WoW is so boring :P Anyways, I used to be addicted to MMORPG's. It's so hard due to teh community and the time you need. That is why I like consoles. You can save then go. Also I'm so over grinding, farming for gold/resources and leveling up multi characters.

That's really sad to see. The only addiction that has destroyed more lives recently is crystal meth.

It's a really fun game, at first. You know, you level up and whatnot (you can probably do the first 10 levels in a single sitting, if you wanted).

But then, every level after that is almost exponentially time-consuming. You don't really notice it, either, because you think by leveling up, you will have more fun in the future, or something. And then you hit level 70 and you dont have enough cool gear, or whatever.

So you just keep trying to get awesome gear.... or whatever. It's kinda like opium. The first time you do it, you get this awesome feeling, and then every subsequent time, you are chasin the dragon, or whatever.

It saddens me to see so many people on a gaming forum blame the game rather than the person. There is nothing about the game that forces you to play it so constantly. There is no physical addiction that could possibly take place since the game has no way of actually affecting your body chemistry, It is an entirely mental addiction which means it is the person not the game causing the addiction.

As to the divorce, well that is a problem with the marriage. I have, more than a few times, seen a MMORPG "cause" a problem in a relationship. Everytime it has happened though the excessive playing was a symptom of a bigger problem. Inevitably the one ditching the other to play games is just not happy in the relationship anymore. The person isn't ditching anyone to play the game specifically, but choosing to have fun rather than hang around the person they are dating because it sucks to be around them.

Sounds to me like they didn't have any problems until WoW was introduced into the relationship. I don't think there has to be any bigger problems, and I doubt that he chose WoW over her because it sucked hanging out with her. Sounds like he just got addicted. As a prior addict/alcoholic I can tell you, no matter how much you love someone and want to be with them, and no matter if your relationship is wonderful and you love spending time with eachother, your addiction will always win out, that is why it is called an addiction. You can't get enough of it.
Now I agree, the game isn't to be blamed, because tons of people play it and have no problems walking away. Those who already have predispositions to addiction, or have addictive personalities, are in for some trouble.
I have to disagree with there being a bigger problem that caused his harmful choices of gameplay over girlplay. There marriage was probably perfect, to an extent (everyone has their own problems every now and then), and then when WoW was introduced, the shit hit the fan fast, and everything went downhill fast like the Titanic.

And she was a gamer? Even worked for Blizzard in some capacity? The marriage could have stayed together if she had played WoW with him. I stopped after playing the beta for 3 months. I get it though. Video games ARE the best thing on earth after all. Don't even bring up parenthood. Video games are better than that.

Ridiculous... if you're not mature enough to play WoW, then don't play.....