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 2009-07-12 10:32 PM in reply to: #2280078 |
Regular  80  Ft. Bragg, NC |  Subject: RE: World of WarcraftHaha this is too funny to see this thread... 'cause I just sold my WoW account for $400 today! But that's because I had the account of a World of Warcrackhead. |
| 2009-07-13 8:26 AM in reply to: #1896913 |
Expert 1318  | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft sdanaher - 2009-01-09 7:10 AM Funny thing.. I was reading the "what did you sell/give up for tris" and more than one was online gaming... Wondering how many of you all did the same thing (like me) in giving up tons of wasted time doing nothing playing WoW or another game... to replace it with something much healthier. Definitely. I left WoW. That game is like crack, though. I still get the urge to play sometimes. |
| 2009-07-13 8:41 AM in reply to: #1896913 |
| Subject: RE: World of Warcraft The last computer game I really got hooked on was Castle Wolfenstein.  My sons do the WoW thing, though. Never saw the point of it. |
| 2009-07-13 9:31 AM in reply to: #1896913 |
Champion 7136  Knoxville area | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft Being the Nerd I am, I started off where it all began in middle school, Ultima Online (well, actually AD&D in the basement before that). Moved on to NEVER(everquest)REST, then Star Wars Galaxies, then Anarchy, Final Fantasy XI, and finally WoW. Playing FFXI I lived with 3 other guys who played, all our living room was was 4 computers and a couch. I would say I logged anywhere from 6-15 hours a day playing some of those games. Cost one of my roommates his job, cost all 4 of us our social lives and health (didn't help we lived less than 100ft from Domino's). Finally, about 3 months after WoW came out, I moved out, quit ALL gaming and sold my tv, bought a gym membership, and started lifting. Now I'm training for Tri's. IF I can get the same dedication applied to this as I did to Online games, I have no doubt I'll be a world class athlete haha. |
| 2009-07-13 9:43 AM in reply to: #1896913 |
Master 2355 Houston, TX | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft Glad there are good numbers of my fellow nerds/dorks here. Though I never played WoW. TF2 is my current gig. |
| 2009-07-13 10:45 AM in reply to: #1896913 |
Veteran 192 Southern California | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft Started EQ back in 1999/2000 and played daily for years. I moved on to EQ2, DAoC, LotRO, EVE, and WoW. Along the way Neverwinter Nights came in and I was hooked on using the toolset to create my own server. This has since progressed to NWN2 and I am still using the toolset and hosting a server. My gaming has spead to my kids as well, but they also swim or are on the cross-country team. It was my WAD(Wife Avoidance Device), but that has changed as I have gotten older. Now I actually enjoy the time with the wife more than alone time. I grew up on gaming back from my old Radio Shack computer to the Atari2600 and then the C64 and the early Macs. Online gaming put a bit of fear in the gaming, no pause or reset. Your actions were permanent. This was probably the biggest draw for me, an actual since of loss or gain. Once I decided to not be an out of shape fatty(a result of smoking, drinking and working too much), the online gaming tapered too. It is still my relaxing time and I prefer it to mindless TV watching. |
| 2009-07-13 11:00 AM in reply to: #1896913 |
Extreme Veteran 622 Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft I played SWG at the end of high school/start of college. I realized it was taking over my life and I sold my account for a cool $750. I had a friend that played WoW in college. He was kicked out because of his grades. He told me he once forgot to go take a final because he was raiding. For the few people that mentioned playing SWG: What server? I played on Flurry. Edited by BJG85 2009-07-13 11:00 AM |
| 2009-07-13 11:51 AM in reply to: #1896913 |
| New user 23 Lawrenceburg, IN | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft I am a total WoW addict. I started playing after hernia surgery caused me to have to sit for 6 weeks. I was into weight lifting / bodybuilding pretty heavily before the hernia. I am training for my first tri now after I made a drunken wager. I am enjoying the training. I think the main thing is to take everything in moderation. I still play WoW, train for my tri and plan on lifting heavy again this winter. For the Horde!!!!!!
