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I know a few people who play WoW, and they don't fit the stereotype at all. What keeps me from playing is the steep subscription fees. I have rent and bills to pay, plus I'm putting myself through school. I can barely justify the one-time payment of a non MMORPG, let alone monthly subscription fees.
I've done a good amount of travel, been across much of Europe and North America. Ate Crepes during Bastille day in France, stood at the highest battlements in a Norse castle, walked the ghost streets of Pompeii and taken trains through the Swiss alps. Spent over a month in Japan living the local life and wandering the landscape, from Hokkaido to Kagoshima. Malaysia and Australia even; climbed Uluru, swam with the Alligators, did the whole walkabout thing with swags under the stars.
I also play WOW... sometimes. Regardless I've got two level 80's an have done a fair bit of raiding.
Damn it's fun to brag every once and awhile.
I also play WOW... sometimes. Regardless I've got two level 80's an have done a fair bit of raiding.
Damn it's fun to brag every once and awhile.
People I know were turned into nerds with no social life by WoW. They were fine before WoW, started playing it, and all of a sudden they were skipping parties and other social gatherings or leaving early to get back to WoW. I've never played WoW, but it was unsettling what it could do to otherwise normal people.
It's because everybody knows a WoW player who IS a lifeless nerd.
Not that all lifeless nerds are WoW players or that all WoW players are lifeless nerds.
Stereotypes are not facts, but just an observed trend, whether or not the trend can be generalized. Trends are reinforced whenever someone sees an example, and there are plenty of them. ESPECIALLY when the example is extreme.
When I think I WoW I think of 2 friends. The super smart guy who aced highschool, got a full scholarship to my college...and flunked out to play WoW, and my smart roommate who tanked his grades in college from WoW and landed a pitiful job. I also know dozens of other people who've played WoW and nothing happened. But what comes to mind are the 2 guys where something major /did/ happen.
Heck, I've played WoW and found it to be a great game! It deserves the popularity it has. Personally I hated it and quit in about a month. I seriously damaged my grades as well, but with City of Heroes, not WoW. But WoW is the standard-bearer for gaming's excesses because it's far more prominent. It's just part of the burden of success.
Not that all lifeless nerds are WoW players or that all WoW players are lifeless nerds.
Stereotypes are not facts, but just an observed trend, whether or not the trend can be generalized. Trends are reinforced whenever someone sees an example, and there are plenty of them. ESPECIALLY when the example is extreme.
When I think I WoW I think of 2 friends. The super smart guy who aced highschool, got a full scholarship to my college...and flunked out to play WoW, and my smart roommate who tanked his grades in college from WoW and landed a pitiful job. I also know dozens of other people who've played WoW and nothing happened. But what comes to mind are the 2 guys where something major /did/ happen.
Heck, I've played WoW and found it to be a great game! It deserves the popularity it has. Personally I hated it and quit in about a month. I seriously damaged my grades as well, but with City of Heroes, not WoW. But WoW is the standard-bearer for gaming's excesses because it's far more prominent. It's just part of the burden of success.
I dont really hate the game but I hate when people choose it over being with friends. when I'm playing halo and need one more person and my friend says he'd rather play WOW then it starts to get on my nerves. also when I try to show enthusiasm towards it and ask questions my questions are of course "nooby" so it just deters me even more
I used to play- but i believe(this would be true on our server) that that is only neccesary on the alliance.(No offence but more alliance do seem to be little children, dont get me wrong there are some nice people there but there are also some god damn annoying ones.)Cheezdood said:
That is all.
I think it depends on how serious you take the game.
If you spend 4+ hours daily on it, and scream obscenities to the computer... Then yeah you might have a social problem.
I do instances with my sister and her fiance. We're always laughing and having a fun time.
I wish that Blizzard hadn't made it a Role playing game/Social networking device.
If you spend 4+ hours daily on it, and scream obscenities to the computer... Then yeah you might have a social problem.
I do instances with my sister and her fiance. We're always laughing and having a fun time.
I wish that Blizzard hadn't made it a Role playing game/Social networking device.
I'm not saying that it isn't to be expected, I'm just saying that it's a little weird...at least to me. And in the appropriately named NORMAL servers, roleplaying is out of the ordinary.Chipperz said:
They also say that Alliance is more for roleplayers, and Horde is more for PvPers. And I'm no roleplayer.
You need friends to play D&D so it beats WoW. Unless you are a total social reject that plays D&D by himselfA Pious Cultist said:
I think WoW is good but I hate it because it's so overrated. It is NOT as good as all the addicts seem to believe it is. God, you'd think they'd never played a game with how addicted some people get. Hell, I get BORED when I play WoW occasionally.
While it may sound illogical to dislike something because everyone else likes something, I often do. I try not to judge things by how many people liked it, but I HATE Naruto which I watched to episode 200 and I HATE WoW which I played to lvl 40.
While it may sound illogical to dislike something because everyone else likes something, I often do. I try not to judge things by how many people liked it, but I HATE Naruto which I watched to episode 200 and I HATE WoW which I played to lvl 40.
I have a personal bias against WoW because it destroyed my best friends lkife. It gets it's stigma from the fact that it is a completely viable addiction, like smoking and taking drugs.
imo, anyway.
imo, anyway.