13 Marzo 2006
Why World of Warcraft sucks (and ruins your life)
categoria: english, lists
World of Warcraft is the most played MMORPG (massive multiplayer online role playing game). It’s also knows as WoW (capitalized letters matter). There are some things you should know about it:
- 15. The real game starts at lvl 60. You can get to lvl 60 in about 3-4 months: $ 49.99 (box) + $ 41.97 (3 months fee) = $ 91.96. Isn’t it too much to start playing?
14. You can never say: I’ve won. WoW never stops, it’s a fact that there’s not an ending.
13. The best things in the game happen by chance. It is irritating.
12. Digital characters cannot make virtual sex.
11. Servers are full of lamers.
10. Linux is not a supported platform.
9. It is not intended for short-time fun: WoW needs you play for at least 1 hour without interruptions everytime you log in.
8. WoW not only steals your money, it steals your time. Want to be a good and respected player on your server? Prepare not to sleep for months and months.
7. Unless you play at the beach, you can’t get tanned while playing WoW, and no one likes “death-white” faces.
6. The more you play, the less you can practice sport, the less you can practice sport, the fatter you get (probably).
5. Yes, that’s a hidden undead rogue! And yes, your eyesight has diminished after intensive playing: you need glasses.
4. After enjoying your perfect control (with a mouse) of your character, ask yourself what carpal tunnel syndrome is.
3. You just can’t stop playing WoW: it can be is addictive.
2. Killing that last monster could lead you to be late at your night date. Monster owned, (wo)man of your life gone.
1. It’s not about your free time, it’s about your life: the more you play WoW the less you can live your life.
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13 Marzo 2006 alle 01:49
Im so sorry your life was ruined, but this sounds like a personal problem between yourself and Mr. Selfcontrol.
I have to get back to WoW now. I have a big date tonight and want to level up and smoke a joint before I go.
Bye.
13 Marzo 2006 alle 08:47
That’s your personal problem. WoW is one of the best MMORPG there is, and people will continue playing it, even with these troubles.
13 Marzo 2006 alle 09:45
hello
13 Marzo 2006 alle 12:26
Eheh. Everyone says that’s my personal problem. I’m not addicted (anymore).
And with more than 5.000.000 people playing (and growing), I think it’s not only a simple personal problem, it’s something worse: it’s social.
If you play more than 3 hours a day I think you’re at risk. I’m not saying you cannot play, of course you can, but don’t abuse.
13 Marzo 2006 alle 19:40
I agree with you!
I’ve got my brother addicted to it!
He plays 3 hours a day! (minimum)
I think that at this point he’s a nerd!
Go out with your girlfriend and your friends!
See the sun light!
13 Marzo 2006 alle 22:57
You are so right! I am a WOW player for 6 months now, and I have to put a stop to it, or say goodbye to my girlfriend
It is very addictive, and wastes huge amounts of time. And, what do you get? Some fun sure, but not like being with people! I am cancelling this month.
14 Marzo 2006 alle 01:45
Hi nerds, i want say just this: STOP PLAY WITH THIS GAMES, AND GO TO SEARCH SOME PUSSYS, COME ON, WOW ISNT YOUR REAL LIFE. STOP TO PLAY AND GO TO LIVE.
16 Marzo 2006 alle 15:16
I don’t think WoW is a social problem, in fact I think it is a social tool. I have alot of friends on my list that I know in real life. Since we all went to college in different places WoW is the only way we can get together and play.
20 Marzo 2006 alle 15:43
Hey all,
Very valid points regarding why WoW sucks… but for us gamers, it’s perfecrt. A game that never finishes, a game that after 60 lvls of intense gaming you realise that up untill now, you were training! And i also have to agree that you have to make it a point to keep up with your social life… or at least stay in the sun for ten minutes before spending a whole weekend trying to solo maraudon!!
Well, WoW is only 1 game out of thousands that have made ppl forget about the world around us, and after WoW, more will come. So it’s all up to us gamers to make the decision.
Game on ppl!
20 Marzo 2006 alle 19:06
Truth is, WOW just isnt that fun, especially compared to other games, and especially some other MMO’s, and that’s not even taking into account lag. I gave it a good try, played for about 4 months, just because my friends play, but I cant anymore. It’s boring and repetitive. I mean really, kill monsters, do quests, level up…blah, blah, blah. B-O-R-I-N-G. I think I’ll just run on my treadmill. It provides the same entertainment and is better for my health. Wow is Pointless too. What happens if you die? NOTHING. I don’t understand how it can ruin someone’s life though, I mean you’d actually have to WANT to play it for that to happen.
20 Marzo 2006 alle 23:27
If you didn’t have a social life before WOW you wouldn’t have one during WOW
and the illusion of WOW seems like it made you think you did…
I have no social change since playing wow i still go out ALL the time..
You may need to learn something called TIME MANAGEMENT.. it may make the game more enjoyable as well..
21 Marzo 2006 alle 12:32
hmm, sounds like the perfekt game for me!
i have no girlfriend and i dont care! my life is my work and in my spare time i also like to mess around with computers.
but why am i not getting addicted to that shitty game?
i played it from the very beginning in EU, have managed to get two lvl 60 chars, but i havent played it for weeks - and still am paying for it…
damn!
o.
ps: lvl 1-60 takes 3 weeks, not 3 months
21 Marzo 2006 alle 22:34
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26 Marzo 2006 alle 18:19
This is rubbish … I have a girlfriend, go out 3 times a week and hold down a long-hours job at a firm. I have a very busy life.
When I get home, i want to do something mind-numbing so I can relax. WoW or CS:S is that fix - it’s like all things .. all in moderation…
I have a feeling that, with you, if it wasnt WoW it’d be something else - coke, phone sex or overpriced graphics cards.. something is always going to “ruin” your life- if you let it . Dont be such a baby, get a spine and stop sobbing.
gonzobob
26 Marzo 2006 alle 23:29
Another reason it sucks, is because the interface. You click a button, that clicks a virtual button, that swings a sword. Its much more fun with a wooden post, and a baseball bat in real life.
28 Marzo 2006 alle 18:42
Offline, have a loving wife that I shower with affection and spend time with each day. I have a cute little cat that I play fetch with every day. I read a book every two weeks, I’m teaching myself piano, and I hold down a full-time job.
Online, I’m a well-respected friend and mentor. With one character, I belong to a guild that I go raiding with 2-3 times/week (and I’m VERY glad that we haven’t exhausted everything). My other characters? Enjoying the levelling process; instances played in new rolls, quests completed with new tactics…y’know, all the things that you think isn’t part of the game. It’s vastly different, but it can still be fun. Just because you’re killing a trogg, a devilsaur, or Edwin VanCleef doesn’t mean you aren’t as having as much fun as, say, downing Onyxia or Ragnaros.
And I manage to do all of that around a sleeping disorder that forces me to sleep much more than average.
If you can’t manage your time and you can’t exercise some self-control, then, no, you probably shouldn’t pick up any hobby that takes a lot of time. If you can’t play for less than an hour at a stretch, don’t play if you don’t have at least two hours. If you have a date that night, and are worried that the game might make you late, don’t play the game. If you think your money is best spent elsewhere, then go and spend it. If you want cybersex that badly, well, yes, you may as well leave the game, download some porn, and hop in a chatroom. And, if you want a world that isn’t full of “lamers,” well, good luck to you; leaving WoW won’t change the fact that we’re all stuck on earth. But, if you can go cold turkey and cancel your subscription, then why can’t you simply not play for one day? Get your priorities in order, and make your decisions from there. That’s not a problem with the game; that’s just how people live their lives. If 5,000,000 people think that WoW is the best way to spend a portion of their time and money, then they’re going to do that; nobody forces them to do so.
As for the last point, the more you play WoW the less you live your life…well, that applies to everything. The more I work, the less time I spend with my wife. The more I spend time with my wife, the less time I play with my cat. The more I play with my cat, the less time I spend reading. The more time I spend reading, the less time I have to talk with my friends…etc. There are 168 hours in a week. Learn how to use them wisely.
1 Aprile 2006 alle 09:56
WoW may be great,but it’s A LOSS of money (especially this) and ends up being boring.Just kill monsters,do quests,level up,etc.If it had some of graphic aventure,was closer to W3 (more strategy) and/or was less expensive or free,I’d like it.
