But if you have not noticed my sig, shame on you. Take a moment to read it. And if you know any AC people who might be interested, send them my way. Gracias.
I consider that time period the equivalent of the Dark Ages in European history. My lightbulb was out and I was too busy raiding to go to the store to get a new bulb.
I consider that time period the equivalent of the Dark Ages in European history. My lightbulb was out and I was too busy raiding to go to the store to get a new bulb.
Yeah, that pretty much summed up my experience during WoW.
Because the game is designed to make the person play as often and as frequently as possible? I mean, yes, you have complete power over yourself and when and how often you play. But considering the game is purposefully designed to keep yourself playing as much as you can, it's no real surprise.
The only part of my 2 year WoW playing career that I felt I was playing too much WoW was when I first went to college. I didn't really know anyone there, and really, really hated my suitemates, so I ended up playing more WoW then I should of, but that kinda tapered off after a month or two.
Yeah, that pretty much summed up my experience during WoW.
I had 2 experiences:
1) I had a full-time job, and then WoW became another full-time job. To be fair, though, it didn't get like that until I accepted an officer position. I'd wake up, go to work, come home, turn on the computer and log in, play till like 2AM, go to bed, repeat.
2) I wasn't doing anything productive anyway, so I decided to re-roll on a PvP server with some old friends. I'd wake up, play WoW, and go to sleep :P I don't think I've ever leveled faster in my life I did a little raiding, then my account got hacked, and so the GMs canceled the subscription. For the first couple days, I was getting the shakes, and I made a new trial account to get my fix. After the 3rd day, though, I stopped feeling a need to play. By the time they re-instated my account, I'd already stopped wanting to play at all, so I just never renewed my subscription.
That's the thing for me. I never found it hard to quit, so I never really agreed with all those people going "ZOMG WoW is an evil soul-sucking game that will own your life 4eva!"
But, plenty of people screw up aspects of their life while they are playing WoW.
And uh, looking at your two examples, WoW becoming another full-time job and doing nothing but playing WoW all day? Yeah, that doesn't really cast WoW in a good light.
Speaking of paypal twinks/buying gold or whatever. I found it very, very wrong that I could make gold faster in WoW by picking up an extra shift at work and buying the gold with money I earn, as opposed to actually playing the damn game itself.
It was harder for me to leave the "friends" I made in that game, than to leave the game itself.
Yeah, most guildmates will do everything they can do in their power to keep you playing. Firstly, because your internet buddies, and no one likes losing buddies. Secondly, because the guild has invested in you gear wise. And because Bind on Pick-up/Equip is retarded, there's no way to not remove said items with you from the game world when you quit.
Because that is the price of success in that game.
I think that statement isn't always applicable to everyone. If you're talking about success as defined by having the best gear etc, then yeah, it does take a lot of time investment. If you're talking about success as having fun, though, I think different people will feel differently about how time-intensive this game is. Believe it or not, there are casual MMO players, and they have just as much fun not grinding instances for gear everynight or farming mats for hours upon end for raid consumables.
WoW's mostly a way to trap people into something like an FPS team game with episodic content that can only be paid in WoW-dollars you have to earn in-game in addition to the real-dollar upkeep cost. Gold is a bonus.
It was harder for me to leave the "friends" I made in that game, than to leave the game itself.
Yeah, most guildmates will do everything they can do in their power to keep you playing. Firstly, because your internet buddies, and no one likes losing buddies. Secondly, because the guild has invested in you gear wise. And because Bind on Pick-up/Equip is retarded, there's no way to not remove said items with you from the game world when you quit.
That really bothered me about WoW. I knew that when I started looking at people like that, I really needed to step away, because things were getting out of hand.
It's like, you don't want to leave your friends and that, and you know that if you have an important spot in the guild, and you quit, you're screwing over a lot of innocent people. Most often, people that you enjoy being around. I had played a protection warrior for the last year or so in WoW, and it was really hard for me to step away because of the lack of really good tanks, who are also well geared. Once you get to that point, it's very hard to get out.
And uh, looking at your two examples, WoW becoming another full-time job and doing nothing but playing WoW all day? Yeah, that doesn't really cast WoW in a good light.
