| "When players of massive multiplayer
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| | accessible to persons that used to be
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| online roleplaying games (MMORPGs) talk
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| | close to them and tend to loose interest
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| about ""death penalties"", they refer to
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| | in anything that happens outside of their
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| the resources they lose when the
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| | game worlds. A successful anti-addiction
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| character they are playing dies. Usually
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| | strategy thus has to come from within.One
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| this can be anything from invested time,
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| | possible solution was unintentionally
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| items they acquired in long play sessions
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| | described over a hundred years ago:
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| or their virtual currency. Recent games,
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| | ""There are only two tragedies in life:
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| like World of Warcraft (WoW) avoid that
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| | one is not getting what one wants, and
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| penalty in order to make the game ""more
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| | the other is getting it "" Oscar Wilde
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| fun"". Unfortunately it's not as easy to
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| | might have got it dead on for online
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| remove real casualties that result from
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| | gamers. Constantly struggling in their
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| those games - from suicides of addicted
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| | virtual world to get better equipment,
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| players to parents who neglect their
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| | more money and a higher level and looking
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| children to the point they starve while
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| | for a way to advance faster, online
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| they are playing World of Warcraft.Not
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| | gamers are usually trapped in a vicious
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| all stories of excessive play end that
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| | cycle. But what happens if those
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| bad, but the extent of the problem is
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| | challenges become obsolete? If they
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| being underestimated. Those high profile
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| | simply achieve those goals without
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| cases are certainly the saddest examples
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| | effort? What if you can cheat?Single
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| of what can result from excessive play.
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| | player games have cheat codes, allowing
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| But in regards to the people who are
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| | you to bypass any difficulties of a game
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| affected by serious online gaming
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| | with a few ""code words"". Everyone who
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| addiction, they represent only the tip of
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| | used a cheat code in a game knows, that
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| the iceberg. What goes unnoticed are the
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| | from there on the hours of entertainment
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| thousands of stories of players who get
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| | are numbered. It is simply no longer of
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| involved in an online game to the point
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| | interest to invest your time since all
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| that they seriously neglect or even
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| | achievements have become meaningless.
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| abandon school, work, friends and
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| | Fortunately for addicted players, this
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| families. There are no statistics on the
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| | also holds true for online games. Only,
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| depressions that result from extensive
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| | there are no cheat codes. What there is
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| immersion in virtual worlds. There are no
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| | though, are unintentional flaws, glitches
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| statistics showing how many careers have
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| | and bugs in the games. If you know them,
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| been destroyed this way. There are no
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| | you can skip difficult parts, get rewards
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| statistics showing how many divorces this
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| | with ease and cut down on the time
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| has caused.As one of the oldest MMORPGs,
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| | investment significantly. Swimming in
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| Everquest is still very popular with
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| | virtual currency after a few mouse clicks
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| around 450,000 subscribers. A google
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| | tends to remove the incentive to ever
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| search for ""everquest addiction""
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| | spend hours again, trying to get it.There
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| returns 234,000 results. But it gets
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| | are sites that specifically research
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| worse: Final Fantasy XI currently has
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| | those loop holes in order to outwit the
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| 650,000 players and it's still growing
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| | game companies. Depending on the game
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| fast. Number of results returned for
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| | someone is addicted to, they can find
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| ""final fantasy xi addiction""?
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| | help. For Everquest, Final Fantasy XI and
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| 2,140,000. That's 10 pages for every
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| | World of Warcraft exploits are by now
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| single gamer. While not all of them are
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| | freely available through a simple google
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| directly related to cases of addiction,
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| | search. If you want to help someone,
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| it certainly shows the importance of the
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| | compile a list of those sites.
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| issue. If for every player of a game, ten
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| | Alternatively you can use the resources
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| feel compelled to discuss a possible
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| | provided below:-
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| addiction, it's a phenomenon that has to
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| | -
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| be taken seriously.There are also signs
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| in the offline world that this problem is
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| existing and growing. In July 2006, the
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| first detox center for gaming addicts in
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| Europe opens in Amsterdam. More than 20
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| players have already been enlisted in the
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| 8 weeks program. They range from 13 to 30
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| years of age, showing that this is not
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| | - addicted players to those resources -
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| something that only happens to teenagers.
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| | chances aren't bad that they end up
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| In Canada and the US there are already
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| | curing themselves. Even if the addict
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| multiple clinics and even in China a
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| | won't stop playing instantly, making the
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| facility has opened already.Families and
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| | game less attractive for them will help
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| friends of affected players are often at
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| | you with your future efforts when you're
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| a loss as to how they can help them.
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| | offering help.Unorthodox problems ask for
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| Addicted players will often react
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| | unorthodox solutions. If you know
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| disinterested or even aggressive when
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| | somebody who is trapped in a virtual
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| confronted with their behavior. They
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| | world, why not give it a try?
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| become socially isolated, no longer
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