are you addicted?

[ieatbabbies]

i made a thread on the forums of another website thats just a giant list of things that tells you your addicted to a game. the list is extremely long so im gonna do it in multiple posts...

1 ) You've had at least one intervention concerning your World of Warcraft play.
2 ) You own at leat 3 articals of clothing featuring games.
3 ) The only music you like is in video games
4 ) You concider gaming to be an essential part of the day, over-riding sleep, Eating and Bathroom Breaks.
5 ) You get mad because someone wants something from you while you are playing any game.
6 ) You name your children names like Pikachu and Snake and Zelda.
7 ) when you're without your gameboy/ds you feel naked.
8 ) you compair gamer callouses with your friends and you have the biggest ones.
9 ) You emphatically insist you have a life outside gaming, yet you are still sitting infront of you computer/system.
10 ) You notice gamer jokes on TV and get them.
11 ) You've been playing any game for 5 years.
12 ) Every surface of your room is covered with plasic video game characters.
13 ) You've played every pokemon game, and continue to play them, even though the story's gotten old and stale (like about 5 years ago) - inspired by scifihero
14 ) you eagerly await the release of Halo 4.
15 ) You want every system ever released so you can play the old school games on their original console.
16 ) you own all of the New Generation game systems.
17 ) If you've ever played through a game series only to realise you hate it.
18) Your attention span is too little to read long lists. - submitted by Exclusive
19 ) when you sleep, you dream about the game your playing and imagining you in it - subitted by Lefeon
20 ) you've ever looked at a patch of tall grass and wondered what Pokemon lurk there. then you try to figure it out based on recent game expirience.
21 ) You've come home to find folks waiting for you and your responce is, "Damn, I forgot to spray for visitors.... Where are my SMGs?"
22 ) you have carpal tunnel syndrome. (the one that is in your hands/arm from being at comp 24/7 - submitted by drevin
23 ) you've given more than one Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death"
24 ) You cant learn to play real guitar because you are too used to playing guitar hero
25 ) you're willing play Ms Pacman because it's the only game in the laundromat
26 ) you own enough gamer cloting to wear an entire outfit of it
27 ) Youve gerry-riged an Xbox (original) controler so you can use it to play games on you PC
28 ) you're not sure exactly where all your games are at this moment....
29 ) you're blind but that only slows you daown a little - dedicated to WishMakerJirachi <3
30 ) You're in your 80's and you can kick butt with the best of them
31 ) You are not married because you're too buisy playing games to meet someone. And even if you did want go out with someone, all the available people you're interested in are too buisy playing games - submitted by drevin enhanced by Zamizi
32 ) You can't go one sentence without alluding to an online or video game. - submitted by drevin
33 ) you have 2 tvs and a computer set up in the same area, and you play games on all of them at the same time.
34 ) you've ever created an arcade console for any game system
35 ) on your DS, both slots have games in them at all times
36 ) you start wearing your favorite video game character's costume for Halloween. - submitted by MasterMaz
37 ) you relate to more than 5 of the items on this list
38 ) youve woken the neibors at 3 am with Halo 3 on your suround sound turned to max volume
39 ) youve woken the neibors at 3 am with Super Mario on your suround sound turned to max volume
40 ) youve woken the neibors at 3 am with Final Fantacy on your suround sound turned to max volume
41 ) you see yourself at 90 wandering around looking for the save game spot
42 ) you have one or more parent getting on your case about your room but your too buisy playing games to do anything about it
43 ) when your away from a system too long you start going through withdrawls wich symptoms include anxiety, twitchins of your thumb and first two fingers, and constant wory about what might be going on while your gone. - submitted by scifihero (sounds like he's having animal crossing flashbacks )
**44 - 64 sumitted by dragon waker **
44 ) You think you can play a real guitar because you can play Guitar Hero on Expert.
45 ) You have multiple Gameboys/Nintendo DS systems so you can trade between your multiple Pokemon games.
46 ) You got a complete Pokedex on a Pokemon game without cheating.
47 ) You know every glitch to a video game.
48 ) You have a printed certificate that says you have completed your Pokedex.
49 ) You have a permanent Triforce tattoo on the back of your hand.
50 ) You still have and use an E Reader.(E Readers and E Reader cards were discontinued)
51 ) You have the the old school Nintendo Power Magazines.
52 ) You been to the Pokemon Center in Japan or New York City.
53 ) You turned a Nintendo Entertainment System into a computer.
54 ) You have recorded old video game commercial.
55 ) You have a Nintendo Cereal System box.(Extra points if there is still cereal in it.)
56 ) You have bought a non video game item just because there was a video game character in it.
57 ) You got a Happy Meal at McDonald's because the toy in it was based on a video game.
58 ) You know multiple easter eggs hidden in video games.
59 ) You have attended a E3 convention.
60 ) You watch the G4 channel.
61 ) You have a replica Master Sword made out of steel.
62 ) You have the 23 karat gold Pokemon cards.
63 ) You beaten Contra without a Game Genie or the Konami Code.
64 ) You know the Konami Code.
65 ) You know what "turtle tapping" is.
66 ) You talk to the game characters, they talk back... - submitted by Envy111
67 ) you've ever bought a game just because it was released my a particular developer.
68 ) you have G4 marked as a channel favorite.
69 ) you watched more than 5 minutes of any game con or game release party on G4
70 ) you only stood 4 hours in line for Halo 3 because you were amongst the first people there
71 ) you use your favorit character name for everything
72 ) you change you name to something like Cloud, Snake or Master Chief
73 ) you have fantacies about you fav game
74 ) your home page is the login page for TPPCRPG
75 ) half the movies you own have something to do with video games
76 ) your facebook/email/myspace/any online site password/login name has something to do with videogames - submitted by dblade
77 ) You are subscribed to more than 5 game-related forums/websites. - submitted by Serissa
78 ) You daily check information about new releases. - submitted by Serissa
79 ) You have waited for more than 5 hours in line for a game/console. - submitted by Serissa
80 ) you wake up every morning with hands feeling like concrete - submitted by Xero
81 ) you've broken a bone playing a game of any kind
82 ) you're not exactly sure how many games you own and what they are.
83 ) batteries, even the best ones, only last 2 days in your wireless controlers
84 ) you've done an entire series of art based on a game
85 ) You've created a Web page for you fav game
86 ) all of your posters are from games you've bought
87 ) you've broken your foot dropping the power suply for your Xbox 360 on it.
88 ) you have several sets of speakers, all hooked to a game system
89 ) your favorite music artist is contracted to write for you favorite game series and you think you died and went to heaven.
90 ) When you try to play the Super mario theme song on a real guitar----- and yes i am actually doing that now - submitted by MasterMaz
91 ) Stopped and wonder where the load button is, only to realize that real life sucks, for lacking this feature. -submitted by Andone
92 ) Tried using the "go back to ship/home" function from Knights of the Old Republic, wile being on the street. - submitted by Andone
93 ) you type "coc balmora" on your wireless keybaord while all you stuff is off and wonder why you didnt actually go anywhere - inspired by Andone

[Sidorio]

You're supposed to credit whover you thieved that from.

[ieatbabbies]

94 ) you have ever bought a game system just because a game you love moved to that system (ie: pokemon from gba to ds) - submitted by scifihero
95 ) you Actually read the manual! - submitted by ferny 654
96 ) You find a way to travel through time, just so you can play Halo 3 when your mum says you shouldn't - submitted by ferny 654
97 ) You surf the internet on your Wii instead of your computer. - Submitted by dragon waker
98 ) You have at least 10 games on your Virtual console. - Submitted by dragon waker
99 ) You played a multiplayer video game with 2 or more controllers. - Submitted by dragon waker
100! ) You use the Konami code on at least 10 different video games. - Submitted by dragon waker
101 ) when you put down your controller your hand is stuck in the shape of the controler - Submitted by scifihero
102 ) you write wow poetry and think your deep - Submitted by scifihero
103 ) you have any video game related tatooes - Submitted by scifihero
104 ) You have a funeral for your broken game console.- Submitted by dragon waker
105 ) When you're in a conflict with someone you beat them up and when they're almost unconscious you use friendship to solve it.- Submitted by dragon waker
106 ) you've tried to use your controler as a mouse or vice versa.
107 ) anything you encounter in life in general you can think of a game situation to fit it
108 ) you're snobby because you've played almost every game available
109 ) you wish there was a copy glitch in real life - submitted by scifihero
110 ) When someone asks you who your best friend is you say sparx the dragonfly lol - submitted by mysticdragon234
111 ) If you ever bought the Wii keychain - submitted by mbzldjrtx
112 ) If you have never been out your house for a month - submitted by mbzldjrtx
113 ) If you ever weared the wrist strap on your Wii remote when you are not playing. - submitted by mbzldjrtx
114 ) your players guides are all well worn and have pages falling out
115 ) You've killed more than 3 controlers for one system
116 ) you own the max nuber of controlers you can play at one time on any given system.
117 ) when you bought dimond or peral you logged over 300 hours in the first month (my thumbs still hurt) - submitted by scifihero
118 ) You've made a list of 118+ things that gamers can relate to with the help of friends and others on a game site's message boards.
119 ) You must have a game available to play with you at all times
120 ) 75% of your free time is taken for games.
121 ) you go around humming songs from various video games. - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
122 ) You actually posted on this thread. - submitted by hustla13
123 ) You play every game you can and like it no matter how much it sucks - submitted by Ichigo Uzumaki
124 ) You own more than 3 different type of trading card games. And play them all. - submitted by Serissa
125 ) You own 5000+ cards of any collectable card game. - inspired by Serissa
126 ) Extra points if you're still getting more. - submitted by Serissa
127 ) You have kids and they are just as much game junkies as you are.
128 ) If you don't, you want to. - submitted by Serissa
129 ) You have kids and _they_ actually tell you you play too much video games. - submitted by Serissa
130 ) you get hooked on a game you thought you'd never play because one of your kids suggested you try it.
131 ) you start gaining weight because you are to lazy to play sports.... - submitted by MasterMaz
132 ) you start Getting the controllers greasy.... - submitted by MasterMaz
133 ) you play wii sports to excersise. - submitted by MasterMaz
*new*
134 ) You sing game music when you're happy
135 ) you cant rest until you've figured out how to beat a game you've been working on for months knowing you almost at the end.
136 ) You can look at almost anything and say - "I think I've played that video game!" (inspired by the new Indianna Jones movie)
137 ) you make jokes that only other gamers seem to get.
138 ) You spent a signifigant amout of time reading a list of game obsessions - inspited by BuBBa
139 ) your ringtone on your phone comes from various video games -- submitted by WishMakerJirachi
140 ) you have a whole garbage bag full of the burger king pokemon things from 10 years ago -- submitted by WishMakerJirachi
141 ) your ipod, mp3 player etc only consist of video game music -- submitted by WishMakerJirachi
143 ) you have two entire sketchbooks full of video game characters -- submitted by WishMakerJirachi
144 ) You call your Mom "Naruto" and your dog "Quilfish" by accident. (i was very tired OKAY) - submitted by vampiricus
145 )Even though your boyfriend/girlfriend lives x amount of miles from you and you only see him/her every other weekend, you still play video 146 ) games at his/her house. - submitted by CrucifiX
147 )When you lose, you shut the game off because of frusteration - submitted by 82dialgailir
148 ) When you are about to lose, you turn the game off so it doesn't appear in your records [if the game has records] - submitted by 82dialgailir
149 ) You know your addicted to a video game if you Cosplay a character from your favorite series.. - submitted by Cyanide Kisses
150 !! ) you are too buisy playing games to post in your thread about video game obssesion XD
151 ) You'd rather play videogames then go out on a date with Angelina Jolie(Guys) or Viggo Mortinson(Girls) - Submitted by Ichigo Uzamzki
152 ) You hear a few strains of music from a fav game that you cant rest untill you've played the game.
153 ) You play a game for the graphics and not the storyline. - Submitted by Ichigo Uzamzki
154 ) the first time you play a game you set it on it's lowest difficulty just to run quickly through the story line.
155 ) if you've ever played a game you've already beaten just to get screen shots.
156 ) play for long periods of hours ._. (zomg! this is so bland but I'm adding it anyway )
157 ) you create a thread about video game addiction and you wrote and relate to more than half the entries - submitted by trecoolNimrod
158 ) You are picky about a video game and are able to point out multiple bad things about it. - submitted by 82dialgailir
159 ) You wish that real life had several save game files so you can pick and choose what you want to do that particular day. - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
160 ) if you dream of video Games in your sleep - submitted by trecoolNimrod
161 ) (When you are in primary school) At recess, you pretend to be a video game character and pretend to go threw an adventure from a video games. Extra points if you play it with fellow video game addicts. - submitted by 82dialgailir
162 ) you pretend you are playing in a video game, only it's lunch time at high school.
163 ) You bring a handheld system to school - submitted by 82dialgailir
164 ) you've been expelled from school for playing games in class
165 ) You hog the game console at the nearest Game station at the local mall. - submitted by Naven
166 ) You've had security called on you because you wouldnt let anyone else play
167 ) youre to busy with this site that you actually read every last one of the threads on the forum - submitted by juggernaut
168 ) You bring a console to school and try to convince the teacher it's a learning tool - submitted by Meteora enhanced by Zamizi
169 ) you go through major surgury but it doesnt stop you from playing games within 8 hours.
169 ) if you play them A LOT. Get it? Get it? Cause..you're addicteded, so you play..like...a lot...GET IT?!?!?!?!?!?!?! - submitted by shearm
170. ) you pay a surgeon to do plastic surgeon on you just sow you can look like youre favorite game character- submitted by juggernaut
171 ) you buy chips and other snacks you can't stand, stuff you may even be allergic to, just because it has Mario or some other video game character on the wrapper somewhere. - submitted by scifihero
172 ) you do not own a single shirt, pair of pants, socks, underwear or other piece of clothing that doesn't have some video game logo or character on it. - submitted by scifihero

