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SockArms
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States591 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-25 22:25:01
January 25 2012 22:22 GMT
#1
So I'm at my college's library just finished working on a paper and so I stand up to stretch and as I stand up I see something that surprises me.

3 guys all next to each other playing WoW

is this normal at all I've never it my entire life seen this.

but it did give me the good idea to put SCBW on a flash drive and use it to burn the time I am now from my previous class to my next one. :D:D:D ( I really wanted a certain teacher so I have a 4 hour break in between classes I tend to get things done but 3 1/2 hours of work sometimes burns me out ):D:D:D

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Endymion
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States3701 Posts
January 25 2012 22:25 GMT
#2
On January 26 2012 07:22 JPoPP wrote:
So I'm at my college's library just finished working on a paper and so I stand up to stretch and as I stand up I see something that surprises me.

3 guys all next to each other playing WoW

is this normal at all I've never in my entire life seen this.

but it did give me the good idea to put SCBW on a flash drive and use it to burn the time I am now from my previous class to my next one. :D:D:D ( I really wanted a certain teacher so I have a 4 hour break in between classes I tend to get things done but 3 1/2 hours of work sometimes burns me out ):D:D:D


haha I sat behind this kid in the library and watched him play WoW for like 30 minutes(he was a noob running heroics, he was wiping the group over and over, I almost went over and punched him..)
Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable
MisterD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany1338 Posts
January 25 2012 22:30 GMT
#3
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..
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TOloseGT
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1145 Posts
January 25 2012 22:31 GMT
#4
Ya, it's normal wherever there is free wifi. I saw this guy going all out on his laptop playing SC2 at Lollicup, looked like he was having a seizure.
Tatari
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1179 Posts
January 25 2012 22:32 GMT
#5
I don't play games during class, but I've played SC2/BW for 3 hours straight in my school's library.

My bladder hurt after that. Now there's a reason why I play only at home.
A fed jungler is no longer a jungler, but a terrorist.
Endymion
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States3701 Posts
January 25 2012 22:34 GMT
#6
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed
Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable
SockArms
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States591 Posts
January 25 2012 22:34 GMT
#7
I don't see flashdrives in the computers so I wonder if they downloaded the client onto the computer O_O
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Tatari
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1179 Posts
January 25 2012 22:35 GMT
#8
On January 26 2012 07:34 JPoPP wrote:
I don't see flashdrives in the computers so I wonder if they downloaded the client onto the computer O_O


There's another method.

Magic.
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Pawsom
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States928 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-25 22:39:21
January 25 2012 22:37 GMT
#9
On January 26 2012 07:34 Endymion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed


Prof is a power hungry dick. If the kid is smart enough to pass the class without paying attention why does that bother the professor so much?

But yeah I see kids playing WoW, SW, SC, etc all the time at school.
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-25 22:38:25
January 25 2012 22:38 GMT
#10
On January 26 2012 07:34 Endymion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed


Lol reminds me when my friend played BW with a touchpad during a mass lecture few years ago. He actually got to C level doing that haha.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
January 25 2012 22:39 GMT
#11
C with touchpad ?? That's sick lol.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
January 25 2012 22:40 GMT
#12
On January 26 2012 07:37 Pawsom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 07:34 Endymion wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed


Prof is a power hungry dick. If the kid is smart enough to pass the class without paying attention why does that bother the professor so much?

But yeah I see kids playing WoW, SW, SC, etc all the time at school.

because sitting behind some one dicking around on their laptop is distracting. though the prof would be the one to object to that before students would
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Endymion
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States3701 Posts
January 25 2012 22:40 GMT
#13
On January 26 2012 07:37 Pawsom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 07:34 Endymion wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed


Prof is a power hungry dick. If the kid is smart enough to pass the class without paying attention why does that bother the professor so much?

But yeah I see kids playing WoW, SW, SC, etc all the time at school.


because it's distracting for everyone else sitting behind him to have a kid sit in lecture playing an fps o.o but seriously why would you ever go to lecture just to game out... just stay at home.
Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable
Fritzkefit
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany79 Posts
January 25 2012 22:45 GMT
#14
There was that guy always coming to every course at my university. He did'nt even look up from time to time. He would just sit there and play WoW all day long. The room was full of people, the air was smothery, you almost fell asleep if you were listening to the professor. That guy wasn't obligated to sit there but you could watch him play every day. Did he come for the internet connection? I don't get that. What's up with those guys?

I don't think it's normal especially if you consider they could play at home. Dunno if that was the case with the guys in the library, guess they played in between breaks?
Hoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Brazil891 Posts
January 25 2012 23:01 GMT
#15
I remember during my programming class, half of the computers had the DotA 2 Invitational stream open.
Of course, everyone had their finger on the Alt+Tab in case the teacher decided to take a walk around the classroom.

