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" Shagsbeard wrote: You don't "get hooked" on gambling. You need to read up on addiction if you're going to start talking about it. Basically, the addict replaces one impulse (like hunger) with another (like success). It's not about what you are exposed to in a game, or when you pull your first drag on a cigarette. Gambling is addictive. Gambling on PoE is a whole lot more benign to an addict than gambling in a casino would be. Gambling is not "a deadly disease". To many it's a simple pastime. The deadly disease part is a mental illness, that if left untreated can be deadly. It's not the act of gambling though. It's the disease. But you can still become addicted to it, even if it's in a game. Take fusing sockets, for example. Say you have 80 fusings to make a 5L on a six-socket item. Now, if you manage to not link it within those fusings, it's more likely that you won't just give up on the item, because you've already invested so much currency into gambing at what you want. So you end up investing significantly more currency just to reach the intended result, even if it isn't worth it at that point. Last edited by lolrofllmaox on Dec 27, 2013, 3:52:35 PM	Posted by lolrofllmaox on Dec 27, 2013, 3:51:44 PM Quote this Post
So, killing monsters to get random loot is gambling now? Maybe you should stay away from ARPG games (not to mention any game with gear). At least GGG does not accept real money for random items cough ANET cough ign: SQLException dxdiag: http://pastebin.com/8WJ696Hu	Posted by stayBlind on Dec 27, 2013, 3:55:44 PM Quote this Post
I feel like the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song should start playing...	Posted by aerisod on Dec 27, 2013, 4:04:13 PM Quote this Post
Haha thats some funny stuff thanks for the laugh. lol Your child will be the first one addicted to gambling or drugs because you never taught them how to deal with it. I look forward to seeing them on the news lol	Posted by Krogothic on Dec 27, 2013, 4:04:37 PM Quote this Post
pffft the only reason to not let your kids play PoE is to keep them from being exposed to you heathens.	Posted by derbefrier on Dec 27, 2013, 4:06:40 PM Quote this Post
You guys got to be fucking joking if you are taking him seriously. Dys an sohm Rohs an kyn Sahl djahs afah Mah morn narr	Posted by Coconutdoggy on Dec 27, 2013, 4:09:15 PM Quote this Post
" BackwoodsS wrote: Did i get trolled? Ooooo you got me, who da fuq is peter? [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/pem7.png/][IMG=http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8770/pem7.png][/IMG][/URL] [IMG=http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8770/pem7.png][/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/pem7.png/] my english sux. Last edited by C1111 on Dec 27, 2013, 4:12:12 PM	Posted by C1111 on Dec 27, 2013, 4:11:16 PM Quote this Post
Guys, it's a solwitch thread. Look at his other threads, every post he makes is incoherent nonsense.	Posted by DichotomousThree on Dec 27, 2013, 4:24:26 PM Quote this Post
" Saltychipmunk wrote: gambling is damaging there is no doubt about that since it is addicting. Wrong. "Man, it's like we're fighting housewives and their equipment." - Millennium	Posted by txfirefighter on Dec 27, 2013, 4:27:48 PM Quote this Post
Children should be making Nike shoes and shirts anyway. "I mean to beat you to death, and drink your blood from a boot."	Posted by TommyTheCat on Dec 27, 2013, 4:28:24 PM Quote this Post