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Gaming is an addiction which not only is bad for your health but it is also good at the same time. You ask why is it bad? I reply, I have cracked 4 ribs and lost a kidney playing Halo Multi-player with my friends, but that’s the last time I play 'who is the real Master Chief?!' Then you ask why is it good for your health? I reply, trying to re-create a scene from Resident Evil required a lot of stamina, but none of my friends told me that Doberman's were easily provoked! After running through 2 near death experiences I thought I would try to develop a guide which would help people to avoid playing games for a short while, remember though a game is for life not just for Christmas!
Solution 1:
So you have a console but what to do now? The most obvious solution would be to plug in and play but that would be defeating the object of the solution. As soon as you buy a console it loses half of its value so the wise thing to do would be to buy one then sell it on straight away :) So... strategy number 1 is to sell the console straight after purchase making sure that you have half of the money you went into the shop with. If you think about it in a 'Bill Gates' way then everything should go to plan, but instead of making a console and losing money you will be buying one :)
Solution 2:
So you have exhausted the selling plan, but what else? It's going to be hard avoiding playing games, almost as hard as avoiding kissing your grandma at Christmas but it has to work. I didn't say that it involved getting rid of the console you just have to avoid it somehow. When you walk past it do not give it eye contact, avoid looking in the direction of it as you will be only lured into a false sense of security and before you know it Disney Soccer will be blaring out in Home Cinema sound. Avoid looking at it directly and hide that stash... of games, of games *Wipes forehead and breathes easy*
Solution 3:
So far you could have either sold the console or avoided it at all costs but sometimes the temptation can prove too strong and this is where plan 3 comes in handy. Do you ever visit your grandma? If you are aged 11-17 then the answer is probably no, if you fall into this criterion then please read on... So then, you visit your grandma once every year yet you haven't already considered planting the console in her flat and making sure that you can resist the temptation of her sweaty boiled sweets! You won't be there and therefore you will be avoiding playing games, but what if she finds it? vs. just think of all the fun you could have playing Super Smash Brothers with your grandma!
Solution 4:
Didn't like the Grandma idea or didn't fit into the criteria? Well then this plan could just be the right one for you. So you have no money eh? You want to impress the new lad... I mean girl at school? Trade in your console for a book on Greek mythology; it always works with me as I am a killer with the girls ;) I just have that deadly touch which is arousing those suspicious boys in blue to what I am doing! You will have some money left over to treat her to an afternoon at the school chess club as well.
Solution 5:
I am getting negative vibes from all of those who read the last solution, it was useless wasn't it? Oh well lets see what I can come up with this one then *Rubs hands together in Mr.Burns style* Have you made up your mind about how long you want to stay away from gaming? If you have then this option will apply best to you. Using some PVA Glue cover the CD/DVD drive in it so that when it closes it won't open properly until you put your mind to it. By the time you come around to wanting to get it open again you will be prepared to put in the time, but until then you can sit back and watch your console rot... *Runs and takes Copyright sticker off solution 5*
Solution 6:
It has been 4 solutions now since a solution could be put to use by everyone concerned, but fear not people this one could be the choice for you! So the dog ate your homework? Well now it ate your console, that is of course if someone asks, otherwise your dog died of a mysterious death *cues X-Files music* It would be quite hard feeding an Xbox to your dog as it would be rather hard to explain how that got in there, but if you have a GameCube then it should just be like a purple dog biscuit!
Solution 7:
You don't have a dog? Well maybe your personal taxi... I mean your parents' car has the answer? You accidentally take a wrong turn off the nearest motorway and strangely enough you have your console on your lap with the window down. Drive away carefully obeying the speed limit and motorway directions, whatever you do try not to get lost as the car needs to be back before your parents realise where it has gone. Dump the car... I mean park the car in the drive and enter the house undetected.
Solution 8:
No car, dog or desire to avoid your grandma? Well you are either a strange member of society or you need another plan. Selling it to a family member would increase the temptation to get it back so forget them for ever... I mean for now. You could accidentally slip it into the bin and when your parents find it say your brother did it, that way you will get there sympathy which would lead to them buying you a new game... Defeating the object of the title and ruining the plan. Moving swiftly on...
