My realization of how much a drug WoW actually is.

[villain71]

lol if 15 bucks a month is throwing away money you must be poor.

 

[Godofdestrcution]

WOW, the crack addicts all defensive over people bashng your addiction.

We're sorry, don't go crazy on us, um kay?

 

[markt435]

lol if 15 bucks a month is throwing away money you must be poor.

that does happen to pay for a gym membership where i am....

hmmmmmm lol

 

[Godofdestrcution]

that does happen to pay for a gym membership where i am....

hmmmmmm lol

15 dollars is too much to spend to lose your life and your job and not have money to spend.

 

[next-Jin]

I played for roughly 6 hours on workdays and 15+ on weekends. Everyday.

Finally I had several people say "Dude, wtf is wrong with you you play WoW? Whats the point" and I thought about that for a few days and realized how incredibly retarded the game is.

You HAVE to level to 60/70
You HAVE to farm rep/items/herbs/money etc
You absolutely should not miss a raid or your spot could be given up and you lose DKP.
The game doesnt start till your max level, and then the only thing you do is sit there for hours at a time downing a boss for the thousanth time and still no drop.

Here is my thing, whats the fucking point? I mean seriously I was highly addicted to the game and just having someone say whats the point woke me up. Im now the owner of a Xbox 360 that I can turn off whenever.

"I play WoW to socialize with my guild" MF'er go socialize with women/men.
"I play to run the raids/guild" TRUST me, its just like the Army while your in your invaluable when you get out your spot is easily filled and your forgotten.
"I play WoW to raid and improve my toon" Dude, in a few years you'll be 24 (if your 20, you get the idea) and your going to look back when the game is no longer supported and say "whoa, I had no life" think about it. Your wasting your time for an irrelevant reward.

CS? You play casually and can feel self worth in 30 seconds rather than 30 days after you get that uber purple.

XBOX? You can play with friends att he house on a 50" talk shit then go hoggin later that night.

You get the point? I'm not trying to be an asshole but that was how it was shown to me and the fact of the matter is I'm a thousand times better now than I was in my WoW days. I have SEEN it ruin marriages, and I mean happily married folks here not newlyweds.

Granted you can play casual, and by all means do. But whats the point, the game is specifically gear based and without that it is a lost cause at least on a PvP realm.

 

[HRslammR]

i visited my friend last night, and in the 30 minutes i played a baseball game on his 360, i had had more fun than he spent in 4 hours of running karazhan. not to mention the 3-4 hours he spent grinding mats for flasks,pots, etc.

ya know, when you get that 8/8 of that epic gear, it doesn't translate into anything useful in real life right?

i'm ever so happy i quit.

 

[michaLcoughliN]

Whether or not you mean this as an insult, without personal knowledge and first hand experience you lose credability. Would be like me saying that you have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to modding or building computers because you are a diesel tech. And while diesels may offer more power you are nothing but a sucker for buying one because they do nothing more than pollute the environment to an extreme degree and offer nothing for the consumer market?! Also, you are saying they are suckers because they bought the game AND THEN pay a month subscription fee. That is like calling someone a sucker for buying a car and then having to do your normal maintanence on it. Shouldn't it just work without having to spend $30-$50 bucks every 3k miles for an oil change?

However, everyone is entitled their own opinion to such things. You think its pathetic that people play games and call them an "addiction." I say you are nothing more than a "gearhead" and should stick to fixing cars and leave the real work to people with brains (actually I dont believe that but you get the jist of what I am saying)

I am 22 years old and i make $55k a year..As an apprentice. 3 years 70k a year.. And if you think it doesnt take brains for the trade. You obviously dont know what your talking about. You think computer electrical is hard? pfft haha. you think building a computer takes "skill" try playing with engines, differentials, trannies. So on. Get a life. kthnx

And actually people are suckers for paying $30-50 for an oil change.When it costs $15 in parts.

I am a gamer. I play games. But when a game becomes and addiction, its a problem. And guess what. I am a gear head. Do you honestly think I care? without Diesel mechanics you would have no Freight to get your "computer parts" you wouldnt get food from your local grocery store, you wouldnt get gas to the Gas station.

