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Addiction

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Addiction. Is LBP the new World of Warcraft? I have been hearing alot about the subject of LBP addiction, and would like to discuss it. LBP to me is very addicting. I had to quit for a few months because it was interrupting my love life and work schedule, but i have returned, ever wary of the LBP monkey on my back. What do you all think? is it a bad habit, or a constructive addiction. afterall, it does work out your creativity. So what do you think? tell me all of your horror stories.2010-03-21 02:30:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

It's because this game doesn't feel like a game, it's a way of expressing your art or whatever you choose to make with the tools at your disposition.
I don't really have any horror story, it's just a happy and wonderful story in which I'm the main character, I'm the one who impose my own limitations where I judge they need to be.
I'm still waiting for the dramatic scene....
>_> ...
<_<		2010-03-21 02:37:00

Author:
Chump
Posts: 1712

good to hear. but myself, and some of my friends have nearly lost our jobs/wives/girlfriends over lbp. it feels good, and natural to me, but i think some, myself included, are taking it too far.2010-03-21 02:49:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

good to hear. but myself, and some of my friends have nearly lost our jobs/wives/girlfriends over lbp. it feels good, and natural to me, but i think some, myself included, are taking it too far.

Thats definately too far lol. Do you play it instead of going to work or something? 		2010-03-21 06:19:00

Author:
Jrange378
Posts: 573

I understand, I love playing LBP, well, I love playing video games in general. This is why I have limited myself to only playing on the weekends.2010-03-21 07:14:00

Author:
shebhnt
Posts: 414

Well this is interesting.
I don't have a problem with LBP, mainly because I take constant breaks when I can't think of anything to build, on the other hand I think I'm slightly addicted to LBPC. So maybe LBPC is the new WoW and it's FREE!!!		2010-03-21 07:32:00

Author:
SR20DETDOG
Posts: 2431

no, i dont play instead of going to work, however, i do play lbp psp at work. but not lately. i have realized that its gone too far, and ive cut down alot. ive seen some people tho who just cant cut down. you know? i think it can be more addicting than WoW because its more accessable to audiences.i mean, i play WoW, but i would take LBP over that any day.

Also, i have solved the work problem by leaving my PSP home, and have solved the girlfriend issue by getting her involved in LBP with me. Check out her level! Her PSN is rabbitshole		2010-03-21 07:42:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

LBP4EVER lol im addicted to LBP 2010-03-21 07:47:00

Author:
puppet88
Posts: 113

well i was planing to take a rest from LBP for the last two weeks but I couldt help myself but to sneak on lbp, and start my next next ^^; but when you are inspired its easy to make.

if you are pushing yourself to make a level then maybe you need to take a step back its just a game. I love making level and soming up with ideas and the art side of LBP		2010-03-21 08:28:00

Author:
jump_button
Posts: 1014

i have not been pushing myself im glad. i felt that my last level or so have been very forced, and so i have been taking my sweet sweet time with my next one. I am trying to go for a disneyland ride type feeling... but thats off topic.2010-03-21 09:08:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

I really wish I had a youtube clip of the part in Half Baked where Dave Chapelle goes to rehab and is accosted by the other people there and scolded by Bob Saget. It wouldn't be appropriate for LBPC, but very appropriate for this.

heh, try my addiction. I barely ever slept, PS3 almost never turned off... I haven't played the game in almost 8 months and I'm still hooked. It's like someone who's been in jail, clean for almost a year, but all they can think of is "I can't wait to get high when I get out"		2010-03-21 09:25:00

Author:
Unknown User

I sure suffer from LBP addiciton. most times i go on it..

9am i get up do stuff then go 'hmm ill play lbp for a little bit'
3 hours later...
wow its midday xD		2010-03-21 14:29:00

Author:
Matimoo
Posts: 1027

I don't have any story to tell or anything like that, but what I can say is something about LBP keeps me coming back constantly, often many hours each day.