Solution 9:
Cover the console in Tomato sauce, stick a knife to the box and leave it outside your local police station praying that you weren't caught on the 25 CCTV cameras situated around the building. When the police see that the console is covered in Sauce they will immediately link it to their current murder investigations and take it in for questioning, only then will they realise it is a console covered in Tomato sauce which will hopefully be too late to do anything about... You like it?
Solution 10:
The biggest solution ever witnessed on a chat forum worldwide, this solution would have escaped out of Alcatraz and danced across the Sea to San Francisco, this solution would turn your Grandma's hair blue and your dad's sparkly silver, this is the daddy of all of these solutions although no DNA tests have pointed towards this being the case. You woke up this morning thinking of a solution yet this defeats any you have ever read, this one keeps your mother in-law away from the house at Christmas yet traps her there for every other day of year, this is the solution you should all take home with you and think about until dawn the next day, forget gaming, avoid gaming and live the life of a rich king! You still aren't sure what I am talking about? No and neither am I! I will leave this one up to you...
10 different solutions yet you still aren't sure about which one to choose? *Cues Blind Date's Graham and then quickly cues in the head with a Snooker cue* the choice is yours, would you like to live without gaming and without the delights of beating your friends... In a game, a game?! Avoiding games would be both irresponsible and very irresponsible at the same time. Are we set for a life of games? If so then hot diggity dog my day just got a lot better! Don't forget the valuable lessons you have learnt today as you could always apply them to you Homework ;)
Thanks for Reading
Garbe123
Solution 1:
So you have a console but what to do now? The most obvious solution would be to plug in and play but that would be defeating the object of the solution. As soon as you buy a console it loses half of its value so the wise thing to do would be to buy one then sell it on straight away :) So... strategy number 1 is to sell the console straight after purchase making sure that you have half of the money you went into the shop with. If you think about it in a 'Bill Gates' way then everything should go to plan, but instead of making a console and losing money you will be buying one :)
Solution 2:
So you have exhausted the selling plan, but what else? It's going to be hard avoiding playing games, almost as hard as avoiding kissing your grandma at Christmas but it has to work. I didn't say that it involved getting rid of the console you just have to avoid it somehow. When you walk past it do not give it eye contact, avoid looking in the direction of it as you will be only lured into a false sense of security and before you know it Disney Soccer will be blaring out in Home Cinema sound. Avoid looking at it directly and hide that stash... of games, of games *Wipes forehead and breathes easy*
Solution 3:
So far you could have either sold the console or avoided it at all costs but sometimes the temptation can prove too strong and this is where plan 3 comes in handy. Do you ever visit your grandma? If you are aged 11-17 then the answer is probably no, if you fall into this criterion then please read on... So then, you visit your grandma once every year yet you haven't already considered planting the console in her flat and making sure that you can resist the temptation of her sweaty boiled sweets! You won't be there and therefore you will be avoiding playing games, but what if she finds it?
Solution 4:
Didn't like the Grandma idea or didn't fit into the criteria? Well then this plan could just be the right one for you. So you have no money eh? You want to impress the new lad... I mean girl at school? Trade in your console for a book on Greek mythology; it always works with me as I am a killer with the girls ;) I just have that deadly touch which is arousing those suspicious boys in blue to what I am doing! You will have some money left over to treat her to an afternoon at the school chess club as well.
Solution 5:
I am getting negative vibes from all of those who read the last solution, it was useless wasn't it? Oh well lets see what I can come up with this one then *Rubs hands together in Mr.Burns style* Have you made up your mind about how long you want to stay away from gaming? If you have then this option will apply best to you. Using some PVA Glue cover the CD/DVD drive in it so that when it closes it won't open properly until you put your mind to it. By the time you come around to wanting to get it open again you will be prepared to put in the time, but until then you can sit back and watch your console rot... *Runs and takes Copyright sticker off solution 5*
Solution 6:
It has been 4 solutions now since a solution could be put to use by everyone concerned, but fear not people this one could be the choice for you! So the dog ate your homework? Well now it ate your console, that is of course if someone asks, otherwise your dog died of a mysterious death *cues X-Files music* It would be quite hard feeding an Xbox to your dog as it would be rather hard to explain how that got in there, but if you have a GameCube then it should just be like a purple dog biscuit!
Solution 7:
You don't have a dog? Well maybe your personal taxi... I mean your parents' car has the answer? You accidentally take a wrong turn off the nearest motorway and strangely enough you have your console on your lap with the window down. Drive away carefully obeying the speed limit and motorway directions, whatever you do try not to get lost as the car needs to be back before your parents realise where it has gone. Dump the car... I mean park the car in the drive and enter the house undetected.
