Good day, fellow players, I am currently studying at the Faculty of social studies, Masaryk’s university of Brno, Czech republic. I would like to kindly ask you for a couple minutes of your time, if you would like to help me with my final diploma paper research in psychology, which is aimed at MMORPG players and tries to explore opinions on addiction and identity of RPG players. Everyone is welcome to come to the website:
http://www.digimark.cz/mmorpg
and fill in the questionnaire there. It should take no more than a couple minutes and you will find more information on the website.
Your help is greatly appreciated and sorry to disturb you if you are not interested.
HELPFollow
Just another "Oh my got I'm such a nerd, addicted to MMORPG and got no real life" questionnaire.
Not worth looking at. Believe me, I did.
Go somewhere else.
Not worth looking at. Believe me, I did.
Go somewhere else.
Aside from the broken English and repetitions, it's not too bad. The authors of the questionnaire have obvious preconceptions about games and gamers, but that's only to be expected.
Sorry Whitman, totally disagree with you.
This questionnaire is obviously biased and based on a certain prejudice. This is absolutely not scientific.
Why ask questions when you already think to know what the results are?
And what the hell does marriage have to do with MMORPGS??
This questionnaire is obviously biased and based on a certain prejudice. This is absolutely not scientific.
Why ask questions when you already think to know what the results are?
And what the hell does marriage have to do with MMORPGS??
What I meant was - it's not a link to a plat seller or kiddie pron or that kind of crap. Of course the guy is looking for a specific response here, and is obviously not a gamer himself (or maybe a fairly screwed up one,, I don't know) but it's not a 'dangerous' link.
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And what the hell does marriage have to do with MMORPGS??
They want to show that players:
1. Have never married due to their activity (or)
2. Have divorced/separated/widowed because of their activity (or)
3. Dragged their partner into addiction
You can substitute any number of things as the activity (drugs, alcohol, gambling, MMORPGs etc.)
Fortunately MMORPGs are not illegal, are not health threatening usually, nor will you go broke and lose your house paying subscription fees.
I will pass, this topic has been driven into the ground. There is no new research to be done in this area. The only possible reason do do such a study is to learn how to do studies and the methodology in this instance is not good.
I disagree with the above poster. I do know a friend who got divorced because of his addiction to MMORGP. In this case it was EQ2. In many ways he has also come close to losing his job.
I don't have a problem with MMORPG's. I think there a lot of fun when taken in context and moderation. Just wish saying no to that next beer was so easy....
But MMORPG's are as addictive as alcohol, crack, or any drug.
I don't have a problem with MMORPG's. I think there a lot of fun when taken in context and moderation. Just wish saying no to that next beer was so easy....
But MMORPG's are as addictive as alcohol, crack, or any drug.
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bubspeed: (if you meant my post)
I would not argue against the point that games are addictive, however MMORPGs are not even close to as dangerous as drug or alcohol addiction. I have first hand knowledge of those things (working in a clinic) but I have never seen anyone coming in wanting to kick their EQ jones.
My main point was the methodology of his study was flawed. I am sure gaming may play a role in relationship break-ups but I seriously doubt it is the sole reason. I know of marriages that have broken up over pro-sports-addiction too, but again not the sole reason.
I would not argue against the point that games are addictive, however MMORPGs are not even close to as dangerous as drug or alcohol addiction. I have first hand knowledge of those things (working in a clinic) but I have never seen anyone coming in wanting to kick their EQ jones.
My main point was the methodology of his study was flawed. I am sure gaming may play a role in relationship break-ups but I seriously doubt it is the sole reason. I know of marriages that have broken up over pro-sports-addiction too, but again not the sole reason.
bubspeed wrote:
I disagree with the above poster. I do know a friend who got divorced because of his addiction to MMORGP. In this case it was EQ2. In many ways he has also come close to losing his job.
More often then not the people that run into these problems would of run into the same problems with any number of other "addictions" though. They typically already have a very addictive personality and/or pre-existing mental condition (ie, depression). Your friend got divorced due to his addiction to MMORPGs, but if he had discovered an addiction for, say, fishing or golf first, it would be just as tragic. They're not considered as "geeky" though and being "addicted" to them (you all know someone that's addicted to hunting, fishing, golf, or any other sport, admit it) is considered normal for a grown man, therefor the wive's are more likely to just accept it, as is society as a whole.
I'm not any kind of psychologist or anything though, so these are just my personal opinions, completely unsupported by any federal grants or online questionnaires. :)
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