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- sikosmurf, on 10/11/2007, -4/+79Is the blog-spam really necessary?
http://www.askapadwe.com/81/are-a-lot-of-people-really-addicted-to-world-of-warcraft/ - sockpuppets, on 10/11/2007, -3/+70It's creepy when you do it with your robe and wizard hat on though.
- mikeruiz7, on 10/11/2007, -0/+41When you spend more time farming gold than you do actually making real money in the real world, that's how you know you're addicted.
Although my flying mount kicks the ***** out of my Ford Escort, so... - androothebear, on 10/11/2007, -2/+34my girlfriend and i were together for 2 years. A friend of mine told me about WoW, so i got it. Soon, the two of us played together. eventually i grew out of it, but she continued playing. At one point her addiction got so bad that i would have to beg her to leave the house to get food other than hotpockets. she finally left me for someone in her guild. I will never again play WOW
- kaiserollofdoom, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28If your wife spends more time playing WoW then with you, you have bigger problems than her WoW addiction.
- BobOki, on 10/11/2007, -2/+26Yeah, but in real life you are a fat, ignorant redneck... in WoW you are a hot female night elf with a nice ass.
- catfish182, on 10/11/2007, -2/+23a day in the life of a WOW player.
morning - (there is no "wake up" time)
WOW with cereal (large bowl)
noon - bathroom break
12:05 - WOW
4:00 - check Digg to see how many diggs funny comment gets
4:01:05 - post a comment about how Digg sucks now and it wasnt like it used to be even though you have only been a member for 2 months.
4:15 - realize everyone is stupid and decide to return to WOW.
evening - WOW
11:45 - food break and bathroom break.
12:00 - WOW - noobeffect, on 10/11/2007, -3/+23If anything, the expansion makes WoW a more blatant and pointless grind, sadly subscribers aren't realizing that.
- Elrin, on 10/11/2007, -5/+24Maybe she gets more satisfaction out of WoW than the marriage.
- rolosworld, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14totally agree... walk walk walk walk... 5% playing, 95% walking..
I played the trial also and didn't find the fun part of walking sooo much...
I didn't even finished the trial period, I give up playing after the 5th day or so... - theholycow, on 11/02/2007, -0/+12Most people do get more "satisfaction" out of WoW than marriage. Unfortunately, they hurt others and deny their own responsibilities in the process. Their "satisfaction" is only in a fantasy world; meanwhile, they ignore the real world. So many lose their jobs, families, and friends in the process.
Additionally, for female addicts, there is a whole additional dimension to the problem. Female players (not female characters, but IRL females) are outnumbered 5.25 to 1 (according to Nick Yee of Stanford- http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/ ). When a female is addicted, she is subject to the same nagging, needy, angry spouse that a male is, but in the meantime finds her fantasy world bursting with people who want to treat her "right" and tell her how her husband is a jerk. She spends _all_ of her time with those men, doing the only things that are important to her (raiding, PVPing, etc) with them, and sharing her accomplishments with them (new gear, leveling, etc). Meanwhile, her marriage is falling apart (because, in her mind, it is unreasonable for her husband to want to spend "so much" time with her; while in reality, she's ignoring her marriage - like anything else, ignore it and it will go away). It becomes almost impossible for WoW-addicted women to avoid some sort of infidelity.
A couple months ago, a woman in the US told her husband that she was going on a business trip to Australia, but she was really leaving him (and her children!) for a _kid_ she met in WoW. She got there and after a couple weeks realized that he was a jerk IRL, and way too young for her, and found herself stuck in Australia with no money and no way to get home. Then she realized what she'd done and suddently started loving her husband again [I have my doubts about that part]. She's now saving to come back. I'm not posting names because the story was posted in a private Yahoo group (WOW_widow, linked in my comment abuse post near the top) and discussed over IM privately with me. It may seem far-fetched, but it is absolutely true.
This is not to say that most people get addicted, or that all addicts have WoW addiction as the root problem. However, many do merely have WoW addiction as their root problem, with the other problems _resulting_ from WoW addiction; and many who run to WoW to escape their other problems get addicted and are stuck with the addiction long after their other problems are gone. - praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -1/+12Lightning bolt, lightning bolt!