Edited by keefrichard 2009-07-13 11:58 AM |
| 2009-07-13 12:02 PM in reply to: #1896913 |
Veteran 268 Randomly scattered in at least 3 states | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft EQ/DAOC/EQ2/SWG/WOW waaaay to much time spent playing games until I could only shop in Big and tall stores. I really enjoyed my time in game and still talk to quite a few of the people I met in game. It wasn't much of a pull away from family time for me since my wife was with me in each game. Good times, but glad I've found a new addiction. It is much easier to learn to rapidly click a mouse than learn to run on a large frame. Edited by zwest 2009-07-13 12:02 PM |
| 2009-07-13 12:13 PM in reply to: #1896913 |
Elite 3395 Raleigh | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft I was a Diablo II beta-tester. If that doesn't make you think I'm old then I should mention that I started with computers (punch cards) in the arly 70's, played Star Trek before there were CRT's, have the original D&D softbound books set from 1974, and loved space invaders in the late 70's. StarCraft II comes out next year and Diablo III the year after that! Thank god these systems and games did not exist when I was an undergrad. I never would have graduated. Besides I was a road racer back then, circa 1977-1982. |
| 2009-07-13 12:38 PM in reply to: #1896913 |
Veteran 250 Maine | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft Call of Duty maybe 2-3 nights (1-2 hours) a week after the kids go to bed. I've had to stop playing the last few months because a combination of IM training and Call of duty was affecting my sleep. My heart is already pounding due to the training. It doesn't need an extra kick! I did however use it to get me through a few long boring trainer workouts early in the season. |
| 2009-07-13 1:47 PM in reply to: #1898337 |
Elite 2645 Phoenix, AZ | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft madkat - 2009-01-09 1:15 PM xmann1102 - 2009-01-09 9:20 AM interesting thread here before i went to Nursing School, i was heavy into Everquest and Dark Age of Camelot. i spent waaaaay too much time playing and not enough time exercising or with the wife and kids. Nursing school pretty much fixed that though. i'm actually surprised and a bit embarrassed at how much time and effort i spent playing those games. i actually had some online friends that had serious personal issues because of mmorpg's....one even divorced. now that i'm done with school, i don't play mmorpg's at all. i do have a PS3 and 360 that i play regularly (about 10 hours a week). i remember spending all my extra or free time gaming, now it's just an hour or two here or there whenever i can. family is definitely #1 and then exercise....not even a question anymore. DAoC was my first MMORPG, and I was amazed at how much time that game could suck up. Fortunately, I came in near the end, and didn't really have to do much GRINDING before the opened the Classic servers and I could be on the same level as most everyone else without much work. Now we play Warhammer, and love it. I can get my murder fix with very little grinding. Or, if I want to spend an hour doing some PvE questing, it's very rewarding right away. Eric talks about how he and his wife spent a lot of time playing EQ and EQ2, and I sometimes wonder if her level of playing was what eventually split them up. But I know that gaming, like any other kind of activity can become a means of avoiding real life issues. I know people who look down on gamers, and yet drink themselves to sleep every night. And I have a family member who spends a bit too much time at the casino. And I know several athletes who have strained their relationships by training when they probably should have stayed home and spent some time with their family. Eric and I have a firm rule when it comes to balancing gaming with everything else: It sounds like you've got your priorities in order. Ha. DAoC was my first game as well. I was finally able to quit when I started triathlon. Now I'm injured and I'm back to the game, though mainly out of morbid curiosity and boredom. |
| 2009-07-13 1:53 PM in reply to: #1896913 |
Veteran 301 Smithfield, VA | Subject: RE: World of Warcraft Thousands of hours, coupled with hundreds of dollars spent on UO. Even after I quit playing, due to kids, it still took me almost a year to delete my account. I'm having much more fun now. |
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