Solution 8:
No car, dog or desire to avoid your grandma? Well you are either a strange member of society or you need another plan. Selling it to a family member would increase the temptation to get it back so forget them for ever... I mean for now. You could accidentally slip it into the bin and when your parents find it say your brother did it, that way you will get there sympathy which would lead to them buying you a new game... Defeating the object of the title and ruining the plan. Moving swiftly on...
Solution 9:
Cover the console in Tomato sauce, stick a knife to the box and leave it outside your local police station praying that you weren't caught on the 25 CCTV cameras situated around the building. When the police see that the console is covered in Sauce they will immediately link it to their current murder investigations and take it in for questioning, only then will they realise it is a console covered in Tomato sauce which will hopefully be too late to do anything about... You like it?
Solution 10:
The biggest solution ever witnessed on a chat forum worldwide, this solution would have escaped out of Alcatraz and danced across the Sea to San Francisco, this solution would turn your Grandma's hair blue and your dad's sparkly silver, this is the daddy of all of these solutions although no DNA tests have pointed towards this being the case. You woke up this morning thinking of a solution yet this defeats any you have ever read, this one keeps your mother in-law away from the house at Christmas yet traps her there for every other day of year, this is the solution you should all take home with you and think about until dawn the next day, forget gaming, avoid gaming and live the life of a rich king! You still aren't sure what I am talking about? No and neither am I! I will leave this one up to you...
10 different solutions yet you still aren't sure about which one to choose? *Cues Blind Date's Graham and then quickly cues in the head with a Snooker cue* the choice is yours, would you like to live without gaming and without the delights of beating your friends... In a game, a game?! Avoiding games would be both irresponsible and very irresponsible at the same time. Are we set for a life of games? If so then hot diggity dog my day just got a lot better! Don't forget the valuable lessons you have learnt today as you could always apply them to you Homework ;)
Thanks for Reading
Garbe123
Thanks Gamezfreak :)
ROFL!!!
Excellanté! This is a sure GAD contender and made me chuckle :)
Excellanté! This is a sure GAD contender and made me chuckle :)
If you don't want to play games (although there's no reason not to) then, you know, just don't.
Gaming is an addiction which not only is bad for your health but it is also good at the same time. You ask why is it bad? I reply, I have cracked 4 ribs and lost a kidney playing Halo Multi-player with my friends, but that’s the last time I play 'who is the real Master Chief?!' Then you ask why is it good for your health? I reply, trying to re-create a scene from Resident Evil required a lot of stamina, but none of my friends told me that Doberman's were easily provoked! After running through 2 near death experiences I thought I would try to develop a guide which would help people to avoid playing games for a short while, remember though a game is for life not just for Christmas!
Solution 1:
So you have a console but what to do now? The most obvious solution would be to plug in and play but that would be defeating the object of the solution. As soon as you buy a console it loses half of its value so the wise thing to do would be to buy one then sell it on straight away :) So... strategy number 1 is to sell the console straight after purchase making sure that you have half of the money you went into the shop with. If you think about it in a 'Bill Gates' way then everything should go to plan, but instead of making a console and losing money you will be buying one :)
Solution 2:
So you have exhausted the selling plan, but what else? It's going to be hard avoiding playing games, almost as hard as avoiding kissing your grandma at Christmas but it has to work. I didn't say that it involved getting rid of the console you just have to avoid it somehow. When you walk past it do not give it eye contact, avoid looking in the direction of it as you will be only lured into a false sense of security and before you know it Disney Soccer will be blaring out in Home Cinema sound. Avoid looking at it directly and hide that stash... of games, of games *Wipes forehead and breathes easy*
Solution 3:
So far you could have either sold the console or avoided it at all costs but sometimes the temptation can prove too strong and this is where plan 3 comes in handy. Do you ever visit your grandma? If you are aged 11-17 then the answer is probably no, if you fall into this criterion then please read on... So then, you visit your grandma once every year yet you haven't already considered planting the console in her flat and making sure that you can resist the temptation of her sweaty boiled sweets! You won't be there and therefore you will be avoiding playing games, but what if she finds it? vs. just think of all the fun you could have playing Super Smash Brothers with your grandma!
