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Listed below are comments made by stublake13 between Tuesday, 8th July 2008 and Friday, 14th November 2008.

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'Addicted' to Warcraft? 10:43am on 14 Nov 2008 @132 How is blaming the parents not fair?
You have stated yourself that you are concerned. Who bought the game did he buy it himself or did you buy it for him. Who pays for the subscription or the internet.

Before the game was purchased (I'm sure you knew it was going to be bought before hand) did you read up on the internet on the various aspects including this perceived addiction possibility?

Secondly if he is spending too much time on the game with him living under your roof, you have the responsibility to curtail it by whatever means. Either by using the built in controls, cancelling the subscription or disconnecting his internet. to name but a few.

Which leads me to:

@133
"I curse the day this wretched game was bought for my son two years ago."

Your curse the day the game was bought for him?? Did you educate yourself before buying this game for him to enable you to watch for the early signs for him slipping into such a mentality?

"All his spare time is filled with playing it. He misses family meals, never has time to discuss any aspects of his school work and rushes homework so that he can continue to play WOW". Where is the discipline? Its your house, he should play by your rules. Again have you a clue at all as to how to use the control features? Ever thought of disconnecting the internet after a certain time and locking the modem somewhere he can't get at it? Make him earn the right to play it!

"It is always a chore to get him to give up for an hour for a dentist or optician appointment.
Yes, I should discontinue paying his subscription, but I cannot bear to think of the aggressive and violent way he will react to this action. The real life battle goes on....."

I'll be really blunt here and say that you sound like a walkover. Yes discontinue his subscription. Saying its a chore to get him to do something? Lord almighty because nobody ever said that parenting was easy. Its damn hardwork you get out what you put in. Like I say your child lives under your roof. Its parents like you who are afraid to discipline their children properly that have society the way it is today.
'Addicted' to Warcraft? 12:39pm on 13 Nov 2008 At #15 as the article primarily focuses on young peoples addiction then yes we would be offended at a similar article about alcohol.

This article is removing parental responsibility from the factors of game addiction and focusing on the game.

If a similar article did the same thing blaming TV Adverts for alcohol you would probably get a similar response.

Most people again would defend drinking for everyone, even for younger people so long as the parents educated their kids and brought them up to have self discipline with drink.

Again the parents are the only people to blame for their kids behaviour.
'Addicted' to Warcraft? 12:09pm on 13 Nov 2008 Why does the BBC always like taking a swipe at Warcraft? The BBC is showing its disdain and lack of respect for young people. The only way a young person can become addicted to something such as Warcraft is by parental ignorance. The game supplies all the tools to restrict usage that a parent could wish for. You will probably find parents who are involved in gaming to any degree have children who have a lot more self discipline when it comes to gaming, Comment#3 is a shining example that when a parent educates themselves using interactive entertainment they can educate their children better. Again lets stop blaming anyone else other than the parents.

The Buck Stops with them. PERIOD.

I'm a 24 year old Dad and played Warcraft for 2 years when it was released. I was able to realise the pointless waste of energy the game in itself is. My gaming is now limited to my Xbox which I use as a tool to keep myself close with my younger brothers. I feel that thanks to the way society is moving forward with this particular medium it is my responsibility to continue educating myself with where gaming is and where its going as it is inevitable that my son will discover it eventually.

Oh and on a side note its funny how the BBC can't say enough good things about EVE: Online in contrast. Is this because as this page: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7256069.stm states that it is used by people involved in economics which is particularly centred around London. As we all know the BBC is also situated there and I imagine most of the staff are too. They wouldn't take potshots at those who are referred to as "educated" just the rest of the "uneducated" masses that live elsewhere in our nation.
An apology (in fact several) 4:33pm on 24 Oct 2008 @9

I agree why couldn't this patch which is required for an expansion pack not be included in the purchased CD/DVD?

The company in question is therefore chargin everyone threefold.

Firstly your paying the subscription to play the game.

Secondly you are paying for your bandwidth over usage that particular month.

Thirdly you have to buy the expansion seperately to make the most of the patch.

This is exactly the reason I dumped MMO games in general. You end up playing through mostly on your own anyway, and you can have just has much fun if RPG's are your thing, playing anything delivered by Bethesda such as Morrowind or Fallout3.

Offline too I might add!
Little Big Planet's global delay 08:02am on 22 Oct 2008 I hope they recycle all the wasted copies responsibly. Otherwise what a load of nonsense over two lines that nobody would probably notice so long as the gameplay was captivating enough.
Facebook's founder - too late to cash in? 5:38pm on 14 Oct 2008 @ Ian Hendry...Plug Plug Plug. Drop this stance and speak for yourself not your "business" then you can be taken seriously.
Is music winning the digital war? 5:30pm on 14 Oct 2008 The problem in my opinion is that we all know how little of the actual cost of a CD goes to the artist. Okay so we have to pay for manufacturing costs etc for a CD but digital media doesn't come with that attached.

Therefore why should we still pay over the odds for music downloads resulting in something thats as close to pure profit as it could be. Why would consumers want to buy music just to line execs pockets. In my view artists should release their albums direct and set the prices themselves.

Not only that but downloading helps in the try before you buy attitude. Too often these days an artist gets away with releasing two or three quality singles encouraging people to buy and album where the rest is manufactured diatribe. If artists are to sell their own music and run everything themselves it would encourage them to release genuine quality tracks.
Lost in the cloud 9:37pm on 09 Jul 2008 In response to the above, can I ask how you plug a USB stick into your mobile phone? I also concur with previous comments that Live mesh is the best solution.
The box in the corner revamped 12:07pm on 08 Jul 2008 "I meant wouldn't use it" above top paragraph!
The box in the corner revamped 12:06pm on 08 Jul 2008 Whats so different about what Microsoft are offering that you can't already get through Sky for example changing the camera angle etc through the red button. Please do a survey to find out how many people actually use such things other than on a whim. I'd imagine there would be a great percentage that regularly use it.

If people want interaction they know they can get it via consoles/pc/mobile and various other platforms. The TV is and always has been a one way brain relaxing form of recreation.

Add to that the fact that TV's usually concern more than one person viewing it at any given time. How aggravating is it when your all comfortable watching something together when somebody (Usually Dad) changes the channel or turns ceefax etc on. This usually leads us back to what we were watching without interuption or distraction.

It'll just be another fad!

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