It's not just video games they been trying to ban behaviors and create some kind of superficial society over there. This is just more fuel to the fire.
actually goverments don't like people to do things who they can't do much, games teach people a lot of things if done right, hell its a better medium to teach history, math, and language, it make the kids keep his atencion on what he is doing, against the whole sit in a class full of people strying to stay awake of the moron who keep parroting what is in his books, school today is not about learning is about memorizing sh!t just to get a passing grade
and that can be a problem, someone else is using a medium to teach things the goverment don't really want, we can't have that, hence why goverments want to control the internet, most social movements against the goverment are being done over the internet, they coordinate over the internet then it happen in the real world, hence why russia want to control the internet the way china does and why in turkey they tried to control and failed
I've never played Fortnite but since historically it is proven that listening to people whose greatest achievement in life is that they were born to their parents is sound and advisable I'll go on and continue to not play Fortnite.
I think Prince Harry's comments might ring a bit too true for people to like & consider whether yay or nay so people attack as a defense for them not doing anything wrong.
I agree his lineage makes it seem odd that he is voicing out about this but that itself doesn't make the messgae right or wrong.
I enjoyed the golf & archery post earlier which was insightful.
We could probablty all, definitely myself, be doing something more productive than playing video games, but we find it easier & it is easy to fall into that rut.
What is "being productive?"
When will archery ever be of use to you? Youre learning a skill that is literally out dated. It's like learning to churn butter in 2019. You're spending time trying to master something of little to no relevance.(Unless you wanted to go professional or for hunting purposes) Not only that, it takes practice, hard work and dedication to master. With video games at least you're engaging in entertainment, and you have fun. Not only that, you're engaging in a medium with other human beings, socializing and developing team work skills.
The "being productive" is a subjective term which is flexible for anyone. Try to notice no where did I state I think gaming should be abolished altogether. I think gaming offers some positive aspects for the individual in doses. Lesser attributes towards a society though. Also, gaming sometimes is used to fill a void, & the way some games are being calculated for gambling to entice addiction. The developers even research those "triggers" quite thoroughly.
You do realize that the golf & archery analogy was given as a example of back in THAT era. I understand your stance, it is easy low hanging fruit there & the churning butter was funny. Just keep in mind that archery is still useful in modern times as entertainment & hunting too for providing. I'd have to ask, what good does gaming do for a society then compared to those antiquated examples? I can think of a couple, but not sure if the gaming examples out-weigh skills that contribute to a society or to its people.
For gaming there is engagement with people indirectly mostly then much fewer directly while gaming. I also agree that gaming does provide positives as well. There have been studies that have proven this. However, I would no more want a total outlawing of gaming compared to a society totally hive-minded towards contributing towards the society's progression. Simply no absolutes, but the subjective moderation has ot be measure per individual then measured for society too. No doubt there is entertainment value in gaming, even potential mental & emotional but there is also a negative potential there too.
Also when you want kids to stop doing something, the best way is not for some adult to tell them it's forbidden.
Prince Harry would have been better off announcing that Fortnite is what all the old guys play, and they love it. Better yet, tell them the Queen plays it.
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Harry is probably the last person to be giving advice on responsible behaviour, particularly as he exhibited particularly irresponsible behaviour himself in his choice of a partner, or for the moment at least, wife.
Well I'm guessing he doesn't visit these forums or spend much time here otherwise he would be horrified at the amount of time some of us spend looking/posting in these forums while sitting on our collective arses......lol
Careful mmorpg.com or you might be next on his shit list!
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
Harry: "You kids. Stop staring at your home computer monitors like zombies and go get a job staring at a workplace computer monitor like zombies, to earn money to help support my royal lifestyle. And get off my lawn."
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I can kind of see his point though I also know that banning the game would do absolutely nothing to stop the problem. The game is meant to be addicting. In fact, any good game is going to try and be addicting. That's what makes it a good game. Likewise how you prevent that addiction from forming is parenting and discipline. That's where the issue is popping up as far as I see it.
Parents have gotten lax in discipline and parenting as of late. Kids get a time out where they are sent to their room with their computer and ps4 and other such things. The child's punishment is generally to just leave the sight of their parent...which allows them to isolate themselves further in their video games. Boredom for a couple of hours is not enough to deter them from continuing to do what they do. All so that the parents...can go on their phone. Or watch tv. Furthering the problem essentially because they leave the kids to their own devices. If the parents really want to stop their kid from being addicted to Fortnite, instead of putting their hands up in the air and calling it they should take the power cord out of the kid's computer, have the kid hide the parents phone for the evening; and then have him play monopoly with them in the living room.
If you want your kid to be a balanced individual, actually introduce balance into his life by giving him both family time and time to spend to himself. Banning what the kid enjoys is just going to make him even more insufferable to you.
Well two things,target the biggest name and a notable person making the statement. Where are the governing bodies,sleeping behind a desk?I remember when my country said no forever to casinos,then they realized >>$$$$ and so many popped up.
Gaming is a huge money business,you can't simply point at Fn without looking at all of the problems within gaming.So he wants FN banned,to me that is irresponsible to target one game when many are doing the same thing,so Apex is ok but FN should be banned,PUBG is ok but ban FN?
Good thing royalty inherited such a brilliant person...pffft. We need better more well thought out statements than just ban one game.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Then there is cell phones,you think they are not an addiction..lol,people treat cells better than their children,they have to have it all the time,fondle it like the best thing ever created.
There are a lot of problems out there,they pay a lot of offices to oversee problems,maybe go after them and make them earn their wages.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
"Parents have got their hands up; they don't know what to do about it."
That's called bad parenting.
You clearly haven't see how powerful CPS can be when they kid calls them and claims they are being abused by parents. Then proceed to go thru the investigation and have their lives turned up sidedown because of a lie by children.
