This is just a post, thats supposed to be funny (and a little sad at the same time) of how similar WoW is to a narcotic.
When I first saw WoW I had no interest in playing it, my friend had bought it because he always liked warcraft but I wasn't into warcraft. He kept telling me to buy it so we could play together, he let my play his guy a couple times to try and convince me to buy it. Finally I caved and bought the game, I played a warlock up to 41 and then quit because I lost appeal because I thought I had played to much (to much then is nothing compared to what I play now) and it had gotten boring.
I started playing again 6 months later for whatever reason, didn't have anything else to do really. I got to 60 and join a raiding guild and it was all down hill from there, I would raid instead of doing my school work and then stay up all night doing my homework really crappy. I felt I needed that next piece of gear and then I would be happy with my character but it never worked out like that, I always needed to get better and better, similar to how drug addicts need there next fix but its never as good as the last one.
I decided it was time for break and stopped playing my 60. I had another friend that I got to play WoW also but he never got past 26 and didn't really want to play because he felt it was a waste of time. I wanted him to get to 60 so I said ill level a new guy with him if he will take him to 60 it took some peer pressure but I finally got him to level a guy to 60. Basically hes new to the drug doesn't really want to take it and I did it with him, puts lots of peer pressure on him, and got him hooked now too. Same thing happened to a third friend of mine leveling a char with him now too, me and my other friend both pressured him to play. Both of which now stay up late just to play and think about "the man" (we call WoW "the man" because it owns your soul, and takes you over) all day long, none of which they did before.
All my friends and I know that we would be better off not playing the man but we just have this unquenchable urge to play. When we decide to do something in the real world, it becomes a cost analysis with what could we be doing on the man instead, real world usually wins because we are not total crack-o-holics. I used to be able to have a normal conversation with people, now after playing WoW for so long all I want to talk about is WoW and find it a little more difficult to have normal conversation.
WoW is setup to be a narcotic, you get little fixes such as levels, new spells, new gear, but you want more and more. If you are not playing WoW, your friends can email you a trail account for first "free" try, and then when you want more you got to pay.
Most people that I meet that have played WoW and have quit tell other people to stay away from the game and that its bad news. Just like recovering drug addicts say to stay away from drugs. Some people try and deny they have problem with WoW saying its a game and they can quit anytime, I tried it one time and no joke I literally got the shakes, I need a WoW fix. Playing WoW is also kind of taboo, you don't want people to know you play but you play anyways. People do drugs but they don't want others to know it.
WoW is a drug in almost every sense of the word, its addictive, costs money, and can mess with peoples lives.
Any comments how else wow is a drug?
When I first saw WoW I had no interest in playing it, my friend had bought it because he always liked warcraft but I wasn't into warcraft. He kept telling me to buy it so we could play together, he let my play his guy a couple times to try and convince me to buy it. Finally I caved and bought the game, I played a warlock up to 41 and then quit because I lost appeal because I thought I had played to much (to much then is nothing compared to what I play now) and it had gotten boring.
I started playing again 6 months later for whatever reason, didn't have anything else to do really. I got to 60 and join a raiding guild and it was all down hill from there, I would raid instead of doing my school work and then stay up all night doing my homework really crappy. I felt I needed that next piece of gear and then I would be happy with my character but it never worked out like that, I always needed to get better and better, similar to how drug addicts need there next fix but its never as good as the last one.
I decided it was time for break and stopped playing my 60. I had another friend that I got to play WoW also but he never got past 26 and didn't really want to play because he felt it was a waste of time. I wanted him to get to 60 so I said ill level a new guy with him if he will take him to 60 it took some peer pressure but I finally got him to level a guy to 60. Basically hes new to the drug doesn't really want to take it and I did it with him, puts lots of peer pressure on him, and got him hooked now too. Same thing happened to a third friend of mine leveling a char with him now too, me and my other friend both pressured him to play. Both of which now stay up late just to play and think about "the man" (we call WoW "the man" because it owns your soul, and takes you over) all day long, none of which they did before.
All my friends and I know that we would be better off not playing the man but we just have this unquenchable urge to play. When we decide to do something in the real world, it becomes a cost analysis with what could we be doing on the man instead, real world usually wins because we are not total crack-o-holics. I used to be able to have a normal conversation with people, now after playing WoW for so long all I want to talk about is WoW and find it a little more difficult to have normal conversation.
WoW is setup to be a narcotic, you get little fixes such as levels, new spells, new gear, but you want more and more. If you are not playing WoW, your friends can email you a trail account for first "free" try, and then when you want more you got to pay.
Most people that I meet that have played WoW and have quit tell other people to stay away from the game and that its bad news. Just like recovering drug addicts say to stay away from drugs. Some people try and deny they have problem with WoW saying its a game and they can quit anytime, I tried it one time and no joke I literally got the shakes, I need a WoW fix. Playing WoW is also kind of taboo, you don't want people to know you play but you play anyways. People do drugs but they don't want others to know it.
WoW is a drug in almost every sense of the word, its addictive, costs money, and can mess with peoples lives.
Any comments how else wow is a drug?