And I love the Warcraft universe (I’ve the Warcraft RPG),especially the night elves and I WoW think graphics are cool,but I’d rather play REAL RPGs with friends around a table and dice than waste time and money with that crap.
You cannot be more right about the virtual sex.Those elven females;at least
4 Aprile 2006 alle 17:01
If i can say what i think, i think youre absolutely right. Playing Wow is one thing, but talking about Wow the 6-7 hours youre at school or work and watching “movies” from the game with people showing off their fancy stuff… Thats just so damn lame! I know a lot of people who are addicted to Wow, playing all their freetime, and trust me, they have no freetime, because they use it to play.
And the game looks like shit too! Why do you have to buy that good new computer, when all you’re going to use it for is Wow.
Get a life!
8 Aprile 2006 alle 00:17
Nuisance is right. Last night, I hit some kid that got too close to my lawn with my ole’ Easton bat and it was probably the most fun I’ve had in over 6 years. RL > game. Remember that.
8 Aprile 2006 alle 02:39
This post should read, “Why post’s like this shouldnt leave your mind”. Get some friends to tell this shit to loser, its not WoW’s fault you have no friends; that would be yours for being such a weird recluse whilst playing. Now stop playing daoc and jacking off and go to a party. Either that or you did that, and now your all emo’d up over some bitch thats running all over you. Bottom line. WoW>you uninstall and don’t play. gg
PS. If your a fgt in real life WoW doesn’t count as an excuse.
8 Aprile 2006 alle 07:23
Wow…lol…i really cant say anything else than : you’re absolutely right. But um..here it goes, I was addicted once. Not to WoW, but to War Craft 3. I used to play from about 3-9 am. lol. I really had a problem. I usually hasd my mind completely off (not because of the time. I’m used to my schedule), I was losing friends, etc. Untill finaly i lost my disks and was never able to play again. Then I got WoW, which i really hate because i used up all my money to get it and create an account, which was probably stolen. But guess what! The fucking WoW site and staff did’nt help me recover it, i just got automatic responses to all my e-mails saying that I better handle such a problem in their site. so…I got really pissed off, and now, that i dont have any sort of games to ruin my thinking, I realize that I was really ruining my life. You only have one life! You have to enjoy it all you can! And I still cant believe what would be of my life if i still had those games. Im just a kid! Lol i’ve failed one class, at least, every year in middle school, because of these games. Sometimes it isnt about self control! Sometimes its inevitable. (well…for me it was)
8 Aprile 2006 alle 11:21
Hi… My name is Carsten and im 13 years old
( 14 Tommorow the 9. April 
)
Ive used to play wow…. BUT IVE STOPPED !!!! Ive realized There is more in Life then do what U want to do…. WoW is waste of Life and Money !!!
So now ive stopped..Feels great… Ive got time for my Familly now and other stuff… Playing wow is maybe fun sometimes..Got some great memories but over-all… Wasent worth it… Its a shame i beginned at it in the first place……
MORE in life then wow… How do i get a Girl friend and stuff with wow… How when i unstead of Going to a party and Have some fun with ya IRL friends then live in a dark room playing wow ???
I was a shame of say i was gonna play wow when my mom asked me at the morning..
Now i aint.. I say Gonna go ride my BMX ( im Freestyle Vert Ramp )
DONT START PLAY IT !!! WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE !!! ( good i stopped ealy so dident ruin mine total ) !!!!
8 Aprile 2006 alle 11:35
Oh btw. Write to me Carsten_bonde@hotmail.com about it
What u think about i did
8 Aprile 2006 alle 19:22
sounds like it ruined your grammer and spelling as well.
14 Aprile 2006 alle 00:30
WoW sucks your social live out.
Thats all I gotto say siriously, dont even start to think about playing it.
18 Aprile 2006 alle 18:02
i’ve never been addicted to WoW, but my bf is.
i would like to say he’s gotten better at controlling that aspect of his life.
but i would be lying.
in fact it was better in the beginning, when we first met
now i feel like not only is he trying to escape his life, but me as well.
this may be a personal problem, if he is, but as is character gets closer to level 60 he gets more and more distracted with the game and this happens to many people.
our relationship is our business, but if this happens to many couples then it’s not only our problem, it’s all of ours.
I think that everybody has their own choice whether or not you want to play the game and whether it will control your life
But you must consider the consequences and how this will affect you and those around you before you make that decision
21 Aprile 2006 alle 01:54
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12 Maggio 2006 alle 03:45
i agree with unintentional, me and my gf started out playing the game together, but as i got further, much like eany other games i began to get bored of it, but she didnt, and now its like the game comes first for her, its like her obligations to her in game friends are more important then real life, it tears people apart.
There are some people who can manage an active social life with WoW, but people with addictive personalities can easily get trapped, and not even see the long term problems that can come of ther game addiction. i mean losing a significant other because of your game addiction is not something to be taken lightly, especially if your relationship was realy good before the game. its a sad thing for this to happen, and i’ve heard a whole lot of stories of it happenning. This is the future of gaming and society, as games get more and more addictive and realistic then it will ruin more and more lives, sad but true…
2 Giugno 2006 alle 01:48
eq1 ruled in its day, tried eq2 and wow, yes its ez for a person to play 7 hours a day, and 10 on weekends. im glad im done with it. -Because,….its a carrot on a stick, just one more level, item,kill then i’ll be satisfied. Never happens.
and when you finally quit, youll be left with a few good memories, some bad ones, and youll be out 200 bucks, might be ok for a time sink, but seriously, you(or me) could have done something better.
2 Giugno 2006 alle 03:55
how can you call this game fun at all!!???
how do you get to lvl 2? kill some [insert generic name here] and collect 5 [insert pointless object here]
how do you get to lvl 3? kill some [insert generic name here] and collect 5 [insert pointless object here]
how do you get to lvl 4? kill some [insert generic name here] and collect 5 [insert pointless object here]
how do you get to lvl 5? kill some [insert generic name here] and collect 5 [insert pointless object here]
how do you get to lvl 6? kill some [insert generic name here] and collect 5 [insert pointless object here]
how do you get to lvl 7? kill some [insert generic name here] and collect 5 [insert pointless object here]
how do you get to lvl 8? kill some [insert generic name here] and collect 5 [insert pointless object here]
even if there is more ot the game than this (which i dont tink there is until higher lvls, but then its still a bunch of bullshit like this) its such a peice of shit, i cant understand why its so addicting to ppl, i played it at my friends a lil bit and it was soooo stupid.
5 of my friends play it and are addicted, 3 are hopelessly addicted, 2 recently quit (they realized how stupid it was, before then one of them played like 6 hours a day). i dont consider the 3 addicted persons my friend anymore (although i talk to them at school).
my friend (lvl 60) told me hes played a lil more than 50 hours, someone in his guild he said has played for over 100 hours, i asked how much better he was than him, and he said “not much”.
WTF IS THAT, someone played over 50 hours more than you and their not even much better than you.
that is the surest of all assuring signs of a shitty game!!!!
GET YOUR LIVES BACK!!!!
18 Giugno 2006 alle 11:33
….
Just reading this whole totally pointless fuck1ng post wasted my life.
25 Giugno 2006 alle 08:33
Yeah all in all the game sucks anyways. The PVP is shit, classes are unbalanced and its way too repetitive. It’s world of WARcraft not world of go collect vulture gizzards and boar livers craft.
28 Giugno 2006 alle 20:30
smash your wow cd right now, for your own sake.
buy starcraft/broodwar instead.
5 Luglio 2006 alle 03:59
okay this is just great…
wow videos on “youtube” -= VS =- negative comments here
damn it, should i get WOW or not!!!
11 Luglio 2006 alle 23:27
Yah I have to agree. Wow is a stupid kiddie cartoony game that shouldn’t be played at least not for long hours like the game makers want you to do. Don’t get addicted is my advice.
I used to do nuthing but Play WoW and go to work now I just don’t play WoW. I found must more fun things to do with my time.
13 Luglio 2006 alle 02:22
My friends started playing WoW months ago… at first they didn’t plan on spending money on it, but I knew that they would… and they did.
It’s sad, they’re addicted to it now, but if I were to tell them that they would probably think that I was trying to offend them and call them bad people… whenever in fact all I’d be trying to do is… well… tell them that they are addicted.
