Kids hopelessly addicted to World Of Warcraft

[Chairman Meow]

I think a parent has to do some of the work. Maybe take the kids swimming, or to the park to fly kites, maybe a cycle ride, a day trip.

WoW is just a game, although a very good one with lots of *different* things that can be done while playing. Thing is, doing real stuff is fun too, with grown-ups who've got the time for you and take an interest.

I couldn't agree more. My sprog will drop any game if one of us will do something with him, swimming, baking a cake, anything like that. He is only six though - I suspect older children might be a bit more difficult.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

They are graphical chatrooms, with tasks and goals and such. Not unsocial affairs, just a different kind of social thing.

54 people all playing together to acheive goals within the game, chatting on screen, on Teamspeak or Ventrillo or whatever. Massive competition from other Guilds and players etc etc...

I think the fact that you can never "complete" the game makes it compelling. There's always another level to gain and you really feel an "ownership" of the char.

WoW has an evil genius for pushing all of the "reasons to do things" buttons, at least in a large number of people - you can be social but you don't have to be (except at the highest levels), there's always a task to do that's clearly visible and explained and can be completed, and gets you not only a reward (collecting stuff is always popular) but also to somewhere new (exploring is always popular) where new tasks are offered... it takes concentration sometimes, but not so frequently or so much that you can't play it for hours straight... it's competitive, but not so much in PvP terms, more PvW and "I'm higher level than you are", and not so competitive that if you're starting out you're put off.

I used to tell my flatmate, whose husband was (and probably still is) a WoW addict, that if she wanted to get him to take the bins out she should hang an exclamation mark over her head and then email him a picture of a sword when he'd done it.

 

[Yetman]

I’ve never played this, or even seen anyone play it, it sounds nerdy as fuck.

Is there one person who’s the highest level best in the world kinda thing? Who goes to all the conventions (or not…) and gets worshipped by all the nerdlings, but in real life he’s a sad 40 year old virgin who lives with his mum and wears ironed socks and actually takes pride in wearing the Christmas jumpers he got from his nan for xmas? Cos that’s not too bad I suppose – nerds have to be given a chance to be someone as well.

But these kids should not be allowed to use it until they are definitely classified as nerds, otherwise good, decent people could be lost to this madness. Forever.

 

[tommers]

I used to tell my flatmate, whose husband was (and probably still is) a WoW addict, that if she wanted to get him to take the bins out she should hang an exclamation mark over her head and then email him a picture of a sword when he'd done it.

 

[wishface]

I’ve never played this, or even seen anyone play it, it sounds nerdy as fuck.

Is there one person who’s the highest level best in the world kinda thing? Who goes to all the conventions (or not…) and gets worshipped by all the nerdlings, but in real life he’s a sad 40 year old virgin who lives with his mum and wears ironed socks and actually takes pride in wearing the Christmas jumpers he got from his nan for xmas? Cos that’s not too bad I suppose – nerds have to be given a chance to be someone as well.

But these kids should not be allowed to use it until they are definitely classified as nerds, otherwise good, decent people could be lost to this madness. Forever.

any more stereotypes you want to chuck out there?

 

[kained&able]

WoW is evil and shouldn't be allowed. Bsack in the days of D&D epople had to actully know a few people to get a game. These days you just need a phone line.

Was always vaguely tempted with the star wars type online one of these but luckily it was shite so i never bothered. I really don't like the idea of paying a subscription to play a game either. Considering all the grief sky got for box office/pay per view type stuff i'm suprised so many people have accepted this.

dave

 

[Kanda]

I’ve never played this, or even seen anyone play it, it sounds nerdy as fuck.

Is there one person who’s the highest level best in the world kinda thing? Who goes to all the conventions (or not…) and gets worshipped by all the nerdlings, but in real life he’s a sad 40 year old virgin who lives with his mum and wears ironed socks and actually takes pride in wearing the Christmas jumpers he got from his nan for xmas? Cos that’s not too bad I suppose – nerds have to be given a chance to be someone as well.

