World of Warcraft - addiction?

[chris79]

My plan B is to become a WoW admin. They had an article on it a while back, in a PC mag.

One of my mates is a GA for Blizzard over in France.. I think it pays about 1500euros a month, not a great deal of money.. he says it's also made him really hate the game and cannot play it anymore.. he says after 8 hours a day of 'NOOB' questions it begins to destroy you lol.

[Board Game Geek]

Under a tree, 40 paces from the village, near a stream.

Lol...you don't know how true that is !

We met on June 21st, 1989, under a tree, at a goth party, 40 paces from the edge of the town, next to a stream.

[TheBigYinJames]

Lol...you don't know how true that is !
We met on June 21st, 1989, under a tree, at a goth party, 40 paces from the edge of the town, next to a stream.

Coo, maybe I'm psycho. I mean psychic.

<Derek Acorah Voice> Mary loves Dick </Derek Acorah Voice>

[Board Game Geek]

he says after 8 hours a day of 'NOOB' questions it begins to destroy you lol.

Imagine 2 years of that as a Guild Master, and each time you have to be nice and gently lead them the right way. They payoff is knowing that we have once of the best, well regarded social guilds on our server, and have helped a lot of people overcome their fear of MMORPGS and being "noobs".

We were all noobs once...

[Board Game Geek]

Coo, maybe I'm psycho. I mean psychic.

Aye, that was kind of spooky, if you believe in that sort of stuff.

I was interested in some of it a while back, and still meddle from time to time (as an itinerant student of performance magic).

I once did a psychometry reading for a stranger I met at a party.

Took his watch, held it for a while, and I became somewhat mesmerised by the reflection of a light upon the glass of the watch which bounced on to the ceiling. As I studied the pattern, it reminded me of waves, and I felt very sad.

I handed the watch back to the chap, and said "This watch has a sad, powerful connection with a loved one and water".

The guy broke down in tears. His grandfather had drowned, and in his will, he left the nephew the watch.

It was a very uncomfortable moment for both of us, and I wasn't practicing any Derren Brown like techniques (I didn't even know them at that time).

All I do know, is that I felt "something" when I held that watch and the pattern on the wall transfixed me for a minute or so.

I don't believe in such stuff personally, but I really cannot explain it. It doesn't bother me in the slightest however. I know it might spook some people out. I'm too busy to explore it any further.

[TheBigYinJames]

Aye, that was kind of spooky, if you believe in that sort of stuff.

I remember once doing those Zener cards ESP tests, and I got 2 out of 25. The guy was ecstatic, because getting so low (chance says 20% = 5 right) was a "sure sign of ESP ability". Not sure what use guessing more wrong than normal people ability is. I won't be featuring on Season 3 of Heroes, anyway.

[tay]

It's a game, and like anything enjoyable, there are levels of addiction, from simple dip in, dip out enjoyment, to all consuming passion.

I play, and up until recently, me and Mrs BGG played constantly every spare moment for the last 2 years.

We also ran a guild, so most of my playtime was infact administration, resolving disputes, providing leadership, goals and objectives, and running the lotteries, etc.

I've taken a back seat recently and perhaps only logged on once in the last month, and a good friend of mine is now Guild Master. I feel I've done my "bit" for the guild, and my friend has taken the guild to new heights within the game.

WOW has lost the edge for me. I've explored everything I can explore, and to be honest, I seek new challenges, hence I'm waiting for Warhammer Online to hit the shelves.

Our WOW guild already has a good number of people wanting to play, so we're in the process of redesigning our website, to incorporate WAR as well.

In that sense, we are now about to grow again in to a full gaming Clan, who play multiple games, and that was always the intention.

Once you make good friends online in any MMORPG, they are worth their weight in gold, and sometimes, the game we play is not as important as the social side, with your mates, having a beer or two on teamspeak and enjoying teamwork.

We've got our Year 2 guildmeets coming up in London, Amsterdam and Sweden (The London one is funnily enough the day after the CUK Meet, so I may just get a room Friday and Saturday)

As for addiction ? That depends on whether the habit is harmful to the person or those they love.

I'm lucky in that Mrs BGG plays as much as I do, so it's never an issue between us. I could see it being a problem for some couples, who share no common interests however.

We used to play a lot at the weekends as well, but recently, our old social roleplaying and boardgaming group has restarted, and also we've recently increased our circle of friends and as such, we're spending most weekends visting them. Which is nice, as it makes a change to get out now and then.

Frak me.... a simple yes or no would have done!

[tay]

I played once, but couldnt find my way out of the beginning village so gave up......

[Charles Foster Kane]

I played once, but couldnt find my way out of the beginning village so gave up......

Excellent, the low IQ filters are working then.

[tay]

Excellent, the low IQ filters are working then.

oh dear.....