|
They used to set a password to prevent me from playing. Also, mom would check if the screen was hot (from being on).
I figured out the password was short when they typed it, then I just had to figure it out. I assumed that they used a password that they thought I was never going to figure out. I was a kid back then, so it was probably something I wouldn't think about, and it was probably related to my brother, as he was 10 years older and was the person that primarily used the computer. So every day I would turn it on and try various passwords. It took me I think 1-2 weeks, but I figured it out. It was "girlfriend" ("cura" in my languages). bwahahaha I busted them and could play the computer any time I wanted, as long as I finished in time so the screen could cool off (ie. before they came home from work). And then I could ask them to let me play again if I wanted rofl. I felt like a mastermind. >
My grades were good at any time, without me even studying much, they just thought I was spending too much time on it and that I was addicted. I was a very good kid otherwise, 0 trouble for them, and they didn't have me on their mind too much, as they were preoccupied with some other things.
Later when I was older, I'd stay awake longer and use it during the night. (I was playing Utopia so I had to check in from time to time and make attacks, etc.). They were sleeping upstairs so I could hear when they got up. xD The only problem were the internet bills. heh
Even now they don't like to see me on the computer at all when I come there during the vacation; I don't live there anymore because of college. So I sometimes hide the VOD window in a part of the screen I can hide with my torso lolol.
|
The other thing is.. you don't have to close the game. You can just pause and "hide" it.
http://www.window-hide.com/ (Note: Experiment with this program be4 you actually execute it with your parents)
http://www.elgorithms.com/downloads/chaoscrystal.php (Same deal here, may make it harder for you to actually play games though)
http://www.dekisoft.com/mou.php (You can set up so when you press a hotkey, the screensaver will instantly show up)
Sorry for the necro, but I also have a request since my parents recently dropped the ban hammer on video games. I have used the most advanced stealth technology I could use of my tools, but apparently they still caught me playing league of legends.
It's hard to scout my parents because I can't always hear their footsteps. I live in a middle class house, and this means that the stairs don't creak at all when they come upstairs. I have always relied on them stepping on the hard wood floor be4 the actual stairs, which is made up of carpet. My computer room is visible as soon as the person goes upstairs. My parents want the computer room's door to be opened and the monitor facing the hallway.
And with the part that says "I couldn't respond fast enough to close out BW", well the problem is if they saw you playing, there is no point in hiding it from then? Oh I see what you mean. You're trying to say they're almost right at your room when you noticed, but they didn't see quite yet. The problem with my situation is that they instantly see my room right when they come upstairs. When they're sneaking it's nearly impossible to tell that they went upstairs...
What do you recommend? The sole problem right now is the fact that it's hard to predict when my parents might come upstairs. I had no sound system, nothing but my father mysteriously came upstairs and caught me playing for like 5 seconds (He sneaked on purpose though). I had no choice but to admit i was taking a break, which they accepted until they recently dropped the banhammer. The problem now is, if I get caught even once, they're going to chopsaw my computer and make it a dust full of silicon and plastic particles, and force me to do homework at the library.
How can I not get caught at all? I really do miss video games. I am a straight A student who is in junior year taking 5 AP Classes (Including APUSH and AP Chem), but I'm still doing pretty well in school and all my activities. My parents are actually more heartbroken that I broke their trust rather than me playing video games. The sad truth is, it's going to take until college to rebuild their stubborn trust and my mother is like "U shud find a hobby, something that's not video games". They're not going to get convinced.
Thanks if you can help. It is very appreciated.
|
I suggest you give up video games for the next few months. Over time if you stick to it they should let you have a few hours a week or an hour a week or something, and you can build up your game time from then. It's not worth losing your PC, and there's plenty of other stuff you can do on your PC other than gaming. I suggest you learn some art skills or programming skills while you wait for them to let you game again. You get some useful skills which might get you a job one day, you become more elite due to knowing how to make either awesome art or cool programs, and make your parents happy all at the same time. You can not lose ;o
|
Maaaaaaaaaaan... I remember this. Originally my folks didn't care, sure my dad would find me at the computer at 4 in the morning but he'd be like "Go to sleep" so I would but it'd be cool. After we moved and I played more games it got more complicated, especially gaming during day time.
Particularly homeschooling, after I got my laptop, when the thing I type my schoolwork on and the thing I'd play games were on the same computer, away in my room on the second floor past the squeaky stairs... except when they (actually just my mom, my dad was laid back), except when she'd try and surprise me and come through the other door (weird old house, 2 sets of stairs, 2 doors to my room, 1 to front stairs and 1 to bathroom and my sister's room).
