Desperate Games Addicts
I was browsing through a game forum last night and came across a topic that gave me some weird mixed feelings. The topic was quite an old news, happened last month, about a 14 year old Dutch boy who committed suicide because his game account in Runescape got 'hacked' by a friend. Well, I don't know whether the news is true or not, and what actually happened that made him took such action. So I decided to find out more.
I was too curious to so I visited the Runescape community forum but no results were found, so I went to the clan website this boy joined: HoF clan (Heroes of the Future). And I also got the news article, too bad it's all in Dutch, I couldn't understand a single word. This boy posted up a goodbye letter to his fellow clanmate and confessed that he had enough of the world already. Seems like he had lots of problems at home with his family and friends as well.
Some people take games too seriously especially role playing games because you need to play more to make your character in game stronger and increase higher levels. I know how it feels to be a RPG gamer. I've played MapleStory before and got addicted to it for few months. Thank god, it's only a couple of months. I got a swordsman as my major character and made her up to level 30. Finally, when it's up to level 30, it's time to change a second job, but I just realized I added the wrong stats points to my swordsman. Yes, I can add back the stats point by making quests to get an item that add my stats, which is hunting monsters for various items or buy them from other gamers to complete the quest. But man, how can I not get angry and frustrated? See? How emotional humans can be. For now thinking back of how I reacted, that was stupid, really.
Many times I read in news saying about some gamers who died due to too much of gaming, even without sleeping, and not going to work. Are games really so addictive? I really wonder if games are beneficial or not. I've once read a news article about how strategy-based computer games can benefit the young children that said these games make them think more, therefore they learn and make their brains exercise. I doubt so. Not only kids who are addicted, even adults are.
I wonder how the boy's 'friend' felt after what had happened. Of course, his friend was not the one should be responsible for the boy's actions. But, in the end, how much feelings of guilt his 'friend' has to carry with him for the rest of his life.
What a burden.
I was too curious to so I visited the Runescape community forum but no results were found, so I went to the clan website this boy joined: HoF clan (Heroes of the Future). And I also got the news article, too bad it's all in Dutch, I couldn't understand a single word. This boy posted up a goodbye letter to his fellow clanmate and confessed that he had enough of the world already. Seems like he had lots of problems at home with his family and friends as well.
Some people take games too seriously especially role playing games because you need to play more to make your character in game stronger and increase higher levels. I know how it feels to be a RPG gamer. I've played MapleStory before and got addicted to it for few months. Thank god, it's only a couple of months. I got a swordsman as my major character and made her up to level 30. Finally, when it's up to level 30, it's time to change a second job, but I just realized I added the wrong stats points to my swordsman. Yes, I can add back the stats point by making quests to get an item that add my stats, which is hunting monsters for various items or buy them from other gamers to complete the quest. But man, how can I not get angry and frustrated? See? How emotional humans can be. For now thinking back of how I reacted, that was stupid, really.
Many times I read in news saying about some gamers who died due to too much of gaming, even without sleeping, and not going to work. Are games really so addictive? I really wonder if games are beneficial or not. I've once read a news article about how strategy-based computer games can benefit the young children that said these games make them think more, therefore they learn and make their brains exercise. I doubt so. Not only kids who are addicted, even adults are.
I wonder how the boy's 'friend' felt after what had happened. Of course, his friend was not the one should be responsible for the boy's actions. But, in the end, how much feelings of guilt his 'friend' has to carry with him for the rest of his life.
What a burden.
posted by Yunn at 2:38 PM
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