I’m not addicted but I hate MMOs because they require to much time.

my brother is ADDICTED to xbox live he never comes off of it not even to eat his dinner when he is eating his dinner he playing the xbox aswel. its soo annoying if his not at school he is on the xbox, we even put our trampoline back up he only plyed on that for lika hour and straight back on the XBOX i want to smash it. i think there should be a limit! he wakes up and is straight on xbox.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. its really annoying

Oh Grace, don’t take it away from them. It’s a great system. That’s why they want to play so much. It’s easier said then done, but you just need to put your foot down and let them know where there boundries are. Video games in general are not a waste of time like most of society will have you believe. I’m sure you have a few things that you are very fond of and would be seriously pissed if it were to be taken away from you entirely. Then again, if they don’t do anything else but play the 360, then they may have a larger problem. In that case removal of the 360 may be in order.

I don’t know the extinct of your dilemna, but if it’s not a gigantic issue that majorly affects them in other facets of there life then don’t blow it out of proportion or they’ll just want to defy you more just because you said they can’t this or that. This applies to everything, not just gaming. I’m sure you defied your parents to, when they said you couldn’t do someting that they didn’t understand.

I’m with you Grace. I would get it out of the house. I’m in same situation.

iam an addict. oh come on ppl this world suck big time. i hate this world. i much perfer my xbox live world. iam healthy an stayin healthy. i exersize . i have money, friends an a good social life and iam happy.. and looking to take my gaming to the next level by entering in UK and International tournaments. witch you get paid for playing games LOOK UP **MLG** and other tournaments. its not that big of a problem u knw. ur kids will proberly end up going into tournaments. its gettin bigger an bigger.

HAPPY GAMING!

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Way to go Mr. Gates! At first, I thought the xbox was pretty cool, until I noticed that my nephew will not come off of it, not even for one second. As his uncle, I try to do things for him like go to a movie, hang out at the mall, etc. But he ignores me like I’m not even standing there. You tell him to stop playing and he will get defiant and sometimes violent. This thing is like heroin. He is addicted big time! He will keep playing till 5am! Sometimes on a school night. He lives with me and my parents (his grandparents). He’s failing in school. He’s 14 and still stuck in the 6th if that tells you anything. As his guardians, we could possibly take the blame for his failure in school. If you want to make a career out of xbox live, then more power to you. But I’m very sorry to inform you that a job will not hire you if all you have is xbox gaming skills on your resume. If you think otherwise, then you are retarded! I used to be a game and online addict for years when I was in my 20’s, but I always knew my stopping points. When I was 14, I didn’t have all those things…no computers, xbox, playstations, whatever. I was learning guitar and my goal was to get into a band. That was more exciting to me in every sense of those words. They had a stopping point there as well. My parents said, have a good education, a good career, and you will have a good life..and so far, that dam has never cracked or leaked. I told my nephew, I will pull the plug on this xbox at 11pm whether he likes it or not. I have control over the internet router and he doesn’t. And the worst this situation gets, I will block his access from the router to shut him out completely from xbox live. You can count on it. Get a job and pay for your own freaking internet service! Oh wait a second! You don’t have a job…so that’s out of the question! Word up!