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Cripes, I'd hate for example the first fight on this forum to be caused by World of Warcraft.

nervouspete wrote:

Cripes, I'd hate for example the first fight on this forum to be caused by World of Warcraft.

It wasn't. You missed it.

Dunno - you called me silly (I'd probably get into trouble if I changed the name of the forum to suit my reply, right?).
But if you hadn't have (of?) said 'ducking out now', I'd have said: People that are properly addicted to something can't just 'put it down', just like anorexics can't 'just eat', and WoW seems is deliberately made to be addictive.

Grim... wrote:

But instead you just used your super Mod powers to post with my username and try to make me look silly. Huh.

I dance through the night in a codpiece, mate.

CUS wrote:

I dance through the night in a codpiece, mate.

I want to watch. Just once.

Yeah, OK fair enough. Sorry if I touched a nerve, oh mighty Grim...

But instead you just used your super Mod powers to post with my username and try to make me look silly. Huh.

Tmuk wrote:

But instead you just used your super Mod powers to post with my username and try to make me look silly. Huh.

TMUK didn't say that, it was Grim... To make him look silly!

kalmar wrote:

Tmuk wrote:

But instead you just used your super Mod powers to post with my username and try to make me look silly. Huh.

TMUK didn't say that, it was Grim... To make him look silly!

Conspiracy!

Serious question to those who have perhaps found a game too addictive in the past - do you/did you still find the game 'fun' - or is it something other than fun which you are/were experiencing?

AceAceBaby wrote:

addicting

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Daniel wrote:

AceAceBaby wrote:

addicting

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Addicting Games.

I never got to try WoW...

I spent forever downloading a torrent of the trial version, only to discover it was for North America only. I'm not sure what the difference was, but they could fuck off after that, basically.

Is there anyone here who plays WoW in Linux?

Author:	NervousPete [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:23 ]
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Cripes, I'd hate for example the first fight on this forum to be caused by World of Warcraft. Everyone make peace immediately. The creepy love police are in town.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:26 ]
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Dunno - you called me silly (I'd probably get into trouble if I changed the name of the forum to suit my reply, right?). But if you hadn't have (of?) said 'ducking out now', I'd have said: People that are properly addicted to something can't just 'put it down', just like anorexics can't 'just eat', and WoW is deliberately made to be addictive.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:26 ]
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nervouspete wrote: Cripes, I'd hate for example the first fight on this forum to be caused by World of Warcraft. It wasn't. You missed it.

Author:	NervousPete [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:27 ]
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Grim... wrote: nervouspete wrote: Cripes, I'd hate for example the first fight on this forum to be caused by World of Warcraft. It wasn't. You missed it. Phew, that's okay then. Man, I hate fights almost as much as I love these new smilies though.

Author:	Tmuk [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:31 ]
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Grim... wrote: Dunno - you called me silly (I'd probably get into trouble if I changed the name of the forum to suit my reply, right?). But if you hadn't have (of?) said 'ducking out now', I'd have said: People that are properly addicted to something can't just 'put it down', just like anorexics can't 'just eat', and WoW seems is deliberately made to be addictive. But instead you just used your super Mod powers to post with my username and try to make me look silly. Huh.

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Author:	Grim... [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:33 ]
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Tmuk wrote: Grim... wrote: Dunno - you called me silly (I'd probably get into trouble if I changed the name of the forum to suit my reply, right?). But if you hadn't have (of?) said 'ducking out now', I'd have said: People that are properly addicted to something can't just 'put it down', just like anorexics can't 'just eat', and WoW seems is deliberately made to be addictive. But instead you just used your super Mod powers to post with my username and try to make me look silly. Huh. Um... No I didn't (and I can't do that, anyway).

Author:	CUS [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:45 ]
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Tmuk - I don't want to speak for Grim... but I'm sure he was acting mildly. He reworded your post when quoting it. Your actual post was not changed (check the previous page), and such a practise is common place, mate.

Author:	Cras [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:47 ]
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CUS wrote: I dance through the night in a codpiece, mate. See?

Author:	Tmuk [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:51 ]
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Yeah, OK fair enough. Sorry if I touched a nerve Grim...

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:51 ]
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Craster wrote: CUS wrote: I dance through the night in a codpiece, mate. I want to watch. Just once. See?

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:52 ]
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Tmuk wrote: Yeah, OK fair enough. Sorry if I touched a nerve, oh mighty Grim... No harm. I just didn't want you to think I was wandering around messing with what you said.

