Just quited WoW...Need help.

So just recently quit WoW , Had a full epic 70 warrior , raided ALOT , ( guild was downing bosses in scc/eye )

But i decided to quit , reason why is i coudnt keep playing a game that req. me to play 5-6hrs a day so i can progress. Even tough i was having a lot of fun it just was about time...

And quiting WoW is no easy task , so i tryed selling my account , which got me baned but whatever.

Since im having a lot of trouble quiting , all that is in my mind is WoW.

Can anyone suggest me things to do to get my mind off it? things to do in the gaming aspect. I already go out every other day , but that still isnt cuting it. what i need is another game.

So this is mainly for the people who also have quited WoW , what did you do to make it easyer?

i know this sounds like im some 12year old kid crying about it , but the fact is that this game is a very addictive game and its real hard to quit it , so im asking for help =/

Nope, I've tried everything like that

You want to know how? Stay off the internet as much as you can, hell if have a console go to there

Or you can find game that suits your interests

It's hard but you'll make it, I did it and so can you

yeah get a life :P

or just play F.E.A.R. Combat or CS

yeah get a life :P

or just play F.E.A.R. Combat or CS

PredatorRules

Ergh its true...when i use to not play WoW i was much much more social

but i hate to admit it , and this is yet another reason why i quit WoW but at times i put WoW infront of my friends

as in at times when they called me asking lets go out ive replyed saying i cant casue i had a raid that day

Well problem is my PC is crap...

1gig ram , 2x 2.8ghz but 128mb crap gfx card... so what i was hoping for is a free online game. ( already have cs , gunz and AA )

casue im saving the rest of my money for the games that are coming out in fail ( on the 360 )

It's not that hard really, just keep remebering how much it would suck to have to relevel and do everything all over again, not to mention how bad the end game is overall.

Find a new game, personally I started playing my 360 more and I can do so in a casual manner with like an hour or two a day in various places. Or you can always try reading :D that seems to get people out of games pretty fast.

I wouldnt suggest replacing one addiction with another. bunchofpixels

Yeah but i doubt any other game out there req. you playing 5-6hrs a day to stay up with the game

or nevermind that , play 3-4hrs a day just to be able to really progress at all

i know how u feel, i still do after i quited for 4-5months now, i cant find any game that make your time pass fast like WoW, i didnt find any game that make u lose the feeling of time" thats how i describe a good game".

to remove this feeling try to play any other game, and try new things but if u really want something to keep it away from your mind geta GF they are the best at these things.

i still want to play WoW. but am still holding my self this is my 3rd try to stop it..and am doing good so far

"control your self" is the key word :)

''I just quit WoW. Need help.'' lol Try rehab. :P

At least now you can save the money for better games.:)

i know how u feel, i still do after i quited for 4-5months now, i cant find any game that make your time pass fast like WoW, i didnt find any game that make u lose the feeling of time" thats how i describe a good game".

to remove this feeling try to play any other game, and try new things but if u really want something to keep it away from your mind geta GF they are the best at these things.

i still want to play WoW. but am still holding my self this is my 3rd try to stop it..and am doing good so far

"control your self" is the key word :)

savage1903

Well i already have a GF...but i mean not to brag or try to seem cool , but im not really into the love aspect , i just wanna "use em" since at my age , there really isnt "true love" ( 17years old )

i mean i still go to partys and etc. its not like im home all day , but the problem comes when i am home , i have nothing to do at all. i play ball , but thats like a hour a day and i dont have a job at this age

[QUOTE="savage1903"]

i know how u feel, i still do after i quited for 4-5months now, i cant find any game that make your time pass fast like WoW, i didnt find any game that make u lose the feeling of time" thats how i describe a good game".

to remove this feeling try to play any other game, and try new things but if u really want something to keep it away from your mind geta GF they are the best at these things.

i still want to play WoW. but am still holding my self this is my 3rd try to stop it..and am doing good so far

"control your self" is the key word :)

Acez626

Well i already have a GF...but i mean not to brag or try to seem cool , but im not really into the love aspect , i just wanna "use em" since at my age , there really isnt "true love" ( 17years old )

i mean i still go to partys and etc. its not like im home all day , but the problem comes when i am home , i have nothing to do at all. i play ball , but thats like a hour a day and i dont have a job at this age

Well problem is my PC is crap...

1gig ram , 2x 2.8ghz but 128mb crap gfx card... so what i was hoping for is a free online game. ( already have cs , gunz and AA )

casue im saving the rest of my money for the games that are coming out in fail ( on the 360 )

Acez626

Ha! You got that right, the games that are coming out in FAIL on the 360.. gg :P

I quit WoW pretty easy.. when TBC came out and I've hardly even thought of playing it since..

Wow an amazing amount of people reading the first 2 lines of his first post then posting 'LOL GET A LIFE/GF'.

We've already established he a) has a girlfriend and b) has a life. He has a few hours to burn in the evenings like most people, and he used to play WoW but wants a new game - kay?