I wasn't really trying to, just sharing my personal experience. Though, I have to say that I don't really feel the worse for wear from those experiences. I decided to pick WoW up the second time because I was taking a year off before starting grad school, so I knew nothing would get fucked if I started doing nothing but playing WoW.
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Don't do it.
as an aside, i'd like to note those were the first things i ever posted on pa 8-)
this is your brain on mmos
so, go ahead and play because then your brains would be delicious
especially with a little salt
That was truly the high point of the forums.
Have fun.
I was just thinking about reinstalling now, because I'm bored. That'll teach my boyfriend to ever leave me unattended for hours again
Quick
uh....
become a Buddhist monk!
oh arcticxc
how you do go on
⊆, more appropriately.
IRC mostly.
I mean, it's not like you can't play WoW had have a social life.
It just, you know, sucks.
The new Dr. Who is the cheeziest thing ever.
So's your mum!
Oooooooooh.
But if you have not noticed my sig, shame on you. Take a moment to read it. And if you know any AC people who might be interested, send them my way. Gracias.
Night.
Hell, I don't know.
It looked boring to me as a kid.
I consider that time period the equivalent of the Dark Ages in European history. My lightbulb was out and I was too busy raiding to go to the store to get a new bulb.
Yes. They are excellent films, but would have been better had Lucas hired a competent director and a co-writer.
Yeah, that pretty much summed up my experience during WoW.
They are spitting food into each other's mouth.
D:D:D:
Because that is the price of success in that game.
Because the game is designed to make the person play as often and as frequently as possible? I mean, yes, you have complete power over yourself and when and how often you play. But considering the game is purposefully designed to keep yourself playing as much as you can, it's no real surprise.
The only part of my 2 year WoW playing career that I felt I was playing too much WoW was when I first went to college. I didn't really know anyone there, and really, really hated my suitemates, so I ended up playing more WoW then I should of, but that kinda tapered off after a month or two.
I had 2 experiences:
1) I had a full-time job, and then WoW became another full-time job. To be fair, though, it didn't get like that until I accepted an officer position. I'd wake up, go to work, come home, turn on the computer and log in, play till like 2AM, go to bed, repeat.
2) I wasn't doing anything productive anyway, so I decided to re-roll on a PvP server with some old friends. I'd wake up, play WoW, and go to sleep :P I don't think I've ever leveled faster in my life
That's the thing for me. I never found it hard to quit, so I never really agreed with all those people going "ZOMG WoW is an evil soul-sucking game that will own your life 4eva!"
And here I thought it was $49.99.
But, plenty of people screw up aspects of their life while they are playing WoW.
And uh, looking at your two examples, WoW becoming another full-time job and doing nothing but playing WoW all day? Yeah, that doesn't really cast WoW in a good light.
Yeah, most guildmates will do everything they can do in their power to keep you playing. Firstly, because your internet buddies, and no one likes losing buddies. Secondly, because the guild has invested in you gear wise. And because Bind on Pick-up/Equip is retarded, there's no way to not remove said items with you from the game world when you quit.
I think that statement isn't always applicable to everyone. If you're talking about success as defined by having the best gear etc, then yeah, it does take a lot of time investment. If you're talking about success as having fun, though, I think different people will feel differently about how time-intensive this game is. Believe it or not, there are casual MMO players, and they have just as much fun not grinding instances for gear everynight or farming mats for hours upon end for raid consumables.
And then the GUILT of letting down your team.
That really bothered me about WoW. I knew that when I started looking at people like that, I really needed to step away, because things were getting out of hand.
It's like, you don't want to leave your friends and that, and you know that if you have an important spot in the guild, and you quit, you're screwing over a lot of innocent people. Most often, people that you enjoy being around. I had played a protection warrior for the last year or so in WoW, and it was really hard for me to step away because of the lack of really good tanks, who are also well geared. Once you get to that point, it's very hard to get out.
I wasn't really trying to, just sharing my personal experience. Though, I have to say that I don't really feel the worse for wear from those experiences. I decided to pick WoW up the second time because I was taking a year off before starting grad school, so I knew nothing would get fucked if I started doing nothing but playing WoW.