Solution 4:
Didn't like the Grandma idea or didn't fit into the criteria? Well then this plan could just be the right one for you. So you have no money eh? You want to impress the new lad... I mean girl at school? Trade in your console for a book on Greek mythology; it always works with me as I am a killer with the girls ;) I just have that deadly touch which is arousing those suspicious boys in blue to what I am doing! You will have some money left over to treat her to an afternoon at the school chess club as well.
Solution 5:
I am getting negative vibes from all of those who read the last solution, it was useless wasn't it? Oh well lets see what I can come up with this one then *Rubs hands together in Mr.Burns style* Have you made up your mind about how long you want to stay away from gaming? If you have then this option will apply best to you. Using some PVA Glue cover the CD/DVD drive in it so that when it closes it won't open properly until you put your mind to it. By the time you come around to wanting to get it open again you will be prepared to put in the time, but until then you can sit back and watch your console rot... *Runs and takes Copyright sticker off solution 5*
Solution 6:
It has been 4 solutions now since a solution could be put to use by everyone concerned, but fear not people this one could be the choice for you! So the dog ate your homework? Well now it ate your console, that is of course if someone asks, otherwise your dog died of a mysterious death *cues X-Files music* It would be quite hard feeding an Xbox to your dog as it would be rather hard to explain how that got in there, but if you have a GameCube then it should just be like a purple dog biscuit!
Solution 7:
You don't have a dog? Well maybe your personal taxi... I mean your parents' car has the answer? You accidentally take a wrong turn off the nearest motorway and strangely enough you have your console on your lap with the window down. Drive away carefully obeying the speed limit and motorway directions, whatever you do try not to get lost as the car needs to be back before your parents realise where it has gone. Dump the car... I mean park the car in the drive and enter the house undetected.
Solution 8:
No car, dog or desire to avoid your grandma? Well you are either a strange member of society or you need another plan. Selling it to a family member would increase the temptation to get it back so forget them for ever... I mean for now. You could accidentally slip it into the bin and when your parents find it say your brother did it, that way you will get there sympathy which would lead to them buying you a new game... Defeating the object of the title and ruining the plan. Moving swiftly on...
Solution 9:
Cover the console in Tomato sauce, stick a knife to the box and leave it outside your local police station praying that you weren't caught on the 25 CCTV cameras situated around the building. When the police see that the console is covered in Sauce they will immediately link it to their current murder investigations and take it in for questioning, only then will they realise it is a console covered in Tomato sauce which will hopefully be too late to do anything about... You like it?
Solution 10:
The biggest solution ever witnessed on a chat forum worldwide, this solution would have escaped out of Alcatraz and danced across the Sea to San Francisco, this solution would turn your Grandma's hair blue and your dad's sparkly silver, this is the daddy of all of these solutions although no DNA tests have pointed towards this being the case. You woke up this morning thinking of a solution yet this defeats any you have ever read, this one keeps your mother in-law away from the house at Christmas yet traps her there for every other day of year, this is the solution you should all take home with you and think about until dawn the next day, forget gaming, avoid gaming and live the life of a rich king! You still aren't sure what I am talking about? No and neither am I! I will leave this one up to you...
10 different solutions yet you still aren't sure about which one to choose? *Cues Blind Date's Graham and then quickly cues in the head with a Snooker cue* the choice is yours, would you like to live without gaming and without the delights of beating your friends... In a game, a game?! Avoiding games would be both irresponsible and very irresponsible at the same time. Are we set for a life of games? If so then hot diggity dog my day just got a lot better! Don't forget the valuable lessons you have learnt today as you could always apply them to you Homework ;)
Thanks for Reading
Garbe123
Solution 1:
So you have a console but what to do now? The most obvious solution would be to plug in and play but that would be defeating the object of the solution. As soon as you buy a console it loses half of its value so the wise thing to do would be to buy one then sell it on straight away :) So... strategy number 1 is to sell the console straight after purchase making sure that you have half of the money you went into the shop with. If you think about it in a 'Bill Gates' way then everything should go to plan, but instead of making a console and losing money you will be buying one :)
Solution 2:
So you have exhausted the selling plan, but what else? It's going to be hard avoiding playing games, almost as hard as avoiding kissing your grandma at Christmas but it has to work. I didn't say that it involved getting rid of the console you just have to avoid it somehow. When you walk past it do not give it eye contact, avoid looking in the direction of it as you will be only lured into a false sense of security and before you know it Disney Soccer will be blaring out in Home Cinema sound. Avoid looking at it directly and hide that stash... of games, of games *Wipes forehead and breathes easy*
Solution 3:
So far you could have either sold the console or avoided it at all costs but sometimes the temptation can prove too strong and this is where plan 3 comes in handy. Do you ever visit your grandma? If you are aged 11-17 then the answer is probably no, if you fall into this criterion then please read on... So then, you visit your grandma once every year yet you haven't already considered planting the console in her flat and making sure that you can resist the temptation of her sweaty boiled sweets! You won't be there and therefore you will be avoiding playing games, but what if she finds it?
