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WCDT 15-19 August 2011 (1991-95)
Mr. Doctor:
--- Quote from: Spectreofwar on 18 Aug 2011, 12:52 ---I have to disagree; while limiting Marigold to 3 days of no games may seem harsh to you, dumping dirt on hanners' floor is by no means similar. For one, that's Hanners' LIVING SPACE you're destroying. I'm a game freak, too, and not a neat freak, but I could easily survive the temporary game ban by, y'know, doing something ELSE as a hobby because that's what I'd need to do; dumping a bunch of dirt on my floor and telling me I'm not allowed to clean it for weeks would get you a colossal "WTF" from me, and at best a ban on ever coming over.
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Like he said: You don't really need to throw some dirt on her house. But not clean it in a week (because seriously.. how awful can be a week in a place like hers that is so minimal) is a more reasonable thought tbh.
Spectreofwar:
--- Quote from: Hybris on 18 Aug 2011, 12:02 ---Its been a lifetime or two since I have posted here but I just had to post and give major thumbs up to the Battletech\MechWarrior reference. :-D
I think though Marigold should go straight for the PX-5500 it has Quad ERPPC's, two Heavy X-Pulse lasers, and twin Clan Light Gauss Rifles along with an the sensor suite from a Raven.
btw Atlas 4 life. :-D :roll:
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Pfft.
A Marauder could out-range it and outrun an Atlas. ;)
But if you're going for newer tech, I'd pit a Blood Asp's dual Gauss and quad heavy medium's against the best of the Inner Sphere any day.
Spectreofwar:
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 18 Aug 2011, 13:08 ---
--- Quote from: Spectreofwar on 18 Aug 2011, 12:52 ---I have to disagree; while limiting Marigold to 3 days of no games may seem harsh to you, dumping dirt on hanners' floor is by no means similar. For one, that's Hanners' LIVING SPACE you're destroying. I'm a game freak, too, and not a neat freak, but I could easily survive the temporary game ban by, y'know, doing something ELSE as a hobby because that's what I'd need to do; dumping a bunch of dirt on my floor and telling me I'm not allowed to clean it for weeks would get you a colossal "WTF" from me, and at best a ban on ever coming over.
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Like he said: You don't really need to throw some dirt on her house. But not clean it in a week (because seriously.. how awful can be a week in a place like hers that is so minimal) is a more reasonable thought tbh.
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This is true. The issue I'd take with that, though is: why? To be clear, are we equating Hanners' OCD versus dirt with Marigold's gaming addiction?
Edit: After posting it and a few more random thoughts, equating the two actually does seem more sensible in the fact that both Hanners and Marigold are socially ... "off," for lack of a better term, and both would like to be not so "off" but neither has *quite* grasped that their OCD and Gaming, respectively, is really what's preventing them. Hanners went on a mock date, true, but we haven't seen much more come from that outing.
TinPenguin:
--- Quote from: HiFranc on 18 Aug 2011, 09:24 ---I think Hannelore is the perfect person to deliver the message because:
[list=1][*] She is probably the only one who is to be close enough to Marigold for Marigold to listen.
[*] Those who say her experience with OCD bar her neglect one thing: as an OCD sufferer Hannelore is in a perfect position to recognise symptoms.
[*] Hannelore has made a lot of effort to try and get better (with some success) whereas Marigold is still in a state of denial.
[*] Self help groups wouldn't exist if mutual support from people at different stages of experiencing something couldn't help each other out.
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I agree with all those reasons, and I think it is also that, as with Jeph's description of 1473, Hannelore and Marigold are not as self-aware as the other characters and so oblivious to the slight silliness of Hanners "grounding" her. The precise use of that phrase does imply parental responsibility, 'doing this for your own good', 'harsh but fair', etc, and that's what Marigold needs. 'Intervention' sounds a lot more aggressive.
Mr. Doctor:
--- Quote from: Spectreofwar on 18 Aug 2011, 13:17 ---To be clear, are we equating Hanners' OCD versus dirt with Marigold's gaming addiction?
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Nah, I don't really like to make generalizations so I always try to look at someone's issues as just one individual case. Also... I think OCD is more of a serious issue than gaming addiction but that's just my opinion though.
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