This is suprising to me because LBP also causes me more stress than anything I've ever had to deal with. Even when I was younger and still in school, that never caused as much stress as LBP causes me. It's because of all the bugs and bad glitches in LBP that literally make me sick from stress (when creating and playing, but especially creating), yet I cannot stay away. I took an almost 3 month break recently, but it wasn't planned as a break. I said I was through with this (insert inappropriate words here) game, and will never play it again. Well I was wrong.		2010-03-21 17:31:00

Author:
Unknown User

yea. LBP causes me horrid ammounts of stress aswell. LBP PSP makes me almost violently angry for the same reasons. but ive got a well controlled temper. The biggest thing that stresses me out from LBP 1, is when you put a month or so of work into a level, and people think its great, but one punk and his friends gang up and rate it 1 star, and spam all over it. It makes me depressed and to the point of insanity. I dont know why I am so passionate about LBP. but i think its definately better than being passionate about heroine.2010-03-21 19:47:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

Everyone's addicted but if you feel you're addiction is becoming to much because it means losing your job or wife, just take a long break from it. And if you find yourself sneaking back on, ask a friend to hide the PS3 power cable for a while. Trust me, once you've stopped playing it, it's pretty easy to keep going without it, look at my sig, haven't played for over a week! (That's because my internet broke though)2010-03-21 19:55:00

Author:
Doopz
Posts: 5592

its not to the point of getting me in any serious trouble. but i know people who it has affected to far greater lengths.2010-03-21 21:04:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

Yes, LBPs addictive. Everything is though, or at least can be. The problem really is the insistence of our modern world to point the finger elsewhere. And in the case of addiction we always seem to point the finger at the thing we are addicted to. It becomes an evil, consuming thing that we can demonise and blame, because that's the simple way of telling ourselves that it's not our fault. It's a nice easy get out, that we don't have to take responsibility for the choices we make. But you know what, this isn't a chemical that builds a physical dependency, it's a purely psychological addiction and by no means do I want to belittle that (I have had a fair few run-ins with such things), but it does come down to one single factor in control of the addiction...2010-03-21 21:16:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

It is actually addicting, but so is anything as rtm said. Some people can get addicted to coffee, shopping, Facebook, texting, anything. We just happened to get addicted to LBP.2010-03-21 21:24:00

Author:
srgt_poptart
Posts: 425

If I allow myself to become deeply immersed in a project then I can certainly become addicted to the point of it being a problem, having a negative effect on my life. At the moment I'm not particularly committed to any grand scheme, so I'm able to keep my LBP time to the occasional half hour of what I call "building for kicks". For instance, I might decide on a whim to build a Pontiac Firebird Tans-Am, not to be featured in a level but simply for the fun of making a cool car. As long as I keep my play time at this level then I can control my habit, but as soon as I begin to seriously develop ideas for a new level then I'm likely to become consumed by the fire again. I'm not sure my marriage will survive another epic project like Tenement, so it's likely that any future output from me will be restricted to "quickies" like Sackboy Proves He's Got Stuffin'.2010-03-21 21:45:00

Author:
Ungreth
Posts: 2130

Think of LBP like a hobby in fact that what it is, LBP is a tool you use. I draw everyday if I can is that a addiction?2010-03-21 22:46:00

Author:
jump_button
Posts: 1014

I don't consider LBP an addiction anymore than an artist would consider painting an addiction. It's not that we can't physically stop playing, it's just that we get so into the notion of transforming our ideas into something that we can share with the world. For me, I play LBP a lot. A lot. I know that the time I spend playing LBP could go towards other, more beneficial facets of my life, but I just enjoy creating so much. I think the addition of online create has only exacerbated the time I spend playing. It's just so easy to get caught in 3 hour long, pointless create bender with a friend. So, am I addicted? Maybe. I tend to use 'downtime' to think about ideas for levels or concepts (riding the bus, waiting for class to start, etc). Has it ever interfered with my life to the point of it becoming a problem? Not really. Sure, I have been forced to stay up late to finish homework, projects, assignment because of LBP, but nothing that has been of major concern.2010-03-21 23:24:00

Author:
comphermc
Posts: 5338

NEVAAARRRR i hate to say this but world of warcaft is so much better than LBP as much as i love LBP i prefer wow, it has more freedom and i prefer that. I'm not as i would say addicted to LBP i just enjoy playing it enough, i was addicted to wow where i stayed up all night when i wasn't supposed to and did massive raids with my guild. Thats addicted to something, i don't see how people can compare beeing addicted to LBP the same as wow.2010-03-21 23:31:00

Author:
lbpholic
Posts: 1304

i prefer wow, it has more freedom

Seriously? You really think that LBP has less freedom than WoW?		2010-03-22 00:01:00

Author:
comphermc
Posts: 5338

i don't see how people can compare beeing addicted to LBP the same as wow. BEcause some people will stay up all night playing LBP, same as some people stay up all night playing wow. You might not be so addicted to LBP as you are WoW, but it's a completely personal thing. If someone compulsively plays one or the other, then the comparison is perfectly valid.... I don't see how you can not see the comparison TBH.