And i have a feeling that their addiction to the game will only get worse before it gets better…
14 Luglio 2006 alle 15:43
i recently stopped playing WOW because i saw how pointless it was, but i gotte say i was addicted. now if a friend ask me if he should buy wow and play it because he has alot of free time i say NEVER ,i dont care how good you are controlling yourself its just a very bad idea to even start playing it you never know you could get addicted.
ow and mike hunt if you friend told you hes got a 60 charecter and has only played 50 hours hes lying thers no way someone can get to 60 in that amount of time. my first character took me over 20 days to get 60 thats 20×24 hours you do the math. maybe if you know how to lvl fast then you could do it in like 5-9 days play time. but that still more then you friend has played. most people that are rading high lvl dungeons probley have a playtime for like 80 days its amazing how much hours that is and that they have wasted in their life…
ask your friend to type /played in his chat bar, you will know exacly the amount of time played with that chararcter.
its more likely he has played 50days instead of 50 hours.
15 Luglio 2006 alle 07:07
Wow is truly big…EST… But honestly it isn’t GREAT..
There’s a lot of mmorpg that can beat it. In story Example FFXI
But it’s indeed MMORPG can ruin your life if you aren’t careful A lot of people had has their life ruin Cause mmorpg this isn’t a only one person that and mmorpg has ruin their life
MMOPRG ruining a life is a FACT its for you to decide if you will let The game ruin it
Wow is one greatest hits Not one of the greatest MMORPG sorry to say…a lot people play wow cause it doesn’t consumes a lot of time you can solo and complete it in short mount of time. Which makes it good to people who don’t like spend time in MMORPG or don’t have the time
example FFXI one of the life consuming and life ruining MMORPG that has existed in this world
and well lets not forget about 1337tism that are in every game which it makes it ridiculous… honestly and makes games even more pointless to new players
I’ve played MMORPG since I was 12 I’m well. Quite old. now I never let my life ruin by them but I’ve seen a lot of people in each game suffering in their real life cause the game
broken marriages. broken with girlfriends left school get fire out work… family problems est. well good post and sorry about your lost in your life
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17 Luglio 2006 alle 21:42
Wow isn’t a real mans game. Any man that plays is it a big puss. And I hope the world of warcraft headquarters gets blown up!!!!!!
21 Luglio 2006 alle 09:16
WoW is the AOL of MMORPGs. Lamers and griefers who don’t know any better will always defend its lameness to the end.
23 Luglio 2006 alle 08:47
Stop blaming the game. Why are you posting things like “Wow is a shitty game” and “I wish the WoW headquarters would be blown up”? It’s NOT the game’s fault, it’s YOURS. The game is only addictive if you MAKE it addictive.
Wow is a fantastic game. That’s why people play it, and continue to play it in in the first place. That’s why quitting is so hard. You’re only putting it down to avoid blaming yourselves.
26 Luglio 2006 alle 16:40
Wow is catered for addiction. Sure there are claims that you can be a “casual” player but these are absolutely false. If people sat down and played for only one hour a day, they would quit the game in two weeks. What the game is really designed for is hardcore raiders. People who are ready to give 3-4 HOURS a night to sit in front of their screens and clear a dungeon. That is garbage and a waste of life. I know it because I used to do it. And I was on the low end of the spectrum. There were people in my guild who had over 100 days played. 100 days?!?! There aren’t words to describe the absurdity of that. WoW is a boring waste of time from 1-59 and at 60 its just a perpetuating cycle of beat dungeon A, wait 2 months for the slightly harder dungeon B to come out. From a die-hard blizzard fan. Do yourself a favor and never ever pick this game up. Buy something like Oblivion or some other single player RPG that you can walk away from.
27 Luglio 2006 alle 15:53
Hi all!
“Do yourself a favor and never ever pick this game up.”
Good idea. I hope most of you realize what Blizzard is doing. WoW is just like a drug.
Dont believe me? Lets see. You buy the game. Then, you get one month for free.
Isnt this like your drug dealer getting you that first little dose for free to get you hooked on? After that, you pay a monthly fee to get your fix.
Seriously people, WoW is not a fantastic game. Get over it. Everquest existed before.
Its the same bullshit.
3 Agosto 2006 alle 11:14
you guys should do what I do. play 3-4 months, then take a month break, go back play 3-4 months, then take a month break. believe it or not it helps.
3 Agosto 2006 alle 23:35
No matter how long you play, how many hours a week, how many years you’ve been around, how much you raid, what loot you get, what guild you lead, what class you play, what battlegrounds you win, what rank you get, what tradeskill you learn, what boss you kill, what gold you have, what dungeon you solo, what argument you win in general chat, what guild you join, what guild you leave, what dance you /dance, what sweet deal you get in AH, what cross-faction mount you win, what cyber session you have, what superficial relationships you make, what vent you chat on, what computer you have, what tauren you skin, how much popularity you have, what mob you solo, what armor set you show off, what anything anything anything anything anything in game. You could spend the next 5 years playing this game 24/7… But once you walk away from that keyboard, you will never have anything to show for it in real life.
Never.
Life’s too short to spend on lifes simulacrum. And e-peens only impress Night Elf chicks played by 16 year old numbnuts.
Go on ahead justify playing all you want. It’ll eventually hit you.
http://www.wowdetox.com/
4 Agosto 2006 alle 06:11
Everyone playing WoW is a giant loser. It is NOT addicting. Go outside.
4 Agosto 2006 alle 06:14
LOSERS! Get a life. Stop playing in a false reality wishing you had “super powers”. Go outside, talk to a girl, take a jog, get laid (Can’t happen through an internet connection, by the way). Stop blaming the game. Get a friggin’ life.
4 Agosto 2006 alle 15:05
Wow. (Pun intended.) Such anger among you gamers! My teenage son plays WoW all day, into the night. Am I concerned about it? Sure. I wish he’d read more books, spend time with more friends who actually live in our ZIP code, play sports. On the other hand, he’s not out drinking-and-driving, smoking dope or having unprotected sex with your little sisters, so there’s an upside to this, however small. He’s a nice kid, a B-student (even while playing WoW all throuogh the school year - AFTER homework gets done, btw, so I’m not sure the WoW “ruins your life” unless you didn’t have much of a foundation to your life to begin with. Why complain about an on-line game? Why not take your energy and do something more productive with it?
5 Agosto 2006 alle 01:33
wow sucks its boring, has crappy graphix and its also full of lamers
7 Agosto 2006 alle 22:50
lol at some of the people here. “OH NOES. YOU CAN’T PLAY A GAME AND HAVE A LIFE AT THE SAME TIME! IT’S A FACT!”
WoW does suck, not because of the fact it costs “91 dollars” to “start playing” or the fact it takes “1 hour” a day to get to level 60 in 3-4 months. Seriously, what else were you going to do with that one extra spare hour anyways? Watch tv or a movie? Cause that’s so much better for you huh?
If you think getting to level 60 in WoW is bad, you don’t want to know about other mmo’s out there where it can take well over a year to reach the top level (like getting 0.5% of a level in 5 hours of straight play, like in Lineage 2).
It is possible to have a life *and* play a video game! how so? Time managment. Make plans with friends and/or family, and in the slots between with nothing else to do, load up the game.
8 Agosto 2006 alle 14:07
i think you suck asses
and if i ever know your adress iam gonna killu
nobady can hate WoW its the ebst thing that heppend to me sinds my birth
so if your smart never come to holland cuzz iam goonn pwn your ass then
iam gonna kill yoju and rape your famelie
YOU SUCK and your gonna die within 6 months
keep a good eye out to people that came calling in to your house cuzz it could be me and then yur fucked!!
FUCKYOU YOU SUCK
love sharon!
8 Agosto 2006 alle 16:48
I agree with what most people here have to say to a point. To say a game sucks because of graphics isn’t fair cause many of my personal games are on nintindo and sega. It’s the story that makes good games. Wow has an interesting story if your into fantasy. As a kid, my best friends and I played D&D alot. You got to use your imagination and see so many new things. Now that I’m grown and happily married, I can’t see my friends all the time. In fact, they all live in the states and I’m working in Europe. But wih WoW, we can have adventures together like we did when we were kids. I know,”Go out, see the world.” Well, I am. I’ve been to 57 different countries, swam in all 4 oceans and have spend a night in every time zone. Do u know what I found? Nothing. No dragons over the next hill, no pirates on the horizon, nothing. What I did find was beer, hookers, McDonalds, Starbucks and angry rude people. And those things are the exception. Most places in the world it’s just hookers, rape, murder and war. This sounds negative but I havn’t givin up! I’m still looking for that adventure I dreamed of as a kid. And I believe with all my heart I’ll find it. But, until then i’ll continue playing WoW with my 3 best friends. Just remember, most people who say u should stop playing and get a life, really don’t have one at all.