Happened to my daughter's classmate. He called them on his parents all because they took his PC out of his room for raging and breaking the monitor over a MOBA.
Video Games are very addicting and normally parents can get a handle on it but what about households were both parents work or a single parent home?
Not saying the Prince is right but he makes points that clearly need to be addressed. Problem is the UK is a nanny state as it is and so his solution is useless in the long run.
Me playing video games contributes to my local society. Before addictive gaming, I used to drunk drive all over town while bar hopping. My gaming keeps the local population safe from my bad behavior.
has been told to have some opinions ..they decided to go with this one as smoking was taken and alcohol gets money in, also most of the pop drinks, so he can't be against all the minions, drugs are obvious, we can't have that ..what's left here ..peanuts, nah that's just silly.
"And now for something completely different" ..the Larch ..#1 ..the Larch!
..now it's in the media that he is strong against smtn ..job well done. cheers
Prince Harry is a royal entitled cunt who has 0 clue what it's like to not be born into the safest most cultured worry free safe zone a human can be in.
Anything can be addicting if you're looking for an escape. Tell that f@#%ing clown to go hang out in Brixton or Hackney without his b!#$% @$$ safety net and security before talking about banning a video game.
"As far as the forum code of conduct, I would think it's a bit outdated and in need of a refre *CLOSED*"
Prince Harry is a royal entitled cunt who has 0 clue what it's like to not be born into the safest most cultured worry free safe zone a human can be in.
Anything can be addicting if you're looking for an escape. Tell that f@#%ing clown to go hang out in Brixton or Hackney without his b!#$% @$$ safety net and security before talking about banning a video game.
While I agree with the general gist of what you are saying I think you may be a little harsh here. It appears Harry did two tours (secretly for reasons) in Afghanistan until some foreign press got wind of it and he had to come home early on his second tour or so.
I don't think being a royal is as free and easy as you seem to think it is...
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
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The "being productive" is a subjective term which is flexible for anyone. Try to notice no where did I state I think gaming should be abolished altogether. I think gaming offers some positive aspects for the individual in doses. Lesser attributes towards a society though. Also, gaming sometimes is used to fill a void, & the way some games are being calculated for gambling to entice addiction. The developers even research those "triggers" quite thoroughly.
You do realize that the golf & archery analogy was given as a example of back in THAT era. I understand your stance, it is easy low hanging fruit there & the churning butter was funny. Just keep in mind that archery is still useful in modern times as entertainment & hunting too for providing. I'd have to ask, what good does gaming do for a society then compared to those antiquated examples? I can think of a couple, but not sure if the gaming examples out-weigh skills that contribute to a society or to its people.
For gaming there is engagement with people indirectly mostly then much fewer directly while gaming. I also agree that gaming does provide positives as well. There have been studies that have proven this. However, I would no more want a total outlawing of gaming compared to a society totally hive-minded towards contributing towards the society's progression. Simply no absolutes, but the subjective moderation has ot be measure per individual then measured for society too. No doubt there is entertainment value in gaming, even potential mental & emotional but there is also a negative potential there too.
Prince Harry would have been better off announcing that Fortnite is what all the old guys play, and they love it. Better yet, tell them the Queen plays it.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
We live in strange times friends.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
Harry: "You kids. Stop staring at your home computer monitors like zombies and go get a job staring at a workplace computer monitor like zombies, to earn money to help support my royal lifestyle. And get off my lawn."
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
Parents have gotten lax in discipline and parenting as of late. Kids get a time out where they are sent to their room with their computer and ps4 and other such things. The child's punishment is generally to just leave the sight of their parent...which allows them to isolate themselves further in their video games. Boredom for a couple of hours is not enough to deter them from continuing to do what they do. All so that the parents...can go on their phone. Or watch tv. Furthering the problem essentially because they leave the kids to their own devices. If the parents really want to stop their kid from being addicted to Fortnite, instead of putting their hands up in the air and calling it they should take the power cord out of the kid's computer, have the kid hide the parents phone for the evening; and then have him play monopoly with them in the living room.
If you want your kid to be a balanced individual, actually introduce balance into his life by giving him both family time and time to spend to himself. Banning what the kid enjoys is just going to make him even more insufferable to you.
Where are the governing bodies,sleeping behind a desk?I remember when my country said no forever to casinos,then they realized >>$$$$ and so many popped up.
Gaming is a huge money business,you can't simply point at Fn without looking at all of the problems within gaming.So he wants FN banned,to me that is irresponsible to target one game when many are doing the same thing,so Apex is ok but FN should be banned,PUBG is ok but ban FN?
Good thing royalty inherited such a brilliant person...pffft.
We need better more well thought out statements than just ban one game.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
There are a lot of problems out there,they pay a lot of offices to oversee problems,maybe go after them and make them earn their wages.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Happened to my daughter's classmate. He called them on his parents all because they took his PC out of his room for raging and breaking the monitor over a MOBA.
Video Games are very addicting and normally parents can get a handle on it but what about households were both parents work or a single parent home?
Not saying the Prince is right but he makes points that clearly need to be addressed. Problem is the UK is a nanny state as it is and so his solution is useless in the long run.
"And now for something completely different" ..the Larch ..#1 ..the Larch!
..now it's in the media that he is strong against smtn ..job well done. cheers
*Goes outside and get's shot for existing*
Prince Harry is a royal entitled cunt who has 0 clue what it's like to not be born into the safest most cultured worry free safe zone a human can be in.
Anything can be addicting if you're looking for an escape. Tell that f@#%ing clown to go hang out in Brixton or Hackney without his b!#$% @$$ safety net and security before talking about banning a video game.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.