Okay to start, this is really about my room-mate. I'm a college student and enjoying my time here. I like to think of myself as a pretty good person when it comes to spending time online and spending time with friends. I surf, read PA, and play a few games. Now, my room mate has this game, you might of heard of it it's called Evercrack...umm...I mean Everquest. Now my room mate, let's call him Aaron. Aaron plays everquest at 3 o'clock (pm) and finally logs off about 5 o'clock (am). He doesn't leave the room for days sometimes. This has become a real problem for me, i'm an introverted person normally, which means that at the end of the day I have to have some time to myself. With him always skipping classes and playing everquest I am never alone. I go to class, go to work, hang out with friends, and come home. Everytime I am with people and I am never alone.(He uses internet to get pizza delivery) He doesn't shower, he's in bed when his classes start, and has no outside contact with anyone but me and says a couple of sentences to my friends who stop by. I ask him if he wants to hang out with me and my friends but the answer is usually "Umm...naw I have to do a corpse recovery." So the ballet of Ask and Refusal continues. Like I said before, I think of myself as a nice person and it hurts me to see a person becoming...well, a slug. Is there really anything I can do or should I just let him be and get on with my life? Since I live with the guy he is a friend, in a distant in-own-world sort of way. But lately, it has really gotten on my nerves and everytime I see him I just get disgusted from looking at him. I never thought anyone could personify the word "Nerd" other than screech from Save by the Bell. Right now I just want him to leave the room for a *GOD DAMN MINUTE* (sorry). But I the other problems I mentioned above are also getting to me. At what point should I call his parents and anonymously tell them that their son is totally wasting their money and my sanity? When is an peer intervention necessary? When should I go MAD KUNG-FU WHIPASS on him and his computer? HELP!

Sounds like he has a problem, i'm online all day at work and game(when not in classes or studying) usually from 9pm to 1am....

Just throw a sheet over him when you have come home. He probably won't even notice...lol

quote:Originally posted by mrdennison:
Sounds like he has a problem, i'm online all day at work and game(when not in classes or studying) usually from 9pm to 1am....

Just throw a sheet over him when you have come home. He probably won't even notice...lol

I'm the same way with Diablo II. My wife hasn't killed me yet, but hey, she's a nice person and I usually quit playing when she asks me to.

I would sit down and have a talk with him. He is going to really suffer later in life if he blows off school now.

I used to have a roommate like this. all he ever did was sit in chat rooms all day long. he would even tack sheets up over his windows so he would never know what time it was. his sleep schedule was so goofy that he never slept the same each night. sometimes he would go to bed at noon and wake up at 8pm. he ended up marrying his internet girlfriend and now lives with her and her parents in new york. (albany). the only way he was able to accomplish being that retarded is that his grandma was a rich lady that just gave him money when he needed it. paid for his car, rent, groceries, clothes, movies, gas, everything. pretty pathetic. those kind of people you just kind of have to let go man. cause nothing is going to help them......

When you come home walk over to Aaron and say, "hello!"
Reach down unplug his computer and pick it up and take it out into the hall and set it down. Walk back in and grab the back of his chair and drag him out and set him in front of his computer.
Look at him and say, "goodbye!"
Close your door and the place is yours.
You might want to stick a "Do not Disturb" sign on the door!
Good luck!

What's wrong with not leaving your room? I haven't left my basement in seven months....

Seriously....I think you need to fdisk his hard drive when he's asleep. If he knows how to fix this then find some way to screw his computer up. While he is waiting for replacement parts then take him out and get him REALLY drunk and get him a girl...of loose morals.

This usually fixes computer geek problem. I've done it to a friend that wouldn't leave Quake 2 MP alone and it worked great.

At the rate he is going it sounds like you'll be alone soon enough.

If he does manage to stay in school just look for someplace else to get your private time. He does have as much right to the room as you do. I would say something about the showering thing though.

quote:Originally posted by Moridin:
At the rate he is going it sounds like you'll be alone soon enough.

If he does manage to stay in school just look for someplace else to get your private time. He does have as much right to the room as you do. I would say something about the showering thing though.

