- The Ruckus 2010
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Name's John. I'm a 21-year-old firefighter/EMT from lolhio who doubles as a die-hard Halo fan. I've been enjoying the franchise since 2001. My favorite iteration of Halo would have to be Halo 2 simply because I never got to experience the joy of a full-on Halo: CE LAN.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
Oh yeah, and boot Zome.
Posted by: Yurjevich
Posted by: The Ruckus 2010
Posted by: Yurjevich
I'm here to tell the people that ARE addicts you idiot. Did you read the title?
I'm a Halo addict. It's easily my largest hobby. I spend hours upon hours (as in a ridiculous amount, probably 6pm-4am on average) playing Halo most days of the week and I invest a fair bit of caring in certain aspects of the game. Despite that, I still get all of my stuff done. I attend college classes to further my already-flourishing career as a firefighter in addition to having a side job. I also regularly spend time with my girlfriend of nearly three years. I'm precisely where I've wanted to be in life ever since I was a kid. My addiction to Halo has had no impact on achieving my goals.
Some people can have an addiction and not have it ruin their life. In the case of Halo addiction, I'd venture a guess to say that's most people.
It's nice to hear your successful, I'm happy for you. Let's be honest though, most addicts (whatever it has to do with) aren't as fortunate as you. I guess I was just trying to help people not make the same mistake I did, and trust me, they're out there.
I can understand where you're coming from, but you have to understand that a videogame addiction isn't as prevalent in a destructive way (or in general) as a narcotic or alcohol addiction. While you had good intentions posting this thread, the chances of you actually successfully reaching out to somebody on this forum (which is pretty well dead, by the way) who has an addiction to Halo to the extent you're describing are slim to none.
If you take anything away from what I'm telling you, I want it to be that a destructive Halo addiction is nowhere near the level of a destructive drug or alcohol addiction in detrimental consequences, nor is it as common. You are actually the first person I've ever heard of making the claim that a Halo addiction greatly contributed to some cataclysmic, life-changing incident.
I'm not saying that these kinds of videogame addictions don't exist, because obviously they do, but they're nowehere near as common... unless you're in Korea.