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The worst part of WoW is that if you want to have even decent gear you have to play obscene hours.
I have 3x60's, 1x49, 2x29's(twinks), and some other lowbies not worth mentioning.
I have taken 2 characters to champioin(rank 10) twice. Had to reachive it for the updated pvp sets.
A mage in full tier 2 thats all decked out.
If you want to have the good gear you either have to A: get in a guild that progress very well and raids constently without a high turnover rate.
B: PvP 12+ hours a day and if you slow down the decrease per week is such a large penalty it makes it that much worse.
C: Pay a chinaman (no offense) to pvp your character 24x7.
The worse part is now that pvp is multiple servers wide BG's are going around the clock. Before they use to stop at like 3 or 4 am and not start back up til 8 so some pychos got a few hours of sleep. Now its impossible.
I am in the military so im TDY for 3 months which helps with addiction being I have no choice, I cant play. When I get back if I dont start raiding 5 days a week I will probably be kicked form the guild but at least I know I could get $600+ for my account lol.
I have 3x60's, 1x49, 2x29's(twinks), and some other lowbies not worth mentioning.
I have taken 2 characters to champioin(rank 10) twice. Had to reachive it for the updated pvp sets.
A mage in full tier 2 thats all decked out.
If you want to have the good gear you either have to A: get in a guild that progress very well and raids constently without a high turnover rate.
B: PvP 12+ hours a day and if you slow down the decrease per week is such a large penalty it makes it that much worse.
C: Pay a chinaman (no offense) to pvp your character 24x7.
The worse part is now that pvp is multiple servers wide BG's are going around the clock. Before they use to stop at like 3 or 4 am and not start back up til 8 so some pychos got a few hours of sleep. Now its impossible.
I am in the military so im TDY for 3 months which helps with addiction being I have no choice, I cant play. When I get back if I dont start raiding 5 days a week I will probably be kicked form the guild but at least I know I could get $600+ for my account lol.
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I joined WoW about a year ago, just after i had started uni. I wanted to see for myself what all the fuss about the game was, as i'd heard stories of people killing themselves over it.
The first 4 days I played, i hated the game. I Couldnt understand what was so good about it. Then once i actually started playing it properly and got to see some of the high level players, i was totaly hooked and couldnt stop thinking about it.
Personally i think their is some addiction, in that you want to be like all the cool looking high level players, and play and play untill you get there. This is because when you start out, your character basicly looks like a piece of shit, and so you start to imagine how much youl own everyone once youre a level 60.
I once played the game for 16 hours straight (I EAT OF COURSE).
It's strange to think that to begin with I just couldnt understand what was that good about the game, but in the end I just couldnt get enough of it. Then i finally got bored and realised that the game often feels like a bad halloween party. Also that all players do is try to get the best gear, and be cooler than the others, basicly means that theres allways gunna be petty arguments over who get what. I found myself getting upset when i got blamed for something i didnt cause and got kicked out of an MC raid-which is pretty pathetic when it's just a computer game, that's an example of how much some people (me) can get absorbed into the virtual world.
So all in all, Im kind of glad i got to experience the game, however I do really think it's addictive in the way that you can get obsessed over it, when its not even all that good. Or is it?
I recently met an old friend at a party, and ended up talking about computer games, he mentioned WoW, and i said that im glad i don't play it anymore, and how addictive it is. He told me about this guy i used to know years ago, and that all he does is sit there in a pile of rubbish, stuffing his face and playing wow. He even get's people to go to the shop for him to get more booze/food to keep him going.
I dont think that you have to have mental issues to get addicted. Simply, if say in the future there will be a game which looks and feels like reality, yet you can do anything you want, and so it would be far better than a lot of peoples poor, boring lives-Would it be a mental dissorder to play it? even though its better than life?
For WoW though, You possibly have to be the kind of person who would play any game for hours and hours all day anyway, like me.
To be honset, most of the leveling up is really boring when you compare it to playing other non MMORPG games. Its so repetative. But theirs a kind of addictive satisfaction that you get each time you level up, like once youve done some household chores, or a piece of work, then you feel good for completing them.
Still, I often miss my friends and wonder of the fun their having. But I am glad i don't play anymore. Ive actually got into reading books since i gave up, and get out of the house more.
Im now looking forward to playing BF2142, and next year ther's a Pirate MMO coming out called Pirates of the burning sea, which you should check out.
The first 4 days I played, i hated the game. I Couldnt understand what was so good about it. Then once i actually started playing it properly and got to see some of the high level players, i was totaly hooked and couldnt stop thinking about it.
Personally i think their is some addiction, in that you want to be like all the cool looking high level players, and play and play untill you get there. This is because when you start out, your character basicly looks like a piece of shit, and so you start to imagine how much youl own everyone once youre a level 60.