It may sound like I'm going to be alone soon, but the truth is I'm not sure. Chances are he won't be gone until the end of the semeter - May Something. That means I have a few months to go before he leaves. He failed all his classes last semester, same reasons as above, but my school has a tendency to not kick out anyone once the have been excepted. It sucks and i'm screwed.

I vote for the KUNG-FU ACTION!!!!

Do you have the kung-fu grip? That may be needed..

well, you could always tell him you need your *personal* time...

I know my sleeping habits are horris. I goto bed around 12:00-4:00 AM, and wake up at 6:30-8:30 to work out (also depending when classes are).

You could always simply ask him if he has ever had any friends... ever. Maybe spike his interest in a female and lure him out of the room. I know what your talking about though. The guy they stuck in my dorm room with me this year is well... horrid.. he doesn't help with anything, and if he wasnt always gone... i would be upset. At least i get the room to myself for ht emost part. He comes back at around 5:00 AM and sleeps till noon...

Well, trying to get him a girlfriend is VERY hard. Did you read the thread? No showering, no leaving, and I should mention he isn't in the best health. The guy eats nothing but chocolate rice crispy treats for breakfast (2:00pm) and lunch (4:00pm) then he has dinner (6:00pm) which consists of grilled cheese and ham. The entire time drinking pepsi, root beer, etc. I don't know of any girls that would want to hang out with that for too long. He did have one friend, a girl but no girlfriend, she is now one of my best and closest friends and feels the same way I do about the guy but she doens't live with him and she has started to distance herself from his 'Bad Mojo'. As I am his room mate I can't distance myself enough to save my sanity i'm afraid. Oh yeah, he won't do any drug or alcohol, I offer everytime there's a party.

He won't do any drugs or alcohol? It sounds like both of you have things to watch for. (I realize you are in college=smoke lots of weed, isn't it 420?) But that's great that he wont drink or get high. I think that he needs to be more responsible.

quote:Originally posted by Dude:
He won't do any drugs or alcohol? It sounds like both of you have things to watch for. (I realize you are in college=smoke lots of weed, isn't it 420?) But that's great that he wont drink or get high. I think that he needs to be more responsible.

Yeah, I understand what your saying, but I have somewhat of a control over my vices. My Aaron doesn't seem to have control over his, from my point of view it's totally destroying his life, better than drugs do for some people. And according to my watch it is only 4:00...20 long minutes

If you really care, then you and his friend, and anybody else that gives a rats a$$ about him need to say something.
It'll be awkward and uncomfortable, but if you truely think he is hurting himself, then you need to confront him.
And take out his CMOS battery while you're at it...

Edit: Another second page. Man am I sweet!

Hehe, this is funny. I remember about a month ago there was a post about a guy that said all of his friends were giving him a hard time about spending all of his time on the computer.

Maybe that post was from his roommate.

As I stated in that post you have to tell him to do something. Don't let him waste away, its sooo easy to do.

quote:Originally posted by Thooner:

As I stated in that post you have to tell him to do something. Don't let him waste away, its sooo easy to do.

Thooner,
I have told him that he needs to "get out for a while" he than agrees with me and quickly turns back to his computer and continues to play. I'm wondering if I need to do something more drastic. (Short of Bat + Room mate = HELLA FUN)I've thought about this before, but now it's just really become a problem for me and so I turn to the good people of Sharkyextreme.com

Yeah, I've been there. I had a roommate that would smoke marijuana all day and never go to class. He woke up and would smoke, skip a class to come home to smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke.

Then he rain out of student aid money. So, he decided to start pawning stuff for weed cash. Next thing I know, I can't find my playstation. Yep, it was pawned. I called the pawn shop, the guy told me I could call a detective and have him arrested. I thought, "Why bother?" He was gonna move out soon. Well, he did. He was a good looking guy and hooked up with this girl and moved in with her. She had two roommates that hated him in about a day. Well, a month later they show up at my place with his stuff wanting me to take it.

What was funny about this story is that they brought over his favorite bong. I sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo very much enjoyed smashing it!!!!

