Forced afk (I can't think of a better title)
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I do say that. Then I get "HAND ME THE GODDAMN REMOTE!" or similarCocal said:
They are downstairs from me and the remote is only slightly out of reaching distance
You'll probably learn to appreciate them once they're out of your life. The other day, I let myself get the crap beat out of me in street fighter to take a call from my mom, just to catch up with her. When games don't have pause buttons, life interrupts every once in a while, and that's okay.
If you didn't get out of the digital world every once in a while, however inconveniently, you'd be in the Matrix.
And don't feel stupid. We all have these thoughts at some point in our life, when we're lucky enough to have parents/guardians in those turbulent teenage years.
If you didn't get out of the digital world every once in a while, however inconveniently, you'd be in the Matrix.
And don't feel stupid. We all have these thoughts at some point in our life, when we're lucky enough to have parents/guardians in those turbulent teenage years.
Grow some balls, when my dad threatened to take my xbox away I told him to do it. I just spent more time working out, writing, reading, escapisting. Parents are retarted, just let them do what they want, they want to come from a good place but they dont know how.
If they want you to pay them back, just give them back the computer. Find a job, or sell some shit on ebay.
If they want you to pay them back, just give them back the computer. Find a job, or sell some shit on ebay.
To be fair, I can sort of understand where your parents are coming from. Assuming of course, that you had neglected a few chores that they had asked you to do earlier, then their complaints are fairly valid. Well, except for the payback bit obviously. Of course, I suppose they could demand payment for the computer since they got it for you, but if you really bought all of your games, then they don't really have any right to ask payment for something that you bought with you own money. (And besides, to the best of my knowledge, no store will ever refund/trade back a used PC game for any reason)
On the other hand, if your parents just tore you away from the keyboard to rag your ear on about how anything they deem unnecessary is a waste of money. If this is is the case, you could respond with the following: what about the TV then? Or the selection of board games? Or your golf set/ fishing rods, Dad? (okay, I'm working off of stereotypes, but you get the point) Or the DVD/VHS/Blu-Ray/HD DVD player? How are those necessary? And, you know, in some circles, your jewelry/watches aren't necessary either. In other circles, certain brands of clothing are not merely unnecessary, but they are also highly offensive. In short, you can point at just about anything that you or your parents own and you will invariably find someone who thinks it is a waste of time, money, and space.
On the other hand, if your parents just tore you away from the keyboard to rag your ear on about how anything they deem unnecessary is a waste of money. If this is is the case, you could respond with the following: what about the TV then? Or the selection of board games? Or your golf set/ fishing rods, Dad? (okay, I'm working off of stereotypes, but you get the point) Or the DVD/VHS/Blu-Ray/HD DVD player? How are those necessary? And, you know, in some circles, your jewelry/watches aren't necessary either. In other circles, certain brands of clothing are not merely unnecessary, but they are also highly offensive. In short, you can point at just about anything that you or your parents own and you will invariably find someone who thinks it is a waste of time, money, and space.
Well then, to step right up and answer your questions from the original post:hopeneverdies said:
Yes I think it is fair, when you are AFK you're impinging on other peoples playtime and entertainment (I always liked how quake would have you killable even when you were in the menu screen). No matter what the reason is (parents, school, work, whatever - I usually go AFK when the pizza man comes to the door), if you are gone for an extended period of time you are harming your team members, and potentially making it easier for the enemy.
On the topic of your parents house law, there are two thoughts I have - the first is that they have to pay for your computer, your internet, your power, your food, your water, your heating, your cooling, your clothes (I could keep going but I know you get what I'm saying), so if they want to start making you responsible for non-essentials, it will be a great life experience. Ok so you don't have a job, this is a good excuse to go out and get one (even if it means being detrimental to your social life - take the advice of someone 4 years out of school - high school social life means shit afterwards, you can party anywhere with anyone). The other thought is that it is just for entertainment - if your parents have to nag you to get off the console or pc to do something you should have done already, that's your fault not theirs. I know not a single middle teens individual (myself included when I was that age) who doesn't have the brains to remember the shit they're meant to do - we just don't want to.