But yeah, you should always have CS 1.6 and/or SC:BW in a flash drive in case you and your friends have nothing to do during a class. :D
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skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
January 25 2012 23:01 GMT
#16
On January 26 2012 07:40 Endymion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 07:37 Pawsom wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:34 Endymion wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed


Prof is a power hungry dick. If the kid is smart enough to pass the class without paying attention why does that bother the professor so much?

But yeah I see kids playing WoW, SW, SC, etc all the time at school.


because it's distracting for everyone else sitting behind him to have a kid sit in lecture playing an fps o.o but seriously why would you ever go to lecture just to game out... just stay at home.


Because the prof might say something important about the midterm or final. A lot of people do this but they usually sit at the back.
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
January 25 2012 23:08 GMT
#17
On January 26 2012 07:39 Boblion wrote:
C with touchpad ?? That's sick lol.


4pool LOL
Fritzkefit
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany79 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-25 23:25:39
January 25 2012 23:11 GMT
#18
On January 26 2012 08:01 skyR wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

On January 26 2012 07:40 Endymion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 07:37 Pawsom wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:34 Endymion wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed


Prof is a power hungry dick. If the kid is smart enough to pass the class without paying attention why does that bother the professor so much?

But yeah I see kids playing WoW, SW, SC, etc all the time at school.


because it's distracting for everyone else sitting behind him to have a kid sit in lecture playing an fps o.o but seriously why would you ever go to lecture just to game out... just stay at home.


Because the prof might say something important about the midterm or final. A lot of people do this but they usually sit at the back.


This is so true. But if you're busy with gaming you won't recognize him saying something important. Rather watch a stream and check what's going on around you from time to time. The only problem is that it is disrespectful ;(
Baum
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany1010 Posts
January 25 2012 23:37 GMT
#19
Someone should step it up and go ask one of these fellows why they do it.
I want to be with those who share secret things or else alone.
Nuttyguy
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United Kingdom1526 Posts
January 26 2012 00:01 GMT
#20
On January 26 2012 08:37 Baum wrote:
Someone should step it up and go ask one of these fellows why they do it.

Probably a change of scenery when gaming, or they live at home and they cant camp at home playing games all day.
Antipathy
Profile Joined June 2008
United States222 Posts
January 26 2012 00:06 GMT
#21
This is pretty normal at the UW. The undergraduate library computer lab is a freaking League of Legends LAN center all day long.
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GigaFlop
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1146 Posts
January 26 2012 00:41 GMT
#22
One of my friends used to play WoW during class in High School. He even paid monthly for a proxy program that would let him connect to the servers.
As for college/uni, I've only seen one person playing games in class on a laptop. Games on smartphones are more popular here.
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calgar
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States1277 Posts
January 26 2012 00:57 GMT
#23
On January 26 2012 09:06 Antipathy wrote:
This is pretty normal at the UW. The undergraduate library computer lab is a freaking League of Legends LAN center all day long.
That's hard for me to believe. I think my school has higher social stigma against it than average or something. The only thing I've seen is one guy playing runescape a few times. More embarrassing than any other game I could imagine.
Jhax[IRE]
Profile Joined November 2011
Ireland47 Posts
January 26 2012 01:20 GMT
#24
I watch streams sometimes on the college computer sometimes when I have like 3 hour breaks or even in the library on my laptop when I'm taking a break from studying, but wouldn't really play games, would be far too noisy for other people and I hate noisy people in the library...
Eogris
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States148 Posts
January 26 2012 01:35 GMT
#25
On January 26 2012 09:57 calgar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 09:06 Antipathy wrote:
This is pretty normal at the UW. The undergraduate library computer lab is a freaking League of Legends LAN center all day long.
That's hard for me to believe. I think my school has higher social stigma against it than average or something. The only thing I've seen is one guy playing runescape a few times. More embarrassing than any other game I could imagine.

A few at my university play LoL in the food court while wearing furry tails...


Atleast they have each other.
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Pawsom
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States928 Posts
January 26 2012 01:36 GMT
#26
On January 26 2012 09:57 calgar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 09:06 Antipathy wrote:
This is pretty normal at the UW. The undergraduate library computer lab is a freaking League of Legends LAN center all day long.
That's hard for me to believe. I think my school has higher social stigma against it than average or something. The only thing I've seen is one guy playing runescape a few times. More embarrassing than any other game I could imagine.

How is it embarassing?
Pawsom
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States928 Posts
January 26 2012 01:37 GMT
#27
On January 26 2012 07:40 Alejandrisha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 07:37 Pawsom wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:34 Endymion wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed


Prof is a power hungry dick. If the kid is smart enough to pass the class without paying attention why does that bother the professor so much?