Ouch, I'm dragging on. What I'm trying to say is that I should have done something to stop him. I could have gotten him arrested. Extreme? yes. But thats what he needed.

Also, we are friends now that we have gotten older and wiser. And, I have never smoked marijuana even though it would seem like it from this post. Well, I have smoked alot second handedly.

I suggets putting on some makeup,walk around your room naked singing Marilon Manson songs and farting. If that doesn't make him leave the room you are screwed.

Cut his lan cable up.

Get his internet banned. Something like that. You have to convince him that there is more to life than EverQuest.

well if you consider him to be your friend you gotta at least tell him about it... because he is apparently screwing himself over with video game addiction

burn his saved games on a cd and then fdisk his comp. tell him he can have the cd after he gets out and does something besides sit at a comp. if he can recover the files, put a big magnet in his comp, right next to the hard drive.

Primary objective: Get a shower

Solution: Get a pizza and a cup of coke, trip, the pizza falls on his head(Im sure after that he will shower ) and the coke on the Keyboard(If the pizza dont get him to the shower, he will have to wash the Keyboard, at least his hands will be clean ).

Secondary objective: Get the guy out of the room.

Solution: Start the fire alarm

Ohhh, BS. I think i have to stop playing RA2 for a while

Personally, if it was my roommate, I'd go over to him, pick him up from the chair and punch him right in the smacker. Then...pick him up again and slap him around a bit the whole time telling him what a waste he is to a good life and that if he doesn't get his act together you'll have to take your frustration out on him everyday. His choice...Get a normal life or get the crap beat out of him every day...

That is if you think you can take him...

quote:Originally posted by wiz:
Personally, if it was my roommate, I'd go over to him, pick him up from the chair and punch him right in the smacker. Then...pick him up again and slap him around a bit the whole time telling him what a waste he is to a good life and that if he doesn't get his act together you'll have to take your frustration out on him everyday. His choice...Get a normal life or get the crap beat out of him every day...

That is if you think you can take him...

I like this solution

Think about it, he's been sitting on his ass for the past few months. You can take him, yes you can

Yes a Good Thump does wonders sometimes!

Trip and pour the cola over his monitor that will get him away from the puter for a couple of days.

How bout showing him this Thread? and telling him the all the EVIL SHARKYS ARE COMING TO DESTROY HIS COMPUTER!! if he doesnt get up and wash his nasty @ss!

Remembering some tips from the series of BOFH (Bastard Operator from Hell), while hes asleep.. find some metal thingies, little enough to fit through the top vents of the monitor.. and next time he turns it on... goodbye monitor... hmm.. still that leaves evidence.

Ok, now for real... hide his keyboard and mouse somewhere... preferably out of the room, so at least he has to go out of it to find his lost hardware. I like the smacking up idea as well, rack his brains a bit.. maybe that will do some good.

CAN I TAKE HIM?

I hope to God that I can. As I mentioned in my earlier post the guys doesn't leave and he doesn't eat anything healthy. Yesterday he was walking around feeling good about himself because he actually left and got some burger king (good food in his opinion). The sad part was, that while he did leave the room, I also had to leave and get some dinner with my friends. So that brief moment of solitude was taken from me because of my social life (I hate being cool). As I type this it is 12:37 and he is still asleep. I am watching CNN and still he sleeps (I'm really not trying to wake him, I just find it funny he can sleep through it). He was explaining this new thing in Eversmack...again Everquest... where the creators put in a tetris type game - Gems. Now he has something else to do online while he camps and now he won't even turn away from the computer to talk, as he plays Gems instead. As for showering, no new info. For the sports post, he does seem to like sports, watches Sportcenter, but I'm afraid he is too out of shape to do sports. Yesterday he was out of breathe climbing the stairwell to my place. He also pulled a muscle in his hand carrying a 12 pack of coke with him. Anyways, It is such a nice day out, I'm going to go relax outside outside and then go to work. I'll check the thread again later at work. Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'm still pretty torn about what to do . Please keep the comments coming. It's at least helping me get these emotions out and getting responses, I don't feel so alone in this. Funny, all I really wanna do is be alone, but when it came to this problem I felt isolated. Thanks again.

quote:Originally posted by Mr Cherry:
CAN I TAKE HIM?

