World of Warcraft sucks
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World Of Warcraft.
I can't even begin to tell you how much I loathe this game.
I was in a two year relationship with this guy who I will call Sean. The first few months of our relationship were almost magical. We would talk for hours on end, watch movies together, hang out with friends and do lots of things. Fast forward to month 8. Christmas day. His father bought him the game that will change the feel of our relationship. The change was so bad that I finally had to end it after enduring a year and four months of utterly annoying torturous blabber about how his rouge is level sixty eight! or how mad he was his team mates left a raid. The rest of our relationship revolved around tiresome chit chats about his ability to sore through the world. He became totally uninterested in anything I had to talk about. Sex was out of question and he would barely kiss me. Our time together daily was spent with him on his computer playing games while I'd sit there watching. Some days he would realize how unbelievably bored I was and would stop playing the game to spend some time with me. Those days were hell. I would have much rather him be on the game instead of complaining that I wouldn't allow him to play the whole time. He would get SO mad at me and when I offered to go home he'd say things like "I'll be sad if you leave. Don't go!" So I would stay and we'd end up getting into an argument that would end in "You knew I wanted to play" hello! I told him I would leave so he could go do that. Why did I put up with this for two years? I liked the guy. I knew who he was before the game changed him and I thought he would eventually revert back to his normal self. That never happened. Most people who I come into contact with who have played this game treat it as though it is a very addictive drug.
Another person I loved who became infected by the WOW bug was my good friend Michelle. She had a great apartment and would invite friends over for get togethers on weekends. She is twenty two years old and an absolute wow addict. I would see her a couple times a week with other friends and I even brought over someone I was dating one time to introduce them. It was awful. She would be on her alienware computer while all of her guests were on the couch bored out of our skulls. We would get drunk without her and she'd be sitting there with her wow headset on interacting with the people on the web rather than the people right in front of her. Sometimes she would even yell out remarks to her guests in order to make it seem like she wasn't a loser to her online friends. She was becoming one to us. To get to her place was not easy. It took us a couple of hours to get there only to be treated like strangers. It was a fun place to hangout but once she moved back in with her mother due to problems with the recession and the loss of her job she didn't really have anybody and when she couldn't afford to play her game anymore she tried contacting the people she let slip away. Some were happy to forgive but many others did not. I forgave her and now she has a new hook and that is star craft but she has learned not to let that game get in the middle of her real life relationships.
Do not get hooked on this game! It is a DRUG and will ruin your love life, your friend life, and the life in between if you can not get a handle on it.
Dr. phil even did a segment on this game:
His episode consisted of a woman who's husband would miss work some days just to play his game.
-If you have an enemy and want to destroy their social life then voila! you've found your niche buy then a year subscription to world of warcraft! Haha.
However its not all so terrible. There may also be a chance you might find a thirty five year old woman with an abusive husband and three children. Talk her into falling in love with you and moving in with her to another state; Just as my ex boyfriends nineteen year old friend did at the time. I hear he is quite miserable now a days.
*So my fellow hubbers if you know anybody who is currently suffering from WOW addiction get them help immediately and link them to this web page
http://www.wikihow.com/Break-a-World-of-Warcraft-Addiction
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That other article you link to is hilarious...but since the feedback interface is for articles located on THIS site, I'll have to settle for marking it as awesome. :)
I played the trial and was not impressed. Is it fun? Yes. Is it spectacular and an experience you can't get for free elsewhere nowadays? No.
In fact, I got bored after 3 days. I played a WoW clone about a year ago called Runes of Magic and did the grind for about 4 months. When I realized how much time I had spent and I hadn't reached the maximum level (level cap; which at the time was 50), I ragequit. Best decision ever. :D
Great hub! :D
Internet addictions are scarey things - they are so the norm of communication in todays era - that it is a hard habit to break - whether it be chatting - blogging - gaming or surfing -- IF and When I ever have someone in my life again I hope they smack me with the keyboard if I put it over them.... well maybe except for being here ;) Good post I loved it!
Great hub, I've seen friends sat in the dark playing this game all the time. I bet your ex will regret losing you over it :)
.....some of neighbors are Pagan witches and they have nightly bonfires on the beach where I live but I keep telling them to stop dismantling my cottage for purposes of using it as firewood .........
I find it difficult to blame a game for ruining people's lives. People ruin their own lives. Try spinning it this way; be grateful something like WOW came along to show you how lame of a person you were dating; a boyfriend that thought leveling in an MMORPG was more exciting than getting laid==FAIL.
I love WOW, but when I have to go to one of my 2 jobs, 4 classes, or any of my many random tasks around the house, I log off. I also play other games too, and go outside, in the sun. :)
It's sad when you loose something over an ridiculous addiction, but I honestly think it's more about the person than the game.
My 2 cents. :)
Addiction to most anything is bad. However, I'm going to approach your hub from the other side in order to attempt to prove a point.
I played WoW off and on from its very introduction in 2004 up until the end of 2010. During this entire period, I've been married, worked full-time, and have had two children introduced into my life.
Today, the only change is that I'm no longer playing World of Warcraft (I've finally grown bored of it and am pursuing some new interests.) My wife and I still love each other deeply, I spend as much time as I can with my kids, and I have never lost a job due to playing WoW.
I understand that groups like Wives Against World of Warcraft have a valid reason to hate the game, but the blame ultimately rests on the player. At any time, one can simply delete their account and WoW is gone from his or her life.
My friend plays that game like all the time,I think they get too wrapped up in it.When they are playing that thing forget having a conversation with them they make the game their world.
Great write up. The World of Warcraft can be addicting. Any video game can be addicting, but there is something about the World of Warcraft. I have friends who are so addicted to it.
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Great hub. Very informative and honest! Loved every word, thought and I could sense your devotion in your writing style. Thanks!
Came across this page when I was looking up warcraft. Hmm.
I do play warcraft, I used to play it and I still do now. Although I have to say I only limit myself to playing it once a week.
Yeah I have friends in real life who play this game as well and trust me it was hell! Everytime we go out for dinners and stuff like that the 1st thing they talked about was, yes, warcraft. It's like they just can't live without it!


















aware Level 2 Commenter 19 months ago
This needs to be heard .Good job on putting this out there.
Best wishes
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