BREAKING: Missing Gamer Brandon Crisp Died from Fall

Maam, I think your best bet is to not post on here if it causes you a lot of problems, as it is clearly doing, than it wouldn't improve. I can understand where your coming from becasue I been in a similar situation( just not about video games however). Yes here and there are a few idiots on these boards but you got to remeber, that this is a community, and we the video gamers have been subject of attacks from numbers of differnt people. As a community, we make sure that everyone has a say but when it comes to name calling and flame wars, than thats were the line is drawn. We also have the right to defend oursevles just like you do. Somethings you have stated are quite similar to Jack Thompson and Liz Wooley. I know as you have stated you haven't heard of these people. We get so many attacks on this website, that all of us here in this community couldn't just sit there and be attack like that. We try and deal with the people that make dumb comments but we don't need more people coming on here and saying that we are all bunch of idiots or fat druggies or whatever people who hate us come on here to say to us.  I can understand also what Dennis is saying that its good to hear from the non-gamers. Its true, that we appricate what you have said but you don't need to go overboard and insult us like that.

I honeslty don't know what eles to say, I respect others opinions untill names and overreactions is brought in. Than it just gets out of hand like it has for the past several days on here. A kid is dead people. I'm tired of pointing fingers, im tired of trying to figure out who's at fault. I'm tired of it all. Just stop it. Let's just put our opinons in a civil manner down and not get all hot headed with each other. I can say that I have had to learn to keep my posts civil over time here and I'm making an effort to not be so emotional in the posts. I have said things on here that I regrett and some that I don't (Jack Thompson).

So please guys. Stop, on both sides. We can debate this like civil people or we can resort to arguing and pointing fingers (I know I did point fingers people and I intend to stop that as of today) in a uncivil manner. I vote for the first one

And if video game addiction was such a serious problem, then how come I don't see any Betty Ford clinics that are dedicated to curing it? It doesn't make any sense to me and there is a serious double standard here when people are trying to tackle this so-called "addiction" when there is a much more wide scale problem with drug addiction and yet no one is up in arms about it.

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Well if you search, there are clinic and Pyhcologists that dedicate their profession to gaming addiction.

Yeah, this is going to be a pretty open and shut case.  They paid for the games, they paid for live and they allowed him to play the game.  Microsoft's responsibility ended at the checkout counter.

-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-

Why do I get a feeling someone who isn't supposed ot get involved in law anymore had something to do with this......

There's several angles that a court case would have difficulties in

Between a Mature Rated game, Xbox Live subscription paid for and no parental controls set (I'm assuming that last one as the argument that consoles should have parental controls came up despite them having had them for several years now) there was no reason for MS to assume this was not an adult gamer so entitled to spend as much time on the console as they choose

The paperwork with the console and the games advises that games shouldn't be played for too long and regular breaks should be taken.

The studies which claim the existence of game addiciton also state it to be a psychological problem similar to impulse control disorder. As the manufacturer of the console it's not something MS would be in a position to check on, they have no contact with the consumer so it's not even like a gambling addict in a casino, they can't monitor individuals effectively. 

It should be noted most of the studies that are in support of game addiciton do not blame the games/developers themselves, they only make the case that the condition exists, they just often get twisted for other agendas by those not involved in the studies.