Comments on: Yet Another Post About Addiction http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/07/18/yet-another-post-about-addiction/ a group of adventurers on an epic quest Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:37:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jaketh http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/07/18/yet-another-post-about-addiction/#comment-23083 Jaketh Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:20:49 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1133#comment-23083 Great post, The social experience is whats so great about wow, on off nights its fun to hang around in vent/ts and chat it up with the guildies, its very similar to softball/bowling leagues that many people are involved in. You have scheduled raids, meetings, and social gatherings. Just like everything else we do in life we choose to do it with friends, wow is no different. Great post,
The social experience is whats so great about wow, on off nights its fun to hang around in vent/ts and chat it up with the guildies, its very similar to softball/bowling leagues that many people are involved in. You have scheduled raids, meetings, and social gatherings.

Just like everything else we do in life we choose to do it with friends, wow is no different.

]]> By: Link http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/07/18/yet-another-post-about-addiction/#comment-23079 Link Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:54:19 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1133#comment-23079 Good post. It takes balls to talk openly about your problems in public like you did. You recognize some behavior you're not happy with. I hope you find a good balance between work, life, and games. Sorry to sound like a downer, we've all been there and I know how you're feeling. Good post. It takes balls to talk openly about your problems in public like you did. You recognize some behavior you’re not happy with. I hope you find a good balance between work, life, and games. Sorry to sound like a downer, we’ve all been there and I know how you’re feeling.

]]> By: Capn John http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/07/18/yet-another-post-about-addiction/#comment-23078 Capn John Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:43:32 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1133#comment-23078 Several times I've rolled toons on other WoW servers but time & time again I've come back to my original server and the people I've never met IRL but who have become closer than the handful of friends that I have met. We chat via Vent, we run Instances, we help each other out with quests, mats, items, etc. I played the LOTRO trial and while it was fun to some degree, w/o my old guildmates there I just didn't enjoy it. So I'm still playing WoW and have been leveling an Alt, a Gnome Warrior, who's now 65 and just a few levels behind my Main, a Dwarf Hunter, who's been slacking off at 68, although he came out of semi-retirement lately to level Mining because my Warrior is a Blacksmith and I've been trying to max it out, so I need metal & stone, lots of them. For me, at least, there's still a lot to do in WoW, but what makes the game so appealing is the social aspect of it. So when I come home I can do something requiring a little more interaction than sitting on the couch watching the TV, I can hang out with real people (in the comfort of my living room) doing something we all enjoy. Several times I’ve rolled toons on other WoW servers but time & time again I’ve come back to my original server and the people I’ve never met IRL but who have become closer than the handful of friends that I have met. We chat via Vent, we run Instances, we help each other out with quests, mats, items, etc.

I played the LOTRO trial and while it was fun to some degree, w/o my old guildmates there I just didn’t enjoy it.

So I’m still playing WoW and have been leveling an Alt, a Gnome Warrior, who’s now 65 and just a few levels behind my Main, a Dwarf Hunter, who’s been slacking off at 68, although he came out of semi-retirement lately to level Mining because my Warrior is a Blacksmith and I’ve been trying to max it out, so I need metal & stone, lots of them.

For me, at least, there’s still a lot to do in WoW, but what makes the game so appealing is the social aspect of it. So when I come home I can do something requiring a little more interaction than sitting on the couch watching the TV, I can hang out with real people (in the comfort of my living room) doing something we all enjoy.

]]> By: zurn http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/07/18/yet-another-post-about-addiction/#comment-23077 zurn Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:07:21 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1133#comment-23077 "the lack of a job is the biggest risk to my continued enjoyment of WoW." Not really. Wow is dirt cheap, as entertainments go. Pennies a day! (Well, about fifty pennies, but still.) “the lack of a job is the biggest risk to my continued enjoyment of WoW.”

Not really. Wow is dirt cheap, as entertainments go. Pennies a day! (Well, about fifty pennies, but still.)

]]> By: Pvthudson http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/07/18/yet-another-post-about-addiction/#comment-23076 Pvthudson Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:13:46 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1133#comment-23076 Its not, and thats why most people I used to know still havent left Everquest 1. It happens I agree. But not even friends could keep me in WoW. Its not, and thats why most people I used to know still havent left Everquest 1. It happens I agree. But not even friends could keep me in WoW.

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