Does your familie support your computer habits?

[Wano97]

I do . From 3 days,my mom and my dad are going to the hospital as my grandparents have come here for some check up i think. So,they go twice a day and at that time,i play and surf the net . Pretty cool huh?

I don't get it, why would you need approval from parents to play games? 

[rashdanml]

They don't, but they're also completely lost without my computer knowledge. They've accepted it as necessary.

[8521546]

im here in my room a little bit to much, unhealthy amounts maybe? (6-8 hours on friday, saturday and sunday and 3 hours during monday to thuesday) my grades ait doing breat atm, i had an average grade last year around 4,2 and this year i have 3,1 (in norway we use 1-6 not F-A, 1=f. 2=e 3=c 4=d 5=b and 6=a) soooo, im thinking about using my 650 next year and give my 780 to my dad and let him only give it to me during saturday and sunday

[LOST TALE]

 

They don't care. I am an increasingly more succesfull person. Implying exorcism on me will only cause harm. I do not see any problem. Gaming on a computer is just a type of gaming, like many others.

When someone thinks of gaming as a bad thing. For me it's just as stupid as thinking of any other type of gaming as bad, take skying for exemple.

 

I heard stories of computer banning and stuff, some sort of activity racism.

Other than the occasional "you are addicted to the computer, whether you admit it or not" I've always been pretty much let loose. The funny thing is that I don't even play all that much anymore, I just don't have anything better to do.

I think it's retarded to Ban someone of an enjoying activity for not other reason then because you think the activity is bad. Then the reaction to beleive that your right because the victim does not approve what you say. ''oh it's because your obsessed''. Replace the Gaming on a computer activity with any other activity. The reaction wouldn't be different

[Theo]

My parents dont like me gaming however they do support my general computer knowledge.

Although they do not support my computer spending habits, i7, gtx 680 ( when it came out )...you get the gist of things 

[speciealpha]

everytime I buy a game on steam my parents are like:  "Are you sure this is safe site? Are you absolutely positive? I don't think you use a credit card on the internet."

 

When I told my dad about League of Legends being a sport, he said that was "sad". ---Really? sadder than spending 4 hours a week on the couch watching football? I honestly don't see the difference. 

[totjup5]

Yes

[LOST TALE]

mine give me a chance to update after every 3 years and with a tight budget

How much was the tight budget?

[TheRuke]

Computer = Satan

[MagnetSh0CK]

My Dad was so proud of my brother and I for building our pc's...my mom still nags about the price and not spending time with her.

[Guest]

They do have distaste for it yes.

 

They like that I can fix computers though.

 

Gasbags...I don't mind them anyway.

 

My friends support/approve it all.

[madscientist56]

my parents don't they thing my whole computer thing is a waste of time, my mom still checks her email on a win xp dell OptiPlex with a Pentium 4, she likes it because she says "America online is really user friendly".

[Minjon]

"You are wasting your life playing games and not having a GF 24/7"
"The PC has possessed you"

"We will send you to to a religions hospital for this! We saw it on the TV!"

"If you are making money then its fine, if you aren't then you are wasting your time"

"You are sick, you need to be spent to hospital"
"Wasting money on games...."

"Wasting your money on PC components......"

"You are paying for internet but that's not enough!"

My family says this but my brothers says some of it who was 24/7 raiding in World of Warcraft in a net cafe.....while i also keep lending him cash all the time which he doesn't return

 

This is what i hear all the time, hopefully i move out when i start University next year but i doubt it since im probably going to stay in the same city........

[eX.Drunk]

How much was the tight budget?

1000$ max.

[miyabwah]

Never. Not even once

[JigglyPufflez]

As long as I get the marks and grades my mother wants(Which I do) , she couldn't care less what I do. She is giving me $600 for christmas just because I got straight A's in maths, Science and English :3 I wuv her

[LOST TALE]

1000$ max. :

That's plenty enough, learn to spend.

[eX.Drunk]

That's plenty enough, learn to spend.

i don't get that all together, i get like 600 then 200 and then if they feel happy about something the remaining 200. 

if i did not know how to spend, why the hell would i waste so much money?

[LogicalDrm]

When we (my brother has had this same problem and we started about same time) first begun gaming seriously, then it was bit problem. I was in highschool, my brother still in elementary school. It was about making rules and bending them abit. And since we had only one computer which was able to run games like CS, it was either me playing or my brother playing. When we both started playing comp BF2 problems came again. This time it was more about gaming too late since pc was placed in open area and we were talking kinda loud. And having pracs and officals pretty much 5 days a week. But it was more about noise and playing late at night on school days.

 

Since we are adults now its easier to explain things. And have bit support. We have both been in team meetups and lan events which are the real social side of gaming. Me being bit shy one, I have more "net-friends" because of gaming. And the fact that neither of us is playing comp anymore. That frees time to do more things and doesn't make it look like we are spending too much time on pc.

 

Money wise we have bought all upgrades with own money. Either gift money or from summer jobs. Thats reason I don't really like those kind of kids that upgrade all the time with their parents money. They won't learn to appreciate hw their getting.

[Jack.EXE]

Gaming? No, not really. They tolerate it, but they won't let me buy my own games most of the time. (this started up my love for F2P games, such as planetside 2, & firefall.)

 

My love for computers is greatly supported however, and my "expertise" is often called upon, I'm actually the network admin on the router, and I've just recently overhauled my dad's old laptop (installed ubuntu & libreoffice)

[OutlawedConsole]

Well, 50-50. My mom says,"Well,You can use the computer and also gain the knowledge about computers and gaming. but not at this age. She says i should do it at the right age. And,Not now. I should concentrate on my studies".What should i do to convice her? Any tips?

tell her that learning about computers now could earn you an internship at a technology firm in the future or something like that

[Jrobertson]

Yeah... im pretty sure my parents think im gay coz I never go out or do sports.

[MontBlanco]

My parents are nagging about how much i've spend on the PC. When the payday comes, time for me to drive to my favourite store again (NCIX of course). lol they were just nagging about the parts, yet alone they didn't know how much the watercooling is . PC building is so addicting can't stop upgrading!