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How to prevent WOW addiction?
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It certainly seems that the wow developers are going out of their way to court people like you. Most newer content and soon to be Wrath of the Lich King content is casual based.
Yup ive decided not to go back. Im getting more into drawing which i left years ago. Its one of my strongest talents. Im actually reading now which is pretty rare for 15 yr olds these days to do XD (reading 1984 atm) Also ive been going to the gym even when i played WOW but i guess im gonna go more often to fill up more of my spare time.
Yea just quit and find some friends that like to do something other than WOW. I'm sure that hanging out with your GF could be fun.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Take up Mountain Biking, or even Road biking. It get's you out of the house and into shape. And it's a blast!!
Soon you'll forget all about such nerdly pursuits as gaming
Soon you'll forget all about such nerdly pursuits as gaming
Why don't you not play WoW and instead do something useful, like learn the guitar or get really good at Photoshop? There are a million things to do. I don't get why people waste their time on that crap. If you were already addicted once, you WILL be again. There's no questions. That's like a heroin addict saying "just one last time."
EDIT: Good to hear that you're going to do drawing instead. That's the kind of stuff you want to spend your time on. It'll be beneficial too. Maybe someday you'll work in that area. You never know.
EDIT: Good to hear that you're going to do drawing instead. That's the kind of stuff you want to spend your time on. It'll be beneficial too. Maybe someday you'll work in that area. You never know.
How does one prevent a "WOW" addiction? Addict yourself to something else. Pick up an instrument?
Thanks i actually have needed to sharpen up my PS skills. I used it a lot before WOW. I actually photoshopped all my friends pics for myspace XD
Take up Mountain Biking, or even Road biking. It get's you out of the house and into shape. And it's a blast!!
Soon you'll forget all about such nerdly pursuits as gaming
Dude biking is my fav hobby besides drawing. Even when i played WOW i did this every day. Cant mountain bike thought cause as u can see i live in South Florida
Thanks guys for all the replies! I have greatly enjoyed and gotten good advice from this thread
I was very addicted to wow, in a high end raid guild. I recall waking up at 7am throwing up a few times and still managed to make to AQ40 gates by 7:30am to make my raid, was no way after 5 months of waiting for robes of the battle guard to drop was a little dizzyness and puke going to stop me. I finally got them robes and blizzard was going yo release the expansion and make everything obsolete. So I quit.
Until I realised if I used one of my alts to get to 70 I wouldn't be so sad about my main. So there I was raiding at 70 on my new character and blizzard announced another expansion. So I quit.
So far so good must be almost a year since played.
Until I realised if I used one of my alts to get to 70 I wouldn't be so sad about my main. So there I was raiding at 70 on my new character and blizzard announced another expansion. So I quit.
So far so good must be almost a year since played.
The best way to avoid the addiction is to quit playing and never go back. Also, if you haven't done so, sell your account. It's a lot harder to get started again if you're facing the prospect of grinding back to level 70 or dropping a few hundred to buy a level 70 character. Also, by selling my character, I managed to recoup all the money I gave to Blizzard to play that game. I sometimes think about playing again, but I just have to think about what a huge dead end it is. It's much better to get your friends out and play a sport or go read some books or maybe learn a new skill like javascript or knitting.
100% guaranteed way to quit an addictive MMO : have a baby
Only 15 dude thatll screw up my life.
Agreed. I played WoW of and on for two years and I just recently stopped playing again. The design of the game is to suck up time. I just got tired of that aspect of it. If you think about what you could end up if you spent all that time in healthy hobby then it's a little depressing considering the time wasted.
I should say that I don't consider video/computer games a waste of time. I consider 3-5 EVERYDAY a waste of time and WoW seems to drive that schedule.
TF2 for my game time and art/music for hobby time. Eventually, I'll get a dirt bike again as well.
-mx
I should say that I don't consider video/computer games a waste of time. I consider 3-5 EVERYDAY a waste of time and WoW seems to drive that schedule.
TF2 for my game time and art/music for hobby time. Eventually, I'll get a dirt bike again as well.
-mx
personally, i think the strength of a wow addiction is right there in between-
alcohol/weed/acid/shrooms < WOW < meth/heroin/coke
just quit
alcohol/weed/acid/shrooms < WOW < meth/heroin/coke
just quit
The answer is plain and simple. Don't play. If you really want to play with your friends, and not get addicted, use chat rooms and email. I love meebo because I can [easily] chat with my friends via text, audio, or video and I can play games such as Connect 4, Picture This, and Platform racing. These are not addictive games, but it's a great way to have fun with a friend.
My brother is addicted to World Of Warcraft, and I mean ADDICTED. He plays it from the minute he wakes up to the minute he goes to bed, he never lets anyone else use the computer, and when he isn't on the computer, he talks AND TALKS about the game... it's extremely annoying. You don't want that to happen to your girlfriend.
My brother is addicted to World Of Warcraft, and I mean ADDICTED. He plays it from the minute he wakes up to the minute he goes to bed, he never lets anyone else use the computer, and when he isn't on the computer, he talks AND TALKS about the game... it's extremely annoying. You don't want that to happen to your girlfriend.
I think people are reacting a bit to harshly to this game. Yeah, some people get addicted to it but it isn't physical in the slightest (unlike some of the drugs listed earlier).
It's listed in the earnings report as being released this year. I don't see them being able to delay it much longer than that even though it is only in friends and family alpha at the moment.
Smoke some crack. With in 8 weeks you wont even have your computer anymore, because you will have sold it for more crack.
Getting addicted (and by this, I mean *really* addicted, for instance playing 40+ hours a week) to a MMO can have extremely serious consequences. If you're still a student, it's likely your results will drop, and so will your chances to get a job in the long run. If you have a GF/wife, unless she's playing as well, you stand a fair chance of ruining your relationship. If you have kids, you won't be able to raise them because you'll be sitting behind your computer. And the list goes on ...
Of course, I'd much, much rather see my son get addicted to the next MMO than some kind of drugs. That'd even give me an opportunity to get an account for myself
But this doesn't mean it's benign, far from it.
Did I say being addicted to an MMO couldn't ruin your life? No. Did I say that equating it to a drug that is physically addictive and will kill you as well as ruin your life is really silly and such hyperbole is irrational? Yes. The truth is for the majority of people this game is not a problem. Is it technically a waste of time? Yes. But so is how most people spent their free time before video games. That was, of course, TV. Do you think TV didn't cause some cases of students getting bad grades and various marital problems?
This is life. We do stuff that we claim is wasting time. Here is an article you should all read. (Which is ironically wasting time because you could be out saving kittens right now!)
Of course, I'd much, much rather see my son get addicted to the next MMO than some kind of drugs. That'd even give me an opportunity to get an account for myself
It doesn't mean it is evil and people can extract no enjoyment from it either. Here, lets provide an alternative to those sentences.
Of course, I'd much, much rather see my son get addicted to alcohol than some kind of drugs. That'd even give me an opportunity to get an account for myself
Do you see the implication here? Do you see how that sentence basically says "alcohol is always bad but less bad than crack." Can you rationally support this kind of statement? If so, then you really have a negativity problem.