So basically, you don't agree with her and decide to say she is "deluded" as the counter-argument.
Well, this is kind of a pointless discussion. I am going to just keep saying that she may be crazy, but she is not much crazier than any of us. You are going to keep calling her a whore and saying she doesn't play games right and is insane.
I'm done :p

I personally agree with you, I can't stand him. For some completely baffling reason though, a lot of people love his stuff.

No, the deluded comment is based upon her thinking she's one of the best gamers out there when the people she plays against don't so much as pick up the controller for the duration of the match.
I'm not calling her a whore. I'm calling her an achievement whore. I don't know how you could fail to make the distinction when it's right there in the thread title for one thing.

Oy. I wish I had the willpower to stop arguing :p
Yet again, you seem to insist that she has to play the same game you do.
Do you have any points on your Gamerscore? If so, you "picked up a controller". And lots of other people use the same tactics, so she is definitely competing. Maybe you don't like the game she is playing, but in her game of choice (the Gamerscore game), she is one of the top five.
Let's use an example from Team Fortress 2 (which I will hopefully have a chance to play some time soon). Sometimes, when you have to make a big push, it helps to have a diversion. So someone will charge the enemy defenses while a spy or a heavy/medic assault. That person has no intention of really surviving or winning, they are just trying to support their team by buying some time.
Do I have to draw the parallel, or is that enough?
And my point is that you insist upon calling her derogatory names just because you don't like what she does. You could scream that she is a whore, an achievement whore (honestly, the distinction between those reminds me of little kids explaining why they aren't using hate speech when they mock a classmate, but whatever), or a goat-humper (I prefer sheep, they are softer). The point is that you are using a derogatory term to demean her in an attempt to assert your viewpoint.

Sure it is, it's COMPLETELY comparable to *ANY* MMO.

You don't even seem to understand the simplest statements I make. Or you're deliberately warping them to make yourself seem right. Either way there's no point in continuing this.

And there is nobody who is addicted to MMOs out there? If they're playing it just to grind and level up - not enjoying the actual game at all - then yes that is also an addiction. In both cases they're taking gaming and turning it into something akin to an evil twin to accountancy. One that's detrimental to their income.

Well why single out MMO's? That could apply to absolutely any form of stimulus that a person initially finds pleasure in but then ends up doing as a habit

Such as?

Imagine a stimulus and there's probably a person addicted to it. Not sure how well the testicle trampling addict would be doing though...

Finding more people to trample?

Nah thats a fetish for being on the recieving end, often inflicted by high heels. Not exactly my bag (if you'll pardon the pun) but folk get off on it

The trick is to make a rule of "no stiletto heels". Then you are pretty safe.

You'd think that. But no. Trust me.

The key difference is competition. MMO's are fundamentally competitive chatrooms with avatars.