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• 23 Aug 06
  

  Tan Ek Ming

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  • The fact that video games allow  people to escape reality makes them addictive. Video games allow people to get  away from certain things that cause them stress such as schoolwork. ?I?d rather  play Half-Life or Goldeneye than do my physics. School is the same everyday.  Video games are fun no matter when you play them? (Personal Interview). For many  students, school can be seen as a source of stress because of the intense  workload they are faced with daily. Video games direct their minds away from  education and veer them towards the virtual world.

    • You have a number of causes here (schoolwork, game design etc). Which is the main one? Describe the link from this to gaming addiction.
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  • Lack of responsibility causes teenagers to  be irresponsible, which causes them to exceed their maximum play time,  which finally causes their addicition to computer games.

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  • The main cause of gaming addiction is not the lack of  disipline.

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  • you would not want to feel left out. Hence, this would cause those who were  previously not playing the game, to play, so that they would not feel left out  and have a common topic to dicuss about.

    • - How does having a common topic to discuss contribute to gaming addiction? How about evidence?
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  • It is not the most significant cause that video games allow people to escape  from reality makes them addictive.

    • How about saying what is the weakness in linking video games allowing escapism to gaming addiction?
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    it is true that peer pressure will play a role. however, if a teenager has  self-disipline and is reponsible, i believe that they will not follow his or her  friends and get addicted to the games. =)

    
     

    therefore, it is a matter of self control and disipline, not peer  pressure

    • - Ecellent rebuttal:) You have shown admirable openness to concede that peer pressure will play a part but you have tried, by way of logic, to persuade that self-discipline is a sufficient cause.
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  • You cannot blame the game for the gaming addicition in  teenagers."In reality, mistakes done cannot be undone but in games, it can  be "renewed". "this is like self-deception.The lack of values should be  blame instead.

    • - What does self-deception have to do with the lack of values?
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  • was not relevant to exceeding the maximum play time from your first claim

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  • People enjoy challenges that they know can be conquered.  Successfully completing a computer game gives the user a sense of accomplishment  regardless of the difficulty. ?Nothing beats smashing up a game. It?s the  challenge that keeps you going. It feels good to win, especially against your  friend? (Personal Interview). Many games offer adjustable degrees of difficulty  for people to conquer. This keeps the person playing repeatedly even after he or  she has completed the game the first time.

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    Furthermore, video games are addictive in that they present a  world where mistakes can be undone. Inside a video game world, nothing is real.  Rules that govern reality such as death or time can be broken. If the user?s  character is defeated during game play, the character can start over. ?No one?s  perfect. I always die in Diablo. All I have to do is reset the game and  hopefully this time, I won?t make the same mistake again? (Personal Interview).  After a player is beaten by the game, the player can choose to redo the same  journey until he or she gets it right. A person can explore a virtual world over  and over which ultimately causes addiction.

    • - Much of this lot here explains the reason for something being the cause of gaming addiction. Post this under reason instead (but please summarise it!)
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  Tan Ek Ming on 2006-08-23
  You have a number of causes here (schoolwork, game design etc). Which is the main one? Describe the link from this to gaming addiction.
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  Tan Ek Ming on 2006-08-23
  - Evidence?
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  Tan Ek Ming on 2006-08-23
  - How about rebutting his/ her reason abnd evidence (using the STAR criteria).
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  Tan Ek Ming on 2006-08-23
  - How does having a common topic to discuss contribute to gaming addiction? How about evidence?
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  Tan Ek Ming on 2006-08-23
  How about saying what is the weakness in linking video games allowing escapism to gaming addiction?
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  Tan Ek Ming on 2006-08-23
  - Ecellent rebuttal:) You have shown admirable openness to concede that peer pressure will play a part but you have tried, by way of logic, to persuade that self-discipline is a sufficient cause.
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  Tan Ek Ming on 2006-08-23
  - What does self-deception have to do with the lack of values?
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  Tan Ek Ming on 2006-08-23
  - Huh????? Please clarify.
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  Tan Ek Ming on 2006-08-23
  - Much of this lot here explains the reason for something being the cause of gaming addiction. Post this under reason instead (but please summarise it!)

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