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kirby007 on 01 March 2009

I love WoW my first encounter 3 days ago resulted in 3 days with 9+ hours playing



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Naum on 01 March 2009

Two people from work seems addicted to this game, it's the only thing they talk about all day and one of them I'm sure play this game atleast 5-6 hours a day.



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famousringo on 01 March 2009

I just don't think it's fair to say that when there are no chemical dependancies involved. I played a helluva lot of WoW, but quitting was easy and painless.

Of course, I had methodone (Wii).



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Dallinor on 01 March 2009

I'm going cold turkey at the moment.



 

Carl on 01 March 2009

Nuff said



                            

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peshkavus on 01 March 2009

World of Warcrack

I remember I was just to try out the demo but then as soon as I reached lvl 10 I wanted mooare! lvled up to 80 in 3 mos, I'm just glad I learned how to quit before its too late thanks to EQ...



Phendrana on 01 March 2009

I love cocaine!



Alby_da_Wolf on 01 March 2009
Phoenix_Wiight said:
i dont think people are as obsessed as halo 3 than wow, not even close.

wow actually has depth, while halo is playing online and doing the same thing over and over (not saying its bad, saying its very different.)

people actually waste their life over their wow, while many people play halo 3 much more casually

And Halo 3 has an identifiable hero, Master Chief that's distinct from the player, so it can generate more easily fans than addicts, as WoW and other online RPG do, because in them you can generate your ideal character and make it your alter-ego. It must be said that any good RPG with a persistent world presents this risk, there are more cases involving WoW because it's currently the most successful and it has a user base very larger than previous games. When UO was the most successful MMORPG, it was involved in the majority of online gaming addiction cases.

 



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libellule on 01 March 2009
famousringo said:
I just don't think it's fair to say that when there are no chemical dependancies involved. I played a helluva lot of WoW, but quitting was easy and painless.

Of course, I had methodone (Wii).

 

 u dont use a drugg, thatis true

but there are still molecule in urbrain that are released and act when u are playing WoW

Of course, I can't prove it, but I really really think there are some molecular pattern involved in any addiction phenomenon including video games.



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Orca_Azure on 01 March 2009

WoW was alright but I never had that "addicted" feeling. Even at lvl 60 (before lvls were upgraded) i didn't feel the need to play all night. I guess I'm immune to cocaine :D!