Author:	CUS [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:55 ]
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Indeed. One of the principle tenets of this forum is to leave behind the Stalinist purges of WoS, even if it has mostly coincided with me having a spazz fit. Anyway! Speaking of stupid spazzes acting like idiots - WoW, eh?

Author:	kalmar [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:57 ]
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Tmuk wrote: But instead you just used your super Mod powers to post with my username and try to make me look silly. Huh. TMUK didn't say that, it was Grim... To make him look silly!

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:58 ]
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kalmar wrote: Tmuk wrote: But instead you just used your super Mod powers to post with my username and try to make me look silly. Huh. TMUK didn't say that, it was Grim... To make him look silly! Conspiracy!

Author:	AceAceBaby [ Fri Apr 11, 2008 14:56 ]
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I have had a WoW subscription for a year, and have only one level 70 character, who hasn't even seen "Kara". So I haven't found it addicting. I am generally rubbish at MMOs, though. I was in EVE for about three and a half years without getting a kill mail, despite mostly playing as part of a gang/fleet. I did have about 40something million skillpoints though. WoW for me, is something to play for an hour while watching TV. I got suckered into helping guildies with a dungeon that took three hours and my whole evening, when I told them I only had one hour, so I'm completely in the "lonely curmudgeon why are you even playing an MMO" phase now. Tip for WoW- don't play a tank or a healer class. Your fireball spamming pew-pew guildmates will just always beg for you to help them Look Cool and Kill Big Things. Unless you love being constantly in group play every time you log on, in which case, play a tank or a healer class.

Author:	Derek The Halls [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:25 ]
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City of Villains lacks community. It's more of a single player game played online. City of Heroes however requires much more teamwork and seems to have more of a community and sense of fun. The numbers are dwindling there though unfortunately.

Author:	Malabelm [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:32 ]
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I play WoW, and have done for far too long, but I keep it casual. I've been through the 'must play and get the best stuff available', while trying to ignore the real-life problems of not having a job and being pretty depressed. I'm out the other side of that now, though, so all is good. I've found myself a lovely guild, made of up older people with families; people mostly in their 30s, with some in their 50s, and one lovely chap in his 70s. It's quite possible to find non-twats online, but you need to shut your eyes & ears, shout 'la la la', and look for them yourself. Oh, and stay out of the world chat channels. Unless you want to hear how much of a 'homo' X person is, don't go near the trade channel.

Author:	Mimi [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:25 ]
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Reading the title and opening post of this thread I would have argued that WoW carrying a health warning was an absolutely silly idea and completely pointless, but reading through the posts here I am really surprised at the amount of people on this relatively small board that say that they have played to an extreme amount and have trouble putting it down, either in the past or presently. I honestly did not think that this would be a problem for anything but perhaps one or two oddball cases, somewhere across the globe that the media may have hyped to be something it isn't - probably in an article by Anne Diamond. I would never have thought of videogames to be addictive to normally functioning adults - I once had a very loooong game of Animal crossing for many hours because it took me about three quarters of an hour to get the Freeloader to work when I imported teh game and didn't think that I'd ever get it to work again but I have never found it in the slightest bit difficult to put a game down or not to play for a few days/weeks. Obviously, though, there does seem to be a problem with some people, and it's a bit unnerving as it's something that I have never thought was 'real', as it were.

Author:	MaliA [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 17:07 ]
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Grim... wrote: kalmar wrote: Tmuk wrote: But instead you just used your super Mod powers to post with my username and try to make me look silly. Huh. TMUK didn't say that, it was Grim... To make him look silly! Conspiracy! If there's one type of piracy I hate....

Author:	Shewolf [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 17:08 ]
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This is all too much for me! I'm going back to my Druid....

Author:	kalmar [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 17:09 ]
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I hate that type of tipation as well.

Author:	CUS [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 17:14 ]
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World of Warcraft is made by Blizzard.

Author:	WTB [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 18:34 ]
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I threw mine out because I played it too much. A few months ago the fuckers sent me a trial of the new expansion pack. I was tempted, but chucked that as well. It's like crack.

Author:	Derek The Halls [ Fri Apr 11, 2008 16:44 ]
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I played Warcraft for a month. Thought it was rubbish. Stopped. I prefer City of Heroes. The community was much nicer.