I hope to God that I can. As I mentioned in my earlier post the guys doesn't leave and he doesn't eat anything healthy. Yesterday he was walking around feeling good about himself because he actually left and got some burger king (good food in his opinion). The sad part was, that while he did leave the room, I also had to leave and get some dinner with my friends. So that brief moment of solitude was taken from me because of my social life (I hate being cool). As I type this it is 12:37 and he is still asleep. I am watching CNN and still he sleeps (I'm really not trying to wake him, I just find it funny he can sleep through it). He was explaining this new thing in Eversmack...again Everquest... where the creators put in a tetris type game - Gems. Now he has something else to do online while he camps and now he won't even turn away from the computer to talk, as he plays Gems instead. As for showering, no new info. For the sports post, he does seem to like sports, watches Sportcenter, but I'm afraid he is too out of shape to do sports. Yesterday he was out of breathe climbing the stairwell to my place. He also pulled a muscle in his hand carrying a 12 pack of coke with him. Anyways, It is such a nice day out, I'm going to go relax outside outside and then go to work. I'll check the thread again later at work. Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'm still pretty torn about what to do . Please keep the comments coming. It's at least helping me get these emotions out and getting responses, I don't feel so alone in this. Funny, all I really wanna do is be alone, but when it came to this problem I felt isolated. Thanks again.

This is SOOOOO my old roommate!The guy smoked weed all night long, and lived off of frozen pizzas, doritos and dip, and eggo waffles. if you have never been in this sort of a situation, you won't grasp the way that this is disturbing to watch. it's really creepy living with somebody like this.

quote:Originally posted by Mr Cherry:
Okay to start, this is really about my room-mate. I'm a college student and enjoying my time here. I like to think of myself as a pretty good person when it comes to spending time online and spending time with friends. I surf, read PA, and play a few games. Now, my room mate has this game, you might of heard of it it's called Evercrack...umm...I mean Everquest. Now my room mate, let's call him Aaron. Aaron plays everquest at 3 o'clock (pm) and finally logs off about 5 o'clock (am). He doesn't leave the room for days sometimes. This has become a real problem for me, i'm an introverted person normally, which means that at the end of the day I have to have some time to myself. With him always skipping classes and playing everquest I am never alone. I go to class, go to work, hang out with friends, and come home. Everytime I am with people and I am never alone.(He uses internet to get pizza delivery) He doesn't shower, he's in bed when his classes start, and has no outside contact with anyone but me and says a couple of sentences to my friends who stop by. I ask him if he wants to hang out with me and my friends but the answer is usually "Umm...naw I have to do a corpse recovery." So the ballet of Ask and Refusal continues. Like I said before, I think of myself as a nice person and it hurts me to see a person becoming...well, a slug. Is there really anything I can do or should I just let him be and get on with my life? Since I live with the guy he is a friend, in a distant in-own-world sort of way. But lately, it has really gotten on my nerves and everytime I see him I just get disgusted from looking at him. I never thought anyone could personify the word "Nerd" other than screech from Save by the Bell. Right now I just want him to leave the room for a *GOD DAMN MINUTE* (sorry). But I the other problems I mentioned above are also getting to me. At what point should I call his parents and anonymously tell them that their son is totally wasting their money and my sanity? When is an peer intervention necessary? When should I go MAD KUNG-FU WHIPASS on him and his computer? HELP!

Why do you need to be alone? Anyways, why does it matter? He doesn't bother anyone, he just seems to be keeping to himself. It seems like your getting to be a tad sensitive over nothing at all...

quote:Originally posted by motherhydra:
Why do you need to be alone? Anyways, why does it matter? He doesn't bother anyone, he just seems to be keeping to himself. It seems like your getting to be a tad sensitive over nothing at all...
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Why do I need to be alone? Are you serious? This has been going on for months. That means that I've never been alone for more than 10 minutes since January. I need my personal space. I don't need to be alone forever just an hour a day. Not to mention his personal hygene makes being with him...umm...lets say 'interesting'. Your question did make me think, 'Maybe I am just over-reacting.' Then I realized that NO, what he is doing is not normal. It's harmful to himself and I just can't watch a person destroy themselves like that. While destroying his property like some have mentioned in this thread seems extreme to me, I really feel something has to be done. My patience is quickly running out.

