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Anyone else fear MMORPG addiction?

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d1abolic

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Does anyone else here fear MMORPG addiction? I sure as hell do. I used to play Asheron's Call a lot. I got the beta and fell in love with it immediately. Played it for years, and loved it more every day. Finally decided to quit about 10 months ago, mainly because too many people started hacking. And i guess i quit at a good time, because only weeks later, the developers officially gave up. Anyway, I wasn't nearly as addicted to it as some people were, but i spent at least 3 hours playing it every day. Now that i look back at it, i realise that i wasted thousands of hours that could have been spent on improving my real life. In that time, i could have finished high school and earned money for a car. But then again, that was some of the best entertainment of my life. And after all, isn't that what life is all about? Getting back to my subject, a sequel to the game is currently in the works. To say that i am dying to play it would be a major understatement. I don't know though, it's kind of scary. I've heard plenty of horror stories about people who got too addicted to MMORPGs and lost their health, jobs or even families.
 
The one thing i fear more than MMORPG addiction is getting addicted to SWG and not wanting to switch to AC2 when it comes out 😀
 
I'm surprised I ditched my addiction (or at least rechanneled it). I was held captive by a text-based MUD for literally years of my life.
 


<< I fear World of Warcraft with a passion 😀 >>



Wha? Do you mean warcraft 3 or that really crappy warcraft game they canned a few years ago? If it's the latter, then I fear it along with you. That game was a pile of crap.
 
i use to play a text-based mmorpg, gemstone 3. i quit for a year then went thru withdrawal and went back for a few months, then i finally gave it up completely.
 
Such a waste of time, if you took only HALF the time most people spend playing those games and devoted it to working out, reading, night classes, or meeting people.

You could be stronger, smarter, wealthier, and happier in REAL life.

 
LOL,I remember Never winter nights, hehehe I remember an AOL bill of over $700 too...
 
i've been playing mmorpgs since mid '99 and i love them. currently playing dark age of camelot.

oh and about the wasted time, don't kid yourself, if you weren't doing that you would have been sitting on your a$$ watching TV or something else unproductive.
 
Are you kidding? Did you pay it?



<< LOL,I remember Never winter nights, hehehe I remember an AOL bill of over $700 too... >>

 
Its no different than any game, and the same can be said of anything. Why spend that time reading a fictional books when you can read nonfictional and learn something new? Why watch movies when you can watch documentaries? Thats such a silly mentality.

Dont let other people trick you into thinking youre wasting your time doing something you enjoy.

As long as you go to work every day and earn your cash, do whatever you want and dont feel guilty about it. Once you start skipping work to play, then you have a problem.
 
Ya I fear mmorpg addiction. It all started with a mud called terris on aol got addicted to that until they started charging. Then a few years later I was addicted to Evercrack. Then after that it was DAOC. I have problems with mmorpg. I will never play a mmorpg again because I know that I will not be able to control myself.
 
d1abolic, you came to the same conclusion I came to.

"But then again, that was some of the best entertainment of my life. And after all, isn't that what life is all about?"

I agree, I mean, if you simplify everything in life, you realize it all filters down to enjoyment. So if you spend time in an mmorpg and it is the best time you ever had, was it truely wasted?

This is what happens with me and Everquest. I play it and get hooked, play it like as many hours a day as I can fit in my schedule. I do this for about 2 months. Then I get burnt out, pissed off, mad because nothing gets done IRL, and delete it for 9 months. Then 1 day after those 9 months, I'm bored, all my crap is done, and I reinstall it out of boredom. Thus the vicious cycle begins again.

I don't regret playing it though, as I still talk to many of the people I met.
 


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<< I fear World of Warcraft with a passion 😀 >>



Wha? Do you mean warcraft 3 or that really crappy warcraft game they canned a few years ago? If it's the latter, then I fear it along with you. That game was a pile of crap. >>



World of Warcraft is the next Blizzard game coming out... it's an MMORPG. I hope they take their sweet time and perfect it and delay a couple more years than the usual. I'd like to know that I had a life at one point. :disgust: Cause once that thing comes out.... nice knowing you all. 😛
 
If youre all getting addicted, theres only one conclusion to draw. That these are damn good games!

And isnt that the goal of every game?
 


<< "But then again, that was some of the best entertainment of my life. And after all, isn't that what life is all about?"

I agree, I mean, if you simplify everything in life, you realize it all filters down to enjoyment. So if you spend time in an mmorpg and it is the best time you ever had, was it truely wasted? >>


Sometimes I think life is simply about embracing hedonistic pleasures and stuff like work, school, etc. are just obstacles or "necessarily evils" that stand in the way.

Consider the saying: "When you are on your death bed, are you going to say 'Oh, I wished I had come in to the office that one Saturday?'"

You are the best judge of what makes you happy. If MMORPG's make you happy, don't feel guilty or ashamed. The philosophical touchy-feely nice-nice persona is not appropriate for everybody.
 


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<< I fear World of Warcraft with a passion 😀 >>



Wha? Do you mean warcraft 3 or that really crappy warcraft game they canned a few years ago? If it's the latter, then I fear it along with you. That game was a pile of crap. >>



No. It is a MMORPG that Blizzard is currently making based on the Warcraft world. As soon as it comes out, well as Pink Floyd put it

"Goodbye cruel world,
I'm leaving you today.
Goodbye,
Goodbye,
Goodbye.

Goodbye all you people,
There's nothing you can say
to make me change my mind.
Goodbye."


😀
 
I've been playing Asheron's Call since it was available publicly. I don't fear addiction.



<< And i guess i quit at a good time, because only weeks later, the developers officially gave up >>



d1abolic- They haven't given up! It's still going strong and is more fun than ever. 🙂

amish
 
Ahh I remember the old days of Ultima Online....
That was such a great game before the developers royally fukced it up by making it n00b friendly and totally ruining the fun of pking :|
 
I do 🙂 I played graphical MMORPG before they were popular. I played The Realm. I remember waking up at 6 in the morning just to get the good monsters to level up. It's so competitive.. haven't played one since.
 
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