Author:	Shewolf [ Fri Apr 11, 2008 17:05 ]
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I played COV and didn't really see any community..it's a fun game but it doesn't hold my attention for more than a week or so, there's nothing much to do imo.

Author:	Daniel [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:18 ]
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AceAceBaby wrote: addicting ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Author:	Shewolf [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:28 ]
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And if you play a horde, don't listen to 'barrens chat' shudder There are some really nice people and mature people that do play WoW, sadly it's overrun with kids and makes them a little harder to find a result. I've found a couple of great guilds and a couple of communities for smaller guilds to give their members a chance to raid the bigger places as well. The trouble with wow, I think, is that it is too easy, bright, cheery, fun, even the grinding is less of a grind than other mmo's. It's an mmo light. It's open to all...most people in WoW don't know there are other games like it out there heh There is a reason it's the only really billion dollar mmo. This makes it widely available to all and more people play thus more people with addictive personalities play. Mimi, you wuld be suprised at just how many of those sooo many WoW players are addicted. And how many that are, don't admit it.

Author:	Mimi [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:29 ]
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Serious question to those who have perhaps found a game too addictive in the past - do you/did you still find the game 'fun' - or is it something other than fun which you are/were experiencing?

Author:	Shewolf [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:32 ]
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Mimi wrote: Serious question to those who have perhaps found a game too addictive in the past - do you/did you still find the game 'fun' - or is it something other than fun which you are/were experiencing? The game has always been fun to me, I have a great laugh with the people I play with and the characters I play. If it starts to not be fun..ex I have played too much for a few days or months and need a break, I take a break. I play something else, I go out etc. I always go back..something always draws me back. There is always something to do, something to work for, a reason to grind or a new character to muck about on.

Author:	NervousPete [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 15:31 ]
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Mimi wrote: Serious question to those who have perhaps found a game too addictive in the past - do you/did you still find the game 'fun' - or is it something other than fun which you are/were experiencing? Lordy Lordy online has nearly always been fun for me. I had a break nethertheless when it became a little samey for a few levels, and I fancied a change. I've never understood the addiction people have to getting better items in MMO's, I'm mildly pleased when I get a new weapon but the buzz for me has always been exploring and socialising. The closest I ever came to being addicted on a game is Civ II & Civ IV, where I was staying up far too late playing. It was compelling fun all the way though. Good question though - a lot of people begin to treat MMO's as work. But this is what I like about LotR:Online, nice sweeps of lovely scenery leading to photography fun... "Oooh..." "Ahhh..." "Eeehhh..." And of course... "Aieee!"

Author:	myp [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 17:30 ]
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Daniel wrote: AceAceBaby wrote: addicting ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Addicting Games.

Author:	metalangel [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 18:50 ]
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I never got to try WoW... I spent forever downloading a torrent of the trial version, only to discover it was for North America only. I'm not sure what the difference was, but they could fuck off after that, basically.

Author:	Da5e [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 18:52 ]
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myoptika wrote: Daniel wrote: AceAceBaby wrote: addicting ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Addicting Games. Addicting them to what, exactly?

Author:	myp [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 18:56 ]
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Fuck knows.

Author:	Deano2099 [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 20:04 ]
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Played it since launch, played for over 100 days total. Do I play it too much? I've decided recently I do, having got a bit bored of it. But here's the thing, it never took over other parts of my life. All WoW did was steal 95% of my gaming time for the best part of two years, and on reflection I'd have had more fun playing 50 other games. I can stop whenever I want - I have done, in fact I spent weeks of heavy playing trying to get something, then my exams started approaching so I dropped it cold. Once I went back I had to start from scratch again.

Author:	Shewolf [ Sun Apr 13, 2008 13:29 ]
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MetalAngel wrote: I never got to try WoW... I spent forever downloading a torrent of the trial version, only to discover it was for North America only. I'm not sure what the difference was, but they could fuck off after that, basically. American versions mean you can only play on American servers. WoW's cheap enough to just waste a tenner on now days anyway lol

Author:	metalangel [ Sun Apr 13, 2008 13:54 ]
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There was some problem at the point of registration... I think I tried to put in my details and it refused saying that it didn't match the region, or something. It had been in my torrent queue for so long that I'd forgotten about it and so was taken by surprise when it suddenly finished.

Author:	RuySan [ Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:36 ]
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i have the exact opposite problem. I can't get addicted to anything. I can't even buy the same pack of cerials twice. I can't finish any game nowadays....