Soldato
- Joined
- 4 Apr 2003
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I played warcraft loads since its launch but usually for a coupple of months at a time in spurts.
I quit completely a few weeks ago for this following reason. I was running a guild of 80 people (as the other GM had stood back), most of the guild members (50s and 60s) had a problem with this or that person etc etc. Managing this and keeping the guild happy was frustrating.
I was actually finding that instead of playing the game to relax and enjoy myself, I was having to take time off playing to relax and enjoy myself. Which was absoultely crazy.
Its always interested me why people played the game though. In our guild alone there was a real mix of poeple.
1)Several people in their 50s (women and men)who had always been into computer gaming and Dungeons and Dragons, games workshop type play. It seems odd to think of people at this age playing but then these people were in ther 30s or late 20s when computer gaming at home really started and I guess they never got away from it. Most of their kids played too.
2)One person retired in their 60s.^^
3)Mix of sudents from school/ college to uni who seemed to live in the game and occasionally go to lectures or classes.
4)Fair few working people who fitted in arround their job or who had got a job to fit in round WOW.
5)The odd few who were hardcore players and well did nothing but play. These were the ones with the worst attitude and least communicative.
6)What was really sad was when we were on vent voip you could here some of the guys with their families in the background, where their kids were given second place to the game.
I am waiting till the expansion to play again, if I bother although I doubt I will.
I quit completely a few weeks ago for this following reason. I was running a guild of 80 people (as the other GM had stood back), most of the guild members (50s and 60s) had a problem with this or that person etc etc. Managing this and keeping the guild happy was frustrating.
I was actually finding that instead of playing the game to relax and enjoy myself, I was having to take time off playing to relax and enjoy myself. Which was absoultely crazy.
Its always interested me why people played the game though. In our guild alone there was a real mix of poeple.
1)Several people in their 50s (women and men)who had always been into computer gaming and Dungeons and Dragons, games workshop type play. It seems odd to think of people at this age playing but then these people were in ther 30s or late 20s when computer gaming at home really started and I guess they never got away from it. Most of their kids played too.
2)One person retired in their 60s.^^
3)Mix of sudents from school/ college to uni who seemed to live in the game and occasionally go to lectures or classes.
4)Fair few working people who fitted in arround their job or who had got a job to fit in round WOW.
5)The odd few who were hardcore players and well did nothing but play. These were the ones with the worst attitude and least communicative.
6)What was really sad was when we were on vent voip you could here some of the guys with their families in the background, where their kids were given second place to the game.
I am waiting till the expansion to play again, if I bother although I doubt I will.