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The Gamer Who Spent Seven Years in His Dressing Gown

posted by martyb on Saturday November 10 2018, @11:26AM   
from the leaving-the-basement dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

BBC:

Mr Brown, now 24, dropped out of college and spent the following years at home - gaming, in chat rooms and reading about politics.

He became almost entirely immersed in an online world of "echo chambers" where he felt the pull of extremism and cybercrime.

Mr Brown, from Ashton, Cornwall, says he became increasingly "eccentric" and eventually lost touch with reality.

"I can count the number of times I went out in a seven-year period on both of my hands," he says.

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He finally decided to seek help and ended up taking part in the Real Ideas Organisation's (RIO) Game Changer programme, which aims to encourage young people to develop skills and overcome any issues they face before getting them into work, education or training.

7 years. Not bad. Can anyone beat that?

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Original Submission

• Re:Forgive my Cynicism Re:Forgive my Cynicism (Score: 4, Insightful) by shortscreen on Saturday November 10 2018, @07:21PM (4 children)

  by shortscreen (2252) on Saturday November 10 2018, @07:21PM (#760462) Journal

  This appears to be a sales pitch for the RIO program. So yes, playing games for 7 years is a terrible misfortune, wouldn't you rather have spent that time sucking up to your boss and making student loan payments?

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• That's a false dichotomy (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @07:31PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @07:31PM (#760464)

  Don't be afraid to tell your boss he's an idiot, and don't take on loans that are stupid.

  Take some fucking responsibility for your choices, asshole.

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• That's a false dichotomy (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 11 2018, @05:26AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 11 2018, @05:26AM (#760572)

  Don't be afraid to tell your boss he's an idiot, and don't take on loans that are stupid.

  Take some fucking responsibility for your choices, asshole.

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• That's a false dichotomy (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 11 2018, @07:14AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 11 2018, @07:14AM (#760599)

  Don't be afraid to tell your boss he's an idiot, and don't take on loans that are stupid.

  Take some fucking responsibility for your choices, asshole.

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• That's a false dichotomy (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 12 2018, @08:08PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 12 2018, @08:08PM (#761028)

  Don't be afraid to tell your boss he's an idiot, and don't take on loans that are stupid.

  Take some fucking responsibility for your choices, asshole.

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