WoW and addiction... (NSFW) Options

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This thread is somewhat NSFW and I don't feel like editing posts to make it SFW. Browse at your own risk. -Spectatrix

http://www.twitchguru.com/2006/08/08/world...ayers_addicted/

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This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Aug 18 2006, 12:42 PM

[Dogmeat]

I dunno, there is definatley something to be said for WoW's success coming from it's already rather large fanbase.

I would have never started playing the game if it wasn't that I was already familiar with the Warcraft universe from the first three games, and enjoyed the storyline, etc ...

With that said, the precursor for MMORPG's were just as addicting as current ones are....And with that said I mean text-based MUD games, like CircleMUD, DikuMUD, etc .... I dbout very many of you have even ever heard of an old school text-based MUD game let alone wasted countless hours of your life playing one like I did ...

But, the game model for WoW is directly descended from oldschool mud games .... it's nearly identical, even when it comes to cheating ... heh

I dunno, WoW was fun for awhile but then the gameplay model of time-based combat based almost entirley off of how well equipped your character is got OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD....

WoW is not a hard game per se to play, but in order to be good at it you have to spend ENTIRLEY too much time playing it in order to gear up, and that's basicaly why I stopped playing...

The game is mature enough now that if you actually wanna be really good at PvP you pretty much are fucked unless you have a MINIMUM of a full tier-2 armor set for your respective class ... I mean yeah you can still get honor when you win at BG,s but who the FUCK wants to never get any killing blows, etc?

I dunno, I am hoping with the expansion coming out they've radically changed the game play to make it more conducive to being GOOD at playing the game rather than spending ungodly amounts of time on it to be good ....