P.S. I just bought 35 acres of land in northern quebec and am planning a 2 month camping trip with those friends i talked about. I also have 2 lvl 60 Alliance characters!!!
8 Agosto 2006 alle 20:32
As the reply above says everybody here has a decent point. Some better than others… but nevertheless a valid point from their perspective. WoW is a good game you should manage the amount of time you spend on it. But sometimes it’s not a good idea to play it. It is clearly addictive and if you’re a teenager that’s low in cash (like me) it’s not worth it to spend the rest of that money away on a online game like this (this also applies to adults too). Just don’t base your whole life on a game and you’ll be fine. BTW the graphics aren’t that bad…
8 Agosto 2006 alle 23:27
Anything you do in life can and probably is bad for you. Some people scream “get a life” and blame people spending hours behind the game. Then turn around and goto a movie or watch TV zombie? Goto a party and get put in jail for DWI on the way home. Take a trip with your girlfriend but, die in a fiery plane crash. Go see a friend but, get ran over by a semi. Just to visit my girlfriend or goto my friends house I have to get in the car for nearly an hour just to get there. I’m trashing the earth while doing it too! Woohoo!
Whatever the hell you do in life has negatives. Don’t focus on them, live and have fun. Do what the hell you want - if you wanna play WoW then play it. Who cares how much time you spend on it. Its your damn time this is America stop trying to force other people into your ‘vision’ of what a life is. Everyone does what they want and die doing what they wanted. If they we’re happy then thats it PERIOD.
In America we do what the hell we want. The people who complain about it are just people who want this country to watch over what you do and police everything you do on a daily basis. Thank you game Nazi’s!
14 Agosto 2006 alle 15:48
if u get bored grinding monsters stop for a second walk ride or Hs to the nearest BG and join then use all that kit u got in the instances to kill the enemy, thats the purpose of the game to gwet the stuff u want so that u can be one of the best in the game
if u have a g/b friend then cut some days of WoW out don’t its not like u can’t go pn the nxt day because u didn’t play the last day if the cost is to gr8 either save up and play for a month every so often or dobn’t play
not only that but WoW oppens up the chance to talk to friends in different countries and sometimes meet new ones
15 Agosto 2006 alle 14:47
Hi all…… Drum Roll I’ll Admit Im Addicted…… And no After almost 100days of wow played time and countless dollars spent i dont care…. why? because i have a girlfriend and a son i get outside i spend time with them i play wow i run my own business and i go out to pubs clubs etc at least 4 times a week why because im not 15 like your average wow player i know how to spend my time and i know how to do it wisely.
Wow is not social suicide proven fact i have many friends in real life and just as many in wow life and not one of them real or wow are neglected.
so all of you who are rubishing the game thats your opinion but if i can have and do all the things mentioned above and still enjoy playing wow and spending time with loved ones then so can you put your mind to it you will be amazed what you can achieve.
19 Agosto 2006 alle 07:15
Ha, half of you people sound like people that’d be in AA. Hi, my name is bill, and i’ve been WoW free for 5 months now, and i feel great!
Dude, its a game, its sole purpose is to entertain you, not take over your life. Granted, this does happen to some people, but thats because they want it to, it’s their life, not yours, stay out of it. Some people do things that make them who they are, and they live their life accordingly, it doesn’t mean they don’t have a life, it means that they don’t do the same things as you. It’s the same in the real world, jocks say that their life is sports, but they don’t go out and tell preps to get a life because they don’t play sports all day, so why should jocks or preps or anyone else criticize the way gamers lead their lives? If you are one of the people who says that WoW players need to get lives, just take a step back, and think about it; These kids (and adults) enjoy playing WoW, thats how they live their life, to tell them to go get a life isn’t the right way to approach them. They do what they want, just go do what you want and stay out of their lives, because they do have lives. Personally, I’ve never even played WoW (i’m a cheap bastard), but i am a gamer who also leads a life full of friends and families and relationships, so this is an objective view here. Why you all have to tell the gamers that they need to get a life is beyond me. Why don’t you just grow up and understand that that’s their view of life.
And for the WoW players that happily balance a family, work, friends, and the game are just good at balancing time.
So I hope you all enjoy living your own lives the way you want, don’t ever let anyone tell you to live it any other way.
19 Agosto 2006 alle 10:54
this was poorly written and not funny. why the hell did stumbleupon direct me here?
20 Agosto 2006 alle 06:35
WTF? Are you serious? Addicted to a game? Maybe. If your so weak that you can’t turn it off then don’t play any computer games. I played Half-Life and Doom3 for way more than an hour a day. Guess what? I don’t play those games anymore - I finished them, all done.
WoW is just the same except the chat stuff. Here you see folks get involved with other players - one main draws of the game for teens. AOL was the same. Teens wated HOURS apon HOURS in chat rooms. There’s nothing new here.
WoW can get you going as far as raids go. Better be ready to spend some serious time in the chair on some raids. Thats sorta suck IMHO so I don’t do raids (and miss out on some of the game).
If you can’t control how much you play then it’s YOUR ISSUE and YOU need to deal with it. It’s not the game - it’s YOU. YOU need to get ahold on what YOUR doing and control it. Don’t give me some LAME “oh, Blizzard did it - they made the game I like and I can’t stop playing” Sh!t. Wake up and take contol of you little self - lameass.
20 Agosto 2006 alle 12:04
ugh, I hate WoW haters… here’s a valid (at least from my point of view) response to most of his reasons:
11. Who’s talking? Anyway, real life is full of lamers, if you dont want lamers, go play single player games
15. The real game doesnt start at 60! Every 60, including me, has numerous alts, grinding experience is a lot more fun than grinding rep/gold!
14. That’s the great thing! WoW lasts forever, it’s cheaper than buying a $50 game a month to keep you satisfied!
13. Not true, pvp doesnt involve any chance, it’s skill and gear.
12. so, you do want to see a human and night elf chick going at it? Just go watch some fantasy hentai or something
10. boo-hoo. Run linux and xp/osx, not that hard, on my mac I run all 3 at once.
9. I log in for less than 1 hour all the time, you can kill a few mobs, get some gold, chat with guildies, check my auctions.
8. Money: $15 a month vs at least $20 a day to go out and be entertained, or $50 a month to buy a new video game that you can “win.” Time: I have a life IRL, it mostly involves other people who play, so I can maintain my relationship ingame and out. Plus, sometimes I just dont play for a week, no one cares if you’re offline for a while.
7. same with everything you do inside, not only WoW.
6. “the less you can practice sport”? sports arent the only thing that make you thin, and I get plenty of exercise along with playing WoW, No one really plays it 24/7, I still have time to do physical things. I’m an avid rock climber, and would rather spend 4 hours on WOW and 3 hours rock climbing then spending 7 hours playing.
5. first of all, this applies to many things, reading in dim light for too long makes your eyesight diminish, every screen does too. And I have 60 days playtime, I’m still 20:20
4. same with every other computer task, you can get carpal tunnel at work! He makes too many generalizations.
3. So are most other video games, caffeine, nicotine, and anti-depressents.
2. Yes, girls do play WoW, and if your GF doesnt, get here to play, running her through an instance earns you about as much as a date does inyour relationship!
1. The more I play WoW, yes, but not everyone who plays WoW can stay on it for more than 7 hours at a time… after about 5 hours, I usually just say I gotta go and quit!
20 Agosto 2006 alle 18:39
My wife agrees with you.
Oh and I am playing WoW, right now. Sorry have to go…
21 Agosto 2006 alle 01:53
This game is a good game I guess, I don’t play it cuz the only games I play are Madden and that is pretty much never. Anyways, the only people I know who play this game are nerds and have no life. Their life is spent at the computer playing this game. It’s true, if you play this you are a nerd. Get a girl, who doesn’t play WOW.