Really it was this weird arms technology thing going on. "You did this to stop my gaming habits? How about this?" "You figured about how to do that? How about this?"
Funny that every round my parents and I would get more perceptive and more computer-literate. Though I was always on top, but it didn't always work. One time they took away computers and gaming for several months... I just caught up on work and gradually got everything back. It was always ironic because prior to my habits of staying up real late gaming I had habits of staying up late reading and they never had problems with that.
I think in my case the turning point was when they stopped forcing me to go to sleep at a certain hour. Left to myself I'd get all the time I'd ever need at night, pretty much what I'd been doing but now legit.
Good times lol; for anyone currently in this situation you've gotta find your own course, depending on your relationship with your parents. If it's such that you can just confront them, do as one dude did and take their stuff hostage, then go ahead. Most parents will probably take it personal though and you'll feel terrible for doing it. On the other hand, you could just stop gaming but that's just giving up :D
So I like to chart a middle course, figure out how it's possible to work the system, cooperate when possible and work around em when it isn't. Learn that arguing rarely gets you anywhere (for example, even if you get straight A's and everyone else plays WoW for hours that's probably not going to work).
Final piece of advice: If all else fails, if you have a handheld (DS, PSP, GBA, whatever), or can get one, milk that thing for all it's worth. BW is probably out of the question, but find whatever emulators you can on them, find ways of getting games from isos or whatever. On my PSP I had emulators for NES, SNES, GBA, PSX and actual PSP games. On my DS I had DS games (on an R4 thing).
Why? With a good pair of ear buds you can often play at night in bed, and if that doesn't work play in the bathroom. Sounds weird but it works. In the day it doesn't always work because they'll realise that you take far too long on the toilet, but at night when everyone else is asleep they'll never notice how long you're in there. It's pretty safe and fool-proof, after years of everything else being sometimes found out by my folks that never was (till I told them after I entered college, we laughed about it). Theoretically you could hid a laptop in there too but that's pretty risky.
To anyone who's arguing about the morality of it, chances are you either got into gaming in college or later, or grew up with very laid-back parents. There are many parents (many Asian who like to stress academics, but also my Caucasian parents) who really believe that video games are of the devil and will either not tolerate it at all or only to a little degree. No one ever starts out doing all these strategies, you work up to that point. I'm in college now, I can do what I want a good amount of the time and when I'm home my folks are pretty cool. It's perfectly possible to get into a good college and play games but parents sometimes don't recognise that and so you have to work around them.
|
I can attest that if anyone is qualified to make a guide like this, it's YPang / Gladstone. Good thing you don't have to do this shit anymore Yang lol.
Also, to people saying 'shouldn't you do what your parents want?' There's a limit. Some parents are ridiculous extreme and are only happy with studying every waking hour, and then eating/sleeping.
|
It's hilarious because I had this problem too.
Now I just play and when they start yelling I just don't give a fuck. Eventually they gave up because I can still pull in decent marks in school.
|
On September 22 2011 19:53 zany_001 wrote:
That's pretty sad that you didn't and don't respect your parents enough to let them ban gaming while you're studying. They gave birth to you, feed you, clothe you, and protect you and you can't even take a few limits on you like no gaming, curfew of 10pm, max 2 hours tv a day, stuff like that. And once you're out of school they'll most likely remove your restictions or lessen them a lot, and you'll hopefully be mature enough to know when it's game time and when it's work time. Instead you have to deceive them because they're "dictators"???? Not to mention how little they'd trust you when they find out what you're up to. Starcraft isn't worth broken relationships with your parents.
Some parents actually restrict absolutely everything except study, food, and sleep.
Some parents beat their kids when their angry. Like mine did 8 years ago before I moved out. So yes, when they put restrictions on my only escape from having to interact with them, I said fuck you behind their backs and went underground in plain sight. I STILL made good grades, and they didn't let up. I remember doing everything the OP mentioned and more, and remember it with pleasant feelings. I remember a kid whose parents were actually tech savvy and checked his laptop for Diablo 2 and BW, so he would uninstall it everyday and reinstall it when he got to school just to get around them.
Never regretted it. Am an adult with a job and going to night school for MA degree. I know how to prioritize. My parents NEVER helped that with their restrictions or their beatings.
|
I remember when I first got Pokemon Blue when I was a kid playing that in bed at midnight with the bed covers over my head. I only ever got caught once! Parents just don't have that (sorry can't think of a gender neutral saying) boys will be boys attitude when it comes to games. Yet, we always find ways to do what we love don't we?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT
