hughesa1 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 When you are really in to the game (which I haven't since 2005 (2007 weren't too bad), nothing in your real life matters. It does not matter that you haven't got a job or haven't got any friends or haven't got a girlfriend, it does not matter that you have an assignment that has to be in soon, it does not matter that you have something else to do, all that matters is Football Manager. I believe Football Manager, like a drug, can ruin people's lives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysrovers Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Its certainly addictive - even foregoing sleep to play it sometimes, although I dont get to play it so much the gf is here....saying that she reads, and I have said fine, i will play fm if you are allowed to read, she reluctantly agreed....always asks how I am doing though - nice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich74 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 no it does not drugs are a very diffrent thing to playing a computer game get a grip of yourself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysrovers Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 no it does not drugs are a very diffrent thing to playing a computer game get a grip of yourself Another 15 year old with an IQ the same as his age Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich74 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Another 15 year old with an IQ the same as his age who the hell you talking to you little keyboard warrior Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesa1 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 who the hell you talking to you little keyboard warrior That makes 2 keyboard warriors then... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich74 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 That makes 2 keyboard warriors then... i did not start anything it is just outrages to compare football manager to drugs, then some plonker wants to insult me I'm no keyboard warrior Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I recently created a poll, which you can see here - http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/251201-Do-you-feel-addicted-to-or-obsessed-with-Football-Manager?p=6465666 I'll repeat one of my post in there below: So approximately 66% of us are addicted whilst almost 7% believe it to be out of control. The amount of people who say that the addiction is impacting upon their lives (or worse) is at least 27%. Around 76% actually describe themselves as addicted or obsessed! Should the game come with a health warning or what! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesa1 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 i did not start anything it is just outrages to compare football manager to drugs, then some plonker wants to insult me I'm no keyboard warrior What I meant when I compared it to drugs was that people get addicted to drugs and people get addicted to football manager. And like drugs, nothing else matters except getting your next 'fix', and the 'fix' in football manager terms would be just loading up a saved game. You get up of a morning, turn on the computer and load up that saved game. Leaving your chair for the odd snack and toilet only. Nothing matters except the game. Like when people are on drugs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich74 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 i see where your coming from but my cousin died from a drugs overdose last year and i just wish to god he was addicted to FM instead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesa1 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 I currently am not addicted to the game itself. I haven't been addicted since 2005 (2006 no, but 2007 maybe). However, I still install the game every couple of weeks and then uninstall after less than an hour when I realise I am not going to get out of it what I intended. This is my addiction. I have just asked Steam to delete FM2011 from my account permanently as I have uninstalled/reinstalled it at least 20 times (this is my addiction I suppose). I tried to find fm05 but cannot and I have just this second downloaded fm07 which I am going to install and will probably uninstall after an hour or so. Sad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesa1 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 I think FM is closer to simulating being a drug addict than it is being a football manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bicycle Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Would you sell all your belongings to play FM? Would you prostitute yourself to play FM? Do you get serious withdrawal symptoms when you don't play the game for an extended period of time? No? Thought not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coentrao Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 There are many addictive games and this is one of them.. the MMO's like WoW can be worse in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesa1 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Would you sell all your belongings to play FM?No because the game only cost £29.99 and only has to be purchase once. Would you prostitute yourself to play FM? No because the game only cost £29.99 and only has to be purchase once. Do you get serious withdrawal symptoms when you don't play the game for an extended period of time? Yes, nothing matters except reinstalling this game. No? Thought not. Just like the game is never going to fully simulate being a football manager, I did not state that it fully simulates being a drug addict. It is close in some aspects. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedezinho Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Nope, not for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindhoffen Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Sorry to say but the OP is a blatant troll and an idiot. Go back into your cave troll and stay there this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
immateriaux Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I recommend you go become addicted to drugs first, then compare. I expect you will be less likely to make such a ridiculous ****ing comparison at that point but we'll see. Come back in six to eight months and less us know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Wow. Seriously if FM comes anywhere close to simulating being a drug addict, then get a sodding grip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilmorrison Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Obvious troll is obvious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz32 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 For me, the benchmark of an addiction is whether or not you would choose it over our most basic natural desire, sex. And no, I would never choose Football Manager, as much as I love it, over sex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesa1 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 There's nothing troll about this topic. The only people saying that have never been addicted to FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slawbawn Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I actually missed a deadline for an assignment cause of FM once. I got into it a wee bit too much, completed a season and went to bed. Went to college the next day to find out that my assignment was due and I hadn't finished it. Oops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAmGory Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 When you are really in to the game (which I haven't since 2005 (2007 weren't too bad), nothing in your real life matters. It does not matter that you haven't got a job or haven't got any friends or haven't got a girlfriend, it does not matter that you have an assignment that has to be in soon, it does not matter that you have something else to do, all that matters is Football Manager. I believe Football Manager, like a drug, can ruin people's lives. You'll find that games, TV, Drugs, Alcohol and many other things are like this. It's not football manager but a persons personality. I would argue that games like World of Warcraft are much worse but any game can be like this. Games are mentally addictive, i'd be interested if you were attempting to say it was physical too like drug dependancy. Bottom line is if you have problems like this due to FM, its your life pushing you into a hiding place as a coping mechanism, not the game itself. It just happens to be one you can get into the most. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlm_77 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 FM is NOTHING like a drug which is addictive. Addiction -'the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma' HABIT - 'an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary' More of a habit imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM1000 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Football Manager destroyed my life. My wife left me, so did my two children. I lost my job, my friends, i lost everything. At first i played 2-3 hours a day without much micro management, i let the assistant take care of things. But after my addiction grew i played more and more. I even manged the reserves and under 20's squad and before you know it, i started to watch full matches and analyse the highlights after each match. I went to rehab about 6 moths ago and cleaned up my act. I still play though but no more than 30 minutes a day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdanio Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I can stop smoking whenever I like. I just can't stop the FM. It's not far from a drug at all but the OP is a massive WUM. Avoid at all costs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Being addicted would suggest that you no longer enjoy it and simply play it just because you have to. I think everyone of us would stop playing FM if we stopped enjoying it. But we do enjoy it, just a lot, so we choose to continue to play it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I don't think the OP had any intent to compare drug addiction with FM addiction...he's perma banned anyways so I guess we'll never know. Some people really overreacted (understand rick74's position tho). The title is just worded a little badly. If anyone has an addiction with anything, you got serious problems... I love playing FM, but I got my priorities - family and friends. FM is dead, family and friends aren't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriss Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 It's a silly thread, or rather FM addiction could be discussed much more rationally than it is being here. So closed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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