[ieatbabbies]

173 ) the sequel to a game you only kinda liked just cane out, you're out of cash, what do you do? If the only right answer is sell blood then, yep, you're an addict ;[ - submitted by scifihero
174 ) If you have a bed spread with a hand stitched design of a video game character.
175 ) if you have stickers of any and all video game heros on all the furnature in your room
176 ) if you have posters of all the video game villans on the walls of your room
177 ) If you get a custom liconse plate with the name of a game character
178 ) You have sun catchers of the different color yoshies.
179 ) You have windchimes with pokemon on them
180 ) You have a cell phone with screen shots from different games set as your backgrounds.
181 ) You have a screen shot from your favorite game as the background on your computer.
182 ) You have the best fight sceen of one of your games as the screen saver of your computer.
183 ) You make pictures of pokemon, Mario,and yoshies on the MS. Paint program on your computer then send them to all your friends.
184 ) If you sculpt random characters and game systems then put them on display
185 ) You get your sick siblings who arent well to handpaint and draw pictures of your favorite characters and make em stick it on teh walls. - submitted by Naven
186 ) Your nickname is DK(Donkey Kong). Lawl. - submitted by BuBBa
187 ) If you edit wikipedia for fun - submitted by Meteora
188 ) If you constantly spill stuff on your keyboard - submitted by Meteora
189 ) If you've ever taken the time to write a tppc user-created guide - submitted by Meteora
190 ) you dedicate 5 hours a day searching through wiki for video game pages, then editing them all for accuracy - submitted by scifihero
191 ) When your dog's name is Eevee - submitted by vampiricus
192 ) If you have assigned days to wear video game apparel - submitted by Sariace
193 ) when you manage to stop wearing your gamer clothing long enough to wash them, you make a mess of the laundry room getting them back.
194 ) your dog does something bad and the only thing you can find to swat it with is a game manual/game magazine/strategy guide. -- submitted by Joey (my youngest son)
195 ) every animal you have ever owned is named after your favorite game characters - submitted by scifihero
186 ) you had your name legally changed to your favorite screen name - submitted by scifihero
197 ) you have so totally beaten all your games that you could write and publish a 300 page strategy guide for each and every one - submitted by scifihero
198 ) you can, and plan to, do as the previous reason states - submitted by scifihero
199 ) When you have a Ds, a Psp, several game cartridges and game guides, a computer, and an xbox 360 within reaching distance all at the same time. - submitted by Aleut
200!! ) Whenever you check the mailbox everyday for the next Game Informer. - submitted by Tain
201 ) You collect a certain Pokemon on all Pokemon games/rpg's. Eevee perhaps. - submitted by BuBBa
202 ) Someone asks you "What's your favorite pass time" and you say "Driving an Elcipse at 200 miles an hour" - submitted by Ichigo Uzumaki
203 ) You love to blow people up any chance you get - submitted by Ichigo Uzumaki
204 ) You visit the Aracade more than once a month - submitted by Ichigo Uzumaki
205 ) Assassin's Creed is the best game ever in your opinion and anyone who disagrees must die. - submitted by Ichigo Uzumaki
206 ) You post in this thread more than twice - submitted by Ichigo Uzumaki
207 ) You play Dragon Ball Z as Evil Villians and beat the crap out of Goku and the good guys - submitted TriShocker
208 ) the only time you use a mobile phone is to play games on it. - submitted dark shadows
209 ) you have button shapped callouses on your fingers - submitted scifihero
210 ) you taught your self to play with your toes so you can double team your opponents (someone actually did this for halo, saw it on the news a while ago) - submitted scifihero
211 ) When signing something you often "accidentally" write your favorite character's name. - submitted scifihero
212 ) your profile on Black (ps2) has over 5000 headshots (i guess im addicted lol!) - submitted GlockMatic
213 ) you finish a game and say "thats it?" - submitted GlockMatic
214 ) You have a stickey thread even thought you're not a moderator. - submitted Jrobillon
215 ) You get your younger sibling to train for your while you're busy at school/work. - submitted Jrobillon
216 ) You get furiated when a lag occurs. - submitted Jrobillon
217 ) You make a mistake in real life and think to yourself "That's alright. I'll just revert to last save point." - submitted FireRose
217 ) You dream about video games while you're sleeping and if you die in the video game that's in your dream, you yell out-"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" and awaken, always considering that as your worst, most horrifying dream. - submitted by Ashley 0
218 ) You're a mother and instead of flowers for Mother's Day or Valentine's Day, you hope for a new game or game system - submitted by Ashley 0
219 ) If you have your Wii Remote next to your bed - submitted by Rook2King
220 ) you say epic, for the win, for the loss, and WTF (spelling it out) normal conversation. - submitted by ChicNStu
221 ) you spend 8 hours making a full detailed hand drawn picture of Samus Aran's Power Suit - submitted by Grodus
222 ) you spend most of your time thinking up your own gyms and stratigies to beat them, - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
223 ) you daydream about what the ultimate video game would be - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
224 ) you wish there was every version of every video game for every console - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
225 ) you would own them all if that ever happened, - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
226 ) you think of new dule types for pokemon - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
227 ) you have an entire drive of your computer dedicated to nothing but yours and others video game fanfiction. - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
228 ) you someday dream about making your own video game - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
229 ) you plan on taking a video game design class at your college. - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
230 ) When you have at least 5 controllers for any system you own and even though three of them don't work you keep them anyway. - submitted by Ichigo Uzumaki
231 ) When you contributed at least 10 entries in 1 post. - submitted by dragon waker
232 ) When there is a giant line for a new video game you wait in it for hours. - submitted by dragon waker
233 ) Or you tried to sneak to the front of the line using a cardboard box. - submitted by dragon waker
234 ) Your insecure that someone else relates to more of these symptoms than you. - submitted by dragon waker
235 ) When you contributed the most entries to this topic. - submitted by dragon waker
236 ) When one of your gaming consoles died, you buried it.(extra points if there was a funeral) - submitted by dragon waker
237 ) You attended a video game console funeral. - submitted by dragon waker
238 ) You subscribe to all the gaming magazines, even if you can't understand them sometimes - submitted by WishMakerJirachi
239 ) You hang out in a game forum or chat room even though you're buisy doing other things.
240 ) you say "Battle,net's Legendary Lag" to a group of people and they know what you're talking about,

