Goodbye to WoW.... GF related *update* I want to play

[Mik3y]

the answer is easy: whcih would your rather fvck? a girl? or a lvl 39 orc shaman?

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Your Ears

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Your Ears

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Your Ears

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Your Ears
I hate those damn games, my parents divorced because of evercrack. If my boyfriend was playing any those games I would break up with him, after alot of warnings, but I would. It sounds strange to blame a game for so much but I seriously think those types of games can ruin people (for a period of time) and their relationships.

So from a girl's perspective: those things are a complete turn-off.

I've got a feeling you will be really popular here.....




Not

Just being honest, if you want to get some by impressing a girl with your 'WoW skills,' it isn't going to work.

You would break up with your boyfriend because he plays games and does not spend 100% of his waking hours thinking of you? There is nothing wrong with moderation. A couple of hours a night is not a problem.

Read what I wrote again. Don't take things out of context.

"If my boyfriend was playing any those games I would break up with him, after alot of warnings, but I would."

"You would break up with your boyfriend because he plays games and does not spend 100% of his waking hours thinking of you?"

does not follow from:

"If my boyfriend was playing any those games I would break up with him, after alot of warnings, but I would."

Look, I'm not going to argue with you, I know what I meant and I don't think I need to explain it to you.

"If my boyfriend was playing any those games all the time I would break up with him, after alot of warnings, but I would."

So, that is what you mean't?

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

all i can say is wow, almost losing a girl, not to mention a social life over WOW. well done

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
the answer is easy: whcih would your rather fvck? a girl? or a lvl 39 orc shaman?

What about a lvl 41 night elf?

<---haven't ever played the game because he doesn't have time

 

[Freejack2]

You probably did the right thing. If you kept it up this threads title would have been Goodbye to GF.... WOW related.

With that thought I probably don't have to worry as it was my wife who got me addicted.

 

[Drizzy]

if anyone ever asks me what I think of MMORG's I tell them exactly what you've stated - its great if you want to look back on your life and wish you could have those 2 years back(or however long you play till you realize you have no real life). I played the beta for WOW all the time and I was excited that it was only beta and there was an end in sight. That is the whole problem with those games - there isnt an end! Every other game I commit myself to I can play it, beat it, and leave it. Even online PFS you can easily detach cause you never build up a character over time - each time you come back to the FPS you are in the same spot- so you dont feel like you're falling behind when you're not leveling up or something.

You made the right choice - I'm 27 now and I can tell you I wasted 2 years of my life that I would honestly give a LOT of things to have back.. afterwards when you finally get bored, or something makes you change and quit playing, you look back and feel empty because in things that really matter you havent done anything. Besides you're probably really in the prime stages of your life when you can be meeting girls, vacationing, partying, etc... go out and DO THOSE THINGS! MO.

 

[Gurck]

MMOGs aren't for everyone, I'm very happy with my time spent playing EQ and the close friends I've made, though it's unfortunate I had to pay such a despicable corporation as Sony while playing it.. but I digress, you're whipped, yes

 

[arcenite]

Good choice for you. Thankfully my fiance understands my gaming hobby (don't play wow, but play lots of lineage2, warcraft, counter-strike..). As long as she gets her few days a week in and saturday or sunday in, she's happy. Granted I know I spend more time on the computer than I should, but I guess that's what a hobby is.

 

[Boze]

hmmm... I don't know here... I don't play World of Warcraft anymore, but its related more to the fact that I find the high end of the game to be boring, predictable, and all-too-easily defeatable to anyone who suffered (and I do mean suffered) through six years of EverQuest.

