作者：Eli Cymet

如果你是手机游戏迷，很不幸地要告诉你：你可能不是个好家伙。让我先为你做个正确的诊断。几分钟后，甚至是几小时后！请参照以下所列行为，避免你也陷入悲惨命运，成为“那样的人”。

沉迷于自我世界的人

公交车上，医生办公室，或者排队等车。我们无法判断这类人究竟会在哪里现身，但可以确定一事：没人会忽视他们的存在。这种人不只玩游戏，还会自言自语。如果他们仅仅因为在《愤怒的小鸟》中没有得到三颗星而生气？你就会听到他们的抱怨声。如果他们在《Temple Run》中因一个失误动作把角色送入树中而发火，你也会知道。除此以外，他们特别容易激动，使大多数用户不想与他们为伍。

晚餐时间的农民

iPhone_at_dinner(from gamezebo)

除了虚拟农作物，没有什么事可以干扰一顿美好的家庭晚餐，或者是在餐厅享受美好夜晚。等等，什么 ？欢迎同无意识的开心农民（在晚餐时间行动）一起生活。也许，这原先只是为了在忙碌的生活中分散片刻的注意力，然而像麦克白一样，他们陷得太深，以致现在无法回归正常生活。他们利用每一空隙种植新萝卜，或者照管受伤的怪兽，或者借口利用两秒钟的交流空档升级自己的餐厅。如果让他们暂停一会游戏，他们会集中几秒钟的注意力，但是他们空洞的眼神已告知：他们已经陷入迷茫状态。

完美主义者

成为完美主义者没有错。我需要搜集每个硬币，或者获得所有特殊的拼图卡片。但是这种追求永无止尽。你不能告诉他们还有哪些地方不尽完美，否则他们会一直揪着你不放，直到你向他们完美呈现你是如何做到的。这是手机游戏领域独有的现象？接受游戏邀请、交易请求和“下载此物”等信息，可让你帮助完美追求者打入下一关卡。你可能是他们真实世界的朋友，但是一旦他们需要达到下个目标，你就只是一个被利用的对象。

伪善的吝啬者

Scrooge_McDuck(from gamezebo)

他们从游戏发行初就一直追着它。他们已经浏览了早期的所有评论。他们耐心地等待更多的评论来确定这款游戏的价值。但是你知道，他们只是不确定这款游戏是否值得99美分的价钱。他们已经拥有上百美元的设备以及两美元一袋的薯条，这些小气用户只想获得更多，可他们却需要为一款手机游戏的花费掂量半天。通常，这些人也会抱怨过多免费增值游戏含有IAP内容，怀疑开发者为何将游戏定在如此低的一个价位。

同所有疾病一样，早发现早治疗才是关键。如果你只是有点怀疑自己显露出那些症状（你有可能会转变成这些玩家中的一种，你最好要早点请求帮助。同朋友交谈。信赖家人。总之，记住世界上有人在爱护着你关心着你；他们不想看到你变成手机游戏狂妄自大者。记住，黎明前的夜色总是最黑暗的。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

4 mobile gaming behaviors you need to stop

By Eli Cymet

If you play mobile games, I have some unfortunate news for you: you might just be a bad person. Don’t despair just yet, though! Before you quit your job, abandon your family, and go to live in the woods with the rest of the world’s bad people, let’s make a proper diagnosis. After minutes – hours, even! – of thorough research, the following list of behaviors has been compiled to save mobile gamers from the worst fate of all: becoming “that guy” (or gal).

The Exhibitionist

It could be on the bus. Or at the doctor’s office. Or waiting in line at the DMV. There’s no telling where the exhibitionist will strike, but one thing’s for certain: there’s no ignoring them. This is the kind of person who can’t just play a game, but must instead carry on a dialogue with one. If they’re angry about just barely missing three stars in Angry Birds? You’ll hear about it. Livid about a misread swipe sending them into a tree during Temple Run? You’ll know. And as an added  bonus, the exhibitionist is almost always someone who gets worked up easily, giving you lots of chances for unwilling audience participation.

The Dinner Time Farmer

Nothing goes with a good family meal, or a great night out at a restaurant like some virtual crops. Wait, what? Welcome to life with blissfully unaware dinner time farmer. Perhaps it started as a quick distraction on the go, but like Macbeth, they’re in too deep to go back now. And that means planting new carrots in every spare moment. Or tending to virtual monsters between bites. Or using two seconds of conversational silence as an excuse to upgrade their restaurant. Call them out on it and you may get their attention back for a couple of seconds, but the blankness in their eyes says it all: they’ve been lost to the void.

The ‘Cheevo Hound

There’s nothing wrong with being a completionist. I can relate to the need to hunt down every last coin, or get all the special puzzle pieces. But the achievement hound takes this to a new level. You can’t talk to them about a game you both downloaded without being hounded about which obstacles you’ve cleared. And heaven help you if you’ve discovered something they haven’t, because you’ll be in their greedy grasps till’ you’ve showed them exactly how you did it. Unique to the mobile space? The pleasure of receiving dozens of game invites, trade requests, and “download this!” messages so you can help the ‘cheevo hound hit their next level. You may be their friend in real life, but once they need to hit that next goal, you’re a piece of meat.

Hypocritical Scrooge

They’ve been tracking a game since it was announced. They’ve read all the early buzz. Patiently, they’ve even waited for a slew of reviews confirming its awesomeness. But you know, they’re just not sure they want to shell out the ninety-nine whole cents it costs. Sitting there with their several-hundred dollar device, and two dollar bag of chips, the hypocritical scrooge wants more for less, but somehow only where mobile games are concerned.  Oftentimes, and for extra hypocrisy points, this is the same person complaining about the overabundance of freemium games laced with in-app payments, wondering why developers price their games so low. Public service announcement: you’re part of the problem.

Like any sickness, it’s important to recognize the signs early. If you suspect – even slightly – that you’re beginning to show signs of a transition into one of these types of gamers, please: reach out. Talk to a friend. Confide in a family member. Above all, remember that there are people out there who love you and care about you; who don’t want to see you start down the long dark road of becoming a mobile gaming megalomaniac. Remember, the screen is always darkest before the dawn. (source:gamezebo)