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I don’t play World of Warcraft. In fact, I have not yet played any computer game in my life—ever.
Coming from a 17 year-old guy, this is hard to believe. Seriously, who have not yet played DotA?
Isn’t it obvious now that I am really an alien?
Ironic as it may seem, I have invariably been an advocate of computer gaming. The math wizards in my high school class have always been the ones urgent to go home [by home I mean computer shop] to play Counter Strike or Battle Realms, because DotA was not as popular then as it is now. So judging from the types of people who play computer games [e.g. college professors, dean’s listers, fishball vendors], the public assumption of “gaming freaks failing their academics” is seemingly inapplicable.
Okay, so why don’t I play DotA? Given the resources [e.g. PC, fast internet connection, game installer] I should be using my precious time in a killing spree of all-star bliss. [Okay, I just made that up, hakhak]. I do not play the game NOT because I’m scared of flunking my subjects. Back in high school I kind of vowed, to some extent, never to play computer games, just to maintain a unique perspective of the issue concerning the negative [kuno] effects of computer games to my schoolmates. Other than that, I am also a very poor child that could not afford the 20/hour rate of internet cafés at that time.
Game addiction still fades in comparison with having a boyfriend or girlfriend [or both] with regard to causing student failure.
Gaming is creating a virtual YOU then killing other virtual people—which certainly has no difference with blogging.
Hakhak.
If ever a student experiences a decline in his grades, he shouldn’t blame his friends for introducing DotA in his life; he should blame himself because he didn’t balance his virtual and real lives. [B.I. kung B.I. ah.]
Hakhak.
I doubt studies have been conducted to test whether gaming is really a cause of bad grades. But if there are any, inform me.
The reason why I am writing this now is because I may be failing in school soon, too. I am about to break my principle. Tomorrow I’ll be installing Warcraft. I have read basic DotA tutorials, so I may be ready. Who knows? I may become more strategically adept than you are. I wish this post maintains my sanity after I play my first game.
Hakhak. May ganun?
elyens bid gudlak
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