What's your opinion of World of Warcraft and MMORPG's?

[MadBlueWinnie]

Today I got into a heated argument with my younger brother who, two weeks ago, went out and bought World of Warcraft, all the expansions and a subscription. The amount of time me and my family have seen him since then till now probably accumulates to about 5 minutes.

I personally hate World of Warcraft, and MMORPG's in general. They are the most addicting game types, often reducing the players social activity in real life. An example is one of my mates often chooses his MMO over spending time hanging out with us. Now my own brother is also becoming like this.

What do you think of MMORPG's, World of Warcraft and the rest of them?

 

[Sassafrass]

I cannot comment on these thing as I do not have any sort of MMORPG at all.
I do however know two people that do have them and have a decent social life, so much so in fact they had time to go and roll a car over the night before last. At least, that is what he posted on Facebook.

 

[Bob_Bobbington]

If they didn't try to milk me for every cent, I might play one or two. As it stands, they get no space on my hard drive or money from my wallet.

 

[duckfi8]

If u have friends that will play the game with u its not too bad, otherwise they are time drains and wallet drains.

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

They're fun, but not worth the money people pay for them, so I don't play 'em.

 

[Swaki]

ive had allot of fun with WoW, but i would never let my brother buy it.

i have also had some fun with drugs when i was young, seriously be a good big brother and buy him some new games, don't let him do it.

crayon deluxe is on sale.

 

[GreyFox389]

I think it's ridiculous when you have to continually pay for a game.

I don't bother.

 

[LockeDown]

I believe they have their place. I used to play MMO's religiously, because it provided an environment in which I could interact with other people semi-anonymously (which helped a lot with my somewhat dysfunctional social skill-set). It also provided me an excellent medium over which to keep in contact and game with my twin brother, despite the fact that we were living with different parents roughly 600 miles away. I lost interest after he passed last year.

Really, though, I think they just cater to a different audience. People who find traditional games too short, and would rather play a game with some serious longevity, rather than going out and picking up the next great release every 3-5 weeks. It also caters to those more stereotypical "gaming nerds", who need a social outlet to interact with other people.

 

[Doctor What]

I think that gaming needs to be done in front of an old silverscreen television, by yourself. I don't understand MMO's, xbox live and all the online gaming. So, I guess my opinion is, it makes no sense.

 

[fletch_talon]

MMORPGs don't kill social lives,
People kill social lives.

Don't hate the player,
Hate the game.

You gotta know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em.

And so on...

 

[Asimov]

For anyone who says that MMO's are too expensive:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/view-from-the-road/6500-A-View-From-the-Road-The-Subscription-Equation

Yeah, that's a good article. Besides for that, I think they shouldn't be fun, but are. There is no good reason for WOW to be fun, but I'm slowly accepting that it is. People dismiss it as a neverending grind, but that's only if you're trying to get to the high levels asap. Take time to do the quests and have fun and you'll realize why WOW is so popular. Even if it does turn people into zombies.

 

[Gxas]

Today I got into a heated argument with my younger brother who, two weeks ago, went out and bought World of Warcraft, all the expansions and a subscription. The amount of time me and my family have seen him since then till now probably accumulates to about 5 minutes.

I personally hate World of Warcraft, and MMORPG's in general. They are the most addicting game types, often reducing the players social activity in real life. An example is one of my mates often chooses his MMO over spending time hanging out with us. Now my own brother is also becoming like this.

What do you think of MMORPG's, World of Warcraft and the rest of them?

Sounds like you have an extremely biased opinion based on one or two real life examples and a bunch of media examples which are highly exaggerated.

I play WoW. Sure, I don't spend a lot of time with people in real life. Thats because, since I got to college, I have grown apart from my friends. I mean, its really hard to hang out with someone when they still live in Ohio while I'm in New York. Most of my friends now are in WoW. That is why I play. To speak to my WoW friends from around the world. I see this as social interaction. Why don't you? Do I really need to be face to face with the person for them to be considered my friend?

Besides, when I go home for breaks and such, I don't play WoW much. Maybe log on while laying in bed just to chat with some people, but most of the time, I'm with my friends from home.

To me, it sounds like your brother needs to learn moderation. That doesn't mean that you can give him shit because of your biased opinions on the games he likes. Give him a little time, he'll grow tired of just sitting there. If not, you may need to talk to him about it with your family. But I swear, if you take him to a shrink saying that he is addicted to video games, I will kick you. You are just making everything worse for gamers by doing that.

 

[Cypher10110]

I play wow. I used to be in a raiding guild that raided 5 days a week, and I still managed to show up to university. I made a lot of friends in the game, and even if I wasn't playing wow, I'd be playing with my friends from wow, or hanging out with RL friends. The only time the game becomes a problem is when you start to feel the game is more important than your life. If you have a midterm paper to do, then you should do that - explain to the guild or whatever that you need some time. You shouldn't ignore real life stuff because you need the DKP

I don't think MMOs are a bad thing, you just gotta know how to keep a balance. You gotta make sure you know what is REALLY important to you.

Joining a guild and raiding most days of the week really sucks you in, but is ok, It shows commitment, and playing well and being a good player shows a healthy attitude towards it. If life circumstances change you need to be prepared to cut down time in-game. I left my raiding guild because my work was suffering. I miss raiding, but I need the time, so I play every now and then, with friends.

Life should dictate time in the game, not game time dictate life.

It's all about your attitude to the game, it's easy to get sucked in, but better if you structure your time in the game to still give room for the rest of your life.

tldr; As far as addiction goes - it's not the game, it's the person playing. Fix the player, not the game.

 

[InsanityRequiem]

When I wasn't playing WoW, I had little social interaction in 'real life.' When I was playing WoW, I still had a crappy social interaction. I still went out with a couple friends, roughly once a month usually. I have a bigger social interaction circle now, after I stopped playing WoW (Money and just got dull with the game).

But my opinion? They're alright. They're a form of game, just like FPS and RTS and other games. If someone's addicted to it, it's their fault and if you can't see that, then who will see to it that they need to lose said addiction? They sure aren't, since they would say they aren't addicted, even if you give them lots of examples.

Play it, have fun, but do so moderately. Hour a day, two hours, that's good enough. If you play it for more than 4 hours a day, something's wrong with you.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I actually LOVE the single player epic RPG's, but I can't help but think, from time to time at any rate, that a game like Fallout 3 might be even more amazing if I could share the world space with other players. Of course, it would change the entire dynamic of the game and you'd generally have to discard the entire core storyline but I'd at least be willing to give such a game a try.

 

[kawaiiamethist]

I've never experienced one, though more because I'm a one player type. I don't like the idea of relying on others to level up and gain stuff.

 

[Enzeru92]

I'm MMORPG free for a couple of months and in my opinion they're fun really fun which can and in most cases start a gaming addiction if the game is good (like WoW).

on a side note be prepared to never see your bro for at least two months

 

[Kajin]

I get bored way too easy. I'll openly admit to most mmo's being good fun but after awhile I just get bored of an environment that is literally unchanging over long periods of time.

 

[Thegreyfox666]

I think World of Warcraft is, or at least was a fantastic game. MMORPG's are usually good to sink time into and often provide an enjoyable and very immersive experience. I can definitely agree that if you don't watch your play time you can lose friends and control of your social life. I certainly did

Overall though if you have self control, MMORPG's are some of the best games you can play.

 

[katsabas]

Grind and grind and grind.