But these kids should not be allowed to use it until they are definitely classified as nerds, otherwise good, decent people could be lost to this madness. Forever.

I was ranked 6th at one point (Everquest not WoW!)

I was getting laid nightly, not a fat keyboard kid, 30 ish and healthier than I am since I quit! active social life, living in a rather lovely loft apartment and holding down a rather well paid job...

Is that what happens when I get to 1st?? God, I'm glad I quit!!

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I’ve never played this, or even seen anyone play it, it sounds nerdy as fuck.

Is there one person who’s the highest level best in the world kinda thing? Who goes to all the conventions (or not…) and gets worshipped by all the nerdlings, but in real life he’s a sad 40 year old virgin who lives with his mum and wears ironed socks and actually takes pride in wearing the Christmas jumpers he got from his nan for xmas? Cos that’s not too bad I suppose – nerds have to be given a chance to be someone as well.

But these kids should not be allowed to use it until they are definitely classified as nerds, otherwise good, decent people could be lost to this madness. Forever.

Have you seen the south park about it? Genius!

 

[bluestreak]

Well, it keeps them off the streets at least. Perhaps the government should invest in a gangster version and hand free disks to ASBO yoot like fucking AOL. Queue a generation of troublemakers living a vicarious life and rotting away on computers rather than raping the homeless and stealing grannies.

 

[Gromit]

Wow wrecked my life. I found it near impossible to give up and all i thought about was playing wow. When I was a way from wow I couldn't wait to get back so I could go back on. I had mates who played and all we talked about was wow.

Honestly get your kids to give it up or they will fail their exams and end up with a McJob.

Suggest buying an xBox 360 or something so that they can still get a gaming fix.

The difference with a 360 is that its a lot easier to put down than a MMORPG. No need to grind. No long instances. Etc.

 

[Yetman]

I was ranked 6th at one point (Everquest not WoW!)

I was getting laid nightly, not a fat keyboard kid, 30 ish and healthier than I am since I quit! active social life, living in a rather lovely loft apartment and holding down a rather well paid job...

Is that what happens when I get to 1st?? God, I'm glad I quit!!

How did you find time to get that good?!?! Arent there millions of people in the world playing it all the time?

.....can you hack into it? That could get me some hardcore nerd pussy orgy shit goin on

Have you seen the south park about it? Genius!

Yes! Fucking brilliant

any more stereotypes you want to chuck out there?

Nah all the other stereotypes are too poor to afford the monthly fee

 

[Kanda]

How did you find time to get that good?!?! Arent there millions of people in the world playing it all the time?

.....can you hack into it? That could get me some hardcore nerd pussy orgy shit goin on

Over 2 years hardcore playing. I burnt out

 

[wishface]

problem with these games for me is that after a couple of weeks of intensive play, you've seen everything you are going to see and it just becomes one great big comedown. WoW just degenerated into utter tedium for me; running around crappy maps takes fucking hours between badly designed quests that make no sense. Honestly having to kill a hundred horned demons to get a fucking horn, which they all have, made no sense to me and I quickly got bored. Unfortuantely there's very little ele to comepte with them unless you own a console and like fps games. Either that or a real life. I guess it just shows the lack of stuff there is for people to occupy their times with these days what with school playing fields being sold to McDonalds and so forth.

 

[phildwyer]

it takes concentration sometimes, but not so frequently or so much that you can't play it for hours straight... it's competitive, but not so much in PvP terms, more PvW and "I'm higher level than you are", and not so competitive that if you're starting out you're put off.

A bit like U75 then?

 

[phildwyer]

Honestly having to kill a hundred horned demons to get a fucking horn, which they all have, made no sense to me and I quickly got bored.

See this is what I don't understand. Would it make more sense if you only had to kill ten demons? Or if you got something other than a horn? Or if they didn't all have horns? I don't think I grasp your logic here.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

See this is what I don't understand. Would it make more sense if you only had to kill ten demons? Or if you got something other than a horn? Or if they didn't all have horns? I don't think I grasp your logic here.

