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. TIP IT CASTLE WARS WITH A TWIST WAS LIKE, OVERWHELMINGLY AMAZINGGG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~~Sk8r dudes0~~ Skate for Life.

Double Post Sorry :(

i wouldn't class myself as obsessed or addicted, but there is a certain amount of detachment needed when i play runescape - because of the diverse number of skills, you are most likely to put experience on 7 or 8 different skills in one "session", albeit only 2xp agility for an agility shortcut or whatever, so levels are constantly increasing. i have a spreadsheet i created that shows what i need to do go up in each level and i quite frequently set myself goals for that "session", but just as frequently find myself thinking "oh, my prayer is only 400xp off going up, it won't take me long" - two hours later, i've put up 4 different skills that were all relatively close to levelling. As my levels are now higher it takes much longer to level up now so i find that unless i work on one skill i won't find myself 5k away from a level so it's not so bad. my main problem is choosing when to leave - it's all well and good wanting to play, but i am an insomniac. i could play all night, but i won't allow myself as you need some kind of restraint or i'll find myself skipping work to play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

however, i do agree with the "obsession" remark in the topic, in that determination to level (or be the best) can also be seen as obession - for example, i read the interview with n0valyfe that was published a while back and i remember a statement saying that he/she plays runescape for 18 hours a day after leaving college or whatever to play. to me, that is obsession. i personally play a few hours a night and at weekends, but often find i put playing runescape above other household tasks - similarly, i zone myself out of the world when i'm playing and am often accused of ignoring anybody talking to me because of concentration, which again, is not good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

however i feel that in terms of game time, it depends what you get out of it that determines how you view the situation - some games reward users with money for levels, in which you can "make a living" out of playing, therefore encouraging more people to play for longer - i personally play to relax, i don't pk or go into the wildy or anything that is going to get me worked up, i'm more than happy to just sit in front of my pc, put the radio on and watch my character smack a tree for a few hours. i don't play the game to be the best and i don't gloat about having better skills than anybody else - i play the game because it's fun and i enjoy it, but at the end of the day, what do i have to show for my 26 months of game time in the real world? ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã83.20 less in my bank account, but a happy feeling seeing my character a well respected 23,500th overall.

Not a bad artical, not bad at all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But wow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did You Know...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...that your in-game quest journal for the Tears of Guthix quest tells you when you can visit Juna the snake again for free experience points?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have been playing about 3 years andi never knew that. Just yesterday i was cursing the fact that i made a trip there for no reason.

that was a good article it gives me a good perspective on myself....i cood say i was obsessed last summer and yes i regretted it but now i play healthy i always prefer to skateboard with friends than to play runescape....unless maby a pk trip with my clan but im a leader so i gotta make some sacrifices but i can usually make it fasionably late

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but thank u editor i really needed that....i shood start focussing on scool a lil bit more

well, new times tomorrow, I hope it's the andrew gower one