My parents are much like yours, they constantly ask me for help doing simple things. So, being the lazy bastard I am, I wrote them the fucking manual (so now they can RTFM
). I took screen shots and I wrote down key sequences of all the things they would need to do. I keep the pages in a 2 ring binder, and every time they ask me a new question, I do the same thing and add it to the binder for them. They don't complain, and I don't get calls.If your parents want some quality helpdesk support, my rates are $120 AU an hour, and you have to make an international call, but I'll do it. Parents are easy to deal with, mine or anyone else's. You just have to know how to manipulate them.
And I totally agree, it just seems a bit much for me to pay for over a sixteen year lifespan and I rarely buy things anyway. if it were possible to get a job because I have no form of transport that could get me anywhere with teenage employment within a reasonable timespan because it is not legal for me to drive due to my all of a sudden poor eyesight.Gitsnik said:
No one is hiring either. And if I could do all my chores before they nag me, I would have to have the power to read minds because it is an on the spot do it when they think it up
Go mow lawns for old people, that was my first job and I did it for wages that would make the minimum wage council cry - it certainly made my chiropractor cry considering the back injuries I'd sustained from a car accident prior. If your parents are making up chores on the spot, they don't count as chores - they're things they want you to do immediately. Chores are your daily things "Feed the dogs" "Chop the wood" "Water the garden" and as such there isn't really an excuse to be forgetting them. Also, something I only nailed down in my 18th year (just before I moved out) - if there is some dirty clothes on the floor, pick them up so your mother doesn't have to. Dishes (if you know how to wash) should be done when you see them, shit like that. It's not hard, it's just everyone gets all angsty teen and doesn't bother to do this sort of thing.hopeneverdies said:
Side note: These habits are great once you get into the workplace too. Just doing things you see needing to be done (not so much in government work) can be what gets you the payrise when noone else does.
I meant that in a respond to the original question at hand sort of way. You guys shouldn't be worried about my life, and I am truly flattered, but I want your stories, to compare it to my experiences.Dart378 said:
Why don't you leave the match while you're AFK? Like, my roommate in university would go AFK for, like, twenty minutes at a time. I told him that he should just press whatever button takes him back to the map's lobby. Worst case scenario, you rejoin in five minutes. It's just better etiquette.
As for the parent issues, tell them you don't mind helping them, but when you're in the middle of a game it's rude to leave - and it's not fun for you. Remind them that they bought you the Xbox as a gift: they gave it to you, so it belongs to you. They can take away the TV, or the power, or the internet if they're paying for it, but the Xbox is yours. You might also want to remind them that you don't bother them when they're in the middle of a TV episode, phonecall, or book.
Ideally, you want to work out some kind of compromise that says, "I'm not some whiny punk kid, and you're my parents, but I want some respect myself."
As for the parent issues, tell them you don't mind helping them, but when you're in the middle of a game it's rude to leave - and it's not fun for you. Remind them that they bought you the Xbox as a gift: they gave it to you, so it belongs to you. They can take away the TV, or the power, or the internet if they're paying for it, but the Xbox is yours. You might also want to remind them that you don't bother them when they're in the middle of a TV episode, phonecall, or book.
Ideally, you want to work out some kind of compromise that says, "I'm not some whiny punk kid, and you're my parents, but I want some respect myself."
that's crap, my parents try something similar, where they lock the basement (XBOX 360, PC, Guitars and Amps) until they get home. I moved the PS2 to my room and a stratocaster and dinky little amp.
And as for your problem with your parents, I'd contemplate murder if I were you
And as for your problem with your parents, I'd contemplate murder if I were you
Since when do they allow 12 year olds on the internet? How dare you PARENTS bother you while you are doing something important like TF2! It's like, so totally unfair!hopeneverdies said:
Oh.hopeneverdies said:
OK.
In World of Warcraft, if your AFK for too long, the game just logs you out.
Always pissed me off.