Get a free trial and try it yourself...

 

[Gromit]

Get a free trial and try it yourself...

Don't do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

In the past I've gotten several people hopelessly addicted via that suggestion...

 

[wishface]

There's a mission where you have to acquire 16 satyr horns, in order to do this you need to kill about 5 satyrs on average to find one that will drop a single horn you can then pick up. This makes the entire affair rather dull. It is quite a common form of quest. Unfortuantely there is no middle ground, and tht's the problem with the game. It's the tedium that kills it for me.

I woudl love to see a more innovative mmorg. I can't understand why these games can't implement a travel mechanism as per Oblivion where you open the map and click on a place to travel instantly.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

But that quest, in Ashenvale, will get you enough XP to go up at least 1/2 a level post patch 2.3 and if you so it when its a couple of levels above youwith a group its way more of a challenge. <--- you can see why I have had to DELETE WoW from my computer (although I havent deleted my toons, they are till in limbo)

 

[phildwyer]

There's a mission where you have to acquire 16 satyr horns, in order to do this you need to kill about 5 satyrs on average to find one that will drop a single horn you can then pick up.

Oh right, I see, yes that's obviously ridiculous. Why in my day you only needed five satyr horns and an elf's tail to get at least fifteen dragon scales and a witch's tooth. What's the world coming to?

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

l2p

 

[Kanda]

Oh right, I see, yes that's obviously ridiculous. Why in my day you only needed five satyr horns and an elf's tail to get at least fifteen dragon scales and a witch's tooth. What's the world coming to?

Fuck that. Go Raid instead of farming for shit. Boring boring boring

 

[Gromit]

Fuck that. Go Raid instead of farming for shit. Boring boring boring

I was in a clan where you had to:

a) Farm for minimum spec gear before you were allowed in specific raids
b) Follow a raid schedule
c) Farm yourself for personal buffs and portions
d) Farm on a specific day with the rest of the guild for mats for guild buffs and potions, handed out on specific raids to key players

It was a job not a game. But a job you could chat about to your mates and with your mates whilst doing it.

 

[Chairman Meow]

I was in a clan where you had to:

a) Farm for minimum spec gear before you were allowed in specific raids
b) Follow a raid schedule
c) Farm yourself for personal buffs and portions
d) Farm on a specific day with the rest of the guild for mats for guild buffs and potions, handed out on specific raids to key players

It was a job not a game. But a job you could chat about to your mates and with your mates whilst doing it.

Fucks sake. I don't even do that much work at work. Think I'll stick to my Nintendo.

 

[Kanda]

I was in a clan where you had to:

a) Farm for minimum spec gear before you were allowed in specific raids
b) Follow a raid schedule
c) Farm yourself for personal buffs and portions
d) Farm on a specific day with the rest of the guild for mats for guild buffs and potions, handed out on specific raids to key players

It was a job not a game. But a job you could chat about to your mates and with your mates whilst doing it.

This is why WoW sucks and Everquest wins

 

[Gromit]

This is why WoW sucks and Everquest wins

Nah made it more interesting.

In EQ all you do is farm gold and xp, gold and xp, gold and xp. Yawn.

Then buy kit from the market.

I played EQ for a while and never got hooked. Got bored. Gave up. Wow addicted me big time.

 

[Kanda]

Nah made it more interesting.

In EQ all you do is farm gold and xp, gold and xp, gold and xp. Yawn.

Then buy kit from the market.

I played EQ for a while and never got hooked. Got bored. Gave up. Wow addicted me big time.

I've never farmed in EQ. All time was spent raiding.

 

[wishface]

Hello my name is asodfhekjrtleuiryv would you like to buy some gold?

 

[wishface]

Oh right, I see, yes that's obviously ridiculous. Why in my day you only needed five satyr horns and an elf's tail to get at least fifteen dragon scales and a witch's tooth. What's the world coming to?

I blame the collapse of Kalimdoran Rock myself.