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MTV True Life to cover game addiction, wants you photo

Bitching about MTV is pretty much something everyone loves to do except for tween girls, but to be honest ever since Singled Out there's been a show on there that I'd watch, and now that there are practically no music videos the 24-hour reality television network has some decent stuff on there. True Life is one of those series. Though melodramatic and staged for dramatic effect more often than not it does do a good job of presenting real life issues that confront its viewing audience.

Next up will be videogame addiction (along with dating cougars, dating outside your social circle and issues with digital bullying). MTV is looking for people that look like they are between the ages of 17 and 29 and answer yes to the following questions: "Have video games totally taken over your life? Is your game play increasingly getting out of control? Have your friends or family confronted you about your gaming habit? How about your marriage or personal relationships -- are they being affected? Is it difficult to balance work and gaming time? Do you sometimes skip doing homework or household responsibilities to play? Have you played video games as a way of escaping your problems? Has your game playing habit become so encompassing that you may need to go to rehab to kick it?"

So who wants to get on MTV and do the entire thing in a Dtoid helmet and t-shirt? I'm sure Niero would lend it to you.


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ExpertPenguin's Avatar
ExpertPenguin at 06/21/2009 20:04
Is it weird that I'm considering this, if only to break a few gamer stereotypes on national television (that they'll definitely edit out in favor of drama from the others)?

Also, hi.
Mini-Boss's Avatar
Mini-Boss at 06/21/2009 20:05
wow jack thomson might have some actual ammo against gamers now instead of acting out and x-box making a child kill a mother with sock puppets
Infinite Obscurity's Avatar
Infinite Obscurity at 06/21/2009 20:06
I kinda wanna do this, even though I'm not in the least bit addicted to games.
SnakeDude4Life's Avatar
SnakeDude4Life at 06/21/2009 20:07
Taking bets on what games are gonna be featured!

WOW: 1/1
Everquest: 1/7
Any online shooter: 1/20
Any Final Fantasy online or off: 1/20
Monster Hunter:1/25
Pokemon:1/24
Old obscure JRPG: 1/30
New obscure JRPG: 1/30

Git yo Tix Here! Git yo Tix here!!
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Danzflor at 06/21/2009 20:13
i remember, (dunno if it is the same show) yaers ago i saw something similar on MTV whit a guy who lives playing DDR, he earned cash by playing on tournaments and stuff like that.

I really want to see someone at least wearing a dtoid shirt :P
Daxelman's Avatar
Daxelman at 06/21/2009 20:36
I'll do it.
NeoGreenLantern's Avatar
NeoGreenLantern at 06/21/2009 20:38
True Life is a good time. The Professional Eater episode with Kobayashi was pretty awesome and they filled the Swinger episode in my area.
Shin Oni's Avatar
Shin Oni at 06/21/2009 20:47
they did a true life: I'm addicted to gaming, before. Maybe it's just time for a new one...

cause the first one had that UT idiot on there and dudes who lived in a place where it was littered with game consoles and a dude having Steel Battalion.

I'm seriously gonna try this...granted i'm not "addicted" but I get my fair share in and willing to ditch things at time to play something.
bluki's Avatar
bluki at 06/21/2009 20:52
SnakeDude4Life: throw some HALO 1/1
Shin Oni's Avatar
Shin Oni at 06/21/2009 21:03
ohhh I just sold my story...if I get on there, i'm so making the opposite of what they're expecting. lmao
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SnakeDude4Life at 06/21/2009 21:08
bluki: I'll give ya 1/12, any lower and I'll be low-balling myself.

I can't really see how TEH HALOZ is addicive.

Murderous? Sure. Used by Al Quada to train? Yes.but addicive as WOW? Nope.
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Cowboy TTop at 06/21/2009 21:10
I think you guys are a bit naive. MTV are not going to paint gamers in a positive light. The very fact they have to ask for people, supposedly 'addicted' to games already has given this a negative slap of 'we are doing this to show the world how sad gamers are'. I don't trust them to give gamers a fair break, and break the sterotypes.

Do they ask the same for people 'addicted' to music or films? No, didn't think so, because they are COOL and OKAY, and you can't be 'addicted' to them. Why not go out on the street and grab a few random people who play games, since its not just kids paying games now.

Don't be so quick to jump at this, since what gets shot, what gets cuts out and broadcast are two different things.
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Doomsday Forte at 06/21/2009 21:29
I agree with Cowboy TTop, and honestly, would you want to appear on MTV? I mean, there aren't many more worse ways to pretty much commit future-related suicide.