Hey Mr. Cherry.
Take this from a similar-to-your-roomate guy.
See through me what's going in your roomate's mind.

When I got Might&MagicVI two years ago, I got so addicted to it that I spent 12 hours on it daily, and for some ****ing reason they always felt so little, as 3 or 4 hours only.

Believe me, the game felt so real, that I didn't care about real life anymore, and wished I could go back in time and live in the middle ages. And let me tell you, the most addective part about RPG is that the more you play, the more you gain powers, and get access to new territories. It's much worse than crack.

I used to leave home every day or two days though to go to university, or just meet some friends. But that was nothing compared to the time I spent on the game.

While playing the game, I used to go so nuts and mad everytime I heard the phone ringing. I would then reply, talking very fast, giving some excuses if I missed some meetings with friends, then hang up, and continue playing. The only reason would leave the game for, was the god-damned need for sleep.

I'm warning you from now, if you pull the plug on your roommate's Everquest, in any way, he will go totally nuts and might kill someone. I would do so if someone did that to me. It's like as if you killed him, but in his virtual life.

I finally had to quit Might&MagicVI because of my exams, and apparently, I'm not as irresponsible as your roommate is. At least, I used to drink milk all the time instead of coke, or any carbonated drinks. I was a coffee addict too, and still am.

But, I finally finished the game in the summer, where I played it for 3 hours only each day, after I had spend all the daytime with some friends doing summer activities (swimming, sports, etc...). So The way I broke out of my addiction was a bit of responsibility, and the gradual quit of the game.

Now, I never bought any of M&M7 or 8 later 'cause I didn't want to get addicted anymore. I didn't buy Everquest either for the same reason. But I know that since Everquest is online (M&MVI was against computer characterss), one can never leave it because playing in it is with real human minds. So, it has the challenge factor, and as you know, most people hate to quit when they lose, yet they keep trying to play better.

The only way for you to get of your roommate problem is to actuallllllllllllllllllllly get addicted to the game toooo. . Sorry , bad joke.

The only way to interrupt his gaming, without driving him crazy, is to take the game CD (assuming it needs the CD to be in the drive to run) while he is sleeping (or do any similar game-playing preventing method), and then prevent him from playing once he wakes up, by maybe having a cup of coffee with him while talking. Convince him to leave home that day, and tell him that you lent the game CD to someone. Take him with you anywhere, and let him just smell the air of society and outdoors. This will drive his craving down a little. Try to spend some of your time to find him some outdoor sports activity or entertainment(other than Arcades of course), and then hook him up to it. I know that this will waste a lot of your time, but you said you are a good person, and this will reward you when you will finally go back home while he's outside, and have some moments with yourself.

Be sure to tell me here if you liked my method, and did apply it on him.

WOW ! this is just like this kid i know. He got me and all my friend into everquest. I played up to a 37 ranger.. grrrrrr. Wut a waste of my life. It was actually pretty fun in da beginning and id play for like 2 hours a day or wutever. when your friends from Rl play n stuff its kinda cool. Then there my other friend who played like 10 hours a day , started failing all his classes and stuff. He misses days of school to miss tests and play, also he copied everything and never takes notes. (this is highschool 11 th grade) > so i dropped the addiction.. one sure way.. its called gettin ass and smokin pot. For real my grades are better now tht ive adapted a casual smoker , lover lifestyle. I go out on weekends , i go to punk concerts all the time,have fun and manage great grades still. Im actually gettin 3 A+'s in a hard school ,except for math.. Well i think that you need to get this guy smoking with sum real cool bongs n stuff. Cuz the weed will make him A motivational and not wanna play as much, and if he gets cleaned up buys sum nice clothes goes to sum clubs , or local concerts, and meet sum girls. I cant imagine a game more fun than real life stuff.