Think about the Facts you dum F**k

 

[The-Tmann]

Not WoW, But I remember HL when it first hit,
I played DM, and every match I won, I'd get all all pumped up, going on runs of 20-30 games straight where new players would come in, and others leave, and I'd be dominating, kind of in a zone where it became reflexive, like machine mind almost.

every win I'd take a screenshot of the final scoreboard, and archive them. Sort of a trophy collection, if you will.

So after a few months or so I CHECK THE FOLDER, AND WTH!?!?
there's 800+ in it, and if you figure each game was 15 minutes or so, let's see....not counting games I came in 2nd, 3rd....
240+ hours

man that could have been spent on somthing a little more, worth somthing I guess

Bike riding, fishing, hanging out with real people
I can say from first hand experience
Gaming = Similar to drugs in many ways

Plus, $15 a month is a joke

 

[Crucible1001]

I've been playing MMOs since the day Asheron's Call came out in 1999.

After a while you will just get sick of MMOs and stop playing. I don't even bother with them anymore. I lose interest in all the new ones that came out after only a week or two.

I went through my addiction phase with asheron's call 1. I would skip school constantly to play it. I would even stay up all night and steal internet (56k). I had to splice into the phone line in the walls to hide it from my dad. It was the best feeling ever just sitting there for 16 hours playing that game. After finishing a long day of playing in secret, I would do it all over again the next day. This went on and on until I dropped out of high school. I also lost every friend I ever had. I have not had a single friend since about 16 years old. I turn 23 in a week.

It has been 5-7 years since all of that happened. I don't like MMOs anymore. It is not because of the life sucking. It is because they are just boring now. I hate the tedious leveling treadmill in every MMO. I am just not sure if I would take the time back I had in AC 1.

 

[The-Tmann]

and the tedious, timing sucking nature of the game is why the $15 a mo. model is so profitable

 

[SLiGuy]

Hello, my name is *****. I have a Level 70 Warrior on Kil'Jaeden and I'm currently working on a Level 23 Hunter. I'd have to agree with most people here.

WoW is a very dangerous thing. I started playing in February 2006. I played until November, then quit. I started up again in February of 2007 after I picked up the expansion, and have been playing since then. Now, once again, I am seriously thinking of quitting.

WoW is a great game, but in order to feel a sense of accomplishment by playing it, you need to get gear. And, to get gear, you first need...well, 5 hours of almost nonstop raiding, 5 days a week. Simply not worth the time, IMO. If I don't have the time to raid and can't get good gear, what is the point of playing anymore?

The point I'm trying to make is that WoW is not worth playing unless you either have alot of time or alot of money, or both. If you have alot of time and spend it raiding, then most likely you will become addicted. If you have alot of money, it'd probably be better spent on something else.

WoW is a drug. Just like real drugs, many people become addicted...but many people also learn to give it up. Once you get to Level 70 with full Tier 4 and you're decked out in Epics, take a big step back from the screen and look at your toon, then think of how much time you've spent to get that gear...then think of what else you could have been doing in that time. Yeah, exactly.

This is my plea to my fellow WoW players: Take a step back and look at the big picture.




I will be quitting after this free month ends, which I got from referring somebody. I feel horrible about it. I have not played for 3 days and I intend to keep that streak going. After, I will highly consider putting my account up on eBay.

 

[The-Tmann]

No one on their Death-bed ever said, "I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer"

 

[michaLcoughliN]

I personally. Love computers and everything about them.
Ive been using one ever since I was 12 years old. Always fascinated with them.
I dont spend enough time learning about them, Just this year I got into overclocking since my last computer lasted me 5 years and it was a 2200+.. I finallly spent some money ona new rig. Now all I want to do is upgrade more and be happy with a good build.

Computers are more addicting then anything else. My spare time I normally spend with the g.f but any chance I get im always sitting ona $70 homedepot chair and reading forums or doing something time related with a computer.

 

[xpsango]

the only reason wow is so addictive is that it never stops. I felt when I played that I was missing out because I couldn't pause the game. The days I missed raids are when set pieces drop. The days I took breaks from grinding GM before the water'd down pvp patch the horde would finally convince enough people to queue up for AV. I couldn't make it stop and simply had to be on. Then I just turned it off and quit. The game wouldn't let me play at my pace so I just stopped playing altogether. Later on I tried BC for like a week and had no interest anymore.