Solution 4:
Didn't like the Grandma idea or didn't fit into the criteria? Well then this plan could just be the right one for you. So you have no money eh? You want to impress the new lad... I mean girl at school? Trade in your console for a book on Greek mythology; it always works with me as I am a killer with the girls ;) I just have that deadly touch which is arousing those suspicious boys in blue to what I am doing! You will have some money left over to treat her to an afternoon at the school chess club as well.
Solution 5:
I am getting negative vibes from all of those who read the last solution, it was useless wasn't it? Oh well lets see what I can come up with this one then *Rubs hands together in Mr.Burns style* Have you made up your mind about how long you want to stay away from gaming? If you have then this option will apply best to you. Using some PVA Glue cover the CD/DVD drive in it so that when it closes it won't open properly until you put your mind to it. By the time you come around to wanting to get it open again you will be prepared to put in the time, but until then you can sit back and watch your console rot... *Runs and takes Copyright sticker off solution 5*
Solution 6:
It has been 4 solutions now since a solution could be put to use by everyone concerned, but fear not people this one could be the choice for you! So the dog ate your homework? Well now it ate your console, that is of course if someone asks, otherwise your dog died of a mysterious death *cues X-Files music* It would be quite hard feeding an Xbox to your dog as it would be rather hard to explain how that got in there, but if you have a GameCube then it should just be like a purple dog biscuit!
Solution 7:
You don't have a dog? Well maybe your personal taxi... I mean your parents' car has the answer? You accidentally take a wrong turn off the nearest motorway and strangely enough you have your console on your lap with the window down. Drive away carefully obeying the speed limit and motorway directions, whatever you do try not to get lost as the car needs to be back before your parents realise where it has gone. Dump the car... I mean park the car in the drive and enter the house undetected.
Solution 8:
No car, dog or desire to avoid your grandma? Well you are either a strange member of society or you need another plan. Selling it to a family member would increase the temptation to get it back so forget them for ever... I mean for now. You could accidentally slip it into the bin and when your parents find it say your brother did it, that way you will get there sympathy which would lead to them buying you a new game... Defeating the object of the title and ruining the plan. Moving swiftly on...
Solution 9:
Cover the console in Tomato sauce, stick a knife to the box and leave it outside your local police station praying that you weren't caught on the 25 CCTV cameras situated around the building. When the police see that the console is covered in Sauce they will immediately link it to their current murder investigations and take it in for questioning, only then will they realise it is a console covered in Tomato sauce which will hopefully be too late to do anything about... You like it?
Solution 10:
The biggest solution ever witnessed on a chat forum worldwide, this solution would have escaped out of Alcatraz and danced across the Sea to San Francisco, this solution would turn your Grandma's hair blue and your dad's sparkly silver, this is the daddy of all of these solutions although no DNA tests have pointed towards this being the case. You woke up this morning thinking of a solution yet this defeats any you have ever read, this one keeps your mother in-law away from the house at Christmas yet traps her there for every other day of year, this is the solution you should all take home with you and think about until dawn the next day, forget gaming, avoid gaming and live the life of a rich king! You still aren't sure what I am talking about? No and neither am I! I will leave this one up to you...
10 different solutions yet you still aren't sure about which one to choose? *Cues Blind Date's Graham and then quickly cues in the head with a Snooker cue* the choice is yours, would you like to live without gaming and without the delights of beating your friends... In a game, a game?! Avoiding games would be both irresponsible and very irresponsible at the same time. Are we set for a life of games? If so then hot diggity dog my day just got a lot better! Don't forget the valuable lessons you have learnt today as you could always apply them to you Homework ;)
Thanks for Reading
Garbe123