21 Agosto 2006 alle 09:01
stfu n00b go play madden with your fat lady bitch
wow is the shitE and its even worst than ff11
21 Agosto 2006 alle 20:00
Guys (and girls…god I hate being pc!),
Reading these posts has given me one of the worst headaches ever. Warcraft only ruins live if you let it. If your friend chooses wow over you, then maybe he just isn’t such a good friend. Don’t blame the game…it has to be pretty good to in order for it to convince people to abandon life’s other leisurely pursuits. I personally have never played, but have watched a few friends play. The game does seem like fun, except I prefer games with an end.
Basically, if you have friends or lovers that appear to prefer this game over you, tell them how you feel, if they still don’t care, don’t be pissed at the game, it is doing it’s job! Be pissed at your friend/lover because his priorities are messed up. In the worst case, just leave them!
Oh, and on a personnal note, if anyone plans on posting comments on a website, the very least they can do is respect proper grammar…seriously people…go read a book! I can barely understand some of the thoughts in certain posts…which is kind of the idea of a post in the first place…convey thoughts… anyhow, just out of plain respect, double-check before posting…because it is really taxing to try and sort out the mish-mash of misspelled words some people try to pass off as phrases. Whew! That felt good!
21 Agosto 2006 alle 20:06
Oh, and of course.. the ’s’ at the end of live is missing because of my keyboard’s ’s’ key which is a little touchy. And I am well aware that the appearance of “it’s” is incorrectly used..and should be “its”…sorry about that!
25 Agosto 2006 alle 10:50
From a girl that is sitting here seriously contemplating leaving her boyfriend - believe me, WOW is addictive and is causing social problems for people right across the globe. For the gamers out there who crap on about the fact that they don’t have a problem, perhaps spend some time talking to your friends (if you have any left) about how they feel about your gaming and maybe you’ll get the wake-up call that you are in desperate need of.
There is so much more to do with your life!!! Contemplate how you will feel when you are too old to get up on your feet and go for a run, to go to the beach with your friends, to try abseiling or bungee-jumping, or whatever floats your boat, and you look back and think of all those wasted hours, days, weeks, months and years that you spent sitting on your fat arse playing that f%^king game!
LIVE a little bit harder!
26 Agosto 2006 alle 14:53
Wtf. Im a 60 mage. When you have WoW who needs a social life? I don’t need to worry about the monthly cost either because I can just kill mobs and get some money.I dont need to worry about food, because I’m a mage. Okay. So F*ck you if you don’t like WoW it’s not our fault. You were probobley a Uber Noob anyways go play a RTS Noob.
29 Agosto 2006 alle 04:55
Why WoW Rocks:
15. The real game starts at lvl 1. You can get to know the game and not get bored for about 3-4 months, then you can focus on leveling: $ 49.99 (less at gamestop) (beutiful box) $ 41.97 (If you want to waste your time and get only three months instead of 6) = FUN Isn’t it too much to not play?
14. You can never say: I’ve lost. WoW never stops, it’s a fact that there’s not an ending, which makes it the best because you’ll never loose (You Respawn Retard).
13. The best things in the game happen by chance. It is awestrikingly fun.
12. Digital characters can make virtual sex if you’re a pervert like the man whom wrote this (i’m just plaugerizing)
11. Servers are full of fun people.
10. Fuck Linux and get something new.
9. It is intended for short-time fun: You can chat with people and even have fun typing away!
8. WoW not only steals your uncoolness, it steals your stress. Want to be a good and respected player on your server? Prepare to be nice.
7. Unless you play at the beach, you can’t get tanned while playing WoW. Try getting to a tanning salon. And no one likes “death-white” faces. (Unless your goth or undead.)
6. The more you play, the more you want to run around like your characters and hunt wild bears. You can practice hunting, the less you can practice WoW, the nerdier you get.
5. Yes, that’s a hidden undead rogue~ Horray I can see him!! ^-^
4. After enjoying your perfect control (with a mouse) of your character, ask yourself what you should do next.
3. You can’t stop playing WoW: it is addictive. So is this blog! (It’s fun to make you feel hated ^-^)
2. Killing that last monster could lead you to be miss your death. Monster owned, the man with a knife outside got pissed of waiting and left.
1. It’s not about your free time, it’s about your life:
SO GO AND PLAY WoW, AND QUIT FUCKIN’ PLAYING GAY GAMES OF PING PONG AND SITTING AT YOUR BEAD ALL DRUNK. In WoW you can, and will, see beutiful places, and meet beutiful people.
OWNED, peace, and keep it real you dik
29 Agosto 2006 alle 09:37
I’d rather spend my money on a new porno.
29 Agosto 2006 alle 16:07
World of warcraft=WOW
I believe 80% of the negative posts above came from lazy broke bastards with no jobs and the rest from kids who can’t get their moms to pay the monthly fees. I feel left out playing boring games and feel jealous and dont want others who enjoy and can afford to play.
Game On.
30 Agosto 2006 alle 00:02
And people of teh feminine species also enjoy WoW mmmkay?
30 Agosto 2006 alle 00:03
And I watch Soap Operas and there as addicting as this game mmmkay? So dont complain about WoW.
30 Agosto 2006 alle 02:50
WoW’s aright played it for about 4 months, couldnt get a character past lvl 40 tho, without getting extremly bored with it, it is repititive 4 sure, the montly fee i could care less, its only 20 bucks. Plus theres way too many idiots and stupid chuck norris jokes for some fukt up reason??? im finished with it. but cheers to who ever’s still havin fun rollin there 15th lvl 60! oh yeah, pardon my shitty spelling, that sux as well.
31 Agosto 2006 alle 08:47
wow is the best game i ever played. i couldnt imagine anything better.
i hate wow. its so fuckin expensive, makes addicted and ruins your life.
i ve never played wow in my whole life. and im not going to start, but i dont have anything against wow players.
cant all of you not just play wow or not and leave the others alone
1 Settembre 2006 alle 23:25
Holy crap man! You were right on the ball! I’m not addicted anymore either, but it absorbed all of my time. I actually never told my girlfriend what I was doing so she was always like “What are you doing?”. Its called a false sense of accomplishment, BOOYA!
2 Settembre 2006 alle 12:24
Lol well i used to play wow, i quit though because it was getting too addictive there are some days when i think “did i do the right thing?” sometimes i do feel like going and playing another month here and there, but i know where that will lead me, and i dont like that path to be perfectly honest.
Most of the people on wow are stupid prick kids that think there all that, nerds to be honest and it pisses me off having arguments with them, there just not worth it one tiny bit.
I used to be so obsessed with mmorpg’s it was a matter of “ill stay up just 5 more minutes tonight” them 5 mins ended up 10 then 20 and so end till in the end you end up staying on it 16 hours a day with absolutely no life.
You become lazy, cant be bothered with anything, forget to brush your teeth now and again, dont shower as much, it destroys your life and like a few people here have said, yes you do have good memories and sometimes you feel like going to play because of them, but you must sacrifice that bit of fun for a life.
Im still not sure right know actually, should i play? or should i not? i feel like not but i am really tempted to play.
And btw it takes like 10 days to get to 60
3 Settembre 2006 alle 07:16
for the record just because you play a video game doesnt make u a nerd there are alot of cool people on there and i used to play wow for about three months and it was fun but there are only one group of nerds that ive ever played with was when i went to an rpg sever for an hour wow those are some major dorks but w/e any who wow owns but i think that what ever makes you happy, no one should say a word if you like the game so IF YOU HATE WOW GOOD FOR YOU IF YOU LOVE wow GOOD FOR YOU TOO BUT NO ONE SHOULD BE GAY AND CALL ALL GAMERS NERDS ITS PRETTY GAY by yall
3 Settembre 2006 alle 07:50
World of Warcraft is nothing more than a way for Blizzard to make money. If they had set out to make a game that was truly fun, this thread would not even exist.
The fact is : world of warcraft takes so much away from reality, that is can never outweigh the negatives
1) extended hours required, (lower back problems, social responsibilities neg., friends move on, eyesight diminished)
and for what?
a level 60 character who’s hair you hate and cant change, with better shoulder pads than your best friend who is envious of your new belt with 1 strength where skill is meaningless against time played.
and for what? so you can spend all weekend raiding so 4 out of 40 people can get new gloves and 35 people get jack to show for it?
frankly endgame is horrible, leveling 1 - 60 is boring, and the graphics, sadly are glitchy, inconsistant, althought well animated and scripted, leave a feeling of wonderment about how the hell can i justify staring at a computer screen all day with nothing to show for it.