My favorite parts of wow were talking to people in vent and pvp. The game is super fun.

 

[MrFace]

I am 22 years old and i make $55k a year..As an apprentice. 3 years 70k a year.. And if you think it doesnt take brains for the trade. You obviously dont know what your talking about. You think computer electrical is hard? pfft haha. you think building a computer takes "skill" try playing with engines, differentials, trannies. So on. Get a life. kthnx

And actually people are suckers for paying $30-50 for an oil change.When it costs $15 in parts.

I am a gamer. I play games. But when a game becomes and addiction, its a problem. And guess what. I am a gear head. Do you honestly think I care? without Diesel mechanics you would have no Freight to get your "computer parts" you wouldnt get food from your local grocery store, you wouldnt get gas to the Gas station.

Think about the Facts you dum F**k

My oil changes cost me $50 in parts. I'm also a gear head. I also play WoW. I also have a fiancee. I also have a great job. I am not addicted to WoW.

Are you only trying to bash on people who are "addicted" or people who play WoW? You'd have a good point for addiction, but if you are just bashing people because they play WoW, that's quite ironic.

 

[MrFace]

Hello, my name is *****. I have a Level 70 Warrior on Kil'Jaeden and I'm currently working on a Level 23 Hunter. I'd have to agree with most people here.

WoW is a very dangerous thing. I started playing in February 2006. I played until November, then quit. I started up again in February of 2007 after I picked up the expansion, and have been playing since then. Now, once again, I am seriously thinking of quitting.

WoW is a great game, but in order to feel a sense of accomplishment by playing it, you need to get gear. And, to get gear, you first need...well, 5 hours of almost nonstop raiding, 5 days a week. Simply not worth the time, IMO. If I don't have the time to raid and can't get good gear, what is the point of playing anymore?

The point I'm trying to make is that WoW is not worth playing unless you either have alot of time or alot of money, or both. If you have alot of time and spend it raiding, then most likely you will become addicted. If you have alot of money, it'd probably be better spent on something else.

WoW is a drug. Just like real drugs, many people become addicted...but many people also learn to give it up. Once you get to Level 70 with full Tier 4 and you're decked out in Epics, take a big step back from the screen and look at your toon, then think of how much time you've spent to get that gear...then think of what else you could have been doing in that time. Yeah, exactly.

This is my plea to my fellow WoW players: Take a step back and look at the big picture.




I will be quitting after this free month ends, which I got from referring somebody. I feel horrible about it. I have not played for 3 days and I intend to keep that streak going. After, I will highly consider putting my account up on eBay.

If I didn't play WoW, I'd accomplish nothing better in my life. I have quit playing several times and I have come back because of pure boredom. When I lived in Chicago, I had things to do. In Mississippi, not so much.

You guys have to realize not every one has something else to do with their life. I can't go to a show, play in a band, or work on my car here. I just sit at home and do nothing after I get off of work.

Also, how is WoW any different than any other computer game? You don't have to raid, that's a personal choice. You can PVP all you want. You don't accomplish anything in any game that helps in your real life experiences...well I'm wrong. WoW has actually helped me become more of a team leader and helped me learn how to tolerate morons and dipshits because WoW has a lot of them.

 

[SilverSliver]

If I didn't play WoW, I'd accomplish nothing better in my life. I have quit playing several times and I have come back because of pure boredom. When I lived in Chicago, I had things to do. In Mississippi, not so much.

You guys have to realize not every one has something else to do with their life. I can't go to a show, play in a band, or work on my car here. I just sit at home and do nothing after I get off of work.

Also, how is WoW any different than any other computer game? You don't have to raid, that's a personal choice. You can PVP all you want. You don't accomplish anything in any game that helps in your real life experiences...well I'm wrong. WoW has actually helped me become more of a team leader and helped me learn how to tolerate morons and dipshits because WoW has a lot of them.

Just because you live in Mississipi, doesn't mean you can't do anything? That's the most idiotic logic I have ever heard in my entire life.You may not be able to do the same things you used to do when you lived in Chicago, but there is plenty of stuff to do.

