WoW and addiction... (NSFW) Options

[impala454]

wow was ok, but to be honest, it really is a sucky game.  i got into playing it because of peer pressure, after that wore off, i realised i was a sad and broken man with a level 35 tauren shaman and a pasty-white skin complexion

if you only got as far as a 35 shaman, you played about 5% of the game that's out there. of course you're entitled to your opinion, but that's like forming an opinion of a restaurant by what the iced tea tastes like (and yes I'm sure someone will respond with "well blah blah if they make good iced tea blah blah", whatever). I agree with Christine, the game is fun sometimes and boring other times. I just can't raid anymore it takes up too much damn time.

as far as the article goes... that lady is a stupid bitch. of course games are addictive, but putting them up with drugs & gambling? give me a break. If you call games a dangerous addiction that should have warning labels, then you gotta do the same for every possible hobby on the planet. working on cars, watching movies/tv, sewing, anything. All hobbies have the same qualities: Time/money spent, results/consequences.

[Mommy]

if you only got as far as a 35 shaman, you played about 5% of the game that's out there. of course you're entitled to your opinion, but that's like forming an opinion of a restaurant by what the iced tea tastes like

Well, if a game isnt good that far into it, why would someone who has other things to do waste their time going further with it? I mean, level 35 is pretty far up there. Im sure he had to spend a lot of hours to get that far. Honestly, I watched WoW being played a lot. I like to watch other people play games because its entertaining. I never found WoW to be entertaining. In fact, I dont know how people sit there and play it. Its like owning a giga pet. After the WOW THIS IS NEAT wears off in like 3 days, you are stuck with a useless piece of shit. How that game has remained so popular for so long, I will never know. Its all a matter of opinoin, but I think he got far enough into the game to form a genuine opinion.

[GOB]

How that game has remained so popular for so long, I will never know.

because people get to forget about their shitty dateless lives and dead-end jobs for a couple of hours a day and pretend to be something that matters.

[TetraGrammaton C...]

our primal nature's are expressed in our hobbies

primarily men play some type of game: sports, video games, gambling, etc.

while women seek alternative empowerment: pets (childbearing), hosting parties,

so basically, a guy playing wow too much is like a woman that pays too much attention to her stupid fucking pets, boyfriend, laundry, dishes, etc.

[FORSAKENR320]

our primal nature's are expressed in our hobbies

primarily men play some type of game: sports, video games, gambling, etc.

while women seek alternative empowerment: pets (childbearing), hosting parties,

so basically, a guy playing wow too much is like a woman that pays too much attention to her stupid fucking pets, boyfriend, laundry, dishes, etc.

i know this is gonna get alot of bad response..... but what is MY primal nature?

[impala454]

Well, if a game isnt good that far into it, why would someone who has other things to do waste their time going further with it?

I'm not telling him to keep playing, I'm just saying you don't get a good representation of whether you like something or not by playing only such a small amount of it. How much credit would people give a movie critic that only watches the first five minutes of every movie he critiques?

honestly though the fun part of the game for me when i played all the time was the people i played with. lots of people diss wow players for being anti-social, etc, but for someone who is in a good guild of people and particpates in large raids, nothing could be further from the truth. you've got people interacting on a level that doesn't exist anywhere else. a good guild will have some form of voice communication set up, and people chat about what's going on and learn a lot about each other and make friends. I know the guild I ran for a long time, we had voice communication software set up and we'd talk about sports/news/whatever while playing the game. Grouping and raiding involves a lot of teamwork. You get forty people that you've never met all having to work together and get along to accomplish a goal. IMHO that's about as "social" as it gets.

[FORSAKENR320]

I'm not telling him to keep playing, I'm just saying you don't get a good representation of whether you like something or not by playing only such a small amount of it.

i'm pretty sure i'd realise i don't like a dick in my ass after the first couple seconds of it. i don't need to keep trying it for hours to come to that result

[Mommy]

i'm pretty sure i'd realise i don't like a dick in my ass after the first couple seconds of it. i don't need to keep trying it for hours to come to that result

damn i wish i had mod powers in this forum... I would SOOOOO change that

[impala454]

i'm pretty sure i'd realise i don't like a dick in my ass after the first couple seconds of it. i don't need to keep trying it for hours to come to that result

yeah great analogy.... movie -> video game or gay fucking -> video game
hmm

[kcroxyoursox]

yeah great analogy.... movie -> video game or gay fucking -> video game
hmm

while a different analogy might have been more fitting, im inclined to agree with him on some level

there are plenty of things that you dont have to follow all the way through to the end with to decide that you arent into it. for some, it takes half the movie. for others, it might only take 5 minutes of bad lines, amateur staging and poor lighting.

there comes a point where you decide you dont like something, and no matter how much you try to like it afterwards you just cant get into it. for him that realization came earlier than others.

[Seussninja]

You people are terrible at thinking relativley.

[Jim]

Anyone who posts after me is gay.

[woody]

OMG I'M GAY!

[impala454]

while a different analogy might have been more fitting, im inclined to agree with him on some level

there are plenty of things that you dont have to follow all the way through to the end with to decide that you arent into it. for some, it takes half the movie. for others, it might only take 5 minutes of bad lines, amateur staging and poor lighting.

there comes a point where you decide you dont like something, and no matter how much you try to like it afterwards you just cant get into it. for him that realization came earlier than others.

i agree that you can decide you don't like something, but saying you don't like something is different than saying something sucks. one implies simply how you feel about it, the other implies that it's the product that's the problem.

[TetraGrammaton C...]

while a different analogy might have been more fitting, im inclined to agree with him on some level

there are plenty of things that you dont have to follow all the way through to the end with to decide that you arent into it. for some, it takes half the movie. for others, it might only take 5 minutes of bad lines, amateur staging and poor lighting.

there comes a point where you decide you dont like something, and no matter how much you try to like it afterwards you just cant get into it. for him that realization came earlier than others.

sticking with the metaphor, i will site mulholland dr. a movie which one is often compelled to turn off during the first half. this portion of the movie is designed to drastically contrast with the second half.
similarly wow, segmented, is like two different games. not that one is some amazing exploration of the psyche and self-delusion brought on by lack of actualization like mulholland dr. instead, we have a game that you can make it through by yourself, that becomes an extremely team oriented game. and instead of experienced based the game becomes much more item based.

also, i do not really think the previous argument is valid. plenty of things take some getting used to, however most people already know where they stand on more dramatic issues like homosexuality. however, it can take some time to decide whether or not you like the new red hot chili peppers cd, to which i have yet to listen.

as for the girlfriend of warcraft, it is a good game for killing time in the middle of the night. i rarely play anymore; i think i am too lazy.