Your only problem is you lack the ability to say no to WoW when you want or need to... you seem to be incapable of incorporating WOW into part of your life without it taking you over as an addiction. By the way, I still have an active EQ, EQ2, & WOW account... I log maybe 20 hours a month across said games, but there are really only two kinds of MMORPG players:

The Hardcore, Unstoppable Powergamer: This is the person that absolutely has to conquer every challenge set before them in the game, regardless of the amount of time required. Some of these people can play 10 or 15 hours a week (or even less!) and accomplish this, others are barely capable of maintaining this level of play even if they play 70+ hours a week.
The Casual, Log-in-every-so-often Gamer: This person doesn't care nearly as much about levels or doing all the 'cool high-end stuff' or having all the 'leet gear' that the other group has. This person may play an hour a day, or may play five hours a day, but only in spurts, hardly ever for a period longer than a month or so... and certainly with no long-term dedication.

I used to be The Hardcore, Unstoppable Powergame - averaging about 12 to 20 hours a week in EQ (which still left more than enough time to do other stuff, but I found too limiting after awhile). However, when I got WOW, I slowly turned into The Casual, Log-in-every-so-often Gamer, however, WoW is so laughably easy to conquer to a veteran MMORPGer that I gave away the remaining 6 months on my account to my guildmate and log in only to say hi.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: Boze
hmmm... I don't know here... I don't play World of Warcraft anymore, but its related more to the fact that I find the high end of the game to be boring, predictable, and all-too-easily defeatable to anyone who suffered (and I do mean suffered) through six years of EverQuest.

Your only problem is you lack the ability to say no to WoW when you want or need to... you seem to be incapable of incorporating WOW into part of your life without it taking you over as an addiction. By the way, I still have an active EQ, EQ2, & WOW account... I log maybe 20 hours a month across said games, but there are really only two kinds of MMORPG players:

The Hardcore, Unstoppable Powergamer: This is the person that absolutely has to conquer every challenge set before them in the game, regardless of the amount of time required. Some of these people can play 10 or 15 hours a week (or even less!) and accomplish this, others are barely capable of maintaining this level of play even if they play 70+ hours a week.
The Casual, Log-in-every-so-often Gamer: This person doesn't care nearly as much about levels or doing all the 'cool high-end stuff' or having all the 'leet gear' that the other group has. This person may play an hour a day, or may play five hours a day, but only in spurts, hardly ever for a period longer than a month or so... and certainly with no long-term dedication.

I used to be The Hardcore, Unstoppable Powergame - averaging about 12 to 20 hours a week in EQ (which still left more than enough time to do other stuff, but I found too limiting after awhile). However, when I got WOW, I slowly turned into The Casual, Log-in-every-so-often Gamer, however, WoW is so laughably easy to conquer to a veteran MMORPGer that I gave away the remaining 6 months on my account to my guildmate and log in only to say hi.

I think thats the reason for so many to be addicted to WOW. Before, you had the people addicted to EQ as (usually) the same kinda people that woulda been playing muds and such. But now with WOW, with a quicker system and a vastly easier, more enjoyable (per time spent playing), you get people who never had the time/determination/interest/whatever to grind out and farm for hours just to boost a single skill point getting the enjoyment that you did after those hours of grinding in maybe an hour, and they like how it feels.

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: Doboji
So I've been playing WoW since the day after it's release. I average about 2 hours per night. In the beginning this was more like 4 hours a night, with occasional much longer days. Well the GF fvcking hates that I play... she thinks of it as mind-rot at it's worst. My feeling up til now has been screw you, I'm an adult, I should be able to spend my free time however the hell I choose. Well tonight we got into a massive argument about it, as I was mid-instance when she called and said come down and see me. I choose not to go, but instead to fulfill my duties (troll priest) and get my group through the rest of the instance.

Well the massive argument ensues, during which she actually succeeds in convincing me that I play way too much, and I haven't been doing anything with my spare time OTHER than WoW, and I really havent been involved with other stuff. I've been meaning to play Rugby, but havent put the time forward to do it. I haven't been taking my tech cert exams. I haven't been doing the extra work at home I used to do. WoW truly was taking over too much of my life. So blam I delete the installation off the PC, with the intention of never putting it back.

What are some of your opinions on the WoW phenomenon, is it indeed an unhealthy obsession? Or am I pussywhipped, and allowing my interests to be manipulated?

Flame away....

