nzherald.co.nz— Will the gaming love affair with World of Warcraft ever end? Blizzard have announced that WoW has 9 million subscribers - and that's before the Burning Crusade expansion pack is launched in China...
Jul 26, 2007View in Crawl 4
Yes, but the main important bit not spotted here - it's the 90th most populated country in the world - which country exactly has some of its citizens just *vanish* for large amounts of time, before miraculously appearing again?(edit: Sorry, did someone say South Africa?)
umm... no. If you played once a week for 5 months and got to seventy in 14 days of gametime, that means you played 16 hours and 48 minutes that one day of the week.
You are looking at this the wrong way. Most of the people playing Warcraft have jobs, and while they are playing they are stimulating the economy. Think of all the soft drinks, beer, chips, pizza, cookies and such that are consumed while playing. Consider the money being spent on DSL or cable, a really good gaming computer, and the big monitor so you can see everything [I go with a projection monitor myself, but I tend to over-do these things]. You have to see the big picture, here.
I have known a lot of people who go home at night, eat dinner, sit in front of the television for three hours, and then go to bed. Night, after night, after night. Now, if someone goes home, eats dinner, and then spends three hours with their stamp collection, or on their CB radio, or fixing up that old car, they have a hobby. World of Warcraft is a hobby for a lot of people. Some people jump in WoW and speed through, and then raid all of the time, and feel somewhat cheated. Other people take their time, maybe create a lot of different characters, and maybe never ever go on a raid. Different styles of play can make the difference between what seems like an addiction, and what is just a hobby. Is WoW addicting? Not physically. And psychologically, probably no more than any other repetitive behavior. Don't abuse other people as being addicted, just because you have moved on to some different behavior. If people aren't enjoying playing, then they should stop playing. If people enjoy playing, then they should continue playing.
Closed AccountJul 27, 2007
It's not a country, idiot. Marked inaccurate.
reechmeJul 27, 2007
Yes, but the main important bit not spotted here - it's the 90th most populated country in the world - which country exactly has some of its citizens just *vanish* for large amounts of time, before miraculously appearing again?(edit: Sorry, did someone say South Africa?)
mandarinJul 27, 2007
Thats a lotta rogues...
jackar00Jul 28, 2007
umm... no. If you played once a week for 5 months and got to seventy in 14 days of gametime, that means you played 16 hours and 48 minutes that one day of the week.
jackar00Jul 28, 2007
While we're at it why don't we ban tv, I here alot of people waste time using those. Oh, and the internet, that's a real time drain.
mnatureSep 17, 2007
You are looking at this the wrong way. Most of the people playing Warcraft have jobs, and while they are playing they are stimulating the economy. Think of all the soft drinks, beer, chips, pizza, cookies and such that are consumed while playing. Consider the money being spent on DSL or cable, a really good gaming computer, and the big monitor so you can see everything [I go with a projection monitor myself, but I tend to over-do these things]. You have to see the big picture, here.
mnatureSep 17, 2007
I have known a lot of people who go home at night, eat dinner, sit in front of the television for three hours, and then go to bed. Night, after night, after night. Now, if someone goes home, eats dinner, and then spends three hours with their stamp collection, or on their CB radio, or fixing up that old car, they have a hobby. World of Warcraft is a hobby for a lot of people. Some people jump in WoW and speed through, and then raid all of the time, and feel somewhat cheated. Other people take their time, maybe create a lot of different characters, and maybe never ever go on a raid. Different styles of play can make the difference between what seems like an addiction, and what is just a hobby. Is WoW addicting? Not physically. And psychologically, probably no more than any other repetitive behavior. Don't abuse other people as being addicted, just because you have moved on to some different behavior. If people aren't enjoying playing, then they should stop playing. If people enjoy playing, then they should continue playing.