I quit WoW.
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I suppose its like giving up every drug you feel the need to tell everyone and congratulate you for it.
on a side note some people are just attention seekers and want the praise
I suppose its like giving up every drug you feel the need to tell everyone and congratulate you for it.
on a side note some people are just attention seekers and want the praise
Which translates to "I wasted X years of my life playing an MMO called WoW, congratulate me!"
It's a game, not a drug.
Which translates to "I wasted X years of my life playing an MMO called WoW, but now i have quit congratulate me!"
It's a game, not a drug.
yea basically although i added a little extra to your initial line
No its not a drug but has an addictiveness to it. Maybe we can call it wowcaine or something like that lol
Caporegime
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lol people really can be totally pathetic. At the end of the day, you live and you die, it doesn't matter what you do as long as YOU enjoy it. If you love playing WoW and enjoy your friends in there, quitting because its not seen as normal strikes me as fairly pathetic. As does getting so addicted to it you don't eat and make yourself ill.
People blame the game for them getting addicted, as with anything else, you let yourself get addicted. I just can't understand the whole mentality, lots of people who claim to be addicted to it and their social lives in real life are suffering, well lots of them you would wager didn't have a huge social life before hand and didn't really enjoy doing whatever they used to do. You start to play a game more than go to the pub when you enjoy the game more than the pub, giving up the thing you like more, because you keep being told its not normal, meh.
I'm sure there are plenty of people who simply get into a rut, play it all hours of the day while at uni, on summer holidays and really do have a hard time getting back to a normal routine but those people seem to be few and far between.
Like most things in life, it was cool to play wow, then it was cool to be uber good and play all the time, now its cool to quit WOW, claim you were addicted and you're the best because you managed to delete it. Get over yourselves frankly.
People blame the game for them getting addicted, as with anything else, you let yourself get addicted. I just can't understand the whole mentality, lots of people who claim to be addicted to it and their social lives in real life are suffering, well lots of them you would wager didn't have a huge social life before hand and didn't really enjoy doing whatever they used to do. You start to play a game more than go to the pub when you enjoy the game more than the pub, giving up the thing you like more, because you keep being told its not normal, meh.
I'm sure there are plenty of people who simply get into a rut, play it all hours of the day while at uni, on summer holidays and really do have a hard time getting back to a normal routine but those people seem to be few and far between.
Like most things in life, it was cool to play wow, then it was cool to be uber good and play all the time, now its cool to quit WOW, claim you were addicted and you're the best because you managed to delete it. Get over yourselves frankly.
You know what..... i think theres not one word i would change there your 100% correct
I cant help lol at people that claim that WoW made them fail their exam or made them lose their gf or what have you. Its pretty sad and end of the day a very poor excuse.
There are also those that go on the defensive that say WoW is addictive and because of some peoples addictive "nature" it causes them to lose focus. Well im sorry again an excuse. WoW cannont be the only addictive thing in the world. "Take all things into moderation, Even World of Warcraft" It even says that in the game.
Caporegime
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twaddle, people take to religion so easily for one simple reason, life isn't important, in anyway at all, you die, nothing happens and nothing changes. What you do in life means nothing. Harsh, hard, and a shame but thats the way it is, at the end of the day we work to be able to live and hopefully live better and so on but really, you live life to enjoy it. For people who enjoy WOW more than the people they've so far met in "real life" then why is real life more important than their better friends online.
I played WoW for a couple months years back, frankly I really can't get into the online community thing as i get bored of games after a few weeks/months and don't play for a year then go back and everyones changed.
But for others they find true friends and simply hang out with them. People you get on with and enjoy the company of in general are few and far between, if you find them in a game online, so be it. Nothings "better" than anything else, real life or game, the people are still real and if you like talking to them fine. My best friend as a kid I very very rarely see now and really only speak to on MSN, doesn't make our conversations any less good or real.
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No way you are telling the truth! come on i loved wow but it never took over my life like that
I must say, I'm quite happy. I got the usual replies from both camps. Both predictable.
I was not addicted. I played 3 days a week, 3-4 hours at a time which included a raid and grinding for potions and repair gold. Weekends I didn't play. So stop pretending you know my individual case. I've seen real WoW addiction, it was not me.
I had to quit since there was a change in my work schedule and indoor footie practice started again.