When I got a full time job I decided to quit WoW, I almost missed it for two weeks but then that went away. I see my brother and sister playing every now and then and I remember how crap it was - there's no good reason why you should need to grind for 2 hours just so you can attend a raid!

If your computer has the specs you're telling us you might want to try some games you never played which were released around years 2000 - 2006. Diablo 2, Deus Ex, Baulders Gate 2, Half Life and all its variants, Far Cry spring to mind. Speaking of which you can get Far Cry free now (contains adverts)so may be a good choice!.

I personally play Battlefield 2142 in a clan a few times a week now, takes way less time and rewards me more fun. Unfortunately you'd need to upgrade your hardware to run modern games really, as you're falling out of the minimum spec bracket :(

Find games with good stories that don't suck - suggestions as follows: Half-Life 2, Shadow of the Colossus, F.E.A.R., Company of Heroes, Bioshock. I doubt you'll ever look back once you play games like those :)MyopicCanadian

Half Life 2's storyline sucked, buddy...so did F.E.A.R.'s. Those games revolved only on gameplay, not storyline.

[QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"]Find games with good stories that don't suck - suggestions as follows: Half-Life 2, Shadow of the Colossus, F.E.A.R., Company of Heroes, Bioshock. I doubt you'll ever look back once you play games like those :)Skullheart

Half Life 2's storyline sucked, buddy...so did F.E.A.R.'s. Those games revolved only on gameplay, not storyline.

Please don't state an opinion like a fact.

I'd say you just need to stop sleeping. so tat whay you can have a life and play wow!!

So just recently quit WoW , Had a full epic 70 warrior , raided ALOT , ( guild was downing bosses in scc/eye )

But i decided to quit , reason why is i coudnt keep playing a game that req. me to play 5-6hrs a day so i can progress. Even tough i was having a lot of fun it just was about time...

And quiting WoW is no easy task , so i tryed selling my account , which got me baned but whatever.

Since im having a lot of trouble quiting , all that is in my mind is WoW.

Can anyone suggest me things to do to get my mind off it? things to do in the gaming aspect. I already go out every other day , but that still isnt cuting it. what i need is another game.

So this is mainly for the people who also have quited WoW , what did you do to make it easyer?

i know this sounds like im some 12year old kid crying about it , but the fact is that this game is a very addictive game and its real hard to quit it , so im asking for help =/

Acez626

You could try out Guild Wars. It's a fantastic series with an actual storyline.

when i quated ( yea i made that up) i use to think of how much it sucked to play those long days for no real gain ( life that is ) glad i stopped before highschool graduation . kept my gpa in the 3.5+ and started school and a kept a GF without wow. thing is to realize thats its just a game that gives you no real gain.
blackacidevl

PLEASE READ: (from someone who truly cares for you)

The way I personally quit (I also had Epiced 70 lock and rogue, in a mag + guild) was to come to realize that all I was playing for was nothing. The game is in the end pointless, blizzard does not care about you, just your money, when you buy the game, you are not buying it, you are making a down-payment to rent blizzards property.

You are continuing to pay on month after month for blizzards property. But the MAIN THING that helped me quit was to realize, everything you are working on for 5-6 hours a day raiding and such is that it will all slowly become useless in the future expansion and patchs. EVERYTHING YOU WORKED YOUR BUTT OFF FOR, will be thrown away.

I worked through every tier of armor almost up to 5, and it all has been replaced, and will continue to be replaced. I do NOT say this to piss you off, just to help you get your mind off the game, it really helped me. And I LOVE the feeling of not wanting to play WoW when I get home everyday from school and work.

I hope you stay sober of WoW, its a bad obsession, its ruined many friendships for me.

Ok, i have never played WoW and have no intention of doing so. But i have read a few threads like this and i really dont udnerstand. Its a game. Thats it. Like, hell. Your character levels up in games like Sacred, but ya dont sit there playing it for hours on end just to level up or whatever. I really have no grounds for much of an opinion. So feel free not to lay me out for it.

Thing is i just dont understand it, thats all.

That sucks man. i think i just quit WoW cause i CANT stand it anymore... and im only a level 41 NE warrior :P

its slow, it requires WAY too much time, and i have firmly established with myself that the RPG genre is NOT for me.

i just upgraded my computer from 128mb of video memory to 512mb for 100 bucks and now im getting in A LOT more time with games that i always wanted to play but never could... i can even run Bioshock on high settings really well!

i give my support in that you find a way out of this addiction, cause any addiction is bad news. Good luck man!

dude.. i used to play too much pc in general..

All weekend, every weekend i used to.

started up a sport.. got a job.. and got in a band ;).. and pc is just borign now.. no excitement in it whatsoever..

Theres my input for ya anyway haha.. find other thigns to do liek that.. cant say i have been in your position with WoW, because i onyl played it for abotu 2 months and it wasnt a game that appealed to me very much, but its worth lookign into other stuff liek that.

[QUOTE="bunchofpixels"]I wouldnt suggest replacing one addiction with another. Acez626

Yeah but i doubt any other game out there req. you playing 5-6hrs a day to stay up with the game

or nevermind that , play 3-4hrs a day just to be able to really progress at all

Get a life, friends, or whatever dude. Sorry, but your story sounds really pathetic...

