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 Sylph.Shadowlina
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By Sylph.Shadowlina 2016-03-31 14:31:10
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I feel like you guys don't understand the sheer ammount of people who play FFXI who are unemployed too. Who don't even earn money.
Who blow there tiny bit extra they have on living expense on this game, or still live with their family and pay for the game on their unemployment cash.

Buying a computer with say $100 a month, - like most of that on food.
Boom, you can't afford a computer.
Ok but what about not using your sub fee?
Still would of taken 10 months to get $100 <_<;
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2016-03-31 14:42:45
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8 months, but someone who's making so little a month and is on unemployment or government assistance of that degree have bigger things in their lives to worry about than not being able to play XI
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2016-03-31 14:45:10
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Sylph.Shadowlina said: »
I feel like you guys don't understand the sheer amount of people who play FFXI who are unemployed too.

all of us are jerks..

Jetackuu said: »
Shiva.Nikolce said: »
all of us
Speak for yourself.

nik is a jerk!
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By Sylph.Shadowlina 2016-03-31 14:45:59
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I don't mean to sound sarcastic here.
But Depression and extreme loneliness leads to addiction to things. Very easily. And I'm sure many of those who feel that way would much MUCH prefer being addicted to a video game than something much more deadly like drugs, or drinking or smoking.

Think about the Bigger picture.

And before "Then they should be getting help."
The hardest part of a problem is accepting you have a problem and asking for it.
Many accept, but can't ask for help.
 
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2016-03-31 14:49:33
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Sylph.Shadowlina said: »
I don't mean to sound sarcastic here.
But Depression and extreme loneliness leads to addiction to things. Very easily. And I'm sure many of those who feel that way would much MUCH prefer being addicted to a video game than something much more deadly like drugs, or drinking or smoking.

Think about the Bigger picture.

And before "Then they should be getting help."
The hardest part of a problem is accepting you have a problem and asking for it.
Many accept, but can't ask for help.
I'm familiar with depression, with loneliness and with self-destructive behaviour, whole package thank you.
Still, if you only have money to barely survive there are many things you can enjoy that are completely free, including other mmo if that's your cup.
No sympathy from me. If you don't have money you don't play a videogame with sub fees.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2016-03-31 14:50:00
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Being judgmental and being realistic are two different things. You legitimately should be more concerned with your life and ability to stay in your home and fed than you should be over being able to play a game
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By Bismarck.Dreadnot 2016-03-31 14:50:57
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Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »
We can sit here all day and judge the less fortunate if that's what you guys want to do.

I was going to take a shot about canada.. but I like canada and I'm sure Josi has already IP traced me and knows exactly where I live.
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By Bloodrose 2016-03-31 14:52:28
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Bismarck.Dreadnot said: »
Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »
We can sit here all day and judge the less fortunate if that's what you guys want to do.

I was going to take a shot about canada.. but I like canada and I'm sure Josi has already IP traced me and knows exactly where I live.
And he will douse you in maple syrup, and tie you to a tree to feed you to a bear... in which a lonely little woodland raccoon will lick your exposed feet.

I'M LOOKING AT YOU, LARS!
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By Sylph.Shadowlina 2016-03-31 14:57:30
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Thing is, if people from PS2 and Xbox don't want to change.
Just respect that choice. They are an Adult, they made that decision.
Who are you to judge it.
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2016-03-31 14:59:18
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Sylph.Shadowlina said: »
Thing is, if people from PS2 and Xbox don't want to change.
Just respect that choice. They are an Adult, they made that decision.
Who are you to judge it.
No one cares actually.
I made a tangent about the possession of a computer which is that no one should consider optional, regardless of its debatable entertainment value.
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By Ragnarok.Raenil 2016-03-31 15:00:13
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Valefor.Prothescar said: »
Being judgmental and being realistic are two different things. You legitimately should be more concerned with your life and ability to stay in your home and fed than you should be over being able to play a game
Let me know how well that goes when the stress inevitably overwhelms you after you toss out what may be your best source of positive human interaction and relaxation.
 
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Ragnarok.Raenil said: »
Let me know how well that goes when the stress inevitably overwhelms you after you toss out what may be your best source of positive human interaction and relaxation.
There are free games, including mmo.
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By Bloodrose 2016-03-31 15:03:03
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FPS games aren't really my thing, but I'm looking forward to Overwatch.
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By Ragnarok.Raenil 2016-03-31 15:05:48
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Valefor.Sehachan said: »
Ragnarok.Raenil said: »
Let me know how well that goes when the stress inevitably overwhelms you after you toss out what may be your best source of positive human interaction and relaxation.
There are free games, including mmo.
Many of which require 'significantly' more powerful computers than anyone has ever needed to run XI.

Or you're looking at a significant quality downgrade. Such as Runescape and the like.
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By SpaceAnomaly 2016-03-31 15:07:10
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FPS games aren't really my thing, but I'm looking forward to Overwatch.
The butts are 2lewd4u.
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By Ackeron 2016-03-31 15:07:24
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Look a puppy,
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By Cerberus.Anjisnu 2016-03-31 15:10:08
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i'd have sex with that gerbil
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By Anna Ruthven 2016-03-31 15:10:48
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I just don't have the drive to go full force on an MMO any more.

SpaceAnomaly said: »
Bloodrose said: »
FPS games aren't really my thing, but I'm looking forward to Overwatch.
The butts are 2lewd4u.
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By Bloodrose 2016-03-31 15:11:39
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I knew butts would bring Space back to us.
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By Asura.Carrotchan 2016-03-31 15:11:56
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on a side note, I found spicy's baby book
;3; so cute

don't kick me in the *** when you get home
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By Anna Ruthven 2016-03-31 15:12:45
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I knew butts would bring Space back to us.
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By Bloodrose 2016-03-31 15:12:53
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Asura.Carrotchan said: »
on a side note, I found spicy's baby book
;3; so cute

don't kick me in the *** when you get home
I knew someone in the relationship had to have one.
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By SpaceAnomaly 2016-03-31 15:13:12
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Thanks! Really boring day today so I figured I'd see if there was anything going on around here. I thought there would be more butthurt over the ps2/xbox thing.

I wonder if I need to migrate stuff... I played on xbox but PC near the end of my XI career. /shrug
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By SpaceAnomaly 2016-03-31 15:14:48
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Bloodrose said: »
I knew butts would bring Space back to us.
How dare you. Tracer's butt is an outrage! I'm taking my son and never playing this game ever.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2016-03-31 15:15:49
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Me said:
I've done this more than a dozen times now. Usually out of pocket building them from scratch and donating them personally rather than through shifty third parties. Charity and compassion is not a foreign concept to me.

And to add on to this, not only did I give them the tools to improve their lives, but I helped them achieve it too. These people that you're defending need help, and the best way to help someone who can not ask for it is to do it slowly, methodically, over time in a way that you aren't humiliating them and making them feel like they're less, because they're still human. Using labels and pointing out the flaws so aggressively does not work. If you want results you need to work on them yourself, and in my experience a majority of cases are aidable if you're willing to put the effort and time into it.

Don't holier than thou preach to me, I've done more in my life to try to help others than most ever will because of either inability to care about the lives of others or the inability to understand their problems. Letting people stew in their depression and bad times is a surefire way for them to never get any improvement, but they don't need constant access to a game for that. Sometimes all they need is a friend, a mentor, or someone who is just willing to help. I can speak from first hand experience.

Will this always work? No, and I've had failures before. But I take solace in the fact that my time spent managed to help at least a little, and I find great accomplishment, even if I do nothing else in my life, that I was able to touch and help the lives of so many people that thought they had no one.


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