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Posted by Veritatis Splendor on 03-18-2011 at07:11:

addict suffix

Can I get a show of hands on this? I don't expect a change but shouldn't of the addict not have a picture of a cannabis leaf? Considering THC is known to be theraputic and not physically addicting while alcohol is more damaging. Shouldn't it be a picture of a half filled syringe or a bottle of pills? Just wonderin.

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Posted by OTNC on 03-18-2011 at08:01:

 

I'm sure you can be addicted to spoons if you eat enough.

Anyway, not all of the pre/suffix pics are 100% accurate, but they make a unique image for an item, and i don't see much wrong with it.

And there have been quite a lot of cases of THC addiction. Granted it is much more common to hear of alcoholics or people who smoke, but people who see the canabis symbol will associate it in their head with addiction, as the picture is associated psychologically with drugs in general.

Which is basically the point, you want a picture to bear some relevance to the word it is trying to describe.

Although your argument is valid in that pills/syringe would do similar. However a syringe may bring thoughts of uncleanliness or other negative thoughts, as drugs used via injection are often much more serious & harmful than cannabis. Also, syringes are linked obviously with medicine, which pills also represent.

Not to mention, the reinforcing prefix is already a syringe.

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Posted by smierc on 03-18-2011 at09:09:

 

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Originally posted by OTNC I'm sure you can be addicted to spoons if you eat enough. Anyway, not all of the pre/suffix pics are 100% accurate, but they make a unique image for an item, and i don't see much wrong with it. And there have been quite a lot of cases of THC addiction. Granted it is much more common to hear of alcoholics or people who smoke, but people who see the canabis symbol will associate it in their head with addiction, as the picture is associated psychologically with drugs in general. Which is basically the point, you want a picture to bear some relevance to the word it is trying to describe. Although your argument is valid in that pills/syringe would do similar. However a syringe may bring thoughts of uncleanliness or other negative thoughts, as drugs used via injection are often much more serious & harmful than cannabis. Also, syringes are linked obviously with medicine, which pills also represent. Not to mention, the reinforcing prefix is already a syringe.

that's a mental addiction, physical is implied purely by it being a leaf, though i agree with his point, it's less hassle to just leave it.

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Posted by brundlefly on 03-18-2011 at09:24:

 

mental or physical 'addict'ion is stll an addiction.

the suffix addict is being represented by a drug in general....it gives this representation as drugs can b addictive as we all know.

i dont think the devs chose this picture to symbolse cannabis in particular as being addictive ...which physchologically it is anyway...

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Posted by Born2Kill on 03-18-2011 at19:17:

 

There is picture of canabis because people who made the game called this suffix "addict" in polish its called narkomana which means somebody who is using drugs

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Posted by Veritatis Splendor on 03-18-2011 at19:51:

 

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Originally posted by Born2Kill There is picture of canabis because people who made the game called this suffix "addict" in polish its called narkomana which means somebody who is using drugs

Lost in translation.
I have noticed a few things like this. This is understandable

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Posted by grind on 03-28-2011 at03:50:

 

NOBODY DARE TO TOUCH THE GANJA LEAF ICON ON THE UFFIX ADDICT OR I4LL SHOOT HIM DOWN!!!

I don't care if "addiction" can be seen with negative acception, it's just a game icon, and many guys like it.
My only concern is about that suffix being so crap.. and I am quite glad on humans it has much less negative effects than on vampires lol