If you currently play WoW, delete your character, cancell your account, and tell your family that you love them again. go out and look at the sunshine and feel the wind blowing.
if you dont do this for me, do it for yourself.
i hope that this reached one person deciding to quit, because if it did, than thats all that matters.
if it’s just chatter on a site no one will ever see, than at least i got it out there and off my chest.
p.s. it’s so gay how blizzard is allowing alliance shamans, horde is always outnumbered cause little kids that play alliance are more common than mature players who realize early on that horde is better. With that said, i hope that outlands never gets released, and i hope blizzard gets a lawsuit that makes then go under.
fuck democracy, look what it’s gotten us, jack shit and a wasted generation.
3 Settembre 2006 alle 12:19
couldnt have put it better my self Heisoku
3 Settembre 2006 alle 15:47
WoW is a game for people with free time. I’m disabled and can’t walk around and go to the movies and pubs with my mates, and i haven’t been able to go anywhere without being driven for a while.
My free time that would usually be going out with mates etc is turned, my mates are awesome and come to me, so i still keep a social life.
At school (average aged player, 15 :O) alot of people know me and i have alot of mates, so i still keep a social life.
But what do i do when i have nothing to do? WoW (unless i’ve got physiotherapy n’stuff). Its perfect for using an free time because you can chat to people, make good friends, make a guild, become a well-respected player and more. It’s fun, some of my friends play it.
People who hate WoW are spoilt people who think that getting drunk is cool, or maybe smoking. Those people shouldn’t be hating WoW because smoking isn’t actually cool, its what stressed people do all day until they die from cancer. GL.
Stop hating WoW and respect peoples look on life. We pay for it, we play it.
I play about 2-3 hours some days(i dont play every day).
Thats my life story, i’ll shut up now
10 Settembre 2006 alle 10:47
Believe it or not, I play WOW and sustain a social life. I have good friends, few who play WOW. Sometimes when I tell people I play WOW they are suprised.
People who brag about their social life, usually don’t have one.. and the true “socius” bitches I know just spend 12+ hours a day on Myspace.com.
Wow or Myspace.com mhmmmm
My friend’s ex-girlfriend always used to bust my chops about playing WOW. Few weeks ago she was driving while under the infulence of alcohol, crashed into a man that lived in my neighboorhood, that i knew well and killed him and she fleed the scene of the accident.
She was driving home from a “party” where she was drinking and smoking, and is now going to Prison for LIFE.
So, again WOW or Life in Prison. So you can say you have to kill brain cells, and go to parties makes you “cool”. But some of the biggest losers I know are always talking about the “awesome party they went to” and “I drank so much”
Wow never killed anybody.
23 Settembre 2006 alle 04:01
I am now free of WOW!!! how? do you say, well a few months back i decided that it was too much to play and have a life.
So I found this program that heaps of people use that fram for you (yes I know, bot!!, IDC what you say, it was the only way I could keep up in the game without playing it 24/7)
I was considering giving it up for an easier less intense game that I didnt have to play all the time to keep up, but instead logged on this morning to find my account had been closed and I have no doubt why, when I went to the programs website there was about 200 other users in the same boat.
Anyway thank you Blizzard for releasing me from you curse!!!!!
3 Ottobre 2006 alle 07:31
After 5 discs and $100 worth of bullshit, i think its pretty god damnd appaling that there is no single player, blizxard are evil bastards i say, theyve gone too far!
5 Ottobre 2006 alle 05:55
I have been playing WOW now for over 7 months and have just decided to stop playing. Around $15 per month + original game cost for scheduled weekly downtime, unscheduled weekly or daily downtime, bland post LVL 60 gameplay and an environment filled with idiots just does not equal fun for me anymore. If anything it has helped me realize all the fantastic and wonderful things in life that are totally free and come with no EULA or other strings attached. I’m done with WOW, no regrets.
18 Ottobre 2006 alle 15:51
When I started playing the trial, i couldn’t control myself at all! i was sitting there in 36 hours, no sleep, no food. that stupid game ruined 36 hours my life and I’m not going to try that again, for all you WoW players out there stop playing or atleast try to reduce the time you will be playing, hey there are many other games than wow in this world, like grim fandango, Halo, Battlefield etc.
please for your sake.
24 Ottobre 2006 alle 15:31
I like WoW, I used to be very addicted to it along with my fiance. It took us going out of town for a weekend for me to realize how much time i had been spending on it and how closed off and un loving out relationship was becoming. I used to play for hours on end every day, sometimes not even go lay down with him at night.So i ended up not playing for awhile and talking to my finace about it. and im fine with it now…i only play in moderation, that way it leaves more room for other things in my life. Which im glad i did….Its not the game, yes it was made to be “crack” pretty much, but i like it all the same…it just depends on us and the ones around us to help us realize “if” we are becoming too addicted to it, or if its making drastic unhealthy changes in us. But i would like to say this, if you do know that you have an addictive personality, just be careful if you do like spending time with loved ones,friends,or whatever else, because unfortunatlly, my fiance is still addicted to this priority in his life lol. And it can make someone close to you feel like dirt a lot:(
25 Ottobre 2006 alle 16:28
[...] La Blizzard annuncia che l’espansione di World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade, uscirà a Gennaio e non entro Natale come previsto (la data era il 14 novembre): ma perchè c’è ancora qualcuno che gioca a WoW? [...]
31 Ottobre 2006 alle 17:59
Its not the game its all of u. I have never played WoW but i play other (geeky, shity and whatever you wanna call em) games. Its the only way to get out of this shity world (sometimes maby into even a more shityer world but who cares). Life sucks and who say such things as “get a life” are just in denial.
3 Novembre 2006 alle 04:06
lololololololololol that it is a gmae omfg learn a litle slef cntrl losers….. on a off not Bc is january woot woot
3 Novembre 2006 alle 05:02
i got lvl 60 in 7 days on a rogue tyvm and that isnt /played thta is 7 days of play to lvl 60
9 Novembre 2006 alle 02:41
WOW indeed is an addictive game. without doubts this game does NOT suck , but the player that’s playing it sucks if he has no self control. regarding to self control is somewhat wierd because this game makes you a whole different person, yet there are two faggy personalities in this world. the dudes that play wow and are addicted by it and the faggots that say that this game is wrong or that it sucks because it can make you lifeless. think again moron. it’s your choice. if you choose to have no life then be undead. if u choose to be an angry liberal hippie than start sucking balls for money but write a smart comment or article.
what’s stupid is that this article is 100% retarded and that 99% of the comments follow it’s principle of retardness.
an exemple would be :”the servers are full of lamers” think again asshole!. lamers like those can chop your intelligence and transform you into a kitty. it’s their choice and fuck off if you don’t like it.
secondly the first comment was :”bla bla . you and mr self controll. bla bla (i’m a retard) bla bla. now i have to go back to wow …). - stupid stupid stupid. i wish god wasn’t so kind with you mass idiots. there should be a ban for girls posting prepostorous crap too. girls know nothing better than to suck cock and they don’t even know this yet they ave the courage and “eloquence” to say :”you’re right, this game sucks”. if you tell a girl something that she cannot possibly comprehend she’ll believe you.
ex: this car has a motor made of silk. because silk can be fabricated in industry. so are cars.
and the bitch would easily reply :”really ? wow”.
ADVICE> get a life you morons. play a game for fun not for the leven and stop writing bullshit. if you want to argue with me pls do so savagelogician@yahoo.com.
pls don’t write stupid shit.
want a definition of hypocrisy and a severe dose of stupidity ? read this :lololololololololol that it is a gmae omfg learn a litle slef cntrl losers….. on a off not Bc is january woot woot .
13 Novembre 2006 alle 22:31
this game is pretty lame, america is stupid.
it’s not that fun, adicting a little but not fun, unless you’re playing on a private server.
there are way way way better games out there.
and people who play WoW all day are just plain loosers. get a life damn it.
I’d rather play Wii. cuz it’s accually fun.
23 Novembre 2006 alle 04:23
[...] The apartment complex is really nice actually. I have two cool roommates, one who speaks French. They’re both into World of Warcraft, which means they have no lives. I paid a little more to get the master bedroom, oh and I have my own bathroom. It’s a sweet deal. [...]
