What a load of rubbish...Yeah i understand its a very old subject but it still annoys me. People always blaming WoW for addiction its not the game its the person playing that lets themself get addicted. I meanhow the hell could it be the game? Is it tapping into some unknown part of the brain? Is there a little person inside saying play, play, play.
No Its the person. You see loads of people dismissing jack thompson for saying games cause violence (I dont say that games cause violence, once again i think its the person but for the sake of the argument) but if you asked them if wow causes game addiction theyll probably turn around and say yes it does, its basically the same stupid argument. You dont see claims of addiction from people playing Guild wars or Star wars galaxies, if it was the game then surely all mmos would have people addicted all over the place.
Although many parts of the game do require time like raiding and all that it is the persons choice if they want to start raiding, if they decide to play hours and hours for a piece of pixelated gear but then you cant go blaming WoW for that because its all down to peoples choices. Like when those two people were suing mcdese for making them fat, many people laughed that out because it was their choice to eat the food, its all about the persons choices to play the game, they arent forced to play, they arent told "We are going to eat your cookie and steal your cake if you dont play".
I play WoW, I admit it i love it and ill admit ive played far too long sometimes but its been my choice to sneak that extra hour in or continue in the dungeon for an extra 30 minutes. Maybe people think they under pressure to raid because they want the best gear, Well you dont. WoW is fun if you have the best gear or you have standard gear. And with the WotLk coming out next year Raiding is basically a waste of time.
So there you have thats my opinion on the subject, once again its my opinion.
Games dont cause addiction, people do.
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