World of Warcraft: How addicted are you?
Filed under: Gaming, Online Games | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: July 18, 2007 | 10 Comments
When people are asked “Are you addicted to World of Warcraft”? The answer most of the times seems to be yes. The thing is hard core gamers seem to become addicted to one certain game and stay faithful to it, I am not saying that this is a bad thing as we are all guilty of have one sort of addictions, and there are a lot worse than WoW.
I hear so many people complaining that their partners are addicted to WoW and that is affecting their home life.
How addicted are you? Let us know, sometimes it is not a bad thing, but sometimes being addicted to WoW can destroy families and friends.
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I do not believe that people can become “addicted” to a game. I think you can become “obsessed” with a game.
I am very obsessed with WoW, but not to the point where it is impacting my work or social life. I made a list of priorities and WoW is on that list, but it is not number one.
I get up early in the morning and do maintenance on my characters. I play WoW on my laptop during my lunch hour. After dinner I play for 2-3 hours 6 nights a week. One night a week is dedicated to going out with my friends (no WoW at all). Weekends I either play in the afternoon or the evening depending on my social schedule.
I take one continuing education class a week.
I hold down a full-time job. All of my household bills are paid. All of my household chores are done.
I make it a point to eat healthy. I make exercise a priority.
The difference between me and people who think they are addicted is that I take personal responsibility for my actions.
Some of my friends and family accuse me of being too consumed with WoW. I have three high-level characters and a stable of lowbies which I play purely for relaxation. I have a full-time job, a house, a husband, two grown (out-of-the-house) kids. I play at least some every day after work and a good portion of the weekend, and so does my spouse. I just got a good job evaluation, am ending a summer college class with an A, my household is in order, and I am watching my weight through good nutrition. Therefore, I tend to blow off the “addicted” comments in the knowledge that I am a mature adult who is fully capable of managing the various components of my life while entertaining myself through the game and my online friends however much I want. I have read the horror stories of people who are said to be addicted to WoW and suffering terrible consequences in their lives. WoW is a great game and very compelling, yes. But my guess is that most if not all of these people would have found some other “addiction” to fill the gap(s) in their lives that they are now allowing WoW to fulfill. In other words, they were probably inclined toward addictive behaviors and WoW just happened to be the activity they latched onto. Wow is not “bad” any more than casino gambling is “bad.” What is “bad” is the inability to take personal responsibility and keep your own behaviors in check.
I am not addicted to World of Warcraft. I am addicted to MMORPGs.
i am addica
is WoW a problem in my life?
i am 15 years old, i have a girl friend, i party with friends, i keep my self VERY in shape and healthy. but most importatly i do my best in school.
i play wow 3-4 hours a day, but i play on a highly competitive soccer team(practices 4X a weak) and work out, i do 1+ hour of anything educational a day, sutch as reading or just doing my homework. I spend time with my freinds and the Gf
but for some reason my mom takes WoW away from me and says i am addicted… i want to play WoW but idk what to tell my mom to get it back…
My mother is ADDICTED to WOW I played it a few times….but its all she does!!! ALL THE TIME!!! I get home from school, shes playing. I get up in the morning, she’s playing. I go to bed at night, she’s playing. And sometimes she thinks the people are in love with her and it’s just crazy!!!!!!! Ugh. Never start playing.
OMG wow is just like the BEST!!! I just dont have the words to explain how amazing it is. my mum has disowned me because i play sooo much. But it is worth it!!!! wotlk was out for 2 days and i was already level 80. it owns so bad. i may just masterbate over the female characters on alliance side. xxx love you all
I play 56-58 hours a week of wow.
Is that considered alot?
Mostly because i got nowhere to go and after work i try to get away from my job and find some peace in my bedroom.
My parents never complain except that it causes them to lag and be unable to log into their email address.
It doesn’t make me sad as i know there is always time and i’m not worried.Only thing that bothers me is when i want to play and i cannot play cause of some technical dificulty that is complex and when i get home i really don’t feel like dealing with it.
hi
i am a mum aged 35, and am totally addicted to WOW
i found a solution to this addiction!
my brother plays my children all play my other brother plays my nephews play we really r a wow family!
i only started as to fill up some spare time and because my younger brother was raving about it!
have three accounts now so all the kids can go online at the same time!
have three computers too!
yes our family dinner to given depending on how far in to the dungeon they r lol
they repsect my play time and i respect theirs
our family life is heaven!
maybe more parents should play then they would understand that u cant just turn the comp off!!!!
our addiction is so bad i was sent a birthday cake via wow! which we shared in naxx lol
soooo much fun cant wait for next patch
yey múm of auchindoun. long live thrall!
Yay cake! For the HORDE and woo thrall! ^