30 Novembre 2006 alle 07:57
I just recently left my fiance of 3years because of that videogame. Everything was fine atfirst until WOW came out. I thought it’d be fun to play together, and it was, up until level 55. Then he got really anal about everything, and turned into an asshole. I stopped playing and over the last two and a half years, begged and pleaded with him to stop. And he did, a few times, for one month each time, and then he’d buy another copy and lie to me about it every day. He bought a total of three copies of the game, just so i wouldnt find out he was playing, but i did find out, every time. And i got fed up with the lies and his unending addiction. He made a choice, and he chose that game over me. And i hope he enjoys sitting in the dark hunched over his computer at his parents house, playing WOW all hours of the day and night.
5 Dicembre 2006 alle 13:41
I have to agree with Rofelli
(Marzo 28th, 2006 18:42 16)
I do believe that playing wow can be a good thing, but only if you don’t exagerate. Right now I’m working on a paper about game’s and their influence on man. You wouldn’t believe the things I’ve read, or the foto’s I’ve seen.
12 year old kids staying the whole summer behind their pc’s, pissing in bottles, smoking weed, sniffing coke, you name it, everything so they can keep playing.
I don’t think wow is bad, but you shouldn’t play more then 2 hyoursq a day, ffs, get a life elseways!!!
8 Dicembre 2006 alle 06:11
Just reading through some of the comments here about how addictive the game got. Sorry but its your own fault for letting it get out of hand. Ive got hours a day free to do what I like with. WoW takes up one or two if that. Weekends I might play for a few hours because of raids.
Basicly because YOU cant stop playing the game doesnt make it bad. If it was awful it wouldnt have 7.5 million players worldwide. Best way to quit, dischant all your items. Deleate your character. Sorted its done…why cant you people do that and just shut up about wow being addictive. Im not hooked on the game, yet I play it.
18 Dicembre 2006 alle 13:25
Playing WoW is fine if you like it, play it every so often when you can sacrafice a couple of hours to do something you like doing (if it’s WoW then so be it). I like the game, and I will go days or a week without playing it, and when I do, it’s average of 2 hours, when I have the time, and nothing better to do. I know someone who goes on there every single day for 10-12 hours every day, I mean, my God man, even if you have absolutely no life you should not play that game that long every day.
Oh, and BTW, If it takes you less than a month to get a lvl 60, then you’re one of the losers everyones talking about cause you’d be playing most of the day. So I wouldn’t brag about that, cause it makes you look really pathetic.
19 Dicembre 2006 alle 22:22
What’s really gonna suck is when I turn the internet off in the house and NO ONE will be able to play WOW or get on TS for that matter!
=D
7 Gennaio 2007 alle 10:33
WOW is for sadacts who can’t get laid, luckily, real gamers are smart enough to play games like GW, which are free, and are made by a splinter group of the same developers.
WOW players have no friends, have no social life, and since all they do is play WOW, have no education, therefore, since they’re idiots, it’s explains why they play WOW and can’t get some action in the sack.
11 Gennaio 2007 alle 20:03
If you are addicted to wow, you’re less cool than a crack addict. A crack addict is in better shape and will likely outlive you by a year or so and they go outside more and have more of a social life as sad as it is. One day you’ll wake up ready to go on a raid, realizing you’re 50 years old and still live with your parents because you did this with your life.
25 Gennaio 2007 alle 10:13
WoW fans should be beaten into the earth with a 20 pound log covered with monkey feces. I know for a fact that every WoW fan is retarted because they CANT FUCKING SPELL. Every one of them is EMO and use the game to confess to online players how fucking lame they are. There is no excuse for liking WoW - if you disagree with me then you are part of the problem.
18 Febbraio 2007 alle 16:34
Does what people do with their lives hinder your personal progress?
21 Febbraio 2007 alle 23:21
I play wow like 5 hours a day, but today I’m going to stop it.(hopefully) Already I’ve played for 8 months and I thought I would never stop, until I read this post. You guys have tought me what this game really is and I am really grateful thanks very much.
25 Febbraio 2007 alle 22:44
Hey all. I have a friend who plays WoW. He says hes not addicted but when I talk about problems in WoW he calls me a noob (In real life!) He also starts random fights about WoW. He insults games he doesnt even know going “Oh WoW is pwnage. TSRP Sucks!” Its annoying…
25 Febbraio 2007 alle 22:48
Not only that, eh just convinced an already-socialy-awkward kid to play WoW! Oh noes!
25 Febbraio 2007 alle 23:37
Those 2 above are me.
My friend plays WoW as I said above. When ever I talk about the games I play, and start trying to compare them to World of Warcraft going “Well instead of doing so-and-so you do this” he always starts interrupting me. ANy person I have ever met who plays WoW will not accept any sort of game information. If you try telling them about a different game or try proving your point of which game tis better they’ll just start yelling and going “DUDE THAT SUCKS WOW IS PWNAGE”.
27 Febbraio 2007 alle 15:19
ya , WOW is pwnage . trust me , ive played wow for over 2.5 years now , i have my lvl 70 char and a lvl 64 .i Was what you guys call “addict” .before BC came out i had full t1 , t2 , t2.5 and about 4 t3 . I was deeply involved in the game .but 12 days ago i just stopped.
if u are a wow player or thinking about playing wow , dont ask a doctor about it , ask an expert about it , someone that played much …
my advice to you is , just don t play wow.
at first , i couldnt stop playing and yes it was stronger than me . i was spending 8-9 hours a day playing for 2.5 years i just couldnt stop like that and throw all my hard work away .
but i did it and trust me it feels much better.
wow took over my life , my work and my university .i lost most of my friends , for 2 years i was practically living in another universre.
WOW is the best game ever , i have played guild wars , eve online , everquest … wow is just Total pwnage lol .
anyways , take my advice and stop playing if u are not addicted yet stop or dont start becoz if u keep on going trust me u will be addicted.
to tell u the truth , I dont regret loosing those 2 years playing wow ; in my opinion , those were the best years of my life ( still 19 ) but u have to put an end to it. get ur life back smoke some shit , go party see some girls…
if u are stopping wow to start another mmorpg u would be doing the dumbest thing u could do.
WoW > all
but RL > WoW
1 Marzo 2007 alle 22:42
i just uninstalled WoW, scratched one of the cd’s, broke the other into pieces, trewh one out, and cliped a piece of the last one off before trowing it all out
1 Marzo 2007 alle 22:44
im serius too, i even filmed my cd’s (minus the one i trewh out first) as evidence.
4 Marzo 2007 alle 02:38
WoW is a terribly boring game. I couldn’t level to 60 in the free month, and didn’t want to put my credit card on recurring subscription, so I bought a game card. The game cards only came in 2 month installments. Within about a week on the gamecard, I could have reached 60, but instead I think I PvPed at 59 for about two weeks before getting to 60 to try and maximize the money. It’s possible to hit 60 in less than 2 weeks I think, but it would require playing way more than I am willing to invest in a game I’ve hated since almost the very beginning.
At that point it became a grind to just get gear, and I realized even with about a month left on my subscription, I’d rather throw that money away and do things I actually enjoy, so I uninstalled the game and gave away my account and character. It’s one of the better decisions I’ve made, and I feel great about it. I’ve never been a terribly social person, so I didn’t see the point of a boring game whose entire purpose is to allow nerds to socialize. If I wanted to socialize more, I’d be out doing it with non-losers, instead of with the rejects that nobody wants to socialize with in real life. I absolutely can not fathom a game designed in such a way, but I think it’s a sad commentary on society today.
5 Marzo 2007 alle 08:03
its not the games fault its the person thats playing it nobody is telling you to keep playing simple as that you can still play a game and maintain a social life learn self control learn how to limit things play an hour and stop and do something else how hard is that :/
6 Marzo 2007 alle 05:32
Ever heard if periods
6 Marzo 2007 alle 18:22
nope i havent what are periods huh what
11 Marzo 2007 alle 12:42
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12 Marzo 2007 alle 07:53
Ok point 14 is flat out stupid. Of course there isn’t an ending to WoW, that’s the point of an MMORPG in the first place. RuneScape, EverQuest, FF XI, all MMO’s, all have no ending.
Point 9 is false, I can log in for a mere half hour and when I log off again I can still have the feeling I’ve done something.