 

[GJSNeptune]

Smother the fire a bit or this thread will be locked soon.

Only you can will yourself to play. As long as WoW revolves around your life and not vice versa, you should be fine.

 

[pkScary]

Think about the Facts you dum F**k

What the heck? I've been addicted to WoW but I wouldn't ever switch places with you.

 

[MrFace]

Just because you live in Mississipi, doesn't mean you can't do anything? That's the most idiotic logic I have ever heard in my entire life.You may not be able to do the same things you used to do when you lived in Chicago, but there is plenty of stuff to do.

Not where I live. I spend most of my free time after work exercising, working on my car, and playing WoW. Please come to my town and show me what there is to do, because there is nothing.

 

[Draax]

IThink about the Facts you dum F**k

If you are going to call someone a "dum F**k" it’s probably a good idea to but the "b" on dumb.

I’m not saying ... I’m just saying.

 

[pkScary]

Not where I live. I spend most of my free time after work exercising, working on my car, and playing WoW. Please come to my town and show me what there is to do, because there is nothing.

Technically there are always more productive things to do, like learning a new language, instrument, starting a home business, etc. But if you're having fun, it's not time wasted.

 

[MrFace]

Technically there are always more productive things to do, like learning a new language, instrument, starting a home business, etc. But if you're having fun, it's not time wasted.

I've mastered 20 languages, learned five instruments, and started my own company. See, I ran out of stuff to do, so I play WoW!

 

[skittzle]

If you are going to call someone a "dum F**k" it’s probably a good idea to but the "b" on dumb.

I’m not saying ... I’m just saying.

meh, I quit reading what michaLcoughliN was posting the second he started calling names and labeling people as pathetic.

 

[pkScary]

See, I ran out of stuff to do, so I play WoW!

Well I guess you're good to go, dude

 

[ACE_350]

I was addicted to WoW for a good year, all I ever did was think about WoW.. its the only thing that was ever on my mind, I had no job, I was just a school student and I would constantly half-ass my homework.. and never study.. and just not show up.. It all went downhill when my guild started doing MC, I was so obsessed with getting all the epics. I had to have perfect attendance to get all the DKP I could, for awhile I was constantly earning the most DKP in my guild by far and quickly epic'd out my character, and I still kept playing. I could hardly even take breaks.. I just stayed logged in the game whenever I could, even if I was just standing around in Ironforge, my new dinner table became the computer chair during raids

Eventually after a year, right before BC came out I quit playing, I bought a Xbox 360.. which really helped recover from WoW, and I started getting back into FPS shooters on the PC. It's really been helping, i've stayed WoW free for close to 4 months now and I have no intentions on ever going back, for awhile I did have urges, especially when I talked about the old times with friends that played WoW.. I would get a strong urge to play, but pretty much I am WoW free and back into FPS and console gaming, and my grades are up in college again, and I have a job..

Just be careful, it's extremely addictive!

 

[onetwenty8k]

There is no doubt that it is addicting. It might not be a physical addiction but it is most definitely a mental addiction and you will have the need to play. Good job to everyone that quit playing WoW.

 

[gregnash]

I am 22 years old and i make $55k a year..As an apprentice. 3 years 70k a year.. And if you think it doesnt take brains for the trade. You obviously dont know what your talking about. You think computer electrical is hard? pfft haha. you think building a computer takes "skill" try playing with engines, differentials, trannies. So on. Get a life. kthnx

And actually people are suckers for paying $30-50 for an oil change.When it costs $15 in parts.

I am a gamer. I play games. But when a game becomes and addiction, its a problem. And guess what. I am a gear head. Do you honestly think I care? without Diesel mechanics you would have no Freight to get your "computer parts" you wouldnt get food from your local grocery store, you wouldnt get gas to the Gas station.

Think about the Facts you dum F**k

However, this discussion is not about who knows more about cars or diesels (as I am sure you know more as it is your industry of choice) but rather about the realization of an "unnoticed" addiction to something that is not considered illegal or on the health boards as an "addictive substance." So please refrain from calling people losers and such just because they have realized that their, once thought relaxation time, is nothing more than an addiction to something other than the normal items.

 

[gregnash]

I've mastered 20 languages, learned five instruments, and started my own company. See, I ran out of stuff to do, so I play WoW!

