World of Warcraft addiction story.

Yep, its true. I am another one who gave their very self control away to WoW and unfortunately let it run my life.

But I have been happily sober for about 10 months. I can't believe the lock the game had on me. Waking up on a Saturday morning and staying in a 3 hour Alterac Valley (is that right?) battle because I didn't want a debuff. The game easily sucks you in. I was that the mall when day when i first was compelled to quit. I knew my time for WoW was running low and i would need to buy more, and I was going to. I had the box in hand and was eager to pop in the code and play. And I see the kid in front of me with a card box, a hat and a hoodie, and he gets charged something like $105!! It hit me there: I thought, 'What an idiot, he already pays $15 a month, why pay to give free advertising?' But, was I doing the same thing? I wasn't advertising for them, but 15 dollars a month?!?! Times a good SIX MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one needs that kind of cash. I put the box back and walked home. I played out my time and say bye to my 66 hunter who took 76 days from me along with other characters.

I think i was addicted for two reasons. I was never a hardcore raider, but i think it was the monthly fee that wanted me to get the most time on the game for my money and the fact that the universe of WoW kept moving while i wasn't on it.

I think you should play WoW until you're out or time, then just don't play. Wait until its free, its not worth the cash you pay. Just my thoughts.

I'm putting on the flame shield now, if your gonna say things like "Get some self control 10 year old" (I'm not ten) or "I can quit whenever i want, keep it to yourself." I am just sharing my opinion and trying to see if anyone agrees.

You've learned your lesson... until the next great online game comes out!

The only thing that kept me playing WOW, was the fact I had a RL friend playing it also, so I kinda felt like I had to log in often to play with them. But it is very fun playing with people you know, so I enjoyed it.

[QUOTE=Childeater10]I've heard alot of reasons for people getting addicted and I have to say this is by far the lamest reason... Ive heard of divorces, losing family/friends and even going to VGA... but over advertising? You have got to be kidding me.

It wasnt advertising, If you would have read it all, I realised i was spending WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much on wow. No one else feels its too much?

I often found myself getting drawn in to online games in the past. You you should ask yourself, if the monthly fee wasn't a problem would you do it? It begs a deeper question: What are we living for? In any case, gamingis an awesome way to relax and have some fun in an often stressful andrestless world, but keep it in moderation...

I've heard alot of reasons for people getting addicted and I have to say this is by far the lamest reason... Ive heard of divorces, losing family/friends and even going to VGA... but over advertising? You have got to be kidding me.Childeater10

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=t9LoL-KZcGg

Found this browsing random crap on Youtube. It's related I suppose, so I thought I'd post it.

Yep, its true. I am another one who gave their very self control away to WoW and unfortunately let it run my life.

But I have been happily sober for about 10 months. I can't believe the lock the game had on me. Waking up on a Saturday morning and staying in a 3 hour Alterac Valley (is that right?) battle because I didn't want a debuff. The game easily sucks you in. I was that the mall when day when i first was compelled to quit. I knew my time for WoW was running low and i would need to buy more, and I was going to. I had the box in hand and was eager to pop in the code and play. And I see the kid in front of me with a card box, a hat and a hoodie, and he gets charged something like $105!! It hit me there: I thought, 'What an idiot, he already pays $15 a month, why pay to give free advertising?' But, was I doing the same thing? I wasn't advertising for them, but 15 dollars a month?!?! Times a good SIX MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one needs that kind of cash. I put the box back and walked home. I played out my time and say bye to my 66 hunter who took 76 days from me along with other characters.

I think i was addicted for two reasons. I was never a hardcore raider, but i think it was the monthly fee that wanted me to get the most time on the game for my money and the fact that the universe of WoW kept moving while i wasn't on it.

I think you should play WoW until you're out or time, then just don't play. Wait until its free, its not worth the cash you pay. Just my thoughts.

I'm putting on the flame shield now, if your gonna say things like "Get some self control 10 year old" (I'm not ten) or "I can quit whenever i want, keep it to yourself." I am just sharing my opinion and trying to see if anyone agrees.

xDJxGodx

Saving 15 dollars every month hasn't exactly made me rich. I'd rather use it on a game that makes me happy ... and rightfully so! Blizzard completely revolutionized the gaming industry, as well as the online industry. Completely changed the way MMORPGs were made and they should be properly respected for that much. So anyone saying, "I hate WoW" or "WoW sucks" is clearly not a gamer and is obviously an idiot who speaks without logic.

[QUOTE=Childeater10]I've heard alot of reasons for people getting addicted and I have to say this is by far the lamest reason... Ive heard of divorces, losing family/friends and even going to VGA... but over advertising? You have got to be kidding me.xDJxGodx

It wasnt advertising, If you would have read it all, I realised i was spending WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much on wow. No one else feels its too much?

I got what I paid for, and I only played it for maybe 10 hours a week most of the time. Its cool, you got your reasons, I got mine. Im just happy youre not one of these p***ies who lost control of real life.

And as for the whole divorce thing, I think any relationship where the non-addicted partner gives up on someone because of a game is doomed to fail anyway. There may be love there, but there sure isnt any effort. If my college roommates girlfriend got him to quit doing cocaine, I think someone's wife could ge ttheir husband to stop playing WoW.

[QUOTE="xDJxGodx"]

Yep, its true. I am another one who gave their very self control away to WoW and unfortunately let it run my life.

But I have been happily sober for about 10 months. I can't believe the lock the game had on me. Waking up on a Saturday morning and staying in a 3 hour Alterac Valley (is that right?) battle because I didn't want a debuff. The game easily sucks you in. I was that the mall when day when i first was compelled to quit. I knew my time for WoW was running low and i would need to buy more, and I was going to. I had the box in hand and was eager to pop in the code and play. And I see the kid in front of me with a card box, a hat and a hoodie, and he gets charged something like $105!! It hit me there: I thought, 'What an idiot, he already pays $15 a month, why pay to give free advertising?' But, was I doing the same thing? I wasn't advertising for them, but 15 dollars a month?!?! Times a good SIX MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one needs that kind of cash. I put the box back and walked home. I played out my time and say bye to my 66 hunter who took 76 days from me along with other characters.

I think i was addicted for two reasons. I was never a hardcore raider, but i think it was the monthly fee that wanted me to get the most time on the game for my money and the fact that the universe of WoW kept moving while i wasn't on it.

I think you should play WoW until you're out or time, then just don't play. Wait until its free, its not worth the cash you pay. Just my thoughts.

I'm putting on the flame shield now, if your gonna say things like "Get some self control 10 year old" (I'm not ten) or "I can quit whenever i want, keep it to yourself." I am just sharing my opinion and trying to see if anyone agrees.

Ironfungus

Saving 15 dollars every month hasn't exactly made me rich. I'd rather use it on a game that makes me happy ... and rightfully so! Blizzard completely revolutionized the gaming industry, as well as the online industry. Completely changed the way MMORPGs were made and they should be properly respected for that much. So anyone saying, "I hate WoW" or "WoW sucks" is clearly not a gamer and is obviously an idiot who speaks without logic.

I stopped playing a while ago...I still want these 2500 hours of my life back, couldn't believe how big the number was the first time I added my play time. I absolutely have no intention of getting back into WoW thats for sure.