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On November 19 2010 13:48 puppykiller wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2010 10:20 RoyalCheese wrote:
I am probably gonna get a ton of shit for this, but why is everybody so blown away by this article? I mean yeah i'm happy for the OP that his mom understands why does he like games and is having this epiphany but the article is just a sum up Day[9]'s video with a couple of very wrong conclusions about not studying being ok as long as you play games. I was about to write the same thing.
You guys probably have trouble thinking outside the box, which is also the sadness that leads to the world we live in.
What the mom is trying to say is that society has collectively decided what they think is the "right" way to think, learn, and live life, and that in reality society is quite wrong in its collective thinking. A more enlightened individual learns to refute what society tells them is right, and chooses to follow what their heart knows is right. In Day9's case it is gaming. It's why the mother was moved to tears watching his 100th episode. She saw the passion he had, and saw that he had broken out of the shackles of conventional thought.
Hopefully one day you'll do the same, instead of arbitrarily reducing a complex idea into doggy doo.
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i would show this to my mom if only her english was better...
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On November 19 2010 14:00 StorkHwaiting wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2010 13:48 puppykiller wrote:On November 19 2010 10:20 RoyalCheese wrote:
I am probably gonna get a ton of shit for this, but why is everybody so blown away by this article? I mean yeah i'm happy for the OP that his mom understands why does he like games and is having this epiphany but the article is just a sum up Day[9]'s video with a couple of very wrong conclusions about not studying being ok as long as you play games. I was about to write the same thing. You guys probably have trouble thinking outside the box, which is also the sadness that leads to the world we live in. What the mom is trying to say is that society has collectively decided what they think is the "right" way to think, learn, and live life, and that in reality society is quite wrong in its collective thinking. A more enlightened individual learns to refute what society tells them is right, and chooses to follow what their heart knows is right. In Day9's case it is gaming. It's why the mother was moved to tears watching his 100th episode. She saw the passion he had, and saw that he had broken out of the shackles of conventional thought. Hopefully one day you'll do the same, instead of arbitrarily reducing a complex idea into doggy doo.
Absolutely brilliant.
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On November 19 2010 10:27 bakesale wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2010 10:20 RoyalCheese wrote:
I am probably gonna get a ton of shit for this, but why is everybody so blown away by this article? I mean yeah i'm happy for the OP that his mom understands why does he like games and is having this epiphany but the article is just a sum up Day[9]'s video with a couple of very wrong conclusions about not studying being ok as long as you play games. Honestly, I think a lot of people didn't read the linked article. Don't get me wrong, I loved the tone of the article and that his mom is open minded and supportive, but with quotes like, "I once asked my son about this, knowing that he probably knew more than most therapists," and, "Years ago, I noticed that if I let my kids eat all the candy and television they wanted, they soon normalized on their own," you can't take any of it seriously. Just take it as a well-motivated and perhaps overhyped article.
I wouldn't really conclude that because you don't like some parts of her article that other people didn't read it or that it couldn't be taken seriously.
I would totally agree to the part that the kids playing the game should probably know a lot about the game. At least in germany were enough idiot professors and therapists that didn't have a clue about a game (someone once said you get extra points for killing other people slow and brutal... in CS. Yeah sure...) and still blamed pretty much everything on it.
And the other part, I think it is more or less known that kids to adjust on a lot of things themselves. I've seen the "eat as much candy as you want" thing go both totally wrong and totally okay. Parents just have to intervene a bit if it goes wrong...
I don't think the women that did wrote that stuff did some terrible parenting fail, maybe she didn't explain everything, but she does sound rather intelligent if you care to browse through her blog/her bio. But to me, her article is sound anyways.
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You've got an awesome mom, dude! It reminds of the time when my father and i were watching pro-BW together.
And the article is really well written, and it is not supposed to appeal to you, it is supposed to appeal to people who know nothing of the game, so using arguments such as "Day[9] didn't say exactly that!" to point that it is not good...well...they are just stupid
On November 19 2010 14:40 SubPointOA wrote:
i would show this to my mom if only her english was better...