LOL... Master the stock market!!! That is my next step that I want to do, that and home improvement. Also, there is always the task of mastering the art of cunnilingus

 

[HRslammR]

all they're flaming of "i make more money than you!" eeriely reminds me of "MY PURPLEZ ARE BETTER THAN YOURZ"

 

[GJSNeptune]

This discussion is not about who knows more about cars or diesels (as I am sure you know more as it is your industry of choice) but rather about the realization of an "unnoticed" addiction to something that is not considered illegal or on the health boards as an "addictive substance." So please refrain from calling people losers and such just because they have realized that their, once thought relaxation time, is nothing more than an addiction to something other than the normal items.

That should've been your post. Are we done measuring?


One of my college friends played WoW on and off. He'd play for awhile and stop once he realized it isn't helping him get a girl, and that he needs to spend more time with friends and his frat brothers. After awhile he'd get a little down again and go back to WoW. Kind of a sad rollercoaster.

 

[gregnash]

That should've been your post. Are we done measuring?


One of my college friends played WoW on and off. He'd play for awhile and stop once he realized it isn't helping him get a girl, and that he needs to spend more time with friends and his frat brothers. After awhile he'd get a little down again and go back to WoW. Kind of a sad rollercoaster.

Point well taken.

 

[revenant]

I can sympathize with you brother. Theres only one way to quit, cold turkey. I had a roommate that was addicted to Lineage 2, and let me tell you it was a total addiction. He quit his job, ditched his friends, and basically let his life go downhill all to play the game. The only time he would come out of his room was to use the bathroom or get his pizza from the delivery guy.He would stay up days at a time, and it was taking a toll on his body. One day I walked into his room and found about 100 dirty moldy paper plates, 100's of coke cans and him passed out from sleep deprivation on the floor. He had literally hit rock bottom laying in a pile of his own dirty, pizza stained paper plates and coke cans. At that point I interviened and told him that his addiction had turned into a problem. He had always been the most respectful , cleanliest , and hard working guys I ever knew. A guy who's job always was important to him as well as his friends. It was very sad to see him fall into this downward spiral. He tried to quit several times only to go back time after time. One of the most pitiful things I've ever seen.

wow.. reminds me of one of my old roomates a little.. the paper plates and coke cans images especially.

 

[jtzako]

WoW (and other games) are addictive to some extent. Playing them can produce endorphins etc that act as drugs do. People can get withdrawal symptoms if they stop once they are heavily addicted ( most people are never quite that badly addicted though).

I think MMOs are more of a problem because they encourage social interaction. I quickly get bored of even a very good MMO if I am doing nothing but "soloing." When I have good friends/guild to interact with I definitely have more fun playing.

Add to that, much of the content takes considerable time to work on you can spend far to much time playing.

 

[Jinxplayer]

WoW (and other games) are addictive to some extent. Playing them can produce endorphins etc that act as drugs do. People can get withdrawal symptoms if they stop once they are heavily addicted ( most people are never quite that badly addicted though).

It seems like everyone here is some kind of fucking doctor.

You people should think about what your trying to push off as fact, and see that it makes no sense.

 

[Draax]

I always wonder why people become so defensive over a game. Isn't that the sign that there is a problem?

 

[GJSNeptune]

It seems like everyone here is some kind of fucking doctor.

You people should think about what your trying to push off as fact, and see that it makes no sense.

Thank you for that. Insult and accuse and run (probably to a raid).

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

I always wonder why people become so defensive over a game. Isn't that the sign that there is a problem?

Denial may be the first sign of having a problem, but its also the first sign of not having a problem.

I'm just saying...

 

[theDreamer]

It seems like everyone here is some kind of fucking doctor.

You people should think about what your trying to push off as fact, and see that it makes no sense.

Ever though with thousands of members here there might be a few that game & visit here? Not saying those you are quoting about are, but what they are saying though is correct, you would know if you taken psych first level.

 

[Nasty_Savage]

Jeeze, you guys make it sound as if its the source of all evil in the world. If you would rather hang in and play WoW, what does it say about your social situation? Maybe all you recovering WoWies have it all reversed and sticking to your lethargic, uninspiring real lives is the real dope