WoW is more likely to have more impact in the sense that it is geared up to being played in long stints, whereas LBP can be played in little quick-fix bursts. Comphy has a point though, WoW has so much less freedom, no matter how you look at it.

In fairness, I quit WoW because it was taking up too much of my time. LBP definitely takes up more of my time, but I certainly feel I get more from it (creative outlet anyone?), which is why I haven't quit this gaem just yet. I am running a fine line on what is healthy though.		2010-03-22 00:09:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

I think I crossed the healthy line awhile back.... Trying to find balance is my new goal.2010-03-22 00:12:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983

I'm addicted to video games in general 2010-03-22 01:17:00

Author:
Testudini
Posts: 3262

I don't consider LBP an addiction...

"LBP addict"

-taken straight from your biography on your profile page 		2010-03-22 02:03:00

Author:
thekevinexpress
Posts: 256

"LBP addict"

-taken straight from your biography on your profile page

Oh, um... well... you see...

I jest!		2010-03-22 02:06:00

Author:
comphermc
Posts: 5338

Yeah - I too am doing a high-wire act on that line between good, clean, creative fun and unhealthy addiction. I like to think I maintain a pretty good balance, but I think I may be kidding myself. Good Lord how I do love the game though. To rtm - nail on the head, buddy... I have always needed some sort of creative outlet in my life. I have never found one that I enjoy as much as LBP.2010-03-22 02:39:00

Author:
v0rtex
Posts: 1878

Eh, it's second half of my senior year and I already got into my first choice college. So I got a PS3 and LittleBigPlanet. I'm glad to have something this awesome to occupy the time that I no longer spend on my homework.2010-03-22 02:55:00

Author:
monstahr
Posts: 1361

@ monstahr- Yea, me too! Im thinking about graduating early to play LBP more...2010-03-22 05:26:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

Hello. My name is James and I'm addicted... to launching little big golf balls. 2010-03-22 05:49:00

Author:
IStwisted
Posts: 428

BEcause some people will stay up all night playing LBP, same as some people stay up all night playing wow. You might not be so addicted to LBP as you are WoW, but it's a completely personal thing. If someone compulsively plays one or the other, then the comparison is perfectly valid.... I don't see how you can not see the comparison TBH.

WoW is more likely to have more impact in the sense that it is geared up to being played in long stints, whereas LBP can be played in little quick-fix bursts. Comphy has a point though, WoW has so much less freedom, no matter how you look at it.

In fairness, I quit WoW because it was taking up too much of my time. LBP definitely takes up more of my time, but I certainly feel I get more from it (creative outlet anyone?), which is why I haven't quit this gaem just yet. I am running a fine line on what is healthy though.


I did the same i quit wow cause i got amazingly addicted to it, all i'm saying is that for me LBP isn't addicting wow is more addicting.		2010-03-22 11:59:00

Author:
lbpholic
Posts: 1304

just cant live without LBPohol... lol2010-03-22 14:12:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

I like jump_button and compher's analogies... puts my mind at ease. I forgot that being productive with your creativity in your spare time isn't a bad thing.2010-03-22 14:47:00

Author:
Unknown User

Ten years ago, I quit drinking caffeine. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my entire life. I got headaches, shook terribly and started suffering from terrible depression. Quitting LBP is 2,000 times harder for me. That's not to say I haven't made progress. I look back at where I was exactly a year ago and I am appalled at how wrapped up in all of it I was. I think almost missing a good friend's wedding back in june because of littlebigplanet was the turning point for me. It made me realize that I had to do something to fight the addiction. I began to start forcing myself to play other games. DragonAge, Katamari, Mega Man, whatever. Anything to make me realize that there is life outside of lbp. I bought myself a bike and started biking whenever I got the urge to go waste my time on lbp.

I don't regret any of the time spent in lbp, creating and whatnot. That was all very fun. The part where it started to take over my life was bad, though, so I had to get my priorities straight. I still play maybe once a week and I'm slowly creating a level, but I'm also trying not to be so wrapped up in all of it.

