I play WoW, but I get bored after a few hours of playing. I can't see myself playin WoW excessively in the next year and I started play in October 2010, hell the only reason I go on now is to socialize with my friends from College.
How can people get so addicted to World of War.
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I guess it's the feeling that there's so much to do -- areas to explore, enemies to kill, items to get, quests to complete, that stuff.
People like that idea of exploration, some want to be top dog, others do it for the socialization.
People like that idea of exploration, some want to be top dog, others do it for the socialization.
It's not just that. I played for 4 years and really enjoyed my time, not because I felt that the game was interesting, but because I was constantly playing with very interesting people. If you can't have fun with the people, you're not going to love the game, but if you can find people you enjoy to talk to, it can be incredibly fun.
Indeed, and most people don't know sh*t about the game for example:Gxas said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRh7qHU6LqM
The "professionals" in this talk show think WoW is a single player game and think that destroying the CD will destroy everything he did in WoW.
I don't believe in MMO addiction. It's not a drug, it's a video game. If people play 'too much' (according to who's standard?) then it means they're having fun. There isn't a single person alive who continues to play an MMORPG that they hate and have ZERO fun playing. If there was, they would be addicted.
People continue to play video games that they enjoy, alert the media, news is at 7.
Edit: Because my flame prediction skills are tingling.. I just want to emphasize; there's addiction and then there's obsession. The two are not the same.
People continue to play video games that they enjoy, alert the media, news is at 7.
Edit: Because my flame prediction skills are tingling.. I just want to emphasize; there's addiction and then there's obsession. The two are not the same.
I think the main reason is that some people really like escaping from real life to a place where they can be totally awesome. In a lot of ways the World of Warcraft can be a lot more satisfying than the real world. Of course, if your (real) life is totally awesome this is probably less likely to happen.
Here is a fairly interesting article on the subject: http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html
Here is a fairly interesting article on the subject: http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html
A few hours isnt enough to get addicted to WoW for anyone i think, but it does depend alot on the person playing. I mean if you have no reason to stop chances are you wont stop.
Personally, I became addicted because the community on my server was so vibrant and interesting; enough that I would literally log on for the sole purpose of talking to and helping out my guildies.
Anyone who raids though, generally does it for all the little micro-awards Blizzard hands out. Trust me when I say that they have no sense of fun
Anyone who raids though, generally does it for all the little micro-awards Blizzard hands out. Trust me when I say that they have no sense of fun
Dude just watch Extra Credits: Skinner Principle episode. It basically explains it all.
I also feel that, maturity has something to do with it. I mean personally I hardly play at all anymore. Getting ready to start college, losing weight, and working. I hardly have time, but a few years ago, I was going at WoW like it was a full time job.
I also feel that, maturity has something to do with it. I mean personally I hardly play at all anymore. Getting ready to start college, losing weight, and working. I hardly have time, but a few years ago, I was going at WoW like it was a full time job.
Skinner box dude, giving random "well done!"s to folks that sink their life in to it, add to which the sunken cost fallacy "I've paid for the month I mustn't waste that money" and you have a mmental glue trap.
Check out Extra Credits EP on it for more info or just wiki Skinner Box.
Check out Extra Credits EP on it for more info or just wiki Skinner Box.
My friends and I are tryin to form a Raiding Guild, but you kinda lose the motivation to recruit when 20 of the people you recruit haven't been on for 2 months.Nieroshai said:
Is it really so complicated? It's called social interaction.
For just a second, take the ability to interact with others, just think of WoW as a barren land where there isn't any interaction with anyone. After stripping all of that a way, you have a mildly interesting yet incredibly bland game with one of the most redundant leveling system in history. The upside is no longer having to argue with idiots or participate in their broken PVP system.
For just a second, take the ability to interact with others, just think of WoW as a barren land where there isn't any interaction with anyone. After stripping all of that a way, you have a mildly interesting yet incredibly bland game with one of the most redundant leveling system in history. The upside is no longer having to argue with idiots or participate in their broken PVP system.
I'd first suggest that you join a raiding guild and get some experience there before starting your own. A good guild is run like a business, and weeds out members who never participate and recruit members with good stats and time. Also, guilds don't just raid whenever, if I'm thinking what you think, they set schedules and have opt-ins for willing members.Jack of Spades said:
Sorry but no, while you are right to point out that ther4e is a difference between obsession and addiction, videogame addiction is quite real, those that are addicted become dependent on it, needing it to feel good, you don't need drugs to be addicted and some drogs aren't chemicly addictive either, emotional dependacy is just as hard to break, if not more so, than chemical addiction.michael87cn said:
The problem is that WoW addiction is seen differently from Facebook addiction. Its the same damn thing, only the "main stream" sees Facebook addiction as normal.