Level Up is a new documentary that explores the possible addictive nature of World of Warcraft. The movie contains interviews with gaming experts two guys in a game store, WoW players and Shawn Rider, editor of Gamesfirst.com.
The documentary is non-bias on the subject and rather just gives the viewer all the information to make up their own mind about video game addiction.
A somewhat humorous look at the addiction of World of Warcraft, Addicted to World of Warcraft is another short documentary that interviews WoW players about the game.
I especially love the guy who admits to actual beating the crap out of a guy in real life because he camped out on his character's corpse to keep killing him. That's justice for you. Most will be happy to know most of the guys featured in this film did managed to quit WoW. Congratulations guys. Just remember to take it one day at a time.
And finally another documentary made four months after WoW came out that showed how the game affected gamers in the beginning.
I haven't play WoW yet, due to my crappy computer, but I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one not playing. Heck, I don't drink, smoke or do any drugs, so why not make my only bad habit be playing WoW?
On another note, I can do a wicked orc impression, wanna hear?
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4:11 PM on 02.06.2007
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And then my guild fell apart and I lost the enthusiam to play.
And now I realize what that game did. It is incredibly addicting because the game is always about constantly improving your character. It's about getting the next level until 60. Once you hit 60, it's about getting better gear. Then, new content comes out that has even better gear and now you have to work super hard again to acheive the better gear, and it becomes an endless, endless cycle.
There's certainly alot of points of genuine fun but the whole MMORPG setup is built around spending time to get rewards that improve your character, and it becomes a huge vicious cycle because you will never, ever BEAT the game. The possibilities of enhancement grow and you're always behind. To go back to get ahead, you have to spend a couple hours a day doing meaningless farming just to get all the resources you need to run that raid dungeon that you have to run at a certain time that you've played through 10 times before.
It really does take over your sense of accomplishment and your life begins to get wound up in the game. The game is addicting because your entire sense of accomplishment is taken over by the fact that you have to spend time to hit the ever increasing top.
The MMORPG structure by nature is built to feed that sense of accomplishment and never fully satisfy enough that you stop. That's why after playing WoW for 2 years, I will never, ever play an MMORPG again.
ugh, ok enough about how much that person irritates me.
I'm just addicted to communication = )
MMORPG's are basically time sinks
stick to books...
Gotta go for those Robert Palmer references when you can.
Can we shoot the first guy? WoW is awesome you should go play it now if your not... God FANBOYs unite.
It is sad that what these teenagers(And tweens!) are going through I've done, and regret every minute of it?
Ugh there is life away from the warm eerie glow of your computer screen people. Virtual friends are just that... Virtual, nothing can replace the human interaction, well not until VR becomes a Reality or a game comes out thats like .hack's The World.
I used to play wow. I really enjoyed it. I played a hell of a lot over summer the year before last, but still met up with friends pretty much daily. I quit because I got to the stage where I'd done pretty much everything, and neither the raiding nor the PVP endgame grinds appealed to me all that much. My best times were with my second char, an undead warlock, utterly pwning absolutely everyone in the low level warsong, and beating higher level allies who tried to gank me(that feels soooo good). I am tempted to pick up burning crusade, but I'm in my final semester of uni, so I'm not going to any time soon. As long as you maintain your priorities, en't nothing wrong with wow.
Things (factually) more addictive than wow: walking, chocolate, soft drinks and pie.
Hmmm....
Anywho, even if you did something that displayed the ending credits I'd be more inclined to play if I felt like I beat it.
That's why it's important to have priorities straight. Do your homework, study, go out with friends, go jogging or play sports. Live life outside of your room with your games.
Just remember, no matter how much you accomplish in any game, what do you get out of it in the end? A small sense of accomplishment and a whole lot of wasted time.
It's something that has slowly been nagging at the back of my mind lately as I game. "Why am I doing this? What do I get out of sitting here playing? What could I be doing with this time?"
Ok, sorry I went on that tangent, but you get the idea.
And Don't even get me started on PC games. I think I have about 50+ days on BF2 with all the leagues and tournaments I've been in. And now I've recently gotten into CSS and COH so I have yet to learn my lesson.
Aboot...lololol
Given the amount of time that I had sunk into the game at that point, I was pretty dis-satisfied with Blizzards policies. I canceled the other account, I'll never be a Blizzard customer again, and I'll try to avoid Viviendi.
That said, once I had reached my goals for the game, I spent a lot less time playing and a lot more time having fun. It's easy for the game to turn itself into a job/chore because of in-game reputations and social pressure. Kinda interesting actually.
WoW free since the Nov 15 ban wave.
You quote Robert freaking Palmer - :( :( :(
Anyway. I don't play WoW because I don't like people. And people say that all the time, but then they're whoring themselves on myspace or spending 8 hours a day on WoW. Not me, bitches. Half the reason I say anything to anyone on the interwebs is to criticize, mock, or slander.
I'm just waiting for a kickass sci-fi MMO to come out. Or just wait and get Huxley. Either way works.
I was a early victim of the wow plague and still havent recovered fully. Can't help but think the 80 days played time ive clocked up over the past 2 years could of been spent more productivly.
On a side not if anyone happens to be playing talnivaar Horde drop me a line Chars: Mizruko/verac