Gilvan Blight
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The guy that died was playing Starcraft not WoW. Now there was another guy who died playing Lineage II, was in some contest to see who could play the most hours straight or something like this. This was also in Korea. Where all MMOs now have to have software in them where after every so many hours of play your character starts loosing abilities.
I presonally don\'t find WoW or any other MMO that addictive. No more addictive then any other game. Where I think the issue lies is with people who generally, don\'t have much of a life in the first place.
People who don\'t have friends, don\'t have a group of peers, don\'t have somewhere they belong. The get into this online world where they have friends in a guild, maybe even run a guild and have some responsibilities like they have never had IRL. They feel accepted for the first time in their life (heck one of the first things you notice playing on line, everyone has at least one thing in common, the mutal game you are playing). They have friends who care about them, who they do stuff with. Plus you do things in the game you could never do in real life.
So if you are a relatively well adjusted person, have a group of friends and peers you hang out with, and generally have \'something\' to do Saturday night, WoW may just be the game for you.
I still suggest a Trial though. Plus WoW\'s not the only game out there. I strongly recommend the new Lord of the Rings Online. It has better graphics and is more n00b friendly with a slightly easier interface and character progression then WoW, plus it\'s 100% quest based telling a complete story.
I presonally don\'t find WoW or any other MMO that addictive. No more addictive then any other game. Where I think the issue lies is with people who generally, don\'t have much of a life in the first place.
People who don\'t have friends, don\'t have a group of peers, don\'t have somewhere they belong. The get into this online world where they have friends in a guild, maybe even run a guild and have some responsibilities like they have never had IRL. They feel accepted for the first time in their life (heck one of the first things you notice playing on line, everyone has at least one thing in common, the mutal game you are playing). They have friends who care about them, who they do stuff with. Plus you do things in the game you could never do in real life.
So if you are a relatively well adjusted person, have a group of friends and peers you hang out with, and generally have \'something\' to do Saturday night, WoW may just be the game for you.
I still suggest a Trial though. Plus WoW\'s not the only game out there. I strongly recommend the new Lord of the Rings Online. It has better graphics and is more n00b friendly with a slightly easier interface and character progression then WoW, plus it\'s 100% quest based telling a complete story.
