[QUOTE="Im_single"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]
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GummiRaccoon
Realize how much time you have wasted sitting at a computer, on a chair watching television, or playing videogames Tell me, how is watching TV, or surfing a videogame website any more productive than playing WoW? Also I don't see how WoW is any more addictive than television or any other online videogame. Cataclysm is bringing a lot of new changes that seem to streamline the game, which is good because WoW has some archaic mechanics that need to go. Also I am very excited about the Vanilla world revamp, it actually gives me an excuse to play an alt.people don't die because they watch tv.
The carrot on a stick nature of MMOs lend themselves to being addictive on an entirely different level than fps/rts or whatever. Someone who is deemed a casual player in an MMO would be considered super hardcore in any other genre. People skip out on important events in their lives to attend raids for a chance for an item upgrade. Back when wow had its old honor system, people put their lives on hold for 3 months straight just to hit rank 14.
I played wow, and prior to playing, I considered myself a typical gamer, I played all the games that everyone else played, I chose gaming over watching tv. But then, playing wow in a raiding guild with 50% attendence for 1 year, I was considered a casual gamer. Over the course of a year, I played 4-5 hours a night for 3-4 days a week and people considered me casual. That's a part time job for christ sakes.
I've made some really cool friends playing wow, some of which I've met IRL at xpac midnight openings or as a stop on the way to blizzcon. However, I have seen people literally destroy real life relationships over this game, quit their job, stop going to school. There are people who play games too much and then there are MMO players. I have not seen a genre disrupt daily life for as many people as I have seen with MMOs.
You have a good point in some respects, but at the end of the day, your not being made to play this game, its your choice. I can understand though how addictive these sort of games are, like guild wars, i was really addicted to that, just because theres no end to what you can do, and titles on that game took an absolute age to achieve.. 
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