Runescape a psychological Addiction, not alcohol.

You can be addicted to anything, watching movies, playing card games, however, you might not be physically or psychologically addicted. Most people treat runescape as a substance. Runescape isn't alcohol, it's not a cigarette that you can keep smoking, it's not a physical substance. Runescape is a world with it's own concepts, ideas, and beliefs.

A lot of people say that runescape is limited and real life will usually lead to more productive results, but these people are wrong in a sense. Teenagers commit suicide everyday because they feel trapped from all the problems that occur in the real life society. Not all people can live in the real world. What about the people that don't have choices? Runescape gives these people opportunities that they will never find in real life, the ability to be a clan leader, to learn friendship values, to learn to share and cooperate with others. Runescape isn't just an addiction, some people play this game because they want a wider range of opportunities.

Runescape can be good or bad, you have the chance to be a clan leader, to demonstrate true leadership, which you can apply to real life! Runescape is full of adults and children, and in the real world, you can't be a clan leader that organizes a clan of 50+ adults.

Addiction is full of definitions, it can be alcohol, gambling, etc. We label runescape as a drug! It's not a drug, it's an environment. Some people feel that they have no control over their lives, but runescape gives you this control in certain situations. You can save your friend in runescape by helping them in the wilderness, you can help your clan with enough motivation, but in real life, you are limited.C This is the difference between the real life environment and the runescape environment.

Football is a social activity, similar to runescape.However, runescape has it's own set of rules.
Many college football players die from accidents, but we're they addicted? Nobody suggests it. They go on with it, but with RS. They say mmorpg and runescape deaths, problems, etc are caused by addiction, but they don't say football was an addiction? This is preposterous! Runescape is a lot more advanced, and over the net, football is less complicated to understand. It's a sport, that anybody can play. However, runescape, is an environment in which players have their own roles. We cannot ignore everything about runescape and simply say" runescape is a drug."


Compare runescape to gambling, which one is more complicated? Runescape.

 

MOVING SPEECH BUT UR MUST BE A SADDO.

 

Not a speech, only my hypothesis. You're in no position to call me a saddo, only post if you want to contribute. Thanks.

 

You have some good points, but in my personal opinion (its only my opinion) god put us all here for a reason and I want to make as much of myself as I can, and I don't think I can do that on runescape my whole life.

 

Dominator...You know what your talking about?
My Diagnosis: You are one sad nerd who cannot stop talking about the game so you have to express your confusing thoughts which isn't valid.

 

I have to say after reading the first sentence I agree.

 

Wtf..

 

Its because you cant string one complex sentence together without half a dozen grammar mistakes.

 

When all else fails, go for the grammar.

as for op, No, it's all the same in one. Different type of psychological addiction, but it's all the same.

 

Gambling is more complicated then rs anyday. If you gamble to win counting cards is easier then trying to move pixels around in a game.

 

I thought this was going to be an interesting topic with some good discussion, but after reading the first few replies I guess I was wrong.

/fail.

 

Who says runescape is a drug?

 

Well, yeah Runescape is an addiction for alot of people. And like a few people said you did have a few good points. Although, the football comparisan wasn't very good . (sorry if I spelt comparisan wrong... I suck at spelling =| )

 

Lolwut?!

 

Gambling.

 

Runescape is an addiction for alot of people, and about that question gambling is for sure.

 

You can't make a bot for gambling, leave it running all day and get results.

 

some good points... but why did you do this?