quote:Originally posted by chaos615:
WOW ! this is just like this kid i know. He got me and all my friend into everquest. I played up to a 37 ranger.. grrrrrr. Wut a waste of my life. It was actually pretty fun in da beginning and id play for like 2 hours a day or wutever. when your friends from Rl play n stuff its kinda cool. Then there my other friend who played like 10 hours a day , started failing all his classes and stuff. He misses days of school to miss tests and play, also he copied everything and never takes notes. (this is highschool 11 th grade) > so i dropped the addiction.. one sure way.. its called gettin ass and smokin pot. For real my grades are better now tht ive adapted a casual smoker , lover lifestyle. I go out on weekends , i go to punk concerts all the time,have fun and manage great grades still. Im actually gettin 3 A+'s in a hard school ,except for math.. Well i think that you need to get this guy smoking with sum real cool bongs n stuff. Cuz the weed will make him A motivational and not wanna play as much, and if he gets cleaned up buys sum nice clothes goes to sum clubs , or local concerts, and meet sum girls. I cant imagine a game more fun than real life stuff.

I guess because it's easier for social rejects to totally dominate a game and not real life.

Well,
Let's see, first off, k_hectic your suggestions are great. One problem being that the game doesn't need a cd to play. But I still understand what you are saying. I've tried to get the guy outside. The closest a friend and I got (it took two of us) was we went bowling about a 4 months ago. He hasn't been out with anyone since then. He did go to Las Vegas over the winter break but that was to meet EQ friends. He got his parents to pay for the entire thing because they were so excited that he was actually meeting people and making friends. I felt this was somewhat okay because he was actually leaving and going someplace with PEOPLE no less. When he told me about the trip he was almost estactic about the fact that while the others where going places and having fun he was 'responsible' enough not to. From what he told me he talk with these people and just walked around Las Vegas. (at least he got some excersise I guess) He has tasted the outside world, but he definetly prefers the pixels of Everquest better.

Chaos615 - I'm glad EQ didn't hold you like it does my room-mate. I too find getting ass and smoking pot to be fun and entertaining, but that's my life. As I mentioned before smoking anyting, drinking anything, or taking anything is something that Aaron won't do. Once he got a little contact buzz and was staring at his character selection screen for a while making his guy do some sword swings or something and going 'ooohhhh' it was rather funny but he still is pretty adamant about not taking any drugs. As for the girls, he has a long way to go before a girl would put up with him.

Mandorallen of Molynnr - you couldn't be more right.

Thanks, Keep 'em coming.

Ok, I'm still not sure if your trying to help your roommate or get rid of him. Fortunately the fix for both of them is the same.

Smash his computer. He'll be pissed either way, but life will change.

Do you guys share a phone line? If so tell him that his parents called or his guidance counselor called and they needed to see him for an important meeting or something. Of course you would have to tell him right after leaves for a couple of minutes, if he ever leaves.

Or tell him that he is on the Internet and point him to this thread. Maybe he will realize that he is wasting away his life, and his parents money.

quote:Originally posted by BoogyMan:
I vote for the KUNG-FU ACTION!!!!

YES!! I'M ALL FOR IT!!

(First post in a long, long time...school work has me bogged down, and finally March Break is here.)

-C

quote:Originally posted by Mr Cherry:
Well,
Let's see, first off, k_hectic your suggestions are great. One problem being that the game doesn't need a cd to play. But I still understand what you are saying. I've tried to get the guy outside. The closest a friend and I got (it took two of us) was we went bowling about a 4 months ago. He hasn't been out with anyone since then. He did go to Las Vegas over the winter break but that was to meet EQ friends. He got his parents to pay for the entire thing because they were so excited that he was actually meeting people and making friends. I felt this was somewhat okay because he was actually leaving and going someplace with PEOPLE no less. When he told me about the trip he was almost estactic about the fact that while the others where going places and having fun he was 'responsible' enough not to. From what he told me he talk with these people and just walked around Las Vegas. (at least he got some excersise I guess) He has tasted the outside world, but he definetly prefers the pixels of Everquest better.

