The best part is, you know that someone who thinks they can get accurate results by asking strangers to voluntarily describe some seriously fucked up issues, will present these joke responses as if they are real and that this will be the next headline in some 'new science' magazine / class.
The best part is, you know that someone who thinks they can get accurate results by asking strangers to voluntarily describe some seriously fucked up issues, will present these joke responses as if they are real and that this will be the next headline in some 'new science' magazine / class.
"Speedrunners tell bad jokes! Read everything and more in New Science!"
Frankly, I've had that tendency for years. It has changed only recently, but not yet completely. I'm gradually improving.
lumice wrote:
Do you look for ways of escaping from stressful situations?
This is basically the same question as above, rephrased.
lumice wrote:
How long is the average speedrun?
I have no idea where does this question comes from, nor how to answer.
lumice wrote:
Why do you speed run?
That's a fun way to play a game.
lumice wrote:
I'm currently doing a paper on video games and would like to gather from data.
So the premise is that people who play games do so to escape reality? That makes sense, since that's what games are for. Likewise with books, movies, music, any other arts or activities that involve imagination. Will you publish your work here after it's done so we could read it and discuss?
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
Ever since I stopped gaming I lost my research position as a grad fellow and now I spend my days lying motionless in bed while high on the psychiatrist prescribed benzodiazepines I routinely abuse. Oh, if only I hadn't sold all my good SNES RPGs on E-bay for a fraction of their value!
NO, my life is perfect!!!!!! So why the fuck are you coming to this forum and saying that my life sucks just because I like TASes?! Oh, wait... you didn't claim that... you just asked a question, I apologize for reacting so strongly. Honestly though, I have to admit that think real life is unfulfilling, but so is unreal life.
Do you have a tendecy to avoid problems?
What the hell are you talking about? I don't avoid any problems.
Do you look for ways of escaping from stressful situations?
No, I don't you fucking aaa....... uh... actually I haven't had any stressful situations in years.
How long is the average speedrun?
From 2 minutes to 2 hours.
Why do you speed run?
It's a little fun sometimes, when I have nothing else to do it's a good way to kill some time.
I'm currently doing a paper on video games and would like to gather from data.
Yeah, sure you are, we all know you're lying and you're just trying to piss me off! Just kidding
Do you find these questions depressing?
-> Yes
Do you have a tendecy to circumvent the questions?
-> Yes
Do you look for ways of changing mundane circumstances?
-> Sometimes
How long did it take for you to answer these questions?
-> 4 days and 10 hours, apparently
Why do you bother?
-> For aforementioned reasons.
In more seriousness, I have indeed had some feelings of reality escapism sometimes in the less recent past.
[img_left]http://bisqwit.iki.fi/kala/snap/vgbisq_cropped_resized.jpg[/img_left]The part about "you want to move into its world" in "You have been playing too much adventure RPGs when...",
and one of its symptoms, shown in this picture edit on the left (click to view full size),
that I made, applied to me way more than I'd like to admit.
TASVideos, and speedrunning in general, however, has absolutely nothing to do with it.
It has more to do with extremely captivating RPGs. They don't call those games "fantasy" for no reason.
Other types of games, not so much. Eh, even now, I'm listening to some FF7 soundtrack.
Now I realize that this post gives some people a convenient excuse to point fingers at me for other topics I'm interested in. At most, I chuckle, because I've done way too much explaining and I've seen what it accomplishes.
P.S. No, that scene in the picture is not something that I particularly crave for. It just happened to have an ideal perspective, detail level and lighting conditions that I knew I could replicate with my equipment. I wanted to do a similar shot of somewhere in Chrono Cross, but I never could find such a scene that would work well. In all of them, either the angle is too acute, or the character (that is, me) would be rendered too small in the picture, or the lighting conditions were such that I could not replicate indoors.
Now I realize that this post gives some people a convenient excuse to point fingers at me for other topics I'm interested in. At most, I chuckle, because I've done way too much explaining and I've seen what it accomplishes.
It's good to see you're still so confident. ^^ But I myself have found that chuckling at others does me less good than trying to understand them (until I can imagine me acting in similar ways if I was in their shoes). If you're surprised why your explanations won't work, that probably happens because of a lack of understanding for how these people (or you yourself as opposed to others) think and feel. I'd rather if nobody replied to this post. I don't feel like discussing about it, just felt the need to post this.
Do you find real life unfulfilling?
Do you have a tendecy to avoid problems?
Do you look for ways of escaping from stressful situations?
How long is the average speedrun?
Why do you speed run?
I'm currently doing a paper on video games and would like to gather from data.
1: Meh. Sometimes.
2: Sometimes, but I like to solve problems aswell.
3: Only if it's going to cause more havoc, or importantly, if I'm aware it'll turn stressful, which sadly isn't too often.
4: For Megaman X games, around 50 minutes if I collect all items.
5: I find it fun. Speedrunning is an art, not something to be seen as "lolhey i do for fame lol i tiki656".
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