I dunno, I met a lot of friends on this site and on gamefaqs, so I doubt I can ever go away 100 percent. I like the people I met. Controlling the addiction is my aim right now. I've been good so far. ^_^		2010-03-22 15:22:00

Author:
xkappax
Posts: 2569

Wow blimey quiting drinking Caffenine is impossible lol, it tastes soooo good i love it lol, i could never quit drinking coffe lol.2010-03-22 15:40:00

Author:
lbpholic
Posts: 1304

Strangely enough, I think I'm more addicted to LBPC than I am to LBP. Though I used to spend all my waking hours on LBP in the early days (wake up, go on LBP, go to work, think about LBP, come back home, go on LBP again until late at night, go to sleep, repeat).

Eventually I broke the cycle by taking an extended hiatus after a creator's block. I've never gotten back into an "LBP-only" cycle since, and I play other games for a while before going back to LBP. It's time-consuming, but I think time spent on LBP is actually productive for the mind. You develop your imagination, creativity and problem-solving skills by applying them in create mode, and you can even learn from levels you play. You can also just goof around with friends and have fun. I don't think those are bad ways to spend your time.

Still, it is just a video game in the end, and it's important not to let that fact stray too far from your brain when thinking things like leaving work to have more time to spend on LBP (I've had that thought myself), or deciding whether you should go out to see a movie with friends/help them move or finish your current LBP project. LBP is a hobby, it shouldn't become a way of life. Just have fun, but don't forget you still have chores to do!

Those are my thoughts on the matter anyway.		2010-03-22 16:00:00

Author:
Gilgamesh
Posts: 2536

Lol me in the summer... wake up 8:00 am...... "5 minuets later" WHAT!!!! ITS 7:00 PM!!2010-03-22 17:11:00

Author:
Tawarf
Posts: 457

when you wake up at 5.00 am; then are late you know you have a serious addiction. -thats me!2010-03-22 17:26:00

Author:
flamingemu
Posts: 1872

This very minute I wonder whether or not I should turn the game on or do my homework.

Face it everybody. It's more addictive than heroin.		2010-03-22 18:54:00

Author:
Incinerator22
Posts: 3251

@ monstahr- Yea, me too! Im thinking about graduating early to play LBP more...
haha, that would be fun, wouldn't it? i suppose i should retain some level of diligence at least through my AP tests		2010-03-22 19:55:00

Author:
monstahr
Posts: 1361

lol yea. i have AP tests as well. In art and Government. Its the only reason i go to school.2010-03-22 23:39:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

So what do you think?

I think that just posting on an LBP forum makes you an 'addict' by definition. 		2010-03-23 18:13:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

My parents only let me go on PS3/Wii for about an hour and a half each day, so while it is annoying barely being able to create anything, I guess it's good.

Still like a little longer though, maybe 2 hours or so? But as a lot of people have said before, is it really a bad thing making your thoughts a (semi)reality?		2010-03-23 19:04:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893

I manage to take a break from LBP by playing Spore, and then I read this thread again.
Now im back on LBP >:U		2010-03-23 19:06:00

Author:
Testudini
Posts: 3262

For me, it's a great and wonderful thing for me to look forward to in the dark days some call "mid-week". Yes, LBP is a great thing! But I don't take it too far.2010-03-23 21:44:00

Author:
The Gentleman
Posts: 360

LBP could cure addictions actually, I wonder if Tiger Woods knows about LBP.....2010-03-23 22:13:00

Author:
Bloo_boy
Posts: 1019

^ lols. yea, maybe it could be like an alternative addiction...2010-03-23 22:20:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

LBP could cure addictions actually, I wonder if Tiger Woods knows about LBP.....

Is Tiger Woods and potatoes the only thing you talk about? 		2010-03-24 00:03:00

Author:
Doopz
Posts: 5592

potatoes are good. like golf. and half black half asian men. lets be friends 2010-03-24 00:25:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

hi, im Darous... and im addicted to LBP.

yes... verry. this doesnt effect my personal life, but it just makes me wish there was a meme on lbp (not talking about survivals).

the idea of making (almost) unlimeted amounts of flying fried chicken is just to good to pass up.		2010-03-25 20:34:00

Author:
vergildmcking
Posts: 190

wow. lots of flying fried chicken. unlimited is more than 3, and more than 52010-03-25 22:28:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

Everything in moderation.