Last ) None of these entries sound strange/unusual to you. - submitted by Serissa

feel free to add

[ratchet103]

i only got until 8... oh and to 7: psp ftw

[ieatbabbies]

i didnt thieve it from anyone, i made it, just on a different website.

[Aryk]

Do you expect us to reply to all of that?

[Mz-frost95-fr]

That's an enormous list.

WOWOWOWOWOW.

[Lazyfeet]

I don't think anyone will actually do this quiz unfortunately.

[DasUberCow]

Denmark is definetly going to win at elephant polo next year.

[Gatling]

Delicious copypasta.

[ClickToPlay]

Why don't you just ask us what we are addicted to..?

Cigarettes.

[nataSNoose]

"All i read was "games,games,games"
is this about being obsessive or about a other addictions?
TL;DR

[Castilveinya]

Longest post I have ever seen.

[Sidorio]

At 9/21/08 02:55 PM, ieatbabbies wrote: i didnt thieve it from anyone, i made it, just on a different website.

Oh, well in that case you have far too much spare time.

[ratchet103]

you're addicted because: you wasted all your time to post this on different websites.

now go kill yourself

[Castilveinya]

At 9/21/08 02:59 PM, ratchet103 wrote: you're addicted because: you wasted all your time to post this on different websites.

now go kill yourself

Fail.

[snapper5]

i only read the last to

asking for a lock dosn't make it happen

[Puzzled]

i guess its sorta true

[Rohedin]

Oww, christ man, I smashed my head against that massive wall of text. I'm not going through all of that.

[igott]

yes, i am addicted to gaming.

[krazykangaroo]

alright i read the first hundred reasons, and then i saw more and more?! Are you fucking kidding me?
Seriously you are more of a nerd than anyone here just cos u made all that shit for no reason!

[Gunkster]

Wall of text crits for 10k damage.

tl;dr

[Zack]

Fuck, I failed at number 1.

[kenki]

Sorry but tl;dr.

[Raconteur]

When your post is so long that you need to split it up into 3 parts, you know there's something wrong.