And seriously, the LAST thing you need is "another game". The thing you need is some self control! Before you even think about playing another game, you need to learn what moderation and self respect is.

WoW is not the problem, the lack of self control and respect for yourself is. Fix yourself, and dont blame it on the game...

Get a life, friends, or whatever dude. Sorry, but your story sounds really pathetic...

And seriously, the LAST thing you need is "another game". The thing you need is some self control! Before you even think about playing another game, you need to learn what moderation and self respect is.

WoW is not the problem, the lack of self control and respect for yourself is. Fix yourself, and dont blame it on the game...

dnuggs40

Bout time sum1 nailed it. I tried to in my post but was at work and not thinking properly. SELF CONTROL FTW. Well put dnuggs

Well.I played it for a year and i probably was lucky if i played 6 hours a week....I could see how someone could get hooked if the ultimate goal was uber everything but to me the combat was really simplistic and The PvP was a joke..

mind you that was right after it came out but unless it's changed I find it pretty boring..I would think a challenging single player RPG might be just the thing

Tom

[QUOTE="dnuggs40"]

Get a life, friends, or whatever dude. Sorry, but your story sounds really pathetic...

And seriously, the LAST thing you need is "another game". The thing you need is some self control! Before you even think about playing another game, you need to learn what moderation and self respect is.

WoW is not the problem, the lack of self control and respect for yourself is. Fix yourself, and dont blame it on the game...

anandram

Bout time sum1 nailed it. I tried to in my post but was at work and not thinking properly. SELF CONTROL FTW. Well put dnuggs

No need to be harsh, you areright about the self control, butthe game is some of the problem, it's extremely addictive. Sounds like you have never played the game the way you speak

[QUOTE="anandram"][QUOTE="dnuggs40"]

Get a life, friends, or whatever dude. Sorry, but your story sounds really pathetic...

And seriously, the LAST thing you need is "another game". The thing you need is some self control! Before you even think about playing another game, you need to learn what moderation and self respect is.

WoW is not the problem, the lack of self control and respect for yourself is. Fix yourself, and dont blame it on the game...

SonKev

Bout time sum1 nailed it. I tried to in my post but was at work and not thinking properly. SELF CONTROL FTW. Well put dnuggs

No need to be harsh, you areright about the self control, butthe game is some of the problem, it's extremely addictive. Sounds like you have never played the game the way you speak

Yup, played it for 8 months and have a lvl 60 warrior (lvl 60 was max when I played) and a few mid level toons. I just understand how to manage my time, and wouldn't make exscuses if I did become obsessed. It's a game for crying out loud...

[QUOTE="SonKev"]

[QUOTE="anandram"][QUOTE="dnuggs40"]

Get a life, friends, or whatever dude. Sorry, but your story sounds really pathetic...

And seriously, the LAST thing you need is "another game". The thing you need is some self control! Before you even think about playing another game, you need to learn what moderation and self respect is.

WoW is not the problem, the lack of self control and respect for yourself is. Fix yourself, and dont blame it on the game...

dnuggs40

Bout time sum1 nailed it. I tried to in my post but was at work and not thinking properly. SELF CONTROL FTW. Well put dnuggs

No need to be harsh, you areright about the self control, butthe game is some of the problem, it's extremely addictive. Sounds like you have never played the game the way you speak

Yup, played it for 8 months and have a lvl 60 warrior (lvl 60 was max when I played) and a few mid level toons. I just understand how to manage my time, and wouldn't make exscuses if I did become obsessed. It's a game for crying out loud...

I too have played it...so the point you made sonkev is irrelevant imho. Its addictive yes, but i too have self control and realise that ITS ONLY A GAME. I think people need to grasp this concept if they are to remove their bad habits. Note i said bad habits because excessive use of a game is a habit, not an "addiction". The harshness dnuggs used was valid imho and refreshing to see that at least someone in this thread has the idea of "its only a game", nailed down. The rest with their "helpful insights" and "ways to cure his addiction" are not helping the TC by offereing advice as though they were psychologists. Its simple - have some self control and a reality check. Sorry if i too am being harsh, but its not about sugar coating in this instance.

[QUOTE="Skullheart"]

[QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"]Find games with good stories that don't suck - suggestions as follows: Half-Life 2, Shadow of the Colossus, F.E.A.R., Company of Heroes, Bioshock. I doubt you'll ever look back once you play games like those :)MyopicCanadian

Half Life 2's storyline sucked, buddy...so did F.E.A.R.'s. Those games revolved only on gameplay, not storyline.

Please don't state an opinion like a fact.

Don't know about HL2, but for F.E.A.R. the devs even said there's not much of a storyline. They just threw things in to give suspense and keep folks guessing. This became quite clear in F.E.A.R. XP.

So that much is a fact.

There is something wrong with you mentally if you are having withdrawl from a damn video game. Go seek help elsewhere. A profesional therapist is the place to do this not the gamepot forums.