03-08-2011, 11:51 AM
(03-08-2011, 09:34 AM)3DMonkey Wrote: Even so, the "effect" is not fight or flight response. My point is that it is not real. There is no real effect on the player other than hand/eye reflex stimulation. Fight or flight has a REAL effect. Pretend doesn't make for genuine effect. Getting excited, with rapid heart rate, by getting close to reaching the next level is far different than having a pro football player running full force directly at you.
If gaming is fight or flight, then there should be levels one through ten to describe the intensity. There aren't levels. Gaming is not fight or flight.
You're missing the point brother, we can discuss what fight or flight means to each of us indefinitely.
I shall quote myself, with a slight tweak as to not direct the notion off on a tangent.
Quote:There may be times when people are feeling loving to the team/clan mates, however throughout most of the game(s), the mind is in an STS/fear-based state, engaged in destroying another. It's not just the end result, it's the state of consciousness throughout.