- Hermitwise, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11I played WoW for maybe 3-4 months, the only thing I was addicted to was the fishing tourney, because that was actual competition.. I won all the items you could get (3 from getting rare fish and 2 from winning the actual tourney twice) and then after that I realized how irritating the whole raid thing was I stopped...but man was that an awesome fishing hat, AND A TRINKET THAT TURNED ME INTO A FISH. :3
- n00854180t, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9I have to disagree. While I may be in the minority, having played practically every MMO that's come out since UO, and MUDs before that, WoW is a pretty terrible game. The gameplay consists of no more than pressing the hotkeys for your entire hotbar in order, after selecting a target (via hotkey or click), thousands upon thousands of times in a row. It's exactly the same gameplay as was in Everquest and all Everquest clones, and it's just as dull and ***** with a Warcraft skin.
- CaseyUCF, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9My roommate plays that ***** about 8 hours a day. It's his life.
- spawesume, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Why Dell? Not their fault that WoW can run on their computers.
- L4WL3RS34L, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Buried. "Dugg" is not a word.
- jareducsd, on 10/11/2007, -4/+12Here I am expecting an intriguing article, not someone's blog spam. Dugg down for blog spam
- Crushkilla, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7After much of my friends' convincing, I tried the game out, and I TRIED to get addicted to it. Didn't work. Jumped straight back into Unreal Tournament 2004 after playing for a little bit.
- inspecality, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8http://www.wowdetox.com/
That has people telling stories of their addictions. - CatalystGhost, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7So, ok, after I get done with the whole walking around and leveling by repetitive slaying of monsters, then I get to have fun trying to obtain mostly *****-looking armour while walking around with other high-level people (most of them more egotistical than ***** Alexander the Great), and repetitively slaying monsters. Explain how this is good.
- Purin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7The rest of the game is no different.
- tnoy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9Maybe it is really a small problem?
- theholycow, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Good for you, that you found the strength to discard 2 years of emotional investment when she turned into a piece of *****. So many people don't have that strength, believe it or not.
- vawksel, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Burn!
- Purin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Thank you.
My feelings exactly. - Oomsoup, on 10/11/2007, -2/+82 weeks ago I deleted my 70 Priest, 70 Hunter and 61 Mage. I spent 2 years of my life in that game without once taking a break. Raiding is seriously addicting. I kept telling myself "I'll quit and show real life some attention after we finish Naxx" then "I'll quit after we get done with SSC and TK" but there's always something else to do, another goal to shoot for. Thank god I had a supportive boyfriend who, while he hated the game and how it took me away from him, never threatened me and just tried to wait it out.
A lot of people who don't hit a high enough level to start raiding don't realize how addictive it can become. - theholycow, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Comment abuse for the purpose of getting useful links visible; I will post opinions lower.
http://soulkerfuffle.blogspot.com/2006/10/view-from-top.html
http://wowdetox.com
http://wowrecovery.com
http://deletewow.com
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/WOW_widow
http://www.wowdetox.com/view.php?number=13640
http://www.joystiq.com/2005/06/23/boy-dies-after-12-hour-gaming-session/
http://www.joystiq.com/2005/11/04/wow-online-funeral-commemorates-death-of-young-gamer/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195236,00.html
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/20/news_6127866.html
For many, it is a symptom of other life problems, but for some it really is an addiction standing on its own. - championchap, on 10/11/2007, -4/+9Oh mahn, I actually paid for an account because my free trial ran out before i ever even played it..
Really wanted to like it.. even played it through the whole of my subscription.. and my god how dull was it!
Never again am I trusting an MMORPG. - Hey_Vern, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I agree with most of what theholycow said. Its very difficult to compete with some guy online. She lives with you every day and sees you completely and all the time, good and bad. She only gets a little impression of some guy online and can make him out to be any fantasy she wants. She doesn't know anything about him and can fill in the gaps to be anything she wants him to be. Its very difficult to compete with that.
- Wildren, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5"I’m definitely not saying there is anything wrong with video game addictions." Whaaaaaat?!
