World of Warcraft Addiction

[sel]

i raid only one or 2 days  a week right now,

you can come be bored w/ me -.- /sigh

;s its friday and im not doing diddly squat ... oh well

[ChadTower]

A guy at work plays WoW.  He's been trying to get me to play...  but I know I'll be addicted, so I won't try it.   

I used to play a MUD nonstop about 9 years ago (pre-WoW days, all text based Multi User Dungeon for all you young peeps).  Very addictive.

Wife and I were addicted to mudding as well. Sanctuary first, then Illusions of the Mind. Hard hard hard habit to break.

I did MUDs, but never dug how you lost everything you had won when you logged out.  I was, however, a heavy heavy MOO user back in the day.  Think of MUDs but object oriented with user generated content.  Then consider that it was mostly ubergeeks trying to get laid.  So, yeah.

[HaRuMaN]

I did MUDs, but never dug how you lost everything you had won when you logged out.  I was, however, a heavy heavy MOO user back in the day.  Think of MUDs but object oriented with user generated content.  Then consider that it was mostly ubergeeks trying to get laid.  So, yeah.

What MUD were you playing?  I never lost anything when logging out.   In fact, my character still exists in Moongate, with all my EQ and inventory.

[NIVO]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

[Oni2382]

I just read this and I am at A HUGE loss for words.....................

http://www.ripten.com/2008/10/10/wow-whore-has-36-accounts-raids-by-himself/

[SithMaster]

I just read this and I am at A HUGE loss for words.....................

http://www.ripten.com/2008/10/10/wow-whore-has-36-accounts-raids-by-himself/

I cannot understand how playing like that would be fun, though watching 36 characters that all look the same charge at you would be hilarious.  How can it be fun though?

Too bad he can't get a volume discount on subscriptions since the electric and internet bill are probably huge at the end of the month.

[RayB]

Why in the world would someone pay $1000 for a stupid game character?

Why would someone pay real world money for in-game equipment??

Hello people, it is a frikkin game!

Rhetorical questions or serious? People with money will spend it on whatever they WANT. Not all millionaires are globe-trotting playboys with a bevy of bikini babes in the pool and the latest fashions. Plenty of people with money are geeks.

Lawyer who charges $400 an hour might not want to come home and spend 300 hours to level up a character just so they can kick ass in what little spare time they have. Some players want to kick ass NOW, so they buy a character, or even hire people in a developing country to level up for them.

I personally never would, but whatever. I would never spend $100,000 on a car either, but plenty do!

[Oni2382]

RayB,

You make a good point but whats the point in buying a TIME CONSUMING game  if your going to take a shortcut. Takes the fun out of it all if you ask me, but thats just me. I'm debating on trying this game. It looks really fun and after seeing that South Park WoW episode I def. want to try it.

[AtomSmasher]

RayB,

You make a good point but whats the point in buying a TIME CONSUMING game  if your going to take a shortcut. Takes the fun out of it all if you ask me, but thats just me. I'm debating on trying this game. It looks really fun and after seeing that South Park WoW episode I def. want to try it.

If the point of the game was simply to consume time, then you would be correct.  However if someone has a number of friends playing the game and doesn't have the time to catch up to their level, then the only way they can play with their friends is if they pay someone to do the leveling for them.  Besides, when you get to the higher levels you unlock a lot more abilities which makes the game a lot more interesting to play then the lower levels.  I never have (and probably never will) pay someone to level up a character for me, but I can understand the appeal to do so.

[Oni2382]

RayB,

You make a good point but whats the point in buying a TIME CONSUMING game  if your going to take a shortcut. Takes the fun out of it all if you ask me, but thats just me. I'm debating on trying this game. It looks really fun and after seeing that South Park WoW episode I def. want to try it.

If the point of the game was simply to consume time, then you would be correct.  However if someone has a number of friends playing the game and doesn't have the time to catch up to their level, then the only way they can play with their friends is if they pay someone to do the leveling for them.  Besides, when you get to the higher levels you unlock a lot more abilities which makes the game a lot more interesting to play then the lower levels.  I never have (and probably never will) pay someone to level up a character for me, but I can understand the appeal to do so.

I should have said time intensive....but it doesn't matter 

[RyoriNoTetsujin]

Am I the only person in the world that played WoW for the month that came with it and just couldn't get into it?

Nope, I did that as well.

I never got into WoW either.  A friend at my day-job hooked me up with his "trial coupon," and I committed to playing it for the entire 10 days, to give it a fair shot.  We spent 4 of the 10 days just trying to find time to play together.  We ended up playing only once, and I was bored to tears because his character was level 40-something, and mine was maybe level 5 by the time we played. 

