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On August 23 2007 08:31 bine wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2007 08:29 decafchicken wrote:
Wow a lot of you guys are douche bags. You seriously need to reconsider your priorities if you would beat the piss out of your offspring because of a fucking video game. Granted thats a lot of hours wasted, but those hours spent were a waste anyways. Seriously. You guys are acting like deleting his WOW character is something negative. If this person is an adult and is enraged about the state of his digital wizard alter ego, he should probably be talking to someone. Deleting his character is probably one of the best things that you could have done for him.
Yes, but he didn't delete his dad's character because he was worried about his dad's health. He did it because he was drunk. I think it's fucked up that your dad's mad about such a trivial thing but I think what you did was far more fucked up because you're basically disrespecting him. He probably spent a shitload of time getting those characters so it's basically like a product of hard work. How would you feel if some retarded drunk kid smashed a model you've been working on for months?
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On August 23 2007 08:31 bine wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2007 08:29 decafchicken wrote:
Wow a lot of you guys are douche bags. You seriously need to reconsider your priorities if you would beat the piss out of your offspring because of a fucking video game. Granted thats a lot of hours wasted, but those hours spent were a waste anyways. Seriously. You guys are acting like deleting his WOW character is something negative. If this person is an adult and is enraged about the state of his digital wizard alter ego, he should probably be talking to someone. Deleting his character is probably one of the best things that you could have done for him.
It's not about the character, it's about the effort. He needlessly destroyed something his dad has been investing a LOT of time into. It doesn't matter if it's WoW, his car, finishing the basement, or whatever. The fact remains that his dad has spent a lot of hours on something and his son came by and just wiped it all away.
I'd be pissed off too. Even if it is just a video game, you have people with hundreds of days played (100 x 24 hours) invested in their character. That's a lot of effort to just shrug off "because it's a game."
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On August 23 2007 08:47 draeger wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2007 08:31 bine wrote:On August 23 2007 08:29 decafchicken wrote:
Wow a lot of you guys are douche bags. You seriously need to reconsider your priorities if you would beat the piss out of your offspring because of a fucking video game. Granted thats a lot of hours wasted, but those hours spent were a waste anyways. Seriously. You guys are acting like deleting his WOW character is something negative. If this person is an adult and is enraged about the state of his digital wizard alter ego, he should probably be talking to someone. Deleting his character is probably one of the best things that you could have done for him. It's not about the character, it's about the effort. He needlessly destroyed something his dad has been investing a LOT of time into. It doesn't matter if it's WoW, his car, finishing the basement, or whatever. The fact remains that his dad has spent a lot of hours on something and his son came by and just wiped it all away. I'd be pissed off too. Even if it is just a video game, you have people with hundreds of days played (100 x 24 hours) invested in their character. That's a lot of effort to just shrug off "because it's a game."
I entirely agree with you.
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On August 23 2007 08:47 draeger wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2007 08:31 bine wrote:On August 23 2007 08:29 decafchicken wrote:
Wow a lot of you guys are douche bags. You seriously need to reconsider your priorities if you would beat the piss out of your offspring because of a fucking video game. Granted thats a lot of hours wasted, but those hours spent were a waste anyways. Seriously. You guys are acting like deleting his WOW character is something negative. If this person is an adult and is enraged about the state of his digital wizard alter ego, he should probably be talking to someone. Deleting his character is probably one of the best things that you could have done for him. It's not about the character, it's about the effort. He needlessly destroyed something his dad has been investing a LOT of time into. It doesn't matter if it's WoW, his car, finishing the basement, or whatever. The fact remains that his dad has spent a lot of hours on something and his son came by and just wiped it all away. I'd be pissed off too. Even if it is just a video game, you have people with hundreds of days played (100 x 24 hours) invested in their character. That's a lot of effort to just shrug off "because it's a game."
A car and basement are both functional, practical, and can be considered assets. An online wizard is not a practical part of daily life, and i would laugh at someone who considered it an asset.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
not an asset
a significant investment of time that the person obviously enjoys
come on this is a simple concept
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On August 23 2007 08:51 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2007 08:47 draeger wrote:On August 23 2007 08:31 bine wrote:On August 23 2007 08:29 decafchicken wrote:
Wow a lot of you guys are douche bags. You seriously need to reconsider your priorities if you would beat the piss out of your offspring because of a fucking video game. Granted thats a lot of hours wasted, but those hours spent were a waste anyways. Seriously. You guys are acting like deleting his WOW character is something negative. If this person is an adult and is enraged about the state of his digital wizard alter ego, he should probably be talking to someone. Deleting his character is probably one of the best things that you could have done for him. It's not about the character, it's about the effort. He needlessly destroyed something his dad has been investing a LOT of time into. It doesn't matter if it's WoW, his car, finishing the basement, or whatever. The fact remains that his dad has spent a lot of hours on something and his son came by and just wiped it all away. I'd be pissed off too. Even if it is just a video game, you have people with hundreds of days played (100 x 24 hours) invested in their character. That's a lot of effort to just shrug off "because it's a game." A car and basement are both functional, practical, and can be considered assets. An online wizard is not a practical part of daily life, and i would laugh at someone who considered it an asset.
You have to consider the monthly fee as well and how it's essentially "wasted" now.
