Ok, I gotta ask... What's the big deal with WoW?

[Matt2]

I have never played any Warcraft game, besides maybe 5 minutes total of Warcraft III.

I see people playing WoW all the time. It seems like everyone is doing it. At least 2-3 people in any starbucks at any time, at least 10 people a day at school and even my friends that dont know anything about computers play it. My buddy's 57 year old Dad smokes pot and then plays WoW.

I've also noticed that people who play it, dont just play it casually, they are obsessed.

Is there something I should know about this game? Does it mess with your brain like a hallucinogen or something?

I've never really stepped out of the world of FPS games on PC besides some Company of Heroes.

 

[Queasy]

You're missing not having a life.

 

[MustISO]

I played WOW with a free trial and didn't like it at all. I don't see what's so great about MMORPG's.

 

[BlancoNino]

Well Diablo 2 was popular, right? Well, WoW is literally about 1,000x bigger than Diablo 2. That's why it's so popular.

And no, people who play WoW do have a life...they just spend more of their at home life playing WoW instead of watching TV or neffing.

 

[fs5]

you get put on time sinks.
First it's the leveling time sink, then the raiding time sink, then the loot time sink.

In the end, it's not fun but since you've come all this way you just keep doing it.

A LOT of it has to do w/ the social aspect of it.

 

[BooGiMaN]

its kind of a mix between crack, mind control and a hamster wheel...you wouldnt understand....

 

[pontifex]

why do people like football, or Ford Mustangs, or strawberry ice cream, or AMD, or Metallica, or anything. there is nothing to get. either you like it or you don't. it's called personal preference. you people need to stfu about this sh!t and stop puttign people down for something they like.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: MustISO
I played WOW with a free trial and didn't like it at all. I don't see what's so great about MMORPG's.

Did you do any dungeons? Did you play the battlegrounds? Did you do any class-specific quests? Did you join a guild? Did you level up your professions?

If not, then you barely scratched the beginning levels of the game.

 

[wheresmybacon]

WoW is awesome. Only other game I think I played as obsessively was the original Quake/Quakeworld.

 

[SSSnail]

People ask me why I do it... I do et for the Hordes!!!

If it weren't for the Hordes, I would have no one to decimate .

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: pontifex
why do people like football, or Ford Mustangs, or strawberry ice cream, or AMD, or Metallica, or anything. there is nothing to get. either you like it or you don't. it's called personal preference. you people need to stfu about this sh!t and stop puttign people down for something they like.

You need to cool your jets there buddy.

I only asked because I see people playing it all the time. Its weird when your friends that give you crap for being into computers get obsessed with a computer game.

It seems like its a social phenomenon and I want to know what is so addicting about this game.

BooGiMaN just said it's a mix between crack and mind control... AND a hamster wheel?

Wouldnt you be curious?

 

[KillyKillall]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: MustISO
I played WOW with a free trial and didn't like it at all. I don't see what's so great about MMORPG's.

Did you do any dungeons? Did you play the battlegrounds? Did you do any class-specific quests? Did you join a guild? Did you level up your professions?

If not, then you barely scratched the beginning levels of the game.

Also, the game changes one you get up there in the high levels.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: pontifex
why do people like football, or Ford Mustangs, or strawberry ice cream, or AMD, or Metallica, or anything. there is nothing to get. either you like it or you don't. it's called personal preference. you people need to stfu about this sh!t and stop puttign people down for something they like.

I don't think the OP was putting WoW players down.

 

[MustISO]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: MustISO
I played WOW with a free trial and didn't like it at all. I don't see what's so great about MMORPG's.

Did you do any dungeons? Did you play the battlegrounds? Did you do any class-specific quests? Did you join a guild? Did you level up your professions?

If not, then you barely scratched the beginning levels of the game.

I didn't get very far into it. Just leveled up a little and quick.

 

[mercanucaribe]

You basically reposted my thread!

 

[Pause]

Originally posted by: KillyKillall

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: MustISO
I played WOW with a free trial and didn't like it at all. I don't see what's so great about MMORPG's.

Did you do any dungeons? Did you play the battlegrounds? Did you do any class-specific quests? Did you join a guild? Did you level up your professions?

If not, then you barely scratched the beginning levels of the game.

Also, the game changes one you get up there in the high levels.

Yeah they're right, the game changes do different looking cartoon crap graphics as you get higher and higher. It's so cool. Who needs saturday morning cartoons anymore when you can play an MMO that LOOKS like a cartoon and is filled with annoying children! yay

 

[CityShrimp]

I think one of the most attractive element of WoW is how nice the leveling curve is.
Also, they try to introduce new elements every 10 levels to keep you going (e.g. lvl 10 skills, lvl 40 mounts, etc.), which is often not present in other MMORPG's. Take Ragnarok Online, you play literally for months upon months, and your still only a n00b. That's too much commitment with little to no real progress.

Although, personally, I still think WoW is a waste of money, it's a lot better than other MMO's out there.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: pontifex
why do people like football, or Ford Mustangs, or strawberry ice cream, or AMD, or Metallica, or anything. there is nothing to get. either you like it or you don't. it's called personal preference. you people need to stfu about this sh!t and stop puttign people down for something they like.

I don't think the OP was putting WoW players down.

no, but we have threads like this like once a week or when someone posts a legit wow thread. you can't post a wow or mmorpg thread without some douchebag coming in and saying its addictive and ruins your life, don't play it!

posts like Pause's:
Yeah they're right, the game changes do different looking cartoon crap graphics as you get higher and higher. It's so cool. Who needs saturday morning cartoons anymore when you can play an MMO that LOOKS like a cartoon and is filled with annoying children! yay

 

[Jeeebus]

Join the online sensation

- Cartman

 

[essasin]

I have never played and I will leave it that way. Consider ourselves lucky.

 

[bcterps]

WoW doesn't really start until you're lvl 60. You only get a small taste of things if you didn't level up that far.

 

[BillGates]

Virgins need something to do in their spare time too, you know.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: benchiu
WoW doesn't really start until you're lvl 60. You only get a small taste of things if you didn't level up that far.

no, wow ends at 60 because all thats left is a raid and grindfest.

 

[Pause]

Originally posted by: benchiu
WoW doesn't really start until you're lvl 60. You only get a small taste of things if you didn't level up that far.

awesome!! so if you're a moderate to average player you have to play the game for a couple months or more..... BEFORE THE GAME REALLY STARTS?! The game fvcking sucks, admit it, and then go play eq2

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: Pause

Originally posted by: KillyKillall

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: MustISO
I played WOW with a free trial and didn't like it at all. I don't see what's so great about MMORPG's.

Did you do any dungeons? Did you play the battlegrounds? Did you do any class-specific quests? Did you join a guild? Did you level up your professions?

If not, then you barely scratched the beginning levels of the game.

Also, the game changes one you get up there in the high levels.

Yeah they're right, the game changes do different looking cartoon crap graphics as you get higher and higher. It's so cool. Who needs saturday morning cartoons anymore when you can play an MMO that LOOKS like a cartoon and is filled with annoying children! yay

wow someones bitter, that blue item you been grinding for didnt drop?

i for one like the unique look of WoW...better than some of the games that try the realistic-look approach...to me that looks silly...