More importantly, I didn't enjoy the play mechanic at all, to be honest.  It feels like a glossy, fancy version of "rock-paper-scissors."  While most games are not too far from that, WoW is particularly repetitive.  The grinding really turned me off (as it does in most RPG-style games) ... how many times can you walk up and punch some poor unsuspecting chicken-thing before it gets a little boring? 

Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance, but now I'm spending far too much on Rock Band DLC to care! 

[Dartful Dodger]

Those games scare me.  The wife of a friend of mine plays one of those sim games, in the game she has a shop that sells paraphernalia for an 80's band she a fan of.

She doesn't/hasn’t any interest in playing other games, but she'll play this one all night. I think she looks at it as more of an online fan club than a game.

My friend isn't worried, but I'm not so confident in her ability to separate the real world from that one.

[Hockeyboy]

My wife and I both play WoW, and she does get hit on when she plays as soon as people find out she's female. She quickly mentions that she is MARRIED but that doesn't stop the comments. In a similar vein, I'm old enough to have 2 daughters that have started to play, one is 14 the other 19 and I constantly worry that they will get harassed and such by some seriously freaky guys. They are both pretty smart and have level heads but still...

Oh, and yeah...WoW is a terrible addiction -- even with the few hours I play per week I find myself chatting with a couple guys at work about it. I truly feel sorry for any female that plays and admits she is female. We have a couple single females in our guild and they are very nice, but I can only imagine the kinds of comments they get. Even in guild chat there is some suggestive stuff.

[ChadTower]

What MUD were you playing?  I never lost anything when logging out.   In fact, my character still exists in Moongate, with all my EQ and inventory.

Don't remember now but the early MUDs most definitely did not save your inventory.  You would lose all of your items, can't remember on cash but maybe it was half your cash.  You kept your user stats but all items would have to be reacquired every time you logged in. 

[HaRuMaN]

What MUD were you playing?  I never lost anything when logging out.   In fact, my character still exists in Moongate, with all my EQ and inventory.

Don't remember now but the early MUDs most definitely did not save your inventory.  You would lose all of your items, can't remember on cash but maybe it was half your cash.  You kept your user stats but all items would have to be reacquired every time you logged in. 

Hmm...  that would suck.  I didn't start playing my MUD until '97 or '98. 

[saint]

What MUD were you playing?  I never lost anything when logging out.   In fact, my character still exists in Moongate, with all my EQ and inventory.

Don't remember now but the early MUDs most definitely did not save your inventory.  You would lose all of your items, can't remember on cash but maybe it was half your cash.  You kept your user stats but all items would have to be reacquired every time you logged in. 

There were like a half dozen or more different main code sets for muds (ROM, Diku, ....).

[ChadTower]

Timeframe would likely be 1994 or so... DIKU-MUD definitely rings a bell.  Like I said, though, I mostly did MOOs.  Even ran one for a while.

[Malenko]

Timeframe would likely be 1994 or so... DIKU-MUD definitely rings a bell.  Like I said, though, I mostly did MOOs.  Even ran one for a while.

I'd bet good money that you still do MOOs exclusively and that they dont run much if at all, else they'd be able to get away from you.

[ChadTower]

I'd bet good money that you still do MOOs exclusively and that they dont run much if at all, else they'd be able to get away from you.

[shardian]

It made me chuckle.

[ChadTower]

It made me chuckle.

[Ummon]

If they didn't like it, they'd quit playing.

They more than like it.

I'd bet good money that you still do MOOs exclusively and that they dont run much if at all, else they'd be able to get away from you.

The better to....um.....oh did you see that bird fly over? Wow.

If the point of the game was simply to consume time, then you would be correct.  However if someone has a number of friends playing the game and doesn't have the time to catch up to their level, then the only way they can play with their friends is if they pay someone to do the leveling for them. 

Those games scare me.  The wife of a friend of mine plays one of those sim games, in the game she has a shop that sells paraphernalia for an 80's band she a fan of.

She doesn't/hasn’t any interest in playing other games, but she'll play this one all night. I think she looks at it as more of an online fan club than a game.

My friend isn't worried, but I'm not so confident in her ability to separate the real world from that one.

And that's what's really underneath all this. The development of a sort of meta-culture and it coming to encompass the original.

[AmericanDemon]

I to am an addict to WoW.  I have recently restarted my account after a two year break and am honestly having a fantastic time.  I've managed to collect the first two collectors edition box sets and have two of WotLK coming to my door step.  I run two accounts currently, was at one point running 4. 

I look at it as I amsaving money playing WoW.  15 bucks a month...where as when I wasnt playing it, I was spending between 100 to 200 bucks a month on other games.  WoW is a superb game and its fun to play with friends. 

Its easy to pick up and to create a character and get a sense of gaming accomplishment.

If anyone plays on the Duskwood server, look me up.  I play as Magilegacy.