- deadbaby, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The easiest way to spot someone with a WoW problem is when they start to obviously lie about how much they actually play. They start off by saying "I play maybe 2 hours a night" then a few minutes into the conversation they say "I have 4 level 60's, 3 level 70's and run a guild" Yeah buddy, you play 2 hours a night. Sure ya do. That's when you know they've got a serious problem.
- Wildren, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7Few years? Right...since it's only been out for 2 years and a half and all.
- catfish182, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I personally make the choice to play with myself for about 10 hours a day then i sleep.
I do eat at times but thats it. - colonelmustard, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I paid for a one month subscription. Played that one month trying to get into it, but it just continued to bore me. Not my thing :/
- lukas88, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6I played for 2 months and slowly started to realize how in to the game many of the other players were. I stopped, not only because I didn't want that to happen to me, but because it kind of sucks the fun right out of it.
- houndeyex, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6HOW I MINE FOR FISH? @_@
- springo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5I was addicted for like two months. I went 60 and sold my account on eBay for $200, so that made feel like if it had been worth something.
- 1jaxstate1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I played up to level 40. Got my mount, then got bored. It's a good game, but it's only fun for so long.
- futureisours, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6it's all fun until you run out of content then it's just grind grind grind for keys to instances with better weapons/armor etc. i'm sorry, i'd rather get paid for boredom.
- ericrous, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Typical pussy-whipped male response. It's ALWAYS the guy's fault.
You cheated on her? You're a bastard. It's your fault.
She cheated on you? You're a bastard. It's your fault.
You left her? You're a bastard. It's your fault
She left you? You're a bastard. It's your fault. - TheRemoteViewer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I think I would call that a problem, and not necessarily with the marriage.
- bstew22, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4this is dumb... everyone knows wow users don't have "bathroom breaks" but rather use http://www.stadiumpal.com/index.html
... *****... back to wow. (man this site ain't what it used to be) - jetskidude911, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Good read. I don't think this is just WoW though. I've seen this happen to other people with other games. My cousin would play Ultima Online when it first came out. He would play from the time he got home from school until around 2 or 3 in the morning. Every single day. Then he would play all weekend. He is now playing WoW, but I don't think it's as bad. But still, this seems to happen with other online games.
I don't know what it is. These online games seem to just be habit forming. My wife also got addicted to Dark Age Of Camelot for about 2 years. It's all she wanted to do. She would play all day long while I was at work, then play well into the night. It was in sane.
It's interesting, it really it. - ericrous, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3He's literally her "knight in shining armour." Or, more accurately, "Paladin in epic armour."
- mancat, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Oh he's good...
- n00854180t, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Well my point isn't that they have button pressing. It's that WoW in particular, and most of the MMOs out there, use the *exact* same system as introduced in EQ. Unfortunately, publishers have ruined the entire genre by being unwilling to complete the *REAL* goal of MMOGs, which is to bring single and multiplayer games up to the massive scale. Instead, we get them funding the same basic game with different art every time. Developers/publishers that try something new are penalized by the massive subscriber base addicted to EQ-likes (my collective term for all Everquest clones). Take, for instance, Dungeons and Dragons Online. While it hosts a bevy of other flaws, and somewhat uses the same EQ-like combat system with a hotbar, they also tried to make it possible to play without the boring auto-attack gameplay, and were severely criticized for it.
Now, D&D fans likely dislike the game because they completely borked the encounters by making arbitrary, stupid decisions with regards to the NPCs (for instance, NPC casters have "unlimited" casting points, they completely misuse the armor class system such that even 1st level kobolds have 30+ AC etc.). However, some very cool things are in there, such as the trap system, the fact that XP is based per quest etc. Dearth of quests, the above mentioned flaws, and the instance system bring it way down though. - theholycow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Addiction to the game makes small problems into HUGE problems.
- NSMike, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Holy crap, this has to be the worst piece of blogspam I've seen on Digg in my entire time here.
- kingfoot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2i played for 16 months (game cards to prove it) now they sit in front of my on my desk as a reminder to never play again. it is addicting in some aspects, i liked the sociable aspect of it, not so much with the game. only when i realized im paying for a chat room, did i stop playing. WoW free since February!
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