But yeah I see kids playing WoW, SW, SC, etc all the time at school.

because sitting behind some one dicking around on their laptop is distracting. though the prof would be the one to object to that before students would



DId he have sound on?

Regardless you don't drop someone from a class without warning them and potentially screwing up their semester or worse.
heroofcanton
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States167 Posts
January 26 2012 01:47 GMT
#28
My friends and I used to bring AoE2 on flash drives and play using the schools LAN. Good times.
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Chaggi
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)1936 Posts
January 26 2012 06:54 GMT
#29
At University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, at around like 12-1 at night, a group of Korean guys and their girlfriend's come and take over this huge computer lab and they basically play SC until like 4-5 AM.

I know this I often study that late, and I'm looking and seeing like oh... the Koreans are back
zalz
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Netherlands3704 Posts
January 26 2012 08:27 GMT
#30
It's not that strange.

I would never do it because I couldn't play a game without a mouse to save my life. All I play these days is LoL. I think the ammounts of clicks would have me out of the room within five minutes.

But it's not that strange. Some people go and just surf on the internet during a lecture. It's not that impossible to pay half attention. If the lecture is incredibly boring it might even prevent you from going into a comatose state.
Bswhunter
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia954 Posts
January 26 2012 09:26 GMT
#31
Friends of mine play warcraft n shit on laptops, all suck.
Need to spend less time with them this year.
Stop browsing and do whatever it is you're supposed to do. TL will still be here when you get back
Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
January 26 2012 09:48 GMT
#32
when i was in college you could never get away with playing games, the would awlays be someone walking about and they were so strict....lol

Dont think we would of ever done work fi we could of got away with it!
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calgar
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States1277 Posts
January 26 2012 16:44 GMT
#33
On January 26 2012 10:36 Pawsom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 09:57 calgar wrote:
On January 26 2012 09:06 Antipathy wrote:
This is pretty normal at the UW. The undergraduate library computer lab is a freaking League of Legends LAN center all day long.
That's hard for me to believe. I think my school has higher social stigma against it than average or something. The only thing I've seen is one guy playing runescape a few times. More embarrassing than any other game I could imagine.

How is it embarassing?
I personally think it is because that's the game all my friends and I played in 4th grade. Here we are 10 years later and someone still hasn't grown out of it. It's not like its a classic, its the same old stale repetitive click click with no thinking required.
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
January 26 2012 16:46 GMT
#34
I thought I'd chime in, I once saw a guy scrolling through a hentai site at the library. It was quite special.
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Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
January 26 2012 16:54 GMT
#35
I remember my first semester I took a MIS/CIS elective and a small group of us would be on TL watching streams all the time. Of course the class was a breeze
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Neelia
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany599 Posts
January 26 2012 18:11 GMT
#36
On January 26 2012 09:01 Nuttyguy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 08:37 Baum wrote:
Someone should step it up and go ask one of these fellows why they do it.

Probably a change of scenery when gaming, or they live at home and they cant camp at home playing games all day.


Where I study there are cafes with free wifi for the students where you can spend your time/don't have to buy anything. It's more comfy there and you don't distract people who want to learn something. But dunno, there where still several people in my classes who played wow all day :/

I wish they'd just shut down the wifi in the lecture rooms cuz 99% of the people using it just surf at failblog/facebook/whatever and distract other students -_-
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32084 Posts
January 26 2012 20:44 GMT
#37
On January 26 2012 07:40 Endymion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 07:37 Pawsom wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:34 Endymion wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed


Prof is a power hungry dick. If the kid is smart enough to pass the class without paying attention why does that bother the professor so much?

But yeah I see kids playing WoW, SW, SC, etc all the time at school.


because it's distracting for everyone else sitting behind him to have a kid sit in lecture playing an fps o.o but seriously why would you ever go to lecture just to game out... just stay at home.


I never how this could be any more distracting than someone taking notes??

people show up because lots of professors have stupid attendance rules to make up for their inability to hold the attention of the room. That, and the off chance there is something said in class that is important, you are there.
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Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 20:59:28
January 26 2012 20:57 GMT
#38
On January 27 2012 05:44 Hawk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 07:40 Endymion wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:37 Pawsom wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:34 Endymion wrote:
On January 26 2012 07:30 MisterD wrote:
i've seen those in lectures over here, not just library. But then again, university education is almost free over here, so a lot more idiots run around in the first few semesters than else where..


lol i saw this indian kid playing MW2 in the front low of a lecture once, with the touch pad on his laptop of course... of course he get removed from the class roster about a week before the final when our prof noticed


Prof is a power hungry dick. If the kid is smart enough to pass the class without paying attention why does that bother the professor so much?