[danny_galaga]

  The grinding really turned me off (as it does in most RPG-style games) ... how many times can you walk up and punch some poor unsuspecting chicken-thing before it gets a little boring? 

 

[ChadTower]

Aw c'mon, who among us didn't spend 1989 walking around punching blue slimes for 2xp? 

[shardian]

Aw c'mon, who among us didn't spend 1989 walking around punching blue slimes for 2xp? 

Oh hell yeah! I personally liked to scope out the map spot that had a high percentage chance of getting a metal slime.

[ChadTower]

XP grinding is what little brothers are for... they're dying to get a chance to play and aren't capable of fighting anything that may actually win.

[ark_ader]

I just canceled my account, after the umpteenth 3gb download failed.

I'll start it up again when it gets released on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

When that happens I'll be older and dumber with my recreational time.

[Namco]

Hey Sel. Let us know what server/char you're on. I want to see your armory profile, see what you got.  Mine's Zoecat on Mok'Nathal.

I've been playing since Feb 2007. I installed it just after Burning Cursade came out. I had just built a new computer and got a great new 22" monitor and I wanted to run a game that would look good on my new monitor, and I had never played an MMO before.

I played a Night Elf rogue at first and got a bit bored. I soon started playing a human warrior that my daughter had started and enjoyed the Elwyn forest area much better than Teldrassil. I never play more that a couple hours a day. Sure I've had the occasional Saturday where I play battlegrounds for most of the day, but I can put the game on hold when I'm busy with school or work.

As far as raiding, I'm in an endgame guild that's done with Kara and running gruul's and whatever's after that. I just don't have the gear to run with those guys so I don't raid. It kinda sucks really. All I can do is DPS with my BG purples, but I'm always kinda low on the damage chart. I spent most of my time grinding gold for the flying epic and am exalted with shattered hand. I can't wait till Lich King comes out because it'll be like Blizzard hitting a big reset button on us all. I still have 3 slots without purples, so it's a relief that I know I don't have to work toward that anymore... well at least till I hit 80 LOL!

Anyway, hit me up with your toon name sometime (please let it be alliance!) 

[Ummon]

Aw c'mon, who among us didn't spend 1989 walking around punching blue slimes for 2xp? 

What game was that?

[HaRuMaN]

that would be a mud or moo of some sort 

[ChadTower]

Aw c'mon, who among us didn't spend 1989 walking around punching blue slimes for 2xp? 

What game was that?

Any NES RPG, but most likely I remember it from Dragon Warrior.

[Ummon]

I see. Maybe it depends on who 'us' is here.

[Daniel270]

hey guys (I'm baaaaaaack..lol)

I put the game down in June and the wife quit in August...  too many headaches with other players, mostly kids who take NEED on every blue or purple that drops.  I wouldn't mind going back if we had a fairly well run guild to help out on certain dungeons and quests.....

[Darkmend]

My MAME machine is going to be real lonely come 11/13!!

[shardian]

Aw c'mon, who among us didn't spend 1989 walking around punching blue slimes for 2xp? 

What game was that?

Any NES RPG, but most likely I remember it from Dragon Warrior.

Yep, Dragon Warrior. Dragon Warrior is the only RPG I have personally ever played all the way thru.

I don't count active games such as Diablo or Kingdom Hearts.

[Ummon]

Kingdom Hearts, now that brings back a little. I didn't play it, but a young friend I knew some years ago did.

[ark_ader]

I'm learning how WOW works. 

There is an emulator out there that can be your own personal server.  As long as you don't charge yourself, this could be legal and in keeping with EULA....

http://www.reaper-x.com/2008/05/26/reaper-mangos-5953-with-scriptdev-414server-compatible-with-242-udb-only/

It is not easy to say the least.....

[DantheApe]

I have been playing wow off and on since launch and lately it's bene an "on" kinda time for me. Last time I quit, i swore off the game forever due to me getting a bit obsessed.  It helped that i was unemployed and didn't have access to geeks and nerds who played regularly...out of sight out of mind. Then I get hired on at a call center where I have ungodly ammounts of downtime between calls at times, where the entire staff is populated with WoW or WAR players. 

I renewed my subscription last week.

This time though, I have put some strict limits on my play-time...no more than an hour long session a night on work nights, no monster sessions on the weekend.  And should anything come up that demands the slightest bit of attention (i.e. "hey honey, im bored lets go out") i log out and im gone.

My (soon to be) wife has accepted that I have a legit addiction to this game and rather than fight over it, she will sit and watch while I play, asking questions and making suggestions.  She's even willing to pay for an account so we can play together.  Nothing says true love like raiding Kara together. 

anywho my 2 coppers on the wow addiction thread

[ChadTower]

I used to design software for call centers... man, that sounds like one about to go under.  Downtime is supposed to be near zero.