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Computer addiction is very real , very pervasive and very devastating. Our high school Principal was not even aware of how big a problem it is until we spent a few minutes showing her books, web sites and hundreds of thousands of complaints from parents and affected people on the Internet, that is the huge problem of video game addiction. In particular World of Warcraft. When parents and the few enlightened Doctors decide to tackle this in earnest they will be taking on one organization, Blizzard, in particular that has a warchest of 8 Million subscribers pouring 15$ per month into it's coffers. Blizzard can afford a huge legal team. That's $120,000,000 (Million) per month of revenue. That's 1.4 Billion per year. Blizzard is a sneaky company hiding from the light. Kids know them. Parents and teachers don't. It is time to turn on the switch and see the cockroaches for what they are. They are not some little company that can easily be stopped or even deterred. It will take a lot of will, money, angry parents, ruined teenage lives and litterally an act of Congress to go after these "drug pushers". The Congress we have today is corrupt and in the pocket of big business and Multinational Corporations. So, it will be a tough battle. "World of Warcraft" is a drug and Blizzard, the company that writes the software and hosts the servers is simply a lot of drug pushers. They know what they have. It is making them rich at our boys expense. They should be put in prison for the damage they are doing to teenage boys. Girls seem to have different wiring and are not nearly as susceptible or even interested in the first place. Save our Boys for soon they will be men and they are being damaged. We must protect them and our future. We must recognize the disease as an addiction and take Blizzard to task just like the tobacco companies. Give no quarter they should be financially ruined and removed from the earth. There are many games that engulf our boys minds but World of Warcraft is in a league of it's own. It is uniquely dangerous and addictive.
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Replied on Friday, June 6, 2008 12:00 AM
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Unfortunately entertainment itself is addictive, may it be partying hard or watching tv, or even surfing the web. Blizzard should not be the one to be blamed, a video game is meant for entertainment. Period we should not mix up the fact that, it is made to be mentally and visually stimulating. I feel online web games are played more, games like scrabulous have nearly 500,000 users playing it on a daily basis. That accumulates to 15 Million people a month! What happens to those games, which are addictive, aren’t they drug pushers for helping people improve vocab?. Blizzard to curb teenage addiction added a parental control on the game. You can curb how many hours a person plays weekly or monthly. The idea is to teach your children discipline, and not “how to be disciplinedâ€. I would be content if people stop pointing fingers at the companies who spend time creating the game, and start pointing fingers at people who play it!
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Replied on Monday, June 9, 2008 12:00 AM
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