But yeah I see kids playing WoW, SW, SC, etc all the time at school.


because it's distracting for everyone else sitting behind him to have a kid sit in lecture playing an fps o.o but seriously why would you ever go to lecture just to game out... just stay at home.


I never how this could be any more distracting than someone taking notes??

people show up because lots of professors have stupid attendance rules to make up for their inability to hold the attention of the room. That, and the off chance there is something said in class that is important, you are there.

Keyboards are fine, but many mise clicks really loudly. That's all I can think about. Little bursts of crazy clicking could really bother me.

Note: At my uni, there are 2 bitches (pardon the vocab) with really fucking loud ASUS laptops that sound as loud as my god damn razer blackwidow. It's annoying as all hell.
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Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
January 26 2012 21:06 GMT
#39
I've never ever seen anyone play games in class before. I mean there's always people browsing random stuff like tumblr and facebook, but never playing a video game all-out in the middle of class. It's just bizarre imo lol.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32084 Posts
January 26 2012 21:10 GMT
#40
The only thing I could see would be keyboard sound, but so many people use their laptop for notes these days anyway that it would just be drowned out in a sea of the same noise

Still don't get people being distracted by it visually though. Why aren't you focusing on your notes, the professor, or some hot gir lin class like a normal person? Weirdos. Let me slack off in peace
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Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
January 26 2012 21:20 GMT
#41
I remember that there was this one kid last semester that would always watch baseball streams on his laptop. And whenever there was a bad play he would grunt and shake his head lol. I mean I tried really hard to focus on the lecture but I can't help but be distracted by his reactions.
0123456789
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3216 Posts
January 26 2012 21:52 GMT
#42
I'm at school right now and just got on TL. Takes big balls to do that ^_^
Endymion
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States3701 Posts
January 26 2012 23:05 GMT
#43
On January 27 2012 06:10 Hawk wrote:
The only thing I could see would be keyboard sound, but so many people use their laptop for notes these days anyway that it would just be drowned out in a sea of the same noise

Still don't get people being distracted by it visually though. Why aren't you focusing on your notes, the professor, or some hot gir lin class like a normal person? Weirdos. Let me slack off in peace


it's someone playing a computer game, with thing blowing up and an irregular pace... it's bound to draw your eye, hense why we notice police cars/emergency vehicles so easily, it's out of the ordinary. sorry, most students don't have the attention span of a god and tend to watch the game instead of focusing for 2 hrs.. which is why professors always say "i don't have people walking around because i don't need to, your peers will be watching you from behind and i'll know who is watching a movie jerking off etc.."
Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable
ragnorr
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark6097 Posts
January 26 2012 23:24 GMT
#44
On January 27 2012 06:10 Hawk wrote:
The only thing I could see would be keyboard sound, but so many people use their laptop for notes these days anyway that it would just be drowned out in a sea of the same noise

Still don't get people being distracted by it visually though. Why aren't you focusing on your notes, the professor, or some hot gir lin class like a normal person? Weirdos. Let me slack off in peace

From what i noticed, the people who got distracted by the games when i had lectures were the same who spend their time on facebook and random sites on the internet. Only thing i have found anoying is people who makes noices/Talk silently during the lectures.
Neelia
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany599 Posts
January 27 2012 06:47 GMT
#45
On January 27 2012 08:24 ragnorr wrote:
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On January 27 2012 06:10 Hawk wrote:
The only thing I could see would be keyboard sound, but so many people use their laptop for notes these days anyway that it would just be drowned out in a sea of the same noise

Still don't get people being distracted by it visually though. Why aren't you focusing on your notes, the professor, or some hot gir lin class like a normal person? Weirdos. Let me slack off in peace

From what i noticed, the people who got distracted by the games when i had lectures were the same who spend their time on facebook and random sites on the internet. Only thing i have found anoying is people who makes noices/Talk silently during the lectures.


hm, that's imo wrong. Depending on the layout of your classrooms and where you're located you have to see the person playing games when you look to the lecturer. And if your left eye sees explosions every 3s that catches at least some attention. That's annoying as hell for someone with a short concentration span.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
January 27 2012 06:57 GMT
#46
I was a Panera one Saturday morning with another TL dude and there was a 70yr old guy with a hugeass imac chilling at a table playing WoW. It was fucking epic.
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
January 27 2012 07:04 GMT
#47
On January 27 2012 15:57 LuckyFool wrote:
I was a Panera one Saturday morning with another TL dude and there was a 70yr old guy with a hugeass imac chilling at a table playing WoW. It was fucking epic.


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