Rival Media Television Production

[Banana Man]

I got a request from Rival Media to post this on the site. They are doing a TV programme for Channel 4 about hard core gamers and are looking for some people to interview. Here's the info:

Are you, or do you know, a hardcore gamer who's only happy when playing online or console games? Perhaps you or someone you know loses track of hours or days while playing, and sidelines work or studies to reach a new level or high score?

We're a TV production company in London looking for UK based gaming obsessives to participate in a new TV project exploring the unique fixation for gaming in a wholly responsible, objective yet unique way.

If you are interested in hearing more about the programme and how you would be involved, I would appreciate it very much if you could contact me, Mike on my direct line 020 8987 5450 so I could explain more about the series. Alternatively you can email me Mike.aldertonatrival-mediadotcom and I can reassure you that any conversation will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Many thanks and hope to hear from you,
Mike
Tel: 0208 987 5450
Email: Mike.aldertonatrival-mediadotcom

[shahidali619]

lol somebody has to be interviewed from this site think of the publicity , cant be me though i've kindof phased out of being a hardcore gamer because of college and work commitments

[Assassin24]

to bad its only for Uk members

[xells]

did anyone phone or e-mail this dude?

[dokidoki]

I googled them and the first thing to come up was this site.. Hmmm

[xells]

i e-mailed him ill tell you what they said when they get bk sould be funny

[PhatBoy92]

i was on CoD4 from 9am-9pm today, i think i qualify for an interview with them

[Banana Man]

Got up to level 55 yet? Was using the M16 with the scope today for the first time along with UAV radar blocking. Great for sneaky long distance kills but a bit of a pain when up close.

[PhatBoy92]

Originally Posted by Banana Man

Got up to level 55 yet? Was using the M16 with the scope today for the first time along with UAV radar blocking. Great for sneaky long distance kills but a bit of a pain when up close.

yep and i got 150 headshots with my P90 and 75 with my M16. i'm working on getting the Gold Uzi

[dokidoki]

Originally Posted by xells

i e-mailed him ill tell you what they said when they get bk sould be funny

any news yet?

[xells]

Originally Posted by dokidoki

any news yet?

nah its sunday man no-one scams on a sunday

[pele_rocco]

I don't think it's a scam. I think we should nominate Phatty as forum hardcore beast! After speaking to him last night it seems as though our Tom has a lot of time on his hands

I think he has the minerals

[Banana Man]

Yeah Phatboy, do PS3 Leagues proud!!

[xells]

this is the email i got back from them

Hi Marc,

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly and apologies for the delay in responding.

Basically we've been reading lots of reports in the press lately about an organisation in Holland which aims to help hardcore gamers overcome what they call ‘cyber addiction’ – a controversial condition which has divided the scientific community and enraged many hardcore gamers (some overconfident commentators tell horror stories of too much gaming being linked to everything from drug addiction to real-world violence!)

However, many gamer blogs and chat-rooms are claiming that this is all rubbish – gamers simply play because they want to - and that there’s no difference between playing a game for 8 hours a day and, say, fishing for the same amount of time, or gardening or whatever (bad examples, but you get my drift, right?) And so what we were hoping to do was assemble some of these pundits from both sides of the argument and try to prove or disprove once and for all whether or not gaming addiction actually exists as a real condition, hence we need hardcore gamers as case studies.

Is this something you or anyone you know might want to be involved in? Either way – it would be great to chat some more about your own experiences and opinions on this. You can get me on the number below (or email me a number and I’ll call you back).

[jimbles]

lol go for it xells