I was not addicted. I played 3 days a week, 3-4 hours at a time which included a raid and grinding for potions and repair gold. Weekends I didn't play. So stop pretending you know my individual case. I've seen real WoW addiction, it was not me.
I had to quit since there was a change in my work schedule and indoor footie practice started again.
I remember one night I logged before midnight and my friend continued to play. When I got up at 7:30 for work I logged on to check a big AH sale (for epic mount money) and my friend was still playing from the night before. Come 8pm that night and he's still playing. I think his wife threatened to leave him. He suddenly disappeared from wow shortly after only to return a few months later.
As reg says not everyone changes their r/l to revolve around game. Some can easily take it and leave it.
I've just gone back to WoW after 2.5 years - just felt I wanted to have a look again. I don't know many peeps (still see the odd old face). I hunt with a friend from time to time but I can't compete. Even though he works full time he manages to play crazy hours etc. I don 't play enough to raid so I will never have EPIX etc but it doesn't bother me too much. Considering I played for 1 year from day 1 I saw BlackRock Depths for the 1st time last week! Sure it was helping someone sorting something to solo the old big raid instances but heck I got to see some cool stuff.
Sure it's a nice escape - but then so is Cod4 or TF2, 360 or PS3 - it's about balance. If r/l is too busy then for a monthly paid game it's kinda a no brainer to quit. I have seen people destroy relationships over these games (Lineage 2 & COH for example).
I've just gone back to WoW after 2.5 years - just felt I wanted to have a look again. I don't know many peeps (still see the odd old face). I hunt with a friend from time to time but I can't compete. Even though he works full time he manages to play crazy hours etc. I don 't play enough to raid so I will never have EPIX etc but it doesn't bother me too much. Considering I played for 1 year from day 1 I saw BlackRock Depths for the 1st time last week! Sure it was helping someone sorting something to solo the old big raid instances but heck I got to see some cool stuff.
Sure it's a nice escape - but then so is Cod4 or TF2, 360 or PS3 - it's about balance. If r/l is too busy then for a monthly paid game it's kinda a no brainer to quit. I have seen people destroy relationships over these games (Lineage 2 & COH for example).
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Good job regulas
It's not pathetic people get addicted to wow, it's made to be addictive. It takes the addictive nature of gambling - the chance of a 'big win' the glory and respect this 'big win' gives you, and put's this into a game.
It's not pathetic people get addicted to wow, it's made to be addictive. It takes the addictive nature of gambling - the chance of a 'big win' the glory and respect this 'big win' gives you, and put's this into a game.
Anyone who lets a game get the better of their life is a very sad person, I played for 2 years which was easier due to the nature of my job (I work away during the week) I sold my account for 60 quid the other day, a BT/MH gear warlock with all res sets.
KaHn
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Good job regulas
It's not pathetic people get addicted to wow, it's made to be addictive. It takes the addictive nature of gambling - the chance of a 'big win' the glory and respect this 'big win' gives you, and put's this into a game.
surely most mmos/games try to do this, they just aint as clean cut and polished. cant really blame a game making a person roll for gear. and besides a lot of guilds use dkp, so cant see how its really gambling.
In no way was my comments made directly at you, sorry if you misunderstood. I was just commenting on the fact that a lot (again not you in particular) use wow as an excuse for not achieving in life, and generally think it is the games fault.
I play WoW but i also make sure i see my friends spend time with my gf and ofc my main concern make sure i perform while at work.
I just get sick of always seeing threads (not just in ocuk but other forums too) of people thinking it is some sort of achivement to quit WoW. ITS A GAME ! you play it because you want to have FUN ! not because you have too.
Dont think its that at all. I think its a prefectionists game and for someone who never gives up. Until that person realises its all so bloody pointless you want that gear, that rank, that boss. Futile.
The one thing that frustrates me most about how Warcraft affected me, is that prior to being hooked on Wow, i used to buy a game and play it through, getting the most fun out of each game.
when i was in the wow phase I never gave time to other games. I missed out on loads of other brilliant games.
I have always enjoyed gaming, maybe its a coincidence. But my time seemed better spent on WoW, when really i would have enjoyed some other games released in that time frame.
when i was in the wow phase I never gave time to other games. I missed out on loads of other brilliant games.
I have always enjoyed gaming, maybe its a coincidence. But my time seemed better spent on WoW, when really i would have enjoyed some other games released in that time frame.