Point 6 is stupid. You make outrageous assuptions on how people spend their time without any real proof, it’s pure speculation.
I don’t know what the hell you’re on about in Point 5, I’ve been playing since launched and my eye sight hasn’t diminished in the least.
Point 3 is as bad as 6, pure speculation again. It’s only addicting to those with little self-control, I and every one I know have never had even a slight problem with WoW addiction, don’t go shooting your mouth off about other people’s personal lives.
Point 2 & 1 I’m not even going to bother with, because once again, you’re just shooting your mouth off with wild guesses.
12 Marzo 2007 alle 19:01
Do remember that this game was developed for CHILDREN. Yes, indeed, little children who play their stupid little elven-fag videogames…
14 Marzo 2007 alle 15:09
Yes, it is addictive - but not so addictive that you develop carpal tunnel syndrome in my hand, thats a little extreme to say the least. People who go days and days with no sleep at this game truly have either plenty of time on thier hands or it’s just some “fun” in thier eyes.
Everyone knows that a game especially a MMO, first ones can be hitting on the self control, and many people do spend hours progressing within it.
WoW is not so much the bad game, remember its all about the person who has the decision to play it. Every time a new game comes out - we all want to buy it and complete it and say - “I did that” and talk to your friends about it, how you did those quests or what you discovered.
Personally I play wow myself, so I can level up, explore new areas, talk to online friends and get together and have some fun
Its all about fun, never let a good thing overrun you. Its your own fault if you did. Yeah sure, wow does suck but thats entirely in your OWN opinion…
16 Marzo 2007 alle 02:38
FUCK WoW
21 Marzo 2007 alle 15:59
i love wow, i dont have it, but my friends play it, and i play with them. i also have an xbox 360 and i love to play oblivion, it is like wow, and it gets me excited. i kill all the mud crabs down at the beach, the little pests!
i also enjoy spending my time on crackdown, it gets me excited to. what i am trying to say is wow is a good game, and if you have it, then GOOD on you, ginger_webb@hotmail.com
21 Marzo 2007 alle 16:04
also i am from swindon, and alot of my friends play wow, it gets me very exctied everytime i go round my friends house as i get to lvl up to level 2! bet you guys havent got to level 2 yet, my friend said that lvl 2 is the highest level in the game! HAHA, i am probably the best wow player in the world!
21 Marzo 2007 alle 19:13
This blog is old, but here’s my two cents: real life blows. I play WoW to forget about how shitty the real world is. I play WoW to try to forget that some day I’m going to die.
I play WoW in a futile attempt to forget about how pathetic it is that I waste my time on a video game, in addition to how pathetic it is to try at life at all, because I’m just going to die in a few years anyway, and I hate that fact.
WoW is damage control for me.
24 Marzo 2007 alle 10:21
It sure is very addicting, and addicted players like me (i dont play wow but some other mmorpgs) would play it for 7 hours if not more. I play mmorpgs mainly because it feels awesome to think that you were in that virtual world, being a hero, killing monsters and save people. i have always wanted to be a hero of somekind. maybe after my death.
24 Marzo 2007 alle 10:28
and yes, real life is more important to me than mmorpgs. this one guy told posted and said to go “smoke some shit” or party instead of playing mmorpgs, dont do that..
instead get a job, visit your family pretty often (or leave and find a new place to live but still visit after that) and try to find a girlfriend somewhere else.
smoking damages brain cells and causes more addiction than mmorpgs.. i guess.. it also wasted money, about 120 euros a month.
its good to stay fresh, trust me.
i never smoked or drank. you should do the same.. good luck in life.
27 Marzo 2007 alle 09:52
dude ur just like everyother person who got out of control with wow….
its not our fault u ownd the monster and lost the (wo)man of your life….dont try to get every1 else of the fun…
so fucking what if people take it seriously?
all wat u have to do is manage your time..
i play wow once a day for about 3 hours at a time..i still go to the beach, socialize, have a girlfriend
27 Marzo 2007 alle 14:39
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3 Aprile 2007 alle 22:56
I have been addicted to WoW and if I play sometimes now I still got the feeling I need to play more.
Wow is like a drug. You cant blame it for your problems because you stept into it by yourself. It will let you life in a other world wich is pretty cool (I dont thinks it a sucky game). But you have to control you self because like a drug WoW will get you addicted. If you can control yourself thats cool because then you can enjoy the game and the Biggest game of all: Real Life.
For me it was easier to make progress in my “WoW life” because I didnt have to make hard deccions I can die when ever I want and most of all you dont encounter people in there face. Your just behind your monitor wich makes it you easier to say thing. That why its so full arrogant anoying people. You can type anything you want because you dont have to care about the (damm whats that word) things that happen after it.
Also I found that WoW is “brainkilling” (If you play much!) I noticed that I most of the time where thinking about WoW. Well I have that with most of the games now but nott before playing WoW. I see other people around me turning in like: “WoW zombies” I had a mate who played wow and now he nevers speaks to me even not via internet. Other I have seen other that probbaly didnt had a social life before playing but after is or while they are like shut down.
Blizzard is probbaly aware of this for sure. That why they make you pay. They play the part of “Drugdealer”. But like some! of the drugaddicts Wowaddicts will see that this isnt what live is supossed to be and will kick off. Then they have to make something else mabye a RTS Warcraft 3 like but then upgraded of course. Untill there buisniss is over they will deal the drugs.
Now about the game it self. It was a cool game in the begin where every one had a change and it was all new ect. But afterward I realize ( What i think) that the game really sucke. Just like a drug the effect weakens in strength. General you always have to do the same. And that the main idee of a MMORPG.
My advise would be not to play. But in the begin the game is fun but once you feeling bored or playing to long you better stop. There are so much other games wich are less adictive then this one.
Above all the games is the biggest/hardest/coolest ect ect and wich the best grahicps: Real Life. So dont get owned in it!
Happy greets to all of you and if you like you can contact me on: elron_ruhe@hotmail.com (Helps me to rebuild my social life
)
ps. Sorry for my spelling and gramar.
8 Aprile 2007 alle 19:29
You are a complete noob. 90% of the points you bring up are positive to me, and most likely everyone else that has actually PLAYED the game.
The real game does not start at level 60, as progressing through your infinite amount of reward and mastering your professions etc. it feels very gratifying and now that the Burning Crusade expansion set is out, when you hit 70 they make sure that that is not the end of the game with some high level instances and much, much more.
Best things happen by chance? That can be annoying however you can make your own luck in the game.
Ok, not much virtual sex :p However the closest thing to it is the nude patch and custom emotes?
Linux is not officially supported but if you had any idea, you would understand Linux actually has emulation devices such as Cadega and Wine that allows you to play.
The game does not REQUIRE a full hour of play each time you log in to have fun, you can put some things up for auction grind a bit and log out. You can find fun depending on your personality. Don’t you play most games for an hour at least anyways?
Steals you time - You don’t have to get all they way up to the level cap. Never mind your point about “respect”, be nice help others out and have a good time, that gains the respect from other players, they are just like you and me.
I have never played video games at a beach but you have a point there.
A lot of the people that play mmorpgs never enjoyed playing sports anyways, however you can still easily find time to get some exercise, you don’t need to pay for a new card right after one runs out. It was your choice to play anyways as I have collectively pointed so: if you need glasses you need glasses.
What PC game doesn’t offer Carpal Tunnel?
The game is addictive because it is fun no other reason. Miss a date, that’s your fault not the game, come on, your “Death-White Faced” WoW addict has a date!? I am confused…
If that last point is true, then every game wastes your life, what is life all about anyways? World of Warcraft! … Or whatever you find fun.
11 Aprile 2007 alle 04:44
WTF is wrong with you people! Wow sucks balls because it’s just some shit that came out of the warcraft series which came out of starcraft which came out of command and conquer which came to a guy when he was piss drunk at a Detroit bar(true story) and then i would like to add that everyone else on wow wont help shit when you start.
14 Aprile 2007 alle 12:55
play Dofus for free Lol
14 Aprile 2007 alle 13:45
WOW Sucks dic
it’s a shit game and only nerds play it. U guys dedicate ur life to playing it and use all ur money to play that shit.
17 Aprile 2007 alle 19:53
If you aren’t too hot on WoW, you might be interested in this little thing:
http://www.voont.com/wow
Take a look.