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¿Question #764?
EndersGame: What would it take for you to give up television for an entire year?

Hector Vortac: Losing a job did it.
jfeast: 365 days.
DaveM1: $10,000.
Woelf: Zombie apocalypse
annametreveli: If it's broken or a screen to watch DVDs, I actually use our TV set to watch movies on DVD or play video games.
spacerx: I don't watch it now.
fastlane: a hockey lockout and a big PVR.
Cantatta: The end of the NFL
Obi Wann: enough money to buy a wide range of boardgames and a willing wife and children to participate in gaming with me
Ryan_Paton: done and done.... not much really.....
Felimid: A year-long vacation in WA State.
mathguy6189: A lot of dedicated boardgamers
MIB 8686: Having a girlfriend to keep me entertained.
spayne: $
tickmanfan: Done that. Smartest thing I've done in a while.
utahBGG: Nuclear holocaust?
stoop76: It would take a lot of Internet bandwith!
Kiyote: Seeing the fall lineup.
Numskull: Very little if you only mean broadcast TV, significantly more if you include DVDs and video games which involve a TV set.
ccarlet1: I have not watched a television program in over two years. I live outside the matrix, and that is its own reward.
gmcash: put me somewhere where i cant get to a tv
smilingra: Guarantees that I would still have access to the Internet, and knowledge that I would have a gaming group to play at least three times a week.
StatSig: Nothing; I've given up TV (only used for movies and video games) since approximately 2001.
whac3: Not much; I don't own a TV and haven't for years
DancesWithBeagles: Only one year? Ha! I gave it up ten years ago, and it only took one season of listening to female co-workers gush over Survivor.
tofuji: loss of electricity for an entire year
Rliyen: Pay off my house, then we'll talk.
thedude05: Not much
smithhemb: a simple request
Bottlesorter: Oooh, look: a dog with a fluffy tail...
Der Ubermolch: I've done it. I don't own a functional TV and maybe watch a few hours of television programming per year.
Myrdin T Sasnak: A lot of money.
lone: an NHL lockout, and the cancellation of Lost and BSG.
Benzebub: Quite a bit, actually.
DHEK: A decent amount of money. Someone make me a good offer... I'm all ears.
Butterbane: very little
Stas: A consistent boardgame opponent
vampywife: Television is easy to give up. The question is, does this include DVDs, too, or just air/cable TV? It would be a little harder to give up DVDs, but I don't think I would require too much motivation to do it.
Azzarc: Money
airborne101: ten trillion dollars and everything i have ever wanted
ZiggyZambo: Constant game opponents (and it couldn't be an Olympic year... unless of course I also got tickets)
GrimJester: NoTV
chockle: not much
PsyJam: Poverty.
Megadev: destruction of all the TV satellites in orbit
MaksimSmelchak: Nothing. I've done it for much longer than that. Readings better for you anyway.
greglios: Not much. A bag of chips maybe (that would be fries to my american friends).
Komodo: lots of money
Nandalfnarcoleptic: the command from the woman
bigbadsteve: remarkably little
JustKen: What's television?
Helenoftroy: not much. why do you want it? Wait, we only watch movies and have no hook up.
Freejack: God coming down from the heavens and telling me to do so.
dragonewtking: not much
CMOT Dibbler: A really good boardgame.
hacksword: One hundred billion dollars.
HappiestWookie: another hockey strike
Randy Cox: It really wouldn't take much. I'd miss the occasional baseball game, but that's about it. And as my wife has pointed out, "they publish the scores on the Internet." So, I have no problem with losing it. In fact, let's all join the national Turn Off the TV Week next April and see if it really matters at all.
puffinge: If I can watch dvd's during the year, I could give up tv easily. Otherwise you would have to kidnap me.
drummermark: Not much!
Big Bad Lex: My own TV series
Cavedog_pdx: Money
LeeMiester: not a lot , i got rid of cable over three months ago . now computer gaming ? thats another story !!
brainrob: Not much - I watch less than 4 hours per week.
Pirate Penguin: Lots of video games.
xlorp: No effort at all.
bekudno: Not much. Right now the only TV I watch is the occasional downloaded show. Don't actually own a proper TV.
Gecko23: Nothing at all. I despise the thing.
rawdawg: 4.4 billion dollar$
Teriyaki Donuts: Bad television. There's really some good stuff that they force feed us.
haraggan: An NHL lock-out might do it
Loquutus: If I was busy enough, I probably wouldn't even miss it.
billgoode: If I could watch movies and WEB-casts of baseball, I would do it for $500. If I couldn't watch either of those things, I wouldn't.
Xlyce: What do you got?
Fawkes: Not much. Between DVDs and the internet, you have TV programming on demand.
ZombyDawg: not much
MochaKimono: A glow-in-the-dark transparent-cased blue laptop.
Domokun: How much are you offering?
scriptorum: More gaming, and far more engrossing non-game activities. I have no idea.
BaSL: nothing, I do not care.
Mike A: Not much. Not much at all.
jellospike: weekly free boardgames.
Dr. No: ain't got TV for the last 2 years, with all the crap on it, no loss
quarks: At a minimum, a love life
skrutsch: I don't know, not that much. I do watch, but I don't NEED it. Really, honest. I'm not addicted, no way.
