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. This is the difference between the real life environment and the runescape environment.

Runescape may help people feel more important, or grandiose. For example, in runescape, players depend on you, you depend on other players. A clan war, soul wars, and other mini games for example. In real life, there's no role

 

So what is the whole point of this thread?

 

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The point is, a lot of people consider runescape a physical drug and compare it to alcohol, gambling, smoking and many other substances. Runescape isn't substance abuse. Runescape is an environment, people need to see this.