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

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Originally posted by: Doboji
Originally posted by: hg321
If it's something you truly enjoy playing , why not just cut back on your playing time
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Tried that already..... the game just doesnt allow for it... if you intend to do an instance the damn things take you at least a couple of hours, plus another hour to actually put the group together.... and if you intend to actually make friends in game you're gonna need to consistently level with them... which requires playing. So it really is impossible to cut back on the hours. The game eats you alive.... it's fun as all hell... but damn. It is just a massive timesink.

-Max
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There's two reasons I've never played a MMORPG:

1) Cost to damn much, but this is less of concern now that I have a job.

2) I know it would consume me and make me a useless husk of a human being. I get pretty addicted to FPS style games, but those are really easy to play a pickup game of an hour...two...not even play today at all, or whatever. As long as you don't belong to a clan (I did for a couple months, before I was booted for not participating in any of the clan activities...or playing on the server) it can be easy to just pick up and shut off.

So I know if I started playing one of those games, everything else would get bad. Just the entire game model means you have to play a lot to be any good...and if you aren't any good WTF bother playing?


My girlfriend told me this story about some guy she met over match.com...he seemed nice enough, then when he showed up to meet her the first time all he could talk about was everquest. He just blabbed on and on about swords and stats and all that bullsh|t. It was all the kid did I guess...so it was all he had to talk about. And what girl...or guy for that matter, who hasn't played everquest gives to sh|ts about your character stats and what you did on whatshamacallit island yesterday?

Now me, I blabbed about X-men, star trek and old 80s cartoons...thats three things...and I won her over right away.
 
Good call.

WoW isn't going anywhere - I think we all know that.

Your g/f however sounds like she was contemplating leaving. Quit playing for a while (or slow down), convince her and feign interest in real life matters (haha kidding) - and in no time she'll be back under your thumb and you'll have time to get back into WoW.

I kid about the 'under your thumb' part - hahah. But this strategy could work for you.
 
I played WoW for two months and became bored with it. At the time my roommate was playing EQ2. He managed to suck me in and I haven't looked back. When I purchased the game at Best Buy the cashier (who happened to be female) was giving me some grief about how I shouldn't buy the game because it is addicting. She mentioned she broke up with her bf because of EQ2. I mentioned he must have been a looser to choose a game over her and she said he was. She was really cute. Should have tried for a phone number. Doh.
 
Time flys by way too fast to spend alot of it playing pc games.

Of course this is coming from someone who has like 60 PS2 games ....

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dude, games are addicting. when WC3 came out i didn't go to sleep for 2 days.....when i came in for work they almost sent me home cuz they thought i looked like i had the plague i was so pale....best weekend of my life.

seriously though, you just need to find a way to manage your time better, look at it from her point of view, you ditched her so you could play videogames, thats not gonna help you get laid man.
 
Originally posted by: mcvickj
I played WoW for two months and became bored with it. At the time my roommate was playing EQ2. He managed to suck me in and I haven't looked back. When I purchased the game at Best Buy the cashier (who happened to be female) was giving me some grief about how I shouldn't buy the game because it is addicting. She mentioned she broke up with her bf because of EQ2. I mentioned he must have been a looser to choose a game over her and she said he was. She was really cute. Should have tried for a phone number. Doh.
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I can't believe she opened the door for you and you didn't slip in!
 
You did the right thing.Your gfriend/relation is more important that those MMORPG who destroy lives.

I am just doing that atm, playing WoW.And i just met a new girl and things atm go extremely, hell, too well lol.So yeah im going to pass my time with her instead of WoW.

wOw.EQ etc are just those kind of games who can destroy your relationship.Im pretty sure if you just LEAVE THE PC and play something else, like xbpx ps2 on the television and do a different game once in a while, it will be ok.I think its not just the WoW THE PROBLEM BUT ALSO THE pc.
 
ditch the girl, keep wow. 🙂 find a girl on wow and marry her. just make sure the female night elf really is a girl before you propose.
 
You did the right thing.

You were definately paying too much attention to WoW and not your gf!

WoW doesn't hug you at night and say I love you...

Koing
 
I find this sad in three ways:

1) You allow an online multiplayer game to take over all of your free time.
2) You let you're girlfriend convince you so easily that you were wasting your life away...she was probably right though.
3) You can't exhibit any self control and your only method of change was to go cold turkey.

Regardless, good for you on moving on with your life.
 
When it first came out, it was like crack to me. A few months later, I'm lvl49ish, I barely play it anymore. I should cancel my account one of these days.

It is super addictive though, but I'd never ditch my gf to play it.
 
Just be glad you have a girlfriend that set you straight. It's okay to spend time on such games (I've played EQ before), but never ever make it a priority in your life.
 
Originally posted by: Doboji
Originally posted by: hg321
If it's something you truly enjoy playing , why not just cut back on your playing time
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Tried that already..... the game just doesnt allow for it... if you intend to do an instance the damn things take you at least a couple of hours, plus another hour to actually put the group together.... and if you intend to actually make friends in game you're gonna need to consistently level with them... which requires playing. So it really is impossible to cut back on the hours. The game eats you alive.... it's fun as all hell... but damn. It is just a massive timesink.

-Max
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I feel I must offer an opposing viewpoint in case Dob's raving encourages others to give Blizzard money they do not deserve: wow is a pathetic mmo and a poor excuse for a game. Of course this is just my opinion, but I did play from release til lvl 60 and with my wife the whole time.
 
I used to have a serious problem with Counter-Strike. I've since toned down my addiction to just an hour every few days or so. I just think of all the constructive things I could have done with that time and that helps keep me away. Whatever works for you.
 
Originally posted by: franksta
I used to have a serious problem with Counter-Strike. I've since toned down my addiction to just an hour every few days or so. I just think of all the constructive things I could have done with that time and that helps keep me away. Whatever works for you.
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FPS and MMO, two totally different animals
 
Originally posted by: Malladine
Originally posted by: franksta
I used to have a serious problem with Counter-Strike. I've since toned down my addiction to just an hour every few days or so. I just think of all the constructive things I could have done with that time and that helps keep me away. Whatever works for you.
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FPS and MMO, two totally different animals
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Very different.

MMORG have the big advantage of 'wanting' you to level and get new 'stuff' whilst the FPS is the same over with different stuff. You don't gain anything 'new' by killing monsters for 10hrs 😛

Koing
 
It's good that you uninstalled WoW. It's silly paying $15/month on top of paying for the game itself 😀 Also, now you'll have more time to play rugby and spend more time with your girlfriend.
 
Originally posted by: Malladine
Originally posted by: franksta
I used to have a serious problem with Counter-Strike. I've since toned down my addiction to just an hour every few days or so. I just think of all the constructive things I could have done with that time and that helps keep me away. Whatever works for you.
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FPS and MMO, two totally different animals
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Agreed, but I tried Everquest and I had about 30 days of total play time. The draw of the all powerful weapon or armour didn't get me. My point was that I wasted a lot of time playing games.
 
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