I once played the game for 16 hours straight (I EAT OF COURSE).
It's strange to think that to begin with I just couldnt understand what was that good about the game, but in the end I just couldnt get enough of it. Then i finally got bored and realised that the game often feels like a bad halloween party. Also that all players do is try to get the best gear, and be cooler than the others, basicly means that theres allways gunna be petty arguments over who get what. I found myself getting upset when i got blamed for something i didnt cause and got kicked out of an MC raid-which is pretty pathetic when it's just a computer game, that's an example of how much some people (me) can get absorbed into the virtual world.
So all in all, Im kind of glad i got to experience the game, however I do really think it's addictive in the way that you can get obsessed over it, when its not even all that good. Or is it?
I recently met an old friend at a party, and ended up talking about computer games, he mentioned WoW, and i said that im glad i don't play it anymore, and how addictive it is. He told me about this guy i used to know years ago, and that all he does is sit there in a pile of rubbish, stuffing his face and playing wow. He even get's people to go to the shop for him to get more booze/food to keep him going.
I dont think that you have to have mental issues to get addicted. Simply, if say in the future there will be a game which looks and feels like reality, yet you can do anything you want, and so it would be far better than a lot of peoples poor, boring lives-Would it be a mental dissorder to play it? even though its better than life?
For WoW though, You possibly have to be the kind of person who would play any game for hours and hours all day anyway, like me.
To be honset, most of the leveling up is really boring when you compare it to playing other non MMORPG games. Its so repetative. But theirs a kind of addictive satisfaction that you get each time you level up, like once youve done some household chores, or a piece of work, then you feel good for completing them.
Still, I often miss my friends and wonder of the fun their having. But I am glad i don't play anymore. Ive actually got into reading books since i gave up, and get out of the house more.
Im now looking forward to playing BF2142, and next year ther's a Pirate MMO coming out called Pirates of the burning sea, which you should check out.
I've started playing wow for a few weeks now.
It might already be 2 months now...
I think the reason why i like it so much, is because it's so easy to accomplish things and i'm sure i WILL accomplish them.
While in real life, i'm not going to say i'm a loser...but it's a lot harder to accomplish anything, in wow, you just insert some time and eventually you'll get good at it. Everyone can level and get lvl 70, but becoming the best at my job...it's a little harder, I might even not succeed at it.
Somewhere my addiction lies in the fact that I have a goal in wow and i will accomplish it, while in real life I don't have a real goal and i'm not sure i would accomplish it if I had one.
So it's just easyer to hide from reality in a stupid game.
It might already be 2 months now...
I think the reason why i like it so much, is because it's so easy to accomplish things and i'm sure i WILL accomplish them.
While in real life, i'm not going to say i'm a loser...but it's a lot harder to accomplish anything, in wow, you just insert some time and eventually you'll get good at it. Everyone can level and get lvl 70, but becoming the best at my job...it's a little harder, I might even not succeed at it.
Somewhere my addiction lies in the fact that I have a goal in wow and i will accomplish it, while in real life I don't have a real goal and i'm not sure i would accomplish it if I had one.
So it's just easyer to hide from reality in a stupid game.
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there is an easy steps program to quit playing wow.
1) Stop paying your subscription
2) Sell your account to make a tidy profit
3) replace the addiction with something else, like smoking or heroin
4) going to pubs to get smashed allso helps, provided you are of legal age
1) Stop paying your subscription
2) Sell your account to make a tidy profit
3) replace the addiction with something else, like smoking or heroin
4) going to pubs to get smashed allso helps, provided you are of legal age
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Another long gone thread revived, but i applaud the choice. It was one of the better ones.
The reason why you do not succeed in real life is not that you cannot accomplish anything, it is that you do not know what to accomplish. In real life, it is often, if not always, up to yourself to set your own goals. Although that may seem scary at first (which is why you get parential guidance during growing up if you're fortunate) in the end it means freedom.
If you want to be a follower, and follow the goals someone else is setting for you, you better be damn sure that you can trust that person or you will find yourself exploited. Don't feel too bad about it, you're not alone. In fact, this is a state that many if not most people are in.
Truly setting your own goals will mean freedom, it will not mean a sweet ride necessarily, it may even be very painful at times, but it will mean you've experienced true freedom (of mind). Setting those goals does not automatically mean you'll reach them, but being a free mind you can always readjust them. And be sure to generate a new goal once you've achieved all previous ones. The fun is in the process of accomplishing your goals, not in to have them accomplished.
