Comments on: Avatar Movie Observations, WoW/MMO Addiction, & Coming Clean

By: shekhar

shekhar — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:46:00 +0000

very nice blog

By: wendezvous

wendezvous — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:33:47 +0000

I guess you never understood the foundations of addiction, then.

By: John

John — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:56:33 +0000

wow, as a former heroin addict I can say you guys are BEYOND pathetic. Try a real problem.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:43:51 +0000

Thanks for the comment Wendy. I agree with your assessment of Avatar as well. Draenei everywhere you look. :D

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:54:10 +0000

I've been playing for 2 years now, on a private server, and that keeps me down to earth. I don't have the time, money or resources to play on retail. Private severs feed that childhood fantasy of mine to be super-fucking-human, kill bad guys and never suffer a drop of hurt in real life.

I play on the weekends and run a quick raid after work if I have time, with friends. I think that's the biggest addiction versus enjoyment factor: palying with RL friends. It becomes more of a hobby (like watching hours of movies) as opposed to a crack habit.

Avatar *was* WoW :D Draenei, Zangarmarsh & Nagrand.

By: sissy

sissy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:44:23 +0000

been playing wow for 5 years. I usually only play on the weekends, not in a guild anymore as I find they control your life. I do my own thing and use it as a way to relax. I used to play 15 hours a day and would even skip work or family events to play. Now I have it under control and have put restrictions on my self. I do not play during the week and my family comes first on the weekends.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:50:36 +0000

Good advice Hammer.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:13:31 +0000

here's another article on Avatar

By: HammerShark

HammerShark — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:42:40 +0000

Try other books, movies, games. I think it's because it's the newest thing to you and that's what makes it so good.

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:21:19 +0000

Ive gone through a similar experience when I saw avatar. I really fell in love with the characters, and I really wanted more once the movie stopped. As you said, when the movie ended I looked around and felt my life was meaningless and right down the shitter. Im unemplyed and looking forwoard to moving to a new apartment withing the next few days to begin reading op on physics and chemistry. After that I dont know what to do, other than trying to move to another country and working a little there. But I really feel like nothing I will ever do will match the achievements that Jake Sully did in Avatar. Kinda had the same feeling after I saw x-men, they could do everything, I could do nothing.
On a sidenote, I also envy Avatar because of the love story where the main character, of course, gets the beautiful girl. even though shes fictional, it still gets to me.
I read up on this “problem”, and even though theres not an official name, it would be appropriate calling it “post-movie depression”.
What makes things worse was after I saw avatar, was seeing the nature this time of year, its plane, dead and/white/grey/brown. That doesnt really make anything btter when Im greately interrested in nature and especially rainforests. After that I think of global warming and the fact that earth itself in avatar was mentioned as a dying planet. Sigh…

I would call it a depression Im in now, but not a very seriouse one. Before I saw avatar I was generally in a good mood, I could be happy for no reason, and now I really need a reason to stay on top. A reason I cant find.

So now Im stuck in awe and in love with the pandora world, Im watching it again and again and again… I really just need to accept that its “just” a movie, a great one too, and somehow I need to put it behind me and get on with my life… Any suggestions?

By: joe

joe — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:26:41 +0000

Avatar was unbelievable but there is a series of books called “MEG” which would make one hell of a movie. It could be a giant blockbuster if done correctly. Curious if anyone’s has checked out the new book “HELLS AQUARIUM” by STEVE ALTEN? I know he’s been a best selling author before, but wanted to see if anyone had read this book first? It’s about the ancient prehistoric shark Megalodon, which makes the current Great White Shark look like a gold fish. Check out the trailer below, pretty awesome:

http://www.variancepublishing.com/meg-hells-aqu...

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:10:05 +0000

Thanks Nostra.

By: Nostradavis

Nostradavis — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:03:21 +0000

I had a similar addiction to Lineage 2…embarrassing I know…But I had to delve away from it after I entered into student teaching, and got married. It's a decision I never look back from, but I try to use the gravity of that experience as a reference point for future challenges that while fun, can often mix up your priorities that one could never predict from the onset. Keep up the good work, I can see the difference in your site over the past months. – Dave

By: Xeross

Xeross — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:25:43 +0000

Hmm, I'd rather plugin to an avatar get my soul shifted into it and let this damn world rot. If only it were possible. Now I just need to find an MMO that sucks me in like a movie.

~Xeross

P.S.: Sorry for maybe posting something unrelated, my post movie depression is still going strong.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:29:23 +0000

Hey Dave,

Thanks for the post man. I hope you guys know that it had nothing to do with any of you and everything to do with my personality not being a good fit for that type of game. I am the type of person that gets tunnel vision when I want to succeed at something and playing a game that has no end is just not a good thing for me.

Shoot me an email if you are still interested in writing about games!

Best,
Chad-

By: Thor

Thor — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:31:39 +0000

Hay Rip, we still have room for a DPS warrior and now that ICC is out we can have you geared up and ready to get you in for our server first kill of Arthas by the time he is released!!

Lemme know if you're in!!

I'm kidding of course . . . WoW like may other MMO's is quite simply almost impossible to quit especially at a competitive level for the sole reason that it, like other mmos, does not end. Nobody in real life ever congratulated me for killing Illidan or KilJaeden, having server firsts titles, or uber rare pets and Blizzard sure as shit had never done anything to thank me for my hours upon hours of beta testing and monthly payments.

Quite frankly it is impossible to lead a happy, successful and productive life if you want to play WoW at a competitive level.

I am glad to hear that you've quit and I cannot wait to do so myself . . . someday.

-Thoradin the Lightbringer

a.k.a Dave

By: Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:00:19 +0000

good article, Chad.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:06:21 +0000

Thanks man. Everything is going well. Hope you had a great Christmas. Sorry I'm just seeing this now. C-

By: elflink

elflink — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:05:37 +0000

I like the new website format its a lot faster to load and it looks great.. Merry Christmas hope everything goes well

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:20:12 +0000

Hey man. You and your brother are two of the people I was glad to meet while playing the game man. I will definitely stay in touch with you guys. Have a great holiday man and yes — the Colts look pretty good. :)