-Max

bah... 2 hours is like nothing. for the game i play, they give you 2 hours free and obviously i have an insatiable urge to play more and go unlimited. on average i say i might play like 6 hours a day or more.. on weekends its just wake up & play on times other than i am doing chores, studying (yeah right :disgust: ), watching anime or wasting time on ATOT

 

[Baked]

You're one sad motherfvcker. I hope she dumps your disillutional ass who can't differentiate between some virtual game and real life.

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: vtqanh
add this to your list: Goodbye to ATOT

:laugh:


edit - now I know why I didn't buy WoW...

 

[phisrow]

Whatever your specific reasons, you did the right thing. MMORPGs will eat you alive if you let them. Back in the days when EQ was pretty cutting edge, I would actually get the jitters if I was away for too long. Luckily it is somewhat hard to ruin your life when you are the age I was then, so there was no trouble in the long term; but it could have been pretty ugly if I had been responsible for serious schoolwork, work, relationships, etc.

 

[nageov3t]

good life choice.

but don't blame the game, blame the person.

if you've got your priorities so screwed that you're putting an MMORPG before RL friends/family/so's, then yeah. you probably need a break from playing

I probably log 12-18 hours/week into WoW, but I generally play during times when there's nothing better to do. the only thing really getting cut from my life as a result of playing WoW is the amount of television I watch.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: vtqanh
add this to your list: Goodbye to ATOT

AHAHAHAHAHA. You're funny.

 

[Blindman]

Just a question . ..
are you on Bloody Hollow?

Or for the lack of it was on Bloody Hollow.

 

[Aquaman]

Good Choice........ it's fun but it's an insane time waster.

Now get on with your life

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[AndrewR]

I used to MUD a lot (dating myself here), and that sucked so much of my time it was incredible. I remember a few times looking out the window and seeing the sun rise after starting to play after dinner...

I swore them off eventually and really don't miss it. Now that we have a daughter, I have very little time to play computer games anyway. I have other hobbies that occupy my time (photography).

 

[essasin]

you'll forget about WoW in no time but you should still be able to play video games on a more moderate level without your girlfriend controlling you. But if i had to choose between Wow and a girl i would choose the girl

 

[Pepsei]

If my gf tells me what I can and can't play, I'll break up with her.

But too bad I'm married, I get to play when she's doing her weekly scrap book stuff.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Doboji
So I've been playing WoW since the day after it's release. I average about 2 hours per night. In the beginning this was more like 4 hours a night, with occasional much longer days. Well the GF fvcking hates that I play... she thinks of it as mind-rot at it's worst. My feeling up til now has been screw you, I'm an adult, I should be able to spend my free time however the hell I choose. Well tonight we got into a massive argument about it, as I was mid-instance when she called and said come down and see me. I choose not to go, but instead to fulfill my duties (troll priest) and get my group through the rest of the instance.

Well the massive argument ensues, during which she actually succeeds in convincing me that I play way too much, and I haven't been doing anything with my spare time OTHER than WoW, and I really havent been involved with other stuff. I've been meaning to play Rugby, but havent put the time forward to do it. I haven't been taking my tech cert exams. I haven't been doing the extra work at home I used to do. WoW truly was taking over too much of my life. So blam I delete the installation off the PC, with the intention of never putting it back.

What are some of your opinions on the WoW phenomenon, is it indeed an unhealthy obsession? Or am I pussywhipped, and allowing my interests to be manipulated?

Flame away....

-Max

Lets see, playing WOW and killing Wizards or playing Ruby and killing guys about half you size..hmmm.

 

[grohl]

CHeers, you made the right decision. Later you'll thank your GF, you are lucky to have one that cares.

 

[Doggiedog]

You made the right decision.

I had the same problem 6 years back with EQ when I got married. I went through the same thing. I had to drop it cold turkey too.

Now its 6 years later and I'm playing WoW I'm better this time around though. I pace myself and only play when there's nothing else to do.

 

[rudder]

You should thank your GF. Real life (and tang in particular) is far more interesting.