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Posted by: CAVX
Posted by: komark
Posted by: TopWargamer
I'm glad that his life was able to come back together.I still don't see how playing video games is supposed to make people stop bullying you, stop your parents from divorcing, and getting laid.
There were most likely ulterior things that got his parents to stop fighting. He probably would have found friends anyway without video games. Playing video games doesn't stop you from getting bullied, in fact, it's quite the opposite.
Sorry if I don't always believe everything I see on the internet...
I understand your pessimism, and I agree somewhat. Generally I think that video games are a great form of entertainment but typically develop antisocial tendencies if used too extensively, and they're always counterproductive.
That said, his experience could have done a lot of what he said, in a chain reaction sort of way (and this would be giving the story the benefit of the doubt about being real, which I believe is plausible).
It'd mostly relate to Halo CE's story, IMO. It could inspire a lot out of a person, especially an impressionable young boy looking for hope in anything. Things like courage, loyalty, and inspiration could be built from the experience. It could have helped him be able to brave the rough moments and have hope.
But like I said, I do agree to some extent. I never liked the idea of "being a gamer" because it was typically used as an exclusive identifier. I certainly like that the word is less hated and more socially acceptable nowadays, but it's not completely what a person is comprised of, and it's a little foolish in my eyes to limit yourself to be one thing. I loved gaming, but that didn't mean that I went around ostracizing myself because of it when I was still in school. You have plenty of components to your identity, and you should be able to use all of those parts (not just one) to relate to plenty of people. So I'm happy for the guy, but I'm afraid he's isolating himself beyond his gamer friends.
You guys totally missed the point: the kid had a depressing life, found a game he loved, and started making friends at school because they all liked the same game.
He turned a method of entertainment and escapism into a way to bond with people in real life, and achieve some happiness. All the stuff about his parents could be incidental, or maybe his getting through his depressing moments caused his parents to start working on their issues.
Keep in mind, he was in elementary school when he first played Halo - elementary school sucks for some people - some don't look the same (i.e. me - black and hood starting at a white school with 4 others, including my younger sister; uncool clothes, pudgy/stocky etc.), some hit puberty before others (remember the first time you had a stiffy and had to do math problems on the whiteboard when everyone else didn't get them?), ugly, poor, rich, etc.
Not everyone's going to be so suave that they can get their 6th grade teacher to leave her thong in his backpack - some folks have a hard time making friends at that age if they're not athletic or cool or whatever-have-you. He found a game he liked that others liked and got friends and a girlfriend and learned to be social and be who he wants to be.
THAT'S A GREAT THING. Ask any of us on here who are closer to age 40 than 18 (i.e. Bungie mods and staff) - there are still people in our age group that haven't been able to do what this kid did because of a video game.
Lay off him.
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