I Got Hooked

[GOREgeouslyDecorated]

ok - so the other day I started playing World of Warcraft - then yesterday I started playing for a bit and next thing you know I had been playing for 5 hours straight - I know that doesnt sound like much to most gamers, but I have a very short attention span and I cant even surf the net for more than an hour before I have to get up and and do something else 'cos I get bored.... I have a feeling this is going to get much worse... LOL

[odims_sphere]

Same thing happened to me playing Guild wars. I've wanted to get in to W.O.W. but I'm afraid of it for this very reason.

[phee]

Same thing happened to me playing Guild wars. I've wanted to get in to W.O.W. but I'm afraid of it for this very reason.

I am stuck on Halo 2 right now....

Video games are so addictive to me.... I try to avoid them.... but every once and a while

[GOREgeouslyDecorated]

yea - Jon's training me on Quake too - dear Lord, I'm going to turn into a gamer.... someone save me now!!

[Marblez]

I understand that my Grandmother is currently addicted to World of Warcraft.

[GOREgeouslyDecorated]

YAY - so I'm not the only one, LOL

[odims_sphere]

I was also hooked on the SOCOM series to for the PS2.

And the Tony Hawk series, although this one is much more fun playing with Candy. We'd spend hours sitting on her loft in Iraq playing it and listening to industrial music. We prolly should have been sleeping, but eh. what the hell, it's just war.

[EAF (1)]

Haha I had a faint feeling that this thread was about WOW...lol

I like the game and it is addictive but my rbo is always on it...lol

So I have gotten addicted to Guitar Hero II...lol

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Having played warcraft for a year and a half, (and EverQuest before that for something like 6 years) I wouldn't fret to much just yet.

Once you reach a certain point the "newness" and "always something new to see and do" thing falls away because youve seen it all pretty much except a few very difficult end bosses. Once you hit max level, and have to start raiding 5 hours a night, every night to keep "progressing" and your STILL playing, then you are hardcore hooked.

Logging on to WoW every night, and either having to Main Tank or Main Tank AND lead a 20 to 40 person 5 hour or longer raid 6 nights a week for months on end... now that's some serious no-life having addiction. Shit, that sounds like me. Prior to TBC coming out i was something of a WoW expert.

What Race/Class are you ? Server?

[Msterbeau]

I'd rather have sex.

[EAF (1)]

Well for those of us who can't get laid...there is the one true love of video games!!! (or like in my case anime and manga...)

lol

XD

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Does it say on the box of video games somewhere that you cant play video games and get laid? We have to only do one or the other? I must have missed the memo.

[EAF (1)]

Haha...*was refering to self really* and no, no I cannot get laid...sorry...lol

XD

[GOREgeouslyDecorated]

Having played warcraft for a year and a half, (and EverQuest before that for something like 6 years) I wouldn't fret to much just yet.

Once you reach a certain point the "newness" and "always something new to see and do" thing falls away because youve seen it all pretty much except a few very difficult end bosses. Once you hit max level, and have to start raiding 5 hours a night, every night to keep "progressing" and your STILL playing, then you are hardcore hooked.

Logging on to WoW every night, and either having to Main Tank or Main Tank AND lead a 20 to 40 person 5 hour or longer raid 6 nights a week for months on end... now that's some serious no-life having addiction. Shit, that sounds like me. Prior to TBC coming out i was something of a WoW expert.

What Race/Class are you ? Server?

I'm a Troll/Rouge - my name on there is Goregeous - I have some high levels helping me - but I could use all the help I can get - 'cos they are not alwyas on.... I was on auto follow for a bit with Jon and I ended up leveling up - but some of the Quests I dont know where to go and google is no help....

[BrassFusion]

I understand that my Grandmother is currently addicted to World of Warcraft.

dude. sweet.

[Dubh Aingeal]

but some of the Quests I dont know where to go and google is no help....

Allakhazam is a great site for information (quests, mobs, items, etc)...

