Lost a friend to WoW

[TheGreatSatan]

One of my long time closest friends is gone. We used to hang out, but now all he does is play World of Warcraft. He's been in to it for 3 months now and is waaaay gone. He sometimes wakes up and starts playing. He plays while he eats, and probably dreams about it too. He lost his fiance to WoW and he's going to probably lose his job to it, because he felt it necessary to install it on a company PC. All day at work, he yaps and yaps about it, and none of it makes any sense to me. I don't get how an adult can get so crazy about a game. It is just a game right?





BTW, I'm a Moderator now!

[Zephik]

Well, if he loses his job then he won't be able to afford it. Maybe then he'll get a better perspective on life.

You could always drag him out by his feet and show him how much fun the real world can be. I used to play WoW nonstop because I didn't have anything better to do. I never did find anything more fun than WoW, but I don't play as much anymore because I've burnt out on it. Its just not fun anymore, so I have no reason to play.

Give him something better to do than play WoW, or just sit down with him and have a talk. If he out right refuses to listen, then he's not much of a friend is he? Leave him, then maybe someday he'll realize that he's all alone, and why? because of some video game.

or another option, join him and make the game for him a living hell. lol

[Spawn-Inc]

thats why i am never going to try that game, i already waste my life sitting at home, i don't need more reasons to do so.

hack his account or delete it?


Congrats on the new title!

also TGS in your "my System" you say you have a "Evercool Silver Knight w/refrigerant" there is no refrigerant in there, its just water, or did you mod it?

[Xpirate]

He probably will loose his job. People get annoyed with folks who have a one track mind. They could just use the fact that he installed a game on his machine as an excuse to let him go.

[xRyokenx]

That really sucks... as soon as I get another video card and can play something besides WoW, I'm done for a while. My dad plays all the time too, weekends, while working when he's on a conference call, etc. As fun as it is, it's not a very healthy game so it would seem... it's the kind of game where you can't play for only an hour and get somewhere. Blizzard says to take it in mediation but when they make it so the damn birds you're killing only "drop" the beaks you need at a 10% rate and you need 30 beaks, it's gonna take a while. I know I'm done... Crysis is much more fun anyway, lol.

I'd do what Zephik said, sit down and talk to him. SHOW him what you're seeing... and hopefully you can save him from totally destroying his real life and falling into a false reality... which sadly seems to be what WoW is for a lot of people.

Congrats on the moderator status.

[TheGreatSatan]

also TGS in your "my System" you say you have a "Evercool Silver Knight w/refrigerant" there is no refrigerant in there, its just water, or did you mod it?

I guess I considered their "8mm copper tube injected with anti-freeze" as refrigerant. Fixed

[.Maleficus.]

I've never been able to play any MMOs, and I couldn't be happier. They are stupid and time-consuming, not to mention they cost a monthly fee and take away any ounce of a life you had. Plus, WoW looks like crap anyway. It's got bad graphics and is just another fantasy MMO (IMO).

[Luke122]

Plus, WoW looks like crap anyway. It's got bad graphics and is just another fantasy MMO (IMO).

Maybe on your system. I think the graphics are actually quite nice.

[Greco101]

I tried WoW and hated it. It was waaay too cartoony.

[Luke122]

*sigh*
That's the point guys.. it's not supposed to look photorealistic.