10 years in the country and still "no speaky English"?
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Awesome article. I wish your mom's idealistic attitude was shared by more adults who see games [no matter which ones] as a waste of time.
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This is so cool. I just e-mailed this to my mom. Thanks.
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Day9 should write a book. Considering how many people tune in to watch his dailies live and how many vod views he gets, it'll sell a ton of copies.
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day9 would make an amazing teacher in anything he was doing. he just has it.
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so wheres your dad? Does someone put up with this Hippie Mom?
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On November 19 2010 16:07 Mortician wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2010 14:40 SubPointOA wrote:
i would show this to my mom if only her english was better... 10 years in the country and still "no speaky English"?
unfortunately this is a true case, at least for my mom.  Whatever highest English she learned was from ESL adult-school.
but nice article, read it top to bottom.
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On November 19 2010 14:00 StorkHwaiting wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2010 13:48 puppykiller wrote:On November 19 2010 10:20 RoyalCheese wrote:
I am probably gonna get a ton of shit for this, but why is everybody so blown away by this article? I mean yeah i'm happy for the OP that his mom understands why does he like games and is having this epiphany but the article is just a sum up Day[9]'s video with a couple of very wrong conclusions about not studying being ok as long as you play games. I was about to write the same thing. You guys probably have trouble thinking outside the box, which is also the sadness that leads to the world we live in. What the mom is trying to say is that society has collectively decided what they think is the "right" way to think, learn, and live life, and that in reality society is quite wrong in its collective thinking. A more enlightened individual learns to refute what society tells them is right, and chooses to follow what their heart knows is right. In Day9's case it is gaming. It's why the mother was moved to tears watching his 100th episode. She saw the passion he had, and saw that he had broken out of the shackles of conventional thought. Hopefully one day you'll do the same, instead of arbitrarily reducing a complex idea into doggy doo.
You know Sean studies for PhD (or Masters degree, not sure), right? Nothing is Day9's video nor in the article proves that society has collectively decided what they think is the "right" way to think, learn, and live life, and that in reality society is quite wrong in its collective thinking . Or at least i am not smart enough to see it.
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Very nice read 
Must watch Day9 Daily 100 again!
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Okay yes its quiet heart-warming and stuff but c'mon, video gaming isnt all that good either, anyone thinking that playing 8 hours of video gaming a day is normal well then good night, whatever you say, hardcore gamers usualy lack social contacts (FB friends are not FRIENDS) I dont really want to get into this convo because it leads nowhere and only the "cool" gamers will understand me and all of the nerds will rage me. So screw this, this community is great and everyone loves each other but thats mostly because of the fact that its nerd-filled!
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On November 19 2010 20:01 rAize- wrote:
Okay yes its quiet heart-warming and stuff but c'mon, video gaming isnt all that good either, anyone thinking that playing 8 hours of video gaming a day is normal well then good night, whatever you say, hardcore gamers usualy lack social contacts (FB friends are not FRIENDS) I dont really want to get into this convo because it leads nowhere and only the "cool" gamers will understand me and all of the nerds will rage me. So screw this, this community is great and everyone loves each other but thats mostly because of the fact that its nerd-filled!
'im the cool guy that plays games, everyone else here must be a no lifer even though im full of awesome'
you're the worst kind of trash
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not really everyone, but c'mon the majority are.
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On November 19 2010 20:41 rAize- wrote:
not really everyone, but c'mon the majority are.
im a nerd proud of it, also a hardcore gamer... proud of it, i don't get your point, I've got friends on WoW and FB ARE real, and so is my night elf girlfriend, your argument amuses me though, so continue "cool" gamer
in all seriousness, is that seriously how you view hardcore gamers, as incapable of having relationships with human beings? That's a pretty one dimensional view..
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No I dont, but alot of them are. People just seem to lose track and live inside the pc world too much. Basically my point is instead of playing too many games or too often, spend your time with other hobbies where you do stuff outside! I love gaming, but hardcoregaming always diminishes time for other stuff that should be done instead!
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