[Troy Spiral (13)]

I'm a Troll/Rouge - my name on there is Goregeous - I have some high levels helping me - but I could use all the help I can get - 'cos they are not alwyas on.... I was on auto follow for a bit with Jon and I ended up leveling up - but some of the Quests I dont know where to go and google is no help....

Wow a HORDE ROUGE. That's going to be a tough road for a newbie. First off most of the guides and such you'll find are more Alliance based, and rouges... They are fun for 1 vs 1 killing people, but for basically everything else there are so many of them that you basically have to beg to get a decent group unless you have 5 guys just standing around doing nothing that you already know and will basically just drag you along with them 24/7. Once you hit the high levels your really going to be pissed off trying to find groups. I'm not trying to talk you out of it, just know going into it that's a hard combination.

Server? Usual playtime of day?

and bookmark

http://www.thottbot.com/

Looking up items there, rather than asking people constantly in-game will help your wow understanding increase exponentially over the average noobie.

And right here is an amazing leveling guide when your not sure were to go:

http://www.wow-pro.com/node/739

It tells you exactly where to go, what to do and gives very good generalized tips on what to do and what not to do. It starts at level 21 though as level 1-20 are passed very rapidly. (it does list a 13-21 guide if you need it though)

[Head Wreck]

battlefield 2 still gets me going every time

theres something about hitting a player 1.3km away mapscale on first shot and killing outright, or completely decemating the enemy teams snipers with better tactics (dont sit in an obvious space and sneak away)

[Destroit]

ok - so the other day I started playing World of Warcraft - then yesterday I started playing for a bit and next thing you know I had been playing for 5 hours straight - I know that doesnt sound like much to most gamers, but I have a very short attention span and I cant even surf the net for more than an hour before I have to get up and and do something else 'cos I get bored.... I have a feeling this is going to get much worse... LOL

Oh...dear...gawd...NO! Deary, get yourself some help...ASAP before it's....too late. I've lost pretty much all of my friends to WoW and I refuse to pick up a copy for that reason. I have enough of an addiction to the Sims 2 lol. You need to try (it will be the hardest thing you've ever done) to turn off the computer and go to gamers rehab before there's no turning back :-P I actually had my friend Jeff try to SELL me characters. He whispers to me "hey, psst, you wanna buy my lvl 30 goblin" and I said "I'm sorry, I don't play WoW." He told me I should pick up a copy so I could buy his characters from him and I asked, "Jeff, so what you're telling me, is you SELL characters? Isn't that kind of like drug dealing?" Sheepishly he replies: "Well, yeah sorta, that's why you need to pick up a copy." I told him I had enough trouble spending money on other habits and called him a game-pusher

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Oh...dear...gawd...NO! Deary, get yourself some help...ASAP before it's....too late. I've lost pretty much all of my friends to WoW and I refuse to pick up a copy for that reason. I have enough of an addiction to the Sims 2 lol. You need to try (it will be the hardest thing you've ever done) to turn off the computer and go to gamers rehab before there's no turning back :-P I actually had my friend Jeff try to SELL me characters. He whispers to me "hey, psst, you wanna buy my lvl 30 goblin" and I said "I'm sorry, I don't play WoW." He told me I should pick up a copy so I could buy his characters from him and I asked, "Jeff, so what you're telling me, is you SELL characters? Isn't that kind of like drug dealing?" Sheepishly he replies: "Well, yeah sorta, that's why you need to pick up a copy." I told him I had enough trouble spending money on other habits and called him a game-pusher

Heh, it really is like drugs. No lie. The exact same type of personality that easily gets hooked on drugs get hooked on MMORPGs (games like wow) I should know, on and off I've been addicted to the games and i was, in years past although briefly addicted to different drugs. Its almost the exact same mentality.

If your someone that DOESNT have an "addictive personality" then i'd say have fun. But , if your someone like me... probably best if you can try and stay away from them. Hell, even The Sims has drug-addict like qualities. Because you never actually "win" you just get a little subtle reward every so often and so you have to keep going back for the higher-high.

Games like what HW references where you can actually "win" a match, are much better suited to people that are addiction prone. I've been trying to limit myself to just MTG: Online which i can play for 10 minutes , win or lose, and then be done.