Re: A little upset... (a thread on mmorpg.com)
What these people really want is their fix, but as their brains have build up tolerance for their gaming addiction (which takes a few months for some, and over a decade for others), they long for a bigger dose of happy juice that'll take them to that good old happy place.
It's difficult to convince these people that their brains are rejecting the virtual world, and that a more convincing virtual world isn't going to fix the fundamental underling reality, that non of it is real.
Bottom line is that MMOs got their 8 years out of this sucker, about 10% of his life, with little effort. It might be possible to create a better virtual drug, but that might be comparable to switching a dissatisfied smoker to heroin. Smokers soon stop deriving pleasure from their addictive habit, and I think most people will realize that switching to heroin, while obviously bound to make them happy initially, will bring nothing but trouble in the long run.
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