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this topic is better than "i know how to kill lurker" thread
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On August 23 2007 08:53 mahnini wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2007 08:51 decafchicken wrote:On August 23 2007 08:47 draeger wrote:On August 23 2007 08:31 bine wrote:On August 23 2007 08:29 decafchicken wrote:
Wow a lot of you guys are douche bags. You seriously need to reconsider your priorities if you would beat the piss out of your offspring because of a fucking video game. Granted thats a lot of hours wasted, but those hours spent were a waste anyways. Seriously. You guys are acting like deleting his WOW character is something negative. If this person is an adult and is enraged about the state of his digital wizard alter ego, he should probably be talking to someone. Deleting his character is probably one of the best things that you could have done for him. It's not about the character, it's about the effort. He needlessly destroyed something his dad has been investing a LOT of time into. It doesn't matter if it's WoW, his car, finishing the basement, or whatever. The fact remains that his dad has spent a lot of hours on something and his son came by and just wiped it all away. I'd be pissed off too. Even if it is just a video game, you have people with hundreds of days played (100 x 24 hours) invested in their character. That's a lot of effort to just shrug off "because it's a game." A car and basement are both functional, practical, and can be considered assets. An online wizard is not a practical part of daily life, and i would laugh at someone who considered it an asset. You have to consider the monthly fee as well and how it's essentially "wasted" now.
Even more of a reason to quit?
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Offer your dad some crack to help wean him off of WoW.
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On August 23 2007 08:58 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2007 08:53 mahnini wrote:On August 23 2007 08:51 decafchicken wrote:On August 23 2007 08:47 draeger wrote:On August 23 2007 08:31 bine wrote:On August 23 2007 08:29 decafchicken wrote:
Wow a lot of you guys are douche bags. You seriously need to reconsider your priorities if you would beat the piss out of your offspring because of a fucking video game. Granted thats a lot of hours wasted, but those hours spent were a waste anyways. Seriously. You guys are acting like deleting his WOW character is something negative. If this person is an adult and is enraged about the state of his digital wizard alter ego, he should probably be talking to someone. Deleting his character is probably one of the best things that you could have done for him. It's not about the character, it's about the effort. He needlessly destroyed something his dad has been investing a LOT of time into. It doesn't matter if it's WoW, his car, finishing the basement, or whatever. The fact remains that his dad has spent a lot of hours on something and his son came by and just wiped it all away. I'd be pissed off too. Even if it is just a video game, you have people with hundreds of days played (100 x 24 hours) invested in their character. That's a lot of effort to just shrug off "because it's a game." A car and basement are both functional, practical, and can be considered assets. An online wizard is not a practical part of daily life, and i would laugh at someone who considered it an asset. You have to consider the monthly fee as well and how it's essentially "wasted" now. Even more of a reason to quit?
Why would he want to quit he if enjoyed it? You can't tell the man how to spend his money.
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Whats up with all these parents killing kids thing?
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On August 23 2007 08:51 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2007 08:47 draeger wrote:On August 23 2007 08:31 bine wrote:On August 23 2007 08:29 decafchicken wrote:
Wow a lot of you guys are douche bags. You seriously need to reconsider your priorities if you would beat the piss out of your offspring because of a fucking video game. Granted thats a lot of hours wasted, but those hours spent were a waste anyways. Seriously. You guys are acting like deleting his WOW character is something negative. If this person is an adult and is enraged about the state of his digital wizard alter ego, he should probably be talking to someone. Deleting his character is probably one of the best things that you could have done for him. It's not about the character, it's about the effort. He needlessly destroyed something his dad has been investing a LOT of time into. It doesn't matter if it's WoW, his car, finishing the basement, or whatever. The fact remains that his dad has spent a lot of hours on something and his son came by and just wiped it all away. I'd be pissed off too. Even if it is just a video game, you have people with hundreds of days played (100 x 24 hours) invested in their character. That's a lot of effort to just shrug off "because it's a game." A car and basement are both functional, practical, and can be considered assets. An online wizard is not a practical part of daily life, and i would laugh at someone who considered it an asset.
That is not the point. Whether it's practical or non-practical it was something that he invested time into and owned. An artpiece is not functional or practical, so does that mean anyone can disregard the time and effort put into the piece and destroy it behind the artist's back? (No, I am not saying that building up a wow character is like art; I hate wow more than Paris Hilton, but that is not the point, the point is that they are properties of the artist/ wow-player and no one should just destroy their work just because they aren't practical.)
And now for the problem... None of us know your father so why the fuck would you ask us for advice. If your dad is a reasonable human being then the only thing I can think of is to apologize and don't everrrrr say, "What's the big deal? They're only wow characters.." no matter what!
Or you can go for the "I was worried about your health! You're an addict and I feel neglected!" That way, you can get drunk in the future and not have to worry about deleting your dad's wow characters 
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Teach your dad good sportsmanship.
Tell him it's only a game
then hide.
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Just contact Blizzard and restore it. Big deal.
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If he enjoys it then what the fuck is the problem? Geez. Almost any hobby is trivial if you want to argue about it.
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Haven't read any of the thread except the OP, BUT I SWEAR TO GOD I KNEW THE OP WOULD BE LEEJUNGTERRAN rofl
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the topic is almost as badass as m2's girlfriend thread.
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On August 23 2007 09:24 boghat wrote:
If he enjoys it then what the fuck is the problem? Geez. Almost any hobby is trivial if you want to argue about it.
The point his he wants to end his sons life over said hobby.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
that point may have been exaggerated by leejungterran
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