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Story about my childhood
Video games are bad for you
Didn't realize i understood English
Getting into second best English group
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The role of video games in our lives

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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Video Games

Story about my childhood
Video games are bad for you
Didn't realize i understood English
Getting into second best English group
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Motivation

Understand conversations
Don't consider it learning
More fun
It's something we like, remember it more easily
Shouldn't be used in class
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Rpg Games

Many kinds of games, many different topics
Best for learning
Much text
More easily understandable with the scenes
Mass Effect
Talk a lot
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MMO

MMOs and Multiplayer games encourage teamwork
You can connect to many people from different cultures
Learn language through that as well
Can backfire

STeam

Gaming Platform
Over 6400 games available
Every day there are more and more
Too expensive?
Sales: Winter, Summer, Halloween, Weekend, Publisher

Gabe Newell

Founder of Steam
All the sales because of him
Also the head of Valve
Valve made Dota 2

Disadvantages

Many people won't cooperate
Can cause racism, rage and damage to belongings

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2 teams of 5 players
Destroy Base while defending theirs
2 players on the top lane 2 on bot lane and one mid
Mid gives you advantages, people want to go mid
Feed means to help enemy team by dying
Games can turn people racist
One of my friends most racist
Russians the most hated

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Just a saying.
Delay between the action of players and the reaction of the server.
They can make us violent.
I rage as well sometimes
Flatmates don't appreciate it
Can lead to rage quit and destruction of belongings
Computers, Keyboards, Monitors

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Extreme cases
Parents deleted his Wow account
Stuck a remote up his ass
Extreme case Counter Strike player plotting murder and doing it

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Conclusion
Video Games can help in a lot of ways, especially when learning a language
All problems are easily counter able by a little self control
Remember the teaching of the force and don't rage