Obsessive Compulsive?

Agilab · Contributor Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD

I was doing an oral presentation the other day in my Sociology class about arcade gaming-and what would bring people there when there are all these consoles out with internet capabilities and of course theres the computer for unlimited gaming-and, of course I had to bring up DDR in the presentation, and out of nowhere my teacher brings up "obsessive compulsive disorder." Now I play alot, yes, but I do not consider it to be obsessive compulsive, but HAVE seen people that have brought playing DDR close to that level. This just kinda struck me that it really kind-of is obsessive compulsive, I mean if you can AAA 90% of the game, yeah you have caught the disorder, or should I call it a disease?
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PidgePidge · Basic Member Joined: 15 Oct 2003

...Disorder? No. I would call that skill. OCD would be like.. the constant unignorable urge to go to the arcade every day, not that fact that you're able to do really well on it.

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wolverine78 · Trick Member Joined: 21 Aug 2003

i have ocd and am wierd about many things but one is i can only play an even number of sets on ddr one time i had to beg a stranger for a quarter cause i only played 5 sets and couldnt stand to leave on an odd number

chibidjinn · Trick Member Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Location: Central Oregon

I might have it too..

I have a constant urge to go play DDR at the arcades.....and I am begginning see that I keep asking my mom constantly (every other day) if we could go to Chuck E Cheese and stuff (they got DDR there).

Where there is no DDR, I pretend to play and move my feet on the floor and a bunch of people look at me strangely.

It helps a little.

ninjafetus · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:38 am Post subject:

No... to be a disorder, it has to do a few things first.

First, it has to really bother you. If your obsession is DDR, than you would have to feel like something really bad would honestly happen if you didn't play. It's like people who lock and unlock their doors over and over. If they don't, they will really honestly not feel safe unless they fix it. So, if DDR has such a hold over you that you start to really have something bother you if you don't play, than, maybe

I like the idea you brought up, though. Ever since console games became par with arcades, they arcade industry has suffered, and tried so many things to make the arcade experiance unreproducable at home. Only bemani succeeded... Any other game (fighting games, mostly) only last as long as until the home versions come out. Our SCII machine was doing great, but dropped to near nothing after the console verision came out.
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Crescent · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:58 am Post subject:

god. People need to learn the differences between the meanings of:

a) obsessive compulsive disorder
b) addictions
c) spending too much time on hobbies
d) liking things.

There's a HUGE FUCKING GAP between (a and b) and (c).

People don't tell people who practice basketball for four hours a day, hoping for a scholarship, that they have OCD. And really, it's just spending too much time on a hobby, the same as playing DDR a lot.

Agilab · Contributor Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD

Yeah, I wouldn't call it obsessive compulsive either....it is mearly a favorite pastime, just like baseball!
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TEEX · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:33 pm Post subject:

In my opinion is, I really don't care if it is a disease/disorder or not. I play DDR every week because it is fun and I enjoy doing it.

Orion.25 · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2002 Location: Oceanside, NY

Alright, I have OCD (flipping light switches up and down 5 times and dotting periods 5 times constitutes it... right? Yeah, it does), and my only link between the two is when I play warm-ups at home (Light), I need to hit arrows right foot, left foot, R, L, R, L, and so on, even if I end up standing backwards for an extended period of time.
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Mikeh · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:16 pm Post subject:

No, I don't think that it's possible to develop something like OCD over playing DDR...It's just a game.

Crescent · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:42 pm Post subject:

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Otla · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:36 pm Post subject:

tac-tics · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:10 pm Post subject:

I'm not obsessive.... I can quit DDR any time...

Any time at all....

What? Why don't I give it up...

I don't want to....

Are you implying I *shouldn't* go every day?

.... just because I don't have any money?.....

No! I'm not obsessive!
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Asteroid · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Location: Jackson, TN

My bro has OCD and unless you have a physical need to play DDR, nothin is wrong.
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How come no one notices me? oh wait I don't play that much XD

(and I suck) lol

Diet · Trick Member Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Location: California

I'm from a community where DDR is not very respected. not very many people play aroun here and it kinda sucks. So whenever I go to school with my DDRFreak.com t-shirt on or even TALK about it I get called obsessive about it. I dont go to the arcade to play all that often (once a week tops). I hate it! I wish I lived somewhere where I was more understood.

Small_Smiley · Trick Member Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Location: California

Uhh...I'm guessing that just because they scored an AAA doesn't mean they're quite obsessive, it's just that they've been training and they have enough skill and all that jazz. =) Yeah.

Wow....I haven't posted in a LONG time.
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