Gamer: Hi, I want to apply for this job.
Secretary: Hey, you're that guy who was addicted to that game.
Gamer: Uh...
Secretary: The SWAT team is on the way.
Gamer: What?! D:

But I don't like MTV, so that's just me. :3 Also, look at the number of questions they ask. They want seriously messed-up people for this, not any one of us (I'd hope). People who...okay, you know the South Park WoW episode? That. That that fucking that.
SnakeDude4Life's Avatar
SnakeDude4Life at 06/21/2009 21:30
Cowboy TTop:

That's where I thick you are wrong. Gamer have been exposed to a lot of things that would make any tv show quake in it's boots (EG Jack Thompson, Fox News/Mass effect, GTA, Manhunt banned. Fallout 3 Banned, etc)

I don't really think anyone here (Home of CASHWHORE/GAMESPOT)will expect a open arm welcome from MTV (The people that killed music).
Black Nexus's Avatar
Black Nexus at 06/21/2009 21:41
@ snakedude
gimme 50 Gs on halo.
SnakeDude4Life's Avatar
SnakeDude4Life at 06/21/2009 22:29
@Black Nexus

You got it.
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prolifikstudio at 06/21/2009 22:55
Can't let my parents watch this Oh o_o Nos!!!
psychodiagnostik's Avatar
psychodiagnostik at 06/21/2009 23:27
If I'm not mistaken, they actually did something like this a few years ago. It might not have been True Life, it wasn't "I'm addicted to gaming" it was something more general, like, "I'm a gamer". They profiled like three groups of folks... one group was a bunch of dudes who shared an apartment and who played everything under the sun and didn't care about anything else. The only game I remember them playing was Steel Battalion on Xbox, with the big controller. They also profiled some fps tournament "teams" playing stuff like Unreal Tournament and Counterstrike I think.
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Zippyduda at 06/22/2009 03:29
I think they just need to STFUAJP Life, it's all one big game anyway. And the sooner these "producers" wake up, smell the coffee, and realise they are the losers of life, taking it all serious like, that's when they will get off our backs.
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brainderailment at 06/22/2009 03:40
I'd do it for shits and giggles, but I've never been confronted and the one thing my wife and I do most is play games together, so my marriage isn't falling apart. I guess we could put on a play for Mtv
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FormerAcorn at 06/22/2009 04:05
I would absolutely do this. I've been dying to get on MTV ever since "16 and Pregnant" started airing.
Char Aznable's Avatar
Char Aznable at 06/22/2009 08:46
I love True Life, it's a guilty pleasure for me. I would never, ever want to be on the show, however.
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Corak at 06/22/2009 11:30
If people want to know why some of the youth of this country are going down the shitter just look at the programs MTV airs. The Hills, My Super Sweet 16, this is where the sense of entitlement comes from. Granted this was a show I didn't mind being on when I actually watched MTV, you know back when they actually played music. They ran something like this before, and I've got a friend or 2 I could probably recommend for this...seriously you aren't going to the movies with us because you're playing WOW? Even though this relates to gaming I still won't turn to that channel on my TV.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 06/22/2009 14:26
I would do it but I am definitely not that addicted to gaming.
MarshMayhem's Avatar
MarshMayhem at 06/22/2009 14:58
throw in a free tshirt n i will convince my boss n girlfriend to go along with gaming addiction destroying my life
ThaFNFreak's Avatar
ThaFNFreak at 06/22/2009 18:18
I wonder what would happen if I applied to this as a gaming addict who doesn't let it interfere with the rest of their life. If I'm not doing homework, studying, or working on things for school, I am gaming. While I may end up playing an average of 3-4 hours a day, which I'd assume they'd consider addicted, it isn't fucking up my life.

Then again, the idea of somebody who maintains an "addiction" perfectly fine, isn't a sexy story. I think if I watch this special, I'd be able to tell when the "addicts" were coached to say lines, or act a certain way. Heck I predict, they try and show a person in withdrawal during school or work.
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shit-polka at 08/02/2009 17:30
fuck that, where do I apply for the milf segment? I've got a monkey on my back that looks like a leather handbag but fucks like she's 19.
shit-polka's Avatar
shit-polka at 08/02/2009 18:27
(and by leather handbag I was referring to the consistency and texture of her skin, it's a being old joke)
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