Minecraft Addiction

First, let's learn about addiction.  Addiction is where you are dependent on something.  When you don't have it, you will fell sick and sad.  Your sad... until you get some more.  According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary,
"Compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance "

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With a few hundred blocks of stone to > 3,000,000,000,000,000,000

As of January 2011, people was infected.  One kid played Minecraft for an entire week.  He won't talk unless you talk to him about something about the game.  He then exaggerates what the game is about.
     Another person has a brother that only plays Minecraft.  Another person is just playing and he has credit card debt on his credit cards.  He doesn't listen to anything that anyone says.

On another segment, a child is asking his dad if he can go to the park.  His dad says, "I'm out of iron.  Is there any iron in the vicinity of the park?"  The child walks away.


It is know by the addicts as taking it to the next level.  The gamers will venture into the outside world that they never saw for a long time.  They will try to mine in real life.  They will chop down their trees with an axe.  They will blow up bombs and say, "There is redstone."  On my Google Chrome's spell check, it said "red stone" because "red" is an adjective.  

Symptoms include:

You get coal in your stocking on Christmas and say "Thank you, because now I can smelt my iron ore."

Your house has the highest electric bill because you have the lights on 24/7 and your yards are full of lights to keep mobs from spawning.

When your mom makes bacon, you yell, "Creeper!" and hide.

You try to turn your brightness up during a power outage.

You want to name your child Steve.

During a math test you type /help on the computer.  Then someone says, "No typing out answers."

You say, "I'm a redstone expert!"

You're afraid to be covered in sand at the beach.

Your only sport is spleef.

At Home Depot, you ask for glowstone dust.
You don't see rain on the floor when it is raining.

You have an I.P. and Coordinates anywhere between -30000000*-30000000 to 30000000*30000000. with the biome listed (forest)

You think the door at WalMart uses pistons.

At Giant Eagle, you ask an employee, "Where is 3 kg of wheat and sugar, two liters of milk and only one egg, not 12 eggs."  The employee asks, "Why?"  The Minecrafter says, "To craft a cake."  The employee then tells the gamer, "But we make cakes here at the Bakery."  the  Minecrafter then says rudely, "But where are there crafting tables and torches to keep the zombies and creepers from spawning?!!"




On June 28, 2010, the Minecraft epidemic was started.  People say that is the greatest game ever.  Someone played for two weeks straight.

For example, you might want to play some soccer, but your friend wants to play Minecraft on your laptop, his laptop, and a ton of Macbooks all at the same time.  After a long time, you friend is still playing Minecraft.

One teen in school and is looking at his watch.  When the bell rings, he is the first one to get home.  He rushes to his computer to play some Minecraft.  He loads minecraft and goes onto his favorite server.

If someone drops out of school to have more Minecraft time, how did that help the person who now can't get a job?

Today, your video games are in your own homes.  A lot of people are addicted to video games.

One in three people who play minecraft are addicted.  It is affected several towns.

Be careful of what you do on minecraft, for these might happen to you.