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.
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.
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