[rant] People who do two things at once

[Enzedder]

I don't see the point in getting upset over something like this.

mediocre movies

oh and fuck you

I love your come backs! Feel free to bite him too. And film it if possible. I need some new 'entertainment'.

As for WoW and watching movies. Just because you are button mashing doesn't mean you are paying attention to it. When I was playing my paladin I was basically autoattacking and hitting 4-6 keys depending on what I was fighting. It doesn't change. I often found myself watching anime on the second screen while killing stuff because all you are doing is hitting a key every 3-10 seconds to activate a power with a 0.5-1 second animation. Those spare few seconds inbetween can be killer when grinding a hundred of the same enemy. And this is the same for most MMOs. Always best to have something to distract you.

The only time I ever payed 100% attention in WoW was PvP and raiding and thats only because they were the 2 best parts about WoW as almost any game for me anyway.

He does sound like he was paying attention to WoW though. I sympathize with you nstgc in this situation however 'multitasking' is not a bad thing in my eyes. You may be dividing your attention but when things don't require 100% attention it means that you can get other things done.

Cooking and cleaning for example. I often clean the house while frying up mince or something because although frying mince is a short thing really in the grand scheme of things it doesn't need that much attention. I will often start the dishes going or just general tidying. (If I watch TV though I become too distracted.) In that respect I like to be able to multitask.

[Sosseres]

Listening to music while doing something that requires near 90% or so focus isn't multi tasking for me. I just zone the music out when necessary, going so far as not noticing when it stops.

As for the topic, I hate that as well, I know how bad I am at multitasking. I do it all the time though, some things just don't need more than 30% focus but are still fun.

[mgz]

I don't see the point in getting upset over something like this.

mediocre movies

oh and fuck you

While the movies are far from Mediocre, I have heard that the BD versions suck =/

sry to break it to ya folks but big green-screens and lots of non existent ogre things battling each other while 2 midgets run to a volcano for 9 hours isnt a good movie.

The books were good, but the movies != the books

[fohfoh]

sry to break it to ya folks but big green-screens and lots of non existent ogre things battling each other while 2 midgets run to a volcano for 9 hours isnt a good movie.

Sounds like a forum experience.

* fohfoh chases midgets around volcanoes

[zat0x91]

As for WoW and watching movies. Just because you are button mashing doesn't mean you are paying attention to it. When I was playing my paladin I was basically autoattacking and hitting 4-6 keys depending on what I was fighting. It doesn't change. I often found myself watching anime on the second screen while killing stuff because all you are doing is hitting a key every 3-10 seconds to activate a power with a 0.5-1 second animation. Those spare few seconds inbetween can be killer when grinding a hundred of the same enemy. And this is the same for most MMOs. Always best to have something to distract you.

lol, ret pally rotation.  Oh wait, faceroll and press 3 buttons if they come off of cooldown with no chance to fuck up.    Missing a few seconds won't do much for a ret pally.

You could just make a single key macro to spam all three attacks in a priority, set it to mouse scroll and watch a movie.

Trying to fix my rotation (static dk rotation with no room for error), watching stacks of a ticking debuff, watching my runes, telling what my ghoul to attack, calling out things over a mic, and moving away from people who are blowing up every 15 seconds is fun to multi-task.

The only time I ever payed 100% attention in WoW was PvP and raiding and thats only because they were the 2 best parts about WoW as almost any game for me anyway.

Well, someone didn't pay "100%" attention during our Sindragosa Hard Mode 25 attempt, caused this...   The whole raid was ice blocked, except for two people, including me.

 

[fohfoh]

Who CAN'T multi-task? Like seriously. Those who can't have tunnel vision or something.

[NaRu]

When Im playing wow I like to have my music go and sometimes I would listen to twit. When I play Civ 4 I watch a movie during the game (well many movies in a single game)

[fohfoh]

This thread seems to be regressing into attention whoring at its finest.

"YOU MUST FOCUS ONLY ON ME! NOTHING ELSE! OR YOU MAY CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON ANOTHER OBJECT! BUT ONLY 1! MULTIPLE FOCUSES MEANS YOU'RE A NON-CONCENTRATING WHORE AND A SLUT!"

And then everyone jumps in to stake claim as being that non-concentrating whore slut.

[nstgc]

I agree. It does seem as if I carelessly opened a can of worms, but given that I was the first offender I can't really complain.

[mizore]

Way too many references to WoW, tbh.

[Enzedder]

This thread seems to be regressing into attention whoring at its finest.

"YOU MUST FOCUS ONLY ON ME! NOTHING ELSE! OR YOU MAY CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON ANOTHER OBJECT! BUT ONLY 1! MULTIPLE FOCUSES MEANS YOU'RE A NON-CONCENTRATING WHORE AND A SLUT!"

And then everyone jumps in to stake claim as being that non-concentrating whore slut.

* Enzedder raises hand and starts jumping around!

"Ooooo! Ooooo! Pick me! I want to be a non-concentrating whore slut! Sounds fun!"

Way too many references to WoW, tbh.

You should just us.... "Joooooiiiinnnn uusssss.... JOOOOOOIIIIIINNNNN USSSSSS!"

Actually I don't play anymore I just reference to it because most people have heard/played it even if its only for a hour or so. Much more an FPS fan myself these days.

[mizore]

You should just us.... "Joooooiiiinnnn uusssss.... JOOOOOOIIIIIINNNNN USSSSSS!"

NEVAARRRRRRR! 

[Enzedder]

You should just us.... "Joooooiiiinnnn uusssss.... JOOOOOOIIIIIINNNNN USSSSSS!"

NEVAARRRRRRR! 

Lame! Never know its bad till you try!

[kurandoinu]

I get to see my other half and his housemates play WoW. Thats plenty enough for me. Lol

[Reape]

Are you sure you aren't just jelaous because you can't multitask?

[nstgc]

Are you sure you aren't just jelaous because you can't multitask?

No, not at all. I never said I can't multitask. I can think about two things at once. Its no significant task to be watching a movie and work on my homework at the same time. I can do both at the same time. My problem is when people do things half-assed. You can't play WoW and watch a movie at the same time since you cannot focus your eyes on both at the same time. They end up listening to the movie and watching their screen.

If you are going to do something, do it, if not don't.

[huntley]

i play wow and its like 50% of the time doing nothing standing and chat wile watching divs and do ather stuff like surching for anime etc

[fohfoh]

Why should you care that people are doing half assed things? It's their life. I'm sure you do half assed things too. We probably all do.

[nstgc]

Why should you care that people are doing half assed things? It's their life. I'm sure you do half assed things too. We probably all do.

Why do people get annoyed at all? Its no more unreasonable for me to expect someone who is watching a movie with me to watch the movie than it is to expect me to sit through the movie while they ignore it. I don't tell people to stop playing WoW to watch a movie, and no one forces me to stay. I point out that I have work to do, and I do that instead.