[robbrown451]

"The difference is I felt guilty as hell when I sacricied things I could look forward to in my real life day for a one day 20 hour DOTA binge."

That's how I would feel too.... I just get the impression that most here don't have that sort of negativity toward video games (and the way they can pull you away from "real life" things) but meanwhile feel such hostility toward this.

[0x4d464d48]

I can only speak for myself but I know the kind of person you're talking about.

It's funny. I remember being young and being told not to do drugs to "escape reality". Escaping reality seems to be almost sacrosanct these days...

[robbrown451]

Heh, yeah I was told that too but I figured the drugs were also reality, but from an interesting new perspective. :)