I suppose you would! I just don't know too many people who think of spending 40 hours in a week doing homework as "not too bad".
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I'm supposed to be doing homework right now.
...Well, 40 might be a bit of an exaggeration. I work quite slow when I have work that I don't like doing and long when I do. And I usually don't hit that 40 hour mark because I tend not to get around to doing much of the assigned reading.
I was wondering why you weren't in it yet, Illithid. And you could be grinding some moving XP with me if you came by this weekend! Bet you're regretting that now!
I'm renting a U Haul moving truck tomorrow for six hours. Grinding!
(As I mentioned, my parents are moving to a new house in a little less than two weeks. My mom is on a vacation she planned months ago, my dad is busy working from morning until night, and my sister is wisely avoiding coming home from college as long as possible. And since I spent all summer traveling, my parents are having me do most of the moving.)
I'm saying that homework and exercising are not chores.
They're more in the lifestyle choice realm of deeds.
If you're exercising it's a choice to keep fit/look good or whatever. And if it's a case of 'I MUST EXERCISE OR MY DOCTOR SAYS I WILL DIE!', then you'd better not look at it like a chore, or you might as well start picking out caskets now.
Homework is not a chore, it'd be like claiming paid employment as a chore. You're a student you have to continue to work to remain a student. You don't see me adding 'conning the government out of money' as an adventure.
But more importantly, what the hell happened to me being the biggest slacker around here? Damned whippersnappers.
I agree with you about homework. Doing homework grants you a long-term positive benefit, usually in the form of eventual higher pay. By studying, you are increasing your chance of success in the real world, and since being a student is likely your primary profession, it would be like getting points for going to work.
I disagree about exercise, however. Exercising is indeed a lifestyle choice, but so is cleaning up around the house. People can choose not to exercise, but they will eventually clog up their arteries and gain weight and live a more slovenly lifestyle. Similarly, people can choose not to clean up around their house, and it will eventually clog up their house and they will live a more slovenly lifestyle. I think both household chores and exercising fall under the realm of "upkeep and maintenance". Chore Wars is designed to give players an extra incentive for doing those little "upkeep and maintenance" things, things that are not terribly fun to do and that you could easily just ignore, but that you probably should not neglect.
I guess I see exercise as a personal choice and chores as a communal responsibility. By not exercising I only affect myself and generally leave time for things that are more important to me and involve far less effort (playing pool and video games mostly, as well as watching a crapload of SCIENCE! recommended movies). But if I didn't clean up around the house I'd be screwing over a whole bunch of people that I live with.
By not, say cleaning up the kitchen after use, I'm affecting the other four people that I live with by forcing them to either live in squalor or pick up after me. And having had an incredibly shitty run on housemates that do exactly that, I can honestly say that is one of the crappiest things that you can do to people on a day-to-day basis. By not doing exercise I don't feel that I've lost out on anything. Especially when you start debating what constitutes regimented exercise. Would playing a team sport count? Because playing soccer to me was never about health, it was all about playing the game, even though it's an excellent form of exercise. Or walking places instead of driving (which is what I do on a daily basis because I can't drive and I don't like to mooch rides needlessly). I reckon if you're viewing exercise as something you have to do rather than something you want to do is the wrong way to go about it. Make it a social activity rather than a chore, you'd probably get a lot more out of it in the long run.
This doesn't need to be some huge taxonomy debate! I see the point of ChoreWars as providing motivation where previously there was very little. I need motivation to read and exercise!
Also, Jon, do they call Soccer "Soccer" in Australia?
Along the lines of this, I've been thinking that it would be cool if we had secondary chore wars groups. Like, comics can not count as a chore. BUT if there was a chore wars group for just comics and drawing tasks, it could function independently without skewing the score of actual chore xp. Same for a schoolwork group.
No, I was saying that we could pretty much just do it on our own, since we define the chores. We could set up an Orange Belt Schoolwork group and a comics group along with the straight up chores group.
I know it's really sad, but these chore wars are actually making me enjoy my endless list of shit to do a little. Well, enjoy it to the extent of "I cleaned all this for an hour, now I can claim 60 xp for it!"
The invite code expired! Help me join this! I did chores today!
I wish we could upload our own avatars. Then I could... well, actually I'd probably just be boring and use the same ones I use on forums, but at least then there'd be no duplicates.
I'm confused. Do items actually do anything? I expected something totally awesome to happen upon the use of my cordless power saw, but instead it just disappeared.
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I also consider being studious and making comics chores! WHY DID YOU EDIT INTO OBLIVION MY ONLY MOTIVATION FOR DOING THESE THINGS!?
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I'm supposed to be doing homework right now.
Elchaeon, away!
I'm renting a U Haul moving truck tomorrow for six hours. Grinding!
(As I mentioned, my parents are moving to a new house in a little less than two weeks. My mom is on a vacation she planned months ago, my dad is busy working from morning until night, and my sister is wisely avoiding coming home from college as long as possible. And since I spent all summer traveling, my parents are having me do most of the moving.)
They're more in the lifestyle choice realm of deeds.
If you're exercising it's a choice to keep fit/look good or whatever. And if it's a case of 'I MUST EXERCISE OR MY DOCTOR SAYS I WILL DIE!', then you'd better not look at it like a chore, or you might as well start picking out caskets now.
Homework is not a chore, it'd be like claiming paid employment as a chore. You're a student you have to continue to work to remain a student. You don't see me adding 'conning the government out of money' as an adventure.
But more importantly, what the hell happened to me being the biggest slacker around here? Damned whippersnappers.
I disagree about exercise, however. Exercising is indeed a lifestyle choice, but so is cleaning up around the house. People can choose not to exercise, but they will eventually clog up their arteries and gain weight and live a more slovenly lifestyle. Similarly, people can choose not to clean up around their house, and it will eventually clog up their house and they will live a more slovenly lifestyle. I think both household chores and exercising fall under the realm of "upkeep and maintenance". Chore Wars is designed to give players an extra incentive for doing those little "upkeep and maintenance" things, things that are not terribly fun to do and that you could easily just ignore, but that you probably should not neglect.
By not, say cleaning up the kitchen after use, I'm affecting the other four people that I live with by forcing them to either live in squalor or pick up after me. And having had an incredibly shitty run on housemates that do exactly that, I can honestly say that is one of the crappiest things that you can do to people on a day-to-day basis. By not doing exercise I don't feel that I've lost out on anything. Especially when you start debating what constitutes regimented exercise. Would playing a team sport count? Because playing soccer to me was never about health, it was all about playing the game, even though it's an excellent form of exercise. Or walking places instead of driving (which is what I do on a daily basis because I can't drive and I don't like to mooch rides needlessly). I reckon if you're viewing exercise as something you have to do rather than something you want to do is the wrong way to go about it. Make it a social activity rather than a chore, you'd probably get a lot more out of it in the long run.
Also, Jon, do they call Soccer "Soccer" in Australia?
Football over here is AFL. Which is some sort of bizarre rugby variant that only Australians would be mad enough to play.
Also: Sounds like a plan, Stef.
I wish we could upload our own avatars. Then I could... well, actually I'd probably just be boring and use the same ones I use on forums, but at least then there'd be no duplicates.
Uh, non-Orange Belt people, please don't click that link.
Who is Garroteman? Who is Stevie?
P.S.: I don't care how Garroteman is supposed to be pronounced. It'll always rhyme with Karateman to me.