Chaos615 - I'm glad EQ didn't hold you like it does my room-mate. I too find getting ass and smoking pot to be fun and entertaining, but that's my life. As I mentioned before smoking anyting, drinking anything, or taking anything is something that Aaron won't do. Once he got a little contact buzz and was staring at his character selection screen for a while making his guy do some sword swings or something and going 'ooohhhh' it was rather funny but he still is pretty adamant about not taking any drugs. As for the girls, he has a long way to go before a girl would put up with him.

Mandorallen of Molynnr - you couldn't be more right.

Thanks, Keep 'em coming.

*Ignore my idiotic remarks*

You need to tone it down Motherhydra. Personal attacks are NOT tolerated here.

quote:Originally posted by BoogyMan:
You need to tone it down Motherhydra. Personal attacks are NOT tolerated here.

Yeah yeah you're right of course, as usual, I might add. Sorry bought that post, but his is being neurotic. Is he adversly affecting you? Anyway, I'm sorry to one and all. I still can't see what bothers you so much.

quote:Originally posted by motherhydra:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by BoogyMan:
[b]You need to tone it down Motherhydra. Personal attacks are NOT tolerated here.

Yeah yeah you're right of course, as usual, I might add. Sorry bought that post, but he's being neurotic (at least I feel that anyway). Is he adversly affecting you? Anyway, I'm sorry to one and all. I still can't see what bothers you so much.

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quote:Originally posted by motherhydra:

Yeah yeah you're right of course, as usual, I might add. Sorry bought that post, but his is being neurotic. Is he adversly affecting you? Anyway, I'm sorry to one and all. I still can't see what bothers you so much.

You mean you wouldn't mind having some stranger in your room sitting in front of a monitor playing a game for hours without moving. I find it a little disturbing.

Also you've never felt like you needed some time alone. Sometimes you just want to be by yourself and that can happen when there is some slob sitting in a chair playing a game.

quote:Originally posted by chaos615:
Well i think that you need to get this guy smoking with sum real cool bongs n stuff. Cuz the weed will make him A motivational and not wanna play as much

LOL!!
i hope you are not serious

Well, I repeat again.
Don't break the computer while he's playing. Wait for him 'til he sleeps, then prevent him from playing again, by taking the keyboard, mouse, anything. This will at least drive him to see the neighbors for replacements, if not leave any buy some new ones. Finally have some moments for yourself before he comes back. Tell me if this works with you. Don't be afraid of taking off his keyboard or mouse. Know that you're doing it for his own good too.

Yes, you have a problem here.

So he doesn't listen AT ALL even if you tell him he won't be able to play Everfart...sorry Everquest again after university???? Then he really has a problem. I think you should tell someone...like a teacher or headmaster. They could do something. Really if he's your roommate you have to help him.

Do anything you can.

Maybe you could uninstall Everlame (Everquest) and take the CD away or something. This will drive him mad but you have to try something. Hide the CD somewhere anywhere. Flush it down the toilet i don't care. You just have to help him.

Hmmm............does he do his everquesting over the college campus network? If so, get the school on his back for:

Not attending classes
Failing Classes
Using the Network FAR too much

Also, pray the *college equivalent of principal* is a Lieberman fan, convince the dude this guy is playing everquest so he can plan a school shooting!

Also, It sorta seems he's got a mental health problem or 2, if you have college counselor type people, sick one of those on him.

*EDIT* Marijuana is bad.

Alright we've narrowed it down to :

Kicking the crap out of him everytime you see him playing Everquest.
Injuring his computer/Everquest so that he can't play anymore.
Informing his parents.
Informing the dean.
Living with it until the gangrene growing off his unwashed body kills him.
Leaving him be until he manages to fail everything and get kicked out.
Killing his internet connection.

boy this Aaron you call him really has a problem. Don't beat the living hell out of him though. You'll get in trouble. The best thing to do is to tell everyone you know then maybe that will work if you tell ur Headmaster. Or maybe if he's on the other side of the room put up a huge divider. Hopefully he's on the side that's furthest away from the door or washroom

Well just the washroom since he doesn't go anywhere except to go buy cokes and junk food.

