I've Been Playing WoW for 1 1/2 Years

topic posted Tue, July 7, 2009 - 6:22 PM by  Miranda
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I am now absolutely resenting it. When I first started I couldn't wait to get online when I got on in the morning. I literally would play all day since I'm a stay at home mom. I've seen so much of this game that I have seen marriages fall apart and men lose their kids and move 1/2 way across their country just b/c its cost them so much of their lives and lost a lot of good in game friends b/c of guild splits and dramas that go on. I use to be able to easily stay on until 2 or 3 in the morning but now I really don't care how long I stay on in fact I would rather spend time off line the online. I do however feel bad if I don't continue to play b/c of all the good relationships I do still have. Because I have spent so much time online, my personality has changed. I have become more depressed and I snap out of anger too easily. I recently took a 2 week vacation with my daughter to see some family in a different state and it felt so wonderful to not sign on and have other things to do other then play WoW. If your spouse is struggling with a WoW addiction you can try to pull the plug which usually doesn't work it just aggrevates the situation. You can also try to just wait it out. There are some WoW addicts that will burn out and just give up the game. There are other WoW players that won't ever give it up. As for me I'm slowly starting to say my goodbyes to the game and I'm hoping to start some real life activities outside of the game and believe me I need it. I don't want to live the rest of my life playing WoW. I want to start living life as it was meant to be which is not to spend a lifetime playing video games.
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  • Joe
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    Re: I've Been Playing WoW for 1 1/2 Years

    Fri, November 20, 2009 - 7:01 PM
    I feel you on this one. I've played wow for about 6 months now (for some reason this feels like I'm standing up at an AA meeting) and I've come to the realization that in the hundreds of hours I've spend playing...I've had maybe about ten minutes of ACTUAL fun. The rest of the time is spent grinding for gold, honor, experience (no more, I reached 80 and that's when I really realized I wasn't having fun at all, I was just working towards a goal) and generally being a zombie. I've spent long nights in front of my computer until my eyeballs hurt trying to get the next gear set...that will ultimately be useless in two levels.

    The problem with the game is that it requires too much time to get anything good. Raids take hours to organize, and even then the group won't want you if you don't have the best gear already. Accumulating honor to get the pvp gear is yet another grind, especially since you get dominated by anyone you come across because your gear is "fail".

    The community is typical for an online community. Few cool folks, lots of a*sholes, and some people that just bug the f*ck outta ya.

    Its funny, because it takes a lot of ambition to get good in the WOW world...but no ambition at all. You just have to be willing to sit in front of your computer for nine hours a day six days a week (even God rested people).

    I don't think I'll renew my subscription this month. The only reason I play anymore, really, is because my brother likes to play and we don't see much of each other these days. But, Je*us Friggin Chri*tos, I don't have the kind of time to get good.

    Thanks for listening

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