The reason why you do not succeed in real life is not that you cannot accomplish anything, it is that you do not know what to accomplish. In real life, it is often, if not always, up to yourself to set your own goals. Although that may seem scary at first (which is why you get parential guidance during growing up if you're fortunate) in the end it means freedom.
If you want to be a follower, and follow the goals someone else is setting for you, you better be damn sure that you can trust that person or you will find yourself exploited. Don't feel too bad about it, you're not alone. In fact, this is a state that many if not most people are in.
Truly setting your own goals will mean freedom, it will not mean a sweet ride necessarily, it may even be very painful at times, but it will mean you've experienced true freedom (of mind). Setting those goals does not automatically mean you'll reach them, but being a free mind you can always readjust them. And be sure to generate a new goal once you've achieved all previous ones. The fun is in the process of accomplishing your goals, not in to have them accomplished.
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I was a hardcore wow addict a year ago. I ended up quitting just becuase i couldnt handle being indoors all summer and my friends were seriously starting to worry about me. I was the whole schabang in wow, guildmaster, 12+hours a day, made Highwarlord and all. I was just totally immersed in the game. In the end it just came down to real life or fake. Had to get my priorities straight. I was playing the game for 14+ hours a day. Will never forget the day i hit the delete character button.
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Gotta go with BigMac here. I gave up smoking recently after 15 years of 20 fags a day and it did not involve any patches or chewing gum. The first 3-4 days I felt the body craving (for the lack of a better word) for the nicotine.
After that it was the hardest part where I realized that I smoked mostly when I had nothing to do. Proved that more than the physical addiction it was a habit. Took about a month and a half to kill the habit. In the end I was surprised that it was so easy.
Today I even manage to smoke a dearest comrade or 2 when drinking (social drinker and smoker)
After that it was the hardest part where I realized that I smoked mostly when I had nothing to do. Proved that more than the physical addiction it was a habit. Took about a month and a half to kill the habit. In the end I was surprised that it was so easy.
Today I even manage to smoke a dearest comrade or 2 when drinking (social drinker and smoker)
Im a WoW addict of sorts, i get home from school, i play WoW, i skip homework, thinking ill do it later... i never do... i play till 11 o'clock, i tell my mom to f*** off sometimes when she says stop playing... I never go out with friends and my skin is as pale as a vampires. Im trying to quit WoW but its very hard.
What pisses me off is that those jack asses at Blizzard know this is happening. They know their game is ruining peoples lives but they dont care a **** as long as they get their £7000000 a month. The reason WoW is so addictive is because its progressive, you play for months and u end up with this epic gear, if you quit, you think, why did i do all that work for nothing. So you keep on playing. I have this problem, i play because i cant bear to stop playing and lose all that progress, theres always something better to get, some better gear, better weapons. And why? because Blizzard keep MAKING better gear and armour, more expansions, more challenges, they keep people addicted, keep them inside their rooms... keep them so addicted they only care about WoW, nothing but WoW.
What pisses me off is that those jack asses at Blizzard know this is happening. They know their game is ruining peoples lives but they dont care a **** as long as they get their £7000000 a month. The reason WoW is so addictive is because its progressive, you play for months and u end up with this epic gear, if you quit, you think, why did i do all that work for nothing. So you keep on playing. I have this problem, i play because i cant bear to stop playing and lose all that progress, theres always something better to get, some better gear, better weapons. And why? because Blizzard keep MAKING better gear and armour, more expansions, more challenges, they keep people addicted, keep them inside their rooms... keep them so addicted they only care about WoW, nothing but WoW.
fact of life, Blizzard is a company, Companies loyalty is to their shareholders and not their customers therefore, they only care about making money, now if they think it will improve their image by doing some "good" things then they will do it, but only because it will make them more money later on. Therefore Blizzard doesn't want to help people who are addicted, if it was so that 100,000 people a day were quitting because a method of avoiding the addictive side of it had been found, OR they were getting sued once every five minutes AND losing they would make it less addictive, but for now...
I played WoW for 3 months I think... my highest char was 18, next was 14, two 12's and an 8.... it was fun and all, but I just never got hooked on it like so many others.
Now Diablo 2 on the other hand.... that was a 6 year addiction for me causing many nights of lost sleep and such. Did real poorly in High School... but not because of gaming, I was just bored with classes and sick of the teachers...
I don't play D2 anymore though (because of my internet situation) but I do play a bit of Oblivion...
I'm not hooked on any game anymore really, I still play some Starcraft or Warcraft 3 every now and then... actually I used to be quite hooked on those too... in and around my 6 year D2 addiction... And actually Diablo in general for me was addicting ever since I first played it... Blizzard has a funny way of making some amazing games that people just seem to get hooked on.
