I just found out that one of my good friends is getting a divorce over WoW. I guess her husband had completely come obsessed by the game. He hadn't slept in the bedroom in two years and he lost his job several times over the game because that would be ALL he would ever do. She finally said enough was enough after trying various things to help the situation. Very sad. She has had such a rough life, and now for this to happen. Fortunately she is a Mary Kay Cosmetics director and she makes between $15,000 to $20,000 a month so at least her and her kids will be financially OK.
I have really struggled with this because of my own love of video games and I know how addicted I can get to games from time to time. Not to sure if this is something apropriate to post but I cant stop thinking about it.
We're on the EU (yes, EU) realm of Darkmoon Faire. I am currently leveling a Blood Knight. ^_^
For people who get "obsessed" with the game, I dunno. To me, it's more like an addiction. Hard to stop. Same with gambling.
I get obsessed over everything. Gaming, certain movies, a new tv show, art and the list goes on.
My wife and I can literally play WoW for over 8+ hours. It's just how you manage your time. We also sleep enough, eat good, exercise often, go outside a lot, go shopping, have a very healthy marriage, etc.
We had a friend at our old job, who only slept for two hours a night. I guess he'd been that way ever since he was little and two hours was all he needed. He has a fiancee, a good relationship, a daughter, a job, tons of hobbies, etc.
What I personally hate, is when people hear these stories and think WoW/gaming in general is "bad" or they think it's a guy thing. I am sure girls can get addicted to WoW, not to mention shopping, scrap booking, any hobby. Same with men.
What I personally hate, is when people hear these stories and think WoW/gaming in general is "bad" or they think it's a guy thing. I am sure girls can get addicted to WoW, not to mention shopping, scrap booking, any hobby. Same with men.
I totally agree, I have received more flack from being a gamer ever since this whole divorce thing came to the surface. I tend to get comments about making better use of my time and questioning what I am doing with my kids. (disgusting huh) Of course I do live in Utah where drinking coffee is considered evil to most of the population. I have been gaming for almost 30 years (boy does that show my age!) and I just balance it with everything else in my life. Yes, I have stayed up WAY to late playing a game from time to time, but almost everyone has done the same thing watching TV. After I tuck my kids into bed at night I don't watch the news or late night TV, I turn on my Xbox. I also game with my spouse and I think it is a great way to communicate and spend quality time together.
As far as my friend's husband, I agree he had an addiction similar to soap operas, alcoholism or gambling. You just need to know when to walk away and when it is OK to do those things.
I gave up on WoW.. startin to think it wasnt my thing. I didnt really play much of it.... probably bored me b.c I was soloin it.... and the $15 a month was pushing it these days... I may dab into it again... but theres just so many dang XB games coming out !!!! I think id rather spend the $$ on xbox games!
I renewed my account (again, I've been WoW free since December lol) :D! I play on Dreden US server as a feral kitty druid lvl 80 named Veroicone. I also have a character named Verai on Ysera server to play with some friends that moved servers
I knew I'd be back before the expansion, I just didn't think it'd be this soon lol.
I haven't played WoW since January. Sometimes I miss it, but then I turn on my xbox and play Halo or Rock Band instead. My best friend really wants me to start again and join her server, but I don't really have the time or money to invest in the game anymore.
I used to play WoW and quit about 3 years ago due to the fact it consumed my life...It was far too addicting for me and all I wanted to do was WoW...Glad I stopped. I had way too many alts and spent way too much time on there. I am glad to hear that it is improving except the people...those l33t players were level 24 once too you know and they were getting pwned by upper level players too. Ignore them, they are insecure prats...makes me wish I still had my level 80 Paladin to kick some l33t bum!
When I first started playing WOW in 08, I as using it as a crutch to ignore a breakup (didn't start playing until several months after :D) and to get away from school. I had bronchitis for a few months, so it wasn't hard to just stay in bed and play. The same quarter (due to being sick for so long) I was put on academic probation, and the next quarters threw myself back into school work. (Also helped I'd Ding'd to 70 and WotLK wasn't due out for several months!)
I stopped playing from Dec 08, and then had my account stolen, which took the better part of a year to sort out (mostly due to me just not caring.)
In the last two weeks, I renewed my account to help sort out one of my Clan's Divisions. My best friend graduated, and as a grad gift, I got him the just the first part of the game. He'd played a little with me before, on trials in 08, but back then wasn't really interested in the game.
We're both happily questing, taking our time and building rep instead of rushing to Ding. I still have my lvl 80, on another server, and I'm just having fun wandering around and teaching him about the game. We both love achievements, and at least for me, getting them in Wow is just as much fun, if not a little more worth it, because they can be way harder to get - or at least it feels that way!
Jen and I renewed our subs a few days ago! It's sooo good to be back!!!
I've gone up like three or four levels in only a few days, haha. I only have like a level and a half to go before Outland - WOOHOO!!! I'm trying to level my Blood Knight quickly, as I want to hit 80 so I can spend the rest of my time on her role-playing and doing achievements before Cata. ^_^
ok...now I am wanting to start up WoW again... :( Husband says no because that is all I will do...lol and I have tons of games to play....
Heh, luckily my wife is just as much in love with WoW as I am. However, with people who do think it's all time consuming, I just write up my daily schedule of how much time is spent sleeping, eating, WoW time, other game time, work, exercising, being outdoors, going out, time with my wife (though all of the above is time with her too) etc. Normally shuts people up quickly.
My DH and I just renewed our accounts, after not playing for ... wow, almost 3 years now! Could it really be that long?
So here's my WoW story in a nutshell: we were playing FFXI while the WoW beta was going on, and my DH (then fiance) managed to get an account. I tried it out, and LOVED it! I did not want to play anything else. So, when it was released, we started playing on a PVP server, but a) there were a lot of idiots on that server, and we found PvP annoying, and more importantly b) the server was going down all the time, and there was horrible lag, so we decided to just quit after getting to level 54 (with a nelf warior and priest as our mains).
Fast forward a year or so, and we started all over on Shadow Council (RP server) on the horde side. We loved it, and we ended up running a smallish PvP battlegrounds guild, and we were having a fabulous time. Then, because of "some real life stuff", we just didn't have the time to commit to it anymore, so we ended up quitting again.
Now, here we are three years later, after trying out a few other games in between, we're back to WoW. We actually just transferred our original 54's from the PvP server to Shadow Council, and I took my warrior out last night... I don't remember anything about being a warrior! lol (My main on SC is an orc rogue). A lot has changed in general too, like joining a queue to go on dungeon raids.. very nice feature. I've always thought right from the beginning, that they must have looked around at other games and determined what was tedious, and decided to make it easy and just take the tedium away. Anyway, we'll see how it goes .
I am looking for some new buddies on WoW. I currently play on the server Chromaggus I believe . . but would be willing to start a new character or so if any of you have any servers in common =)