I still suggest to get rid of his game then blow his monitor to bits.

Good luck.

Catch a raccoon in a live trap (they like sardines).
Bring the cage into the room, poke at the coon with a stick for about an hour.

Put it on his head(wear thick gloves).

Disclaimer: I accept no responsibiliy whatsoever for any damages incurred whilst doing this.

quote:Originally posted by BoogyMan:
Catch a raccoon in a live trap (they like sardines).
Bring the cage into the room, poke at the coon with a stick for about an hour.

Put it on his head(wear thick gloves).

Disclaimer: I accept no responsibiliy whatsoever for any damages incurred whilst doing this.

I agree

Just ask for a room change, giving your reasons.

Either they'll get you a new room or give this guy a wake up call/chuck him out.

What I recommend to fix all this ? In his computer (mostlikely) is a Clear cmos jumper , now what you need to do is first clear his Cmos , and leave it in the clear position !!! Or you could also just take the jumper out altogether .

quote:Originally posted by BoogyMan:
Catch a raccoon in a live trap (they like sardines).
Bring the cage into the room, poke at the coon with a stick for about an hour.

Put it on his head(wear thick gloves).

Disclaimer: I accept no responsibiliy whatsoever for any damages incurred whilst doing this.

Why do I get the feeling that you've done this before?

Corrupt the EXE file in a hex editor or something. That'll stop him.

Until he reinstalls the game...

Oh well. Corrupt his save games too! I guarantee.

Unless he just plays from scratch again.

You see the futility? YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DRASTIC .

Tell the Dean, talk to the guidance dept if you have one, tell his parents. Do all that. Then transfer his savegames to another computer and password protect it. Tell him he can have it back once he gets out three times a week for a month. By then, maybe he'll see what he is doing to himself.

Or maybe he'll see that his body is totally messed up, and become depressed an go back to his den.

AARRGH THE FUTILITY OF IT ALL!!!

-C

-C

By the way Mr Cherry! Do you usually post here using his computer, your computer, or a campus computer?

It seems that you never touch his computer for some reason, or otherwise you would have screwed up his game long time ago.

Why not you do some non-permanent damage to the game like zip it with password then have some serious talk with your room mate. Why are you not taking any actions? Are you afraid of anything? Is he 6' wide and 7' tall?

It's good too see this topic, as a fellow college student. I go to a 2-year junior college, so vegging at home is a viable option at times.

Last semester I was on the student government, and due to time constraints, I quit. However, I'm still on good terms with everyone, and there was a large meeting of student government members from around the state near our campus this past weekend.

Several people invited me to show up. So I did . And I met a nice girl (hey, nothing illicit happened!). But still, we had a good time.

So what'll it be? Another night fiddling with my divx and MP3 stash, or meeting women. I'll take the latter anytime, thanks. For now, the divx and MP3's aren't going anywhere

quote:Originally posted by k_hectic:
By the way Mr Cherry! Do you usually post here using his computer, your computer, or a campus computer?

It seems that you never touch his computer for some reason, or otherwise you would have screwed up his game long time ago.

Why not you do some non-permanent damage to the game like zip it with password then have some [b]serious talk with your room mate. Why are you not taking any actions? Are you afraid of anything? Is he 6' wide and 7' tall?

[/B]

I usually post on using my computer or (like now) on a break I use the one at work. The thing is, is that I really don't know if it is my responsiblitiy to *smack* him up side his head. Should I take drastic measures and "zip [his game] with passwords and have a serious talk" or should I pass this responsibility on to someone else more able to deal with it? I'm his friend, but he makes it very hard and lately I just can't seem to stand being around him. Again, is it my job?

quote:Originally posted by Mr Cherry:
Again, is it my job?

Mos' Def'nitly.

[TALK LIKE JIM!]

-C

quote:
Catch a raccoon in a live trap (they like sardines).
Bring the cage into the room, poke at the coon with a stick for about an hour.
Put it on his head(wear thick gloves).

Disclaimer: I accept no responsibiliy whatsoever for any damages incurred whilst doing this.

Must not laugh in labs so much..