For a while I blamed it on subliminal messages in the games... now I just realize that it's a personal thing... you either put important things first, or you put the game first... either way it's a personal choice (or addiction... but I think they're kinda the same... nobody puts a gun to anybody's head and tells them to play)
Now Diablo 2 on the other hand.... that was a 6 year addiction for me causing many nights of lost sleep and such. Did real poorly in High School... but not because of gaming, I was just bored with classes and sick of the teachers...
I don't play D2 anymore though (because of my internet situation) but I do play a bit of Oblivion...
I'm not hooked on any game anymore really, I still play some Starcraft or Warcraft 3 every now and then... actually I used to be quite hooked on those too... in and around my 6 year D2 addiction... And actually Diablo in general for me was addicting ever since I first played it... Blizzard has a funny way of making some amazing games that people just seem to get hooked on.
For a while I blamed it on subliminal messages in the games... now I just realize that it's a personal thing... you either put important things first, or you put the game first... either way it's a personal choice (or addiction... but I think they're kinda the same... nobody puts a gun to anybody's head and tells them to play)
actually, for those people who say there is no physical addiction to WoW you are dead wrong, true, it doesn't inject you with crack every time you play, but your brain can release endorphines that will make you feel VERY good and WoW is very good at stimulating that reaction.
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You can probably cure your addiction to WoW and other MMORPGs permanently by playing Neverwinter Nights for several years. In NWN people make persistent worlds which basically are like small MMORPGs because they run 24/7 and you character's stats and gear are saved on the server. However, since servers are ran by ordinary people like you and not by some commercial company, there is no guarantee that next day they won't delete your character. After 3-4 years and 30-40 wipes or jumps to new persistent worlds and adventures you just don't care so seriously anymore about your character's items and progression in skills even if you've spent many months or even a whole year playing on a server. By the way, there are many "ordinary" people who manage to develop and take care of their NWN persistent world much better than some commercial companies take care of their MMORPGs. Of course, these people usually tend to be professional programmers who are avid RPG and NWN enthusiasts on their spare time. Commercial MMORPGs just cannot reach the high level of role-play, fun and complexity which can be found on free-of-charge NWN servers run by skillful and imaginative enthusiasts and complemented with experienced DMs.
Something to conclude with, there would be much less serious addictions to MMORPGs if companies would do regular character wipes every year or two!
Gratz on lvl up (irl)! 😀
Something to conclude with, there would be much less serious addictions to MMORPGs if companies would do regular character wipes every year or two!
stitch19 :
after two years, being in almost all instances that wow has to offer, with around 150 gameplay hours I turned off my pc while i was in middle of a raid. And since then I never touched wow and anything that has to do with it. Simple as that 
Gratz on lvl up (irl)! 😀
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1st character, 2 weeks to 32, 2nd character 3 weeks to 45, barely enjoyed a moment, there was a few, like the first mount, owning twinks, owning gankers, but that's about it. I never really enjoyed my guild (they were all 65+ and doing their own things), the quests were too repetitive, the long travel times (who needs loading screens when you gotta fly for that long?)
Bought WoW (1 mth free) - 30$
Bought BC - 30$
Bought 2 mth card - 20$
Big waste = PRICELESS!
I played ~2000 hours of Guild Wars before WoW (I did watch a friend play from time to time, there's not much of a learning curve).
I don't even know why I was playing it, sometimes I couldn't go on for a half hour.
Bought WoW (1 mth free) - 30$
Bought BC - 30$
Bought 2 mth card - 20$
Big waste = PRICELESS!
I played ~2000 hours of Guild Wars before WoW (I did watch a friend play from time to time, there's not much of a learning curve).
I don't even know why I was playing it, sometimes I couldn't go on for a half hour.
personally never played WoW. However, I have friends that have had relationships ruined because of the game and others who simply "dropped off the face of the earth" because of it. Maybe this is part of why I never started playing, because I saw what it did to others
i saw something on tv that was talking about wow. they were interviewing people from the development's team or something and one said that the objective was to make people play at least 500 hours. let me say that they must have accomplished at least a part of their objectives.
that is how our system works. what people want they get if they have the money. so ultimately the cause is the players not the company. the only way something is going to happen about all that it s going to be only either the government or the players initiative. i dont think the government is going to do something about it because it absolutely has no interest in doing so.
so it s up to us gamers.
after we pay for wow we may well be ending paying again for lawyers or therapists.
that is how our system works. what people want they get if they have the money. so ultimately the cause is the players not the company. the only way something is going to happen about all that it s going to be only either the government or the players initiative. i dont think the government is going to do something about it because it absolutely has no interest in doing so.
so it s up to us gamers.
after we pay for wow we may well be ending paying again for lawyers or therapists.
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