Cerebus: Nothing. I'd volunteer.
obob: move passes. lots and lots and LOTS of movie passes
fehrmeister: Nothing (unless you include watching DVDs)
Mikebegeta: A really good computer & cable modem
Timothius: I don't watch television (except for the NHL playoffs of course)
matthew.marquand: Nothing. My family hasn't had a tv in the house since 1999....seriously! And I have a 9 and 11 year old too...
the grim reaper: what is a te-le-vi-sion ???
CapAp: $1,000,000
Tailuje: Very little.
The Unbeliever: 42
JimPAX: Assurances that a couple (only a couple, mind) shows will be readily available on DVD, and then access to unlimited gaming on demand in the evenings and weekends.
SteveK2: I've done it in the past (without bribes)
Lord_Prussian: I already did
mandj2001: Pittsburgh Steelers season tickets (away games too).
CherryPie: Nothing I don't really watch it now.
erli: Not being able to afford basic cable
Kubilai: If this includes just the broadcasted TV (as opposed to e.g. DVDs): Not much, news I also get from the radio.
dietevil: that would be easy actually as I watch very little as it is
reddogfive: not much
Belash: more gaming
Jern: Just anything else to do
snoozefest: TiVo and a really big hard drive
Quest22: Not much
2amp: make me an offer. not much. hmmm, idea for a reality tv show?
AWildEep: Not much
Windopaene: I don't watch TV anyway, so pretty much nothing. Now movies, DVDs, etc? No way
shotokanguy: I'm pretty much off TV at the moment... I mostly watch DVDs from Netflix and read books (and game rules)
RandallPeek: Lots and lots of sex.
Tim Synge: Done it - only got a new licence for the Olympics. Time to give up again.
hibikir: as long as using a TV set for videogaming is legal, not very much
Wintergoblin: Lots of visits to coffeehouses
jamescford: I would have to live somewhere I can't get cable, and don't want to bother to get satellite. Oh, wait -- it's already happened! I haven't had TV access for three years.
CameronL: Ain't gonna happen. I need my Simpsons and Netflix!
kimapesan: Nothing - I haven't had TV for 2 years now.
shawn_low: Not much. All the Essen releases for the year?
AlorielLelyn: Someone recording Battlestar Galactica, and no major world events that I wish to watch TV about.
DenverWolf: Ha, funny question.
EndersGame: My family has never had a television. Reading and playing games are healthier activities anyway!
fellonmyhead: Not a lot; it's mostly rubbish anyway.
kennyb: a few more ppl to play games with
Styro: I gave it up a few years ago
HBGlover: Not much. A supply of DVDs, video games, and books.
wizardless: not much...
derk: I haven't had cable for five years now, altho I do watch movies and such...
viogression: Nothing whatsoever.
melissa: I wouldn't choose to do that.
GuyHill: Nothing
Blackwind: Just ask me to.
Nightmare: Television - what's that?
isolated: A massive DVD collection.
Dave: You giving me a television first.
chaddyboy_2000: Someone to take my television.
StormKnight: Television? Oh, that big thing that gets turned on when I'm too tired to play games.
Mozbink: cencorship.
DangerMouse: What do you mean by television? No dvd rentals? In either case, it'd take a lot.
Ludocrazy: With the advent of Netflix and DVDs, not too much
gnomehome: Nothing - I hardly watch it.
Krishna: Not much, considering I've not really watched TV for a few years now.
darquil: One half of one penny.
djlg: ~$10? One more game player?
Sky Knight X: HDTV
geberus: not much with the internet and all
netfilterz: Not that much, as long as I can still watch DVDs and go to the movies.
djflippy: Not much.
game_boy: Cancellation of the annual coverage of the Tour de France
P.O.G.G.: $200.00 [never watch much t.v. anyhow]
BobDodgerBlue: Money, lots of it
Vince Londini: Nothing. Did it a long time ago.
yossarians: the 40 bucks a month I would spend on cable
louiseh: My TV to break down
Flyspeck23: Not much.
jaredh: A whole lot of money
KakarisMaelstrom: Not much. It's enjoyable but there are much better uses of my time like video games.
Mosse: Me bound to a chair in front of a 24-hour "the Simple Life"-marathon
Shakar: Take the TV out of my home.
Karlsen: A rather large supply of DVDs or a large supply of games and the people to play them with
Eric Haas: Not much.
scribidinus: Hmmmm, I have the same 13" color set I've hauled around for 18 years. I have no cable and I only get two channels and I'm not unhappy about it. I'd say all it'd take is for the TV set to quit working.
dakarp: I already don't watch television--I gave it up because I wasted too much time watching shows i didn't even like. Now if something really good comes along, I can wait for the DVDs.
CDRodeffer: Nothing -- I haven't watched it for years already.
seanp: A very large hard drive in my Tivo
ValJor: The price of cable. I have already cancelled my subscription more than a year ago.
ejmowrer: Not much. Probably a double dog dare would do it.
Denise: Been there, done that, life much better for it.
MisterCranky: Much better Netflix service.
manowarplayer: Not having to work either.
tragicpoet: Motivation
richardolen2: A lot of money.
Friendless: The rest of my family giving it up too - I'd need someone to play games with.
jttm: Unlimited supply of boardgames and movies
ScottBecker: Just a little more self-control.
skelebone: Worthwhile activities, and people to do them with.
ynnen: Lots more games, people available to play them, and an indentured babysitter.
queequeg: Nothing
CortexBomb: A nice stack of books