Self control is a good thing.		2010-03-25 22:32:00

Author:
schm0
Posts: 1239

good policy to abide by. I think lbp is a good thing as long as its an outlet, and doesnt make ur wife leave you2010-03-25 22:50:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

Everything in moderation.

The problem with moderation is that it's so incessantly boring...

Plus how do you know how much is too much until you push it right to the limits? It's easy to have enough self control to do things in moderation, it's far more difficult, challenging and rewarding to ride the knife edge of excess in everything than do it all in moderation 		2010-03-25 22:56:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

have you ever read "Picture of Dorian Gray"? there is a quote from that book almost exactly like what you said. "Nothing is worse than moderation" is what the character Lord Henry says, and he lives by that rule.2010-03-25 23:03:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

I saw the film? Does that count?? Please don't throw things at me, I'm sure the film is nowhere near as good as the book, but I don't like to make those kinds of comparisons TBH.

I must admit, I come up short in the hedonism race when compared to Dorian Gray, which is most certainly a good thing 		2010-03-25 23:42:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

ive never seen the movie as it was never released in the USA but i hear it was good. frankly, i dont care if the book was better... movies have less reading lol2010-03-26 01:35:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

(btt please)

lol... im pretty sure that most people who play lbp dont have a wife... maybe a waifu. XD (no offence to anyone.)

i will say this. the thought of making somthing form your dreams, has been one of man's greatest wishes. lbp gives us that wish. my wish was to be able to make my own game, lbp gives me half of what i want in a heartbeat.

honestly, i hate people who rant over games that they have not played yet, and tons of people have ranted why lbp sucks and they havent played it. so yeah... kill them. XD		2010-03-26 02:28:00

Author:
vergildmcking
Posts: 190

kill them with (almost) unlimited flying fried chicken?2010-03-26 02:31:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

mmmmmm, a friend once told me that 'gaming is not a habit, it's a way of life' lol ehheeemmm stephanie..

but hell yeah im addicted		2010-03-26 02:46:00

Author:
Unreal_Styrofoam
Posts: 99

it kindof becomes a way of life for some.2010-03-26 02:47:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

I'm not addicted, because i play other games too.
I'm addicted to the internet, however. 		2010-03-26 10:02:00

Author:
Flame Dragon
Posts: 312

The problem with moderation is that it's so incessantly boring...

Plus how do you know how much is too much until you push it right to the limits?

Source: http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/video-game-addiction-no-fun


Defining Addiction

While most people associate addiction with substances, such as drugs or alcohol, doctors recognize addictive behaviors as well. In a WebMD feature on the definition of addiction, psychiatrist Michael Brody, MD, set forth the following criteria:

1. The person needs more and more of a substance or behavior to keep him going.
2. If the person does not get more of the substance or behavior, he becomes irritable and miserable.

Young says compulsive gaming meets these criteria, and she has seen severe withdrawal symptoms in game addicts. "They become angry, violent, or depressed. If [parents] take away the computer, their child sits in the corner and cries, refuses to eat, sleep, or do anything."


It's easy to have enough self control to do things in moderation, it's far more difficult, challenging and rewarding to ride the knife edge of excess in everything than do it all in moderation

There is nothing more satisfying to me than coming home after a long day at work, hang out with my daughter, pay the bills, make some dinner, do the chores and after all of that be able to sit down and do nothing other than relax in front of the boob tube.

What you describe seems entirely easy to me. Unless you were being sarcastic...? Not trying to start an argument, just trying to understand what you said. If you're losing sleep, being late for work, or neglecting your friends and family because of a video game, you may have a problem. Thus, everything in moderation.

And this article just popped up in my morning news feed: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/25/online.gaming.addiction/index.html		2010-03-26 15:25:00

Author:
schm0
Posts: 1239

kill them with (almost) unlimited flying fried chicken?

for the good of mankind. (you know me so well jack.)		2010-03-26 17:40:00

Author:
vergildmcking
Posts: 190

ive been watching lol jk... for now...2010-03-26 21:07:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806

"Suffering" from LBP addiction is like suffering from making too much money. I'm addicted to LBP. LBP is the best game ever.2010-04-28 12:12:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


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