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confusedcrib
United States1307 Posts
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iKing
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MuteZephyr
Lithuania448 Posts
On February 13 2011 23:56 TotalBiscuit wrote: Anyone within the gaming community that legitimately thinks WoW is some kind of addictive drug is a fucking idiot so one has to either assume that, or the use of ridiculous hyperbole which shouldn't be taken seriously anyway. I would beg to differ. Not everyone has the same reaction to WoW, I tried it and got bored after 3 hours or so, but I know people who have lost their job or dropped out of school partially or entirely because of the obscene amount of time they sank into the game. It's their own fault of course, and won't happen to many people, but I've never seen another game that has had this strong of an effect on peoples' social lives. The stigma is around for a reason, and for some people bears a striking resemblance to drug addiction. Regardless, got the same email, it's legit. I got all excited too, like maybe I would get flagged for D3 beta, or I would get some fancy portrait.  | ||
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vyyye
Sweden3917 Posts
On February 13 2011 23:56 TotalBiscuit wrote: Anyone within the gaming community that legitimately thinks WoW is some kind of addictive drug is a fucking idiot so one has to either assume that, or the use of ridiculous hyperbole which shouldn't be taken seriously anyway. Really? WoW has every "Make game addicting 101" trick up its' sleeve, if there's any game that is addictive for the sake of being addictive it's WoW, else it wouldn't be as successful as it is. Obviously can't be compared to heroin, but you don't get a game much more addicting than WoW. Tell me, has anyone ever enjoyed doing dailies every morning? I remember more than one whining about so called gameplay elements yet they did them because the game 'forced' them to. | ||
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aule10
Denmark52 Posts
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Keitzer
United States2509 Posts
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Nurkas
United States21 Posts
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confusedcrib
United States1307 Posts
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iKing
4 Posts
On February 14 2011 00:20 MuteZephyr wrote: I would beg to differ. Not everyone has the same reaction to WoW, I tried it and got bored after 3 hours or so, but I know people who have lost their job or dropped out of school partially or entirely because of the obscene amount of time they sank into the game. It's their own fault of course, and won't happen to many people, but I've never seen another game that has had this strong of an effect on peoples' social lives. The stigma is around for a reason, and for some people bears a striking resemblance to drug addiction. Regardless, got the same email, it's legit. I got all excited too, like maybe I would get flagged for D3 beta, or I would get some fancy portrait. Your talking to the wrong man about being addicted to World of Warcraft, Totalbiscuit knows his stuff on this topic. Shot in 2008, but still pretty relevant to the topic at hand. Addicted to [Epix] This is an old video I had up on Googlevid, shot in 2006 at Techforum, hosted by the University of Advancing Technology in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm putting it up on Youtube for the sake of completeness. I was asked to give a presentation on a subject of my choosing, due to my position as the owner of WoW Radio, since they thought my input might interest the students at the UAT. The idea behind it was to give a light-hearted look at the subject of addiction in MMORPGs, as well as a look at the oft-ignored positive aspects of social online gaming. | ||
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nOIZEbuddha
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On February 14 2011 00:20 MuteZephyr wrote: I would beg to differ. Not everyone has the same reaction to WoW, I tried it and got bored after 3 hours or so, but I know people who have lost their job or dropped out of school partially or entirely because of the obscene amount of time they sank into the game. It's their own fault of course, and won't happen to many people, but I've never seen another game that has had this strong of an effect on peoples' social lives. The stigma is around for a reason, and for some people bears a striking resemblance to drug addiction. Regardless, got the same email, it's legit. I got all excited too, like maybe I would get flagged for D3 beta, or I would get some fancy portrait. Plenty of games have this effect now and have that effect in the past. Everquest did it, MUDs did it before Everquest, Elite did it before MUDs, Farmville does it now, just to name a few and the one thing all of those games have in common is that they all have persistent worlds with no definable end. I don't believe any of those games cynically manipulated their players to play more (and as I've said in the past from a business perspective, loads of people playing for long periods is a bad thing, it increases the cost of running the game, the ideal customer is someone who subs and barely ever plays, kinda like how an ISP works with 'acceptable use'). Is it possible for people with addictive personalities to get sucked into these games because they have no actual end? Yeah sure, just like any other hobby with no definable end, though games are fairly uncommon in that aspect. Is the game designed to be addictive? Absolutely not and the irrational fear of it is the kind of sensationalism that smacks of mainstream media pandering and isn't becoming of well-informed gaming communities. | ||
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coddan
Estonia890 Posts
On February 13 2011 22:04 W2 wrote: Let me get this straight. You try to distort what he says in an attempt to be funny, but totally failed. Tell me what I distorted smart guy. He receives a mail saying he was offered a game for free, and then questioned why Blizzard is too cheap to give out Cataclysm too. He also complains about "the privilege of playing with 12 million other people" and proceeds to call Blizzard "cheap bastards". He also changes the title of Mike Morhaime to "CEO of moneysucking company". Tell me what I got wrong, please. | ||
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MythicalMage
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sjschmidt93
United States2518 Posts
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dcberkeley
Canada844 Posts
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LetoAtreides82
United States1188 Posts
On February 14 2011 00:24 Nurkas wrote: I got that email, logged onto my bnet account on a separate computer, but there is no 30 day free trial there. Because you have to click on the button in the email. If you just log into your battle.net account it would just show you the standard trial. | ||
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Kyrth
United States101 Posts
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ReaVU
Sweden69 Posts
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
On February 13 2011 20:39 Telcontar wrote: I got the same email and it's not exactly 'free' since you'll have to pay subscription fee after 30 days but I guess it's decent they're offering this. It's up to you whether you want to try it or not but I've seen too many people become WoW zombies to want to get involved in the game. Agree here. I played it for 10 days. Ill never set my foot there again. | ||
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LetoAtreides82
United States1188 Posts
On February 14 2011 00:53 nilleforthewin wrote: I like that anyone can try WoW for a couple of days for free, so it's like they are just giving you the link and makes it sound like a special gift. Kind of funny actually! And you think that most would have tried WoW by now if they were interested. Most WoW trials go for 7 to 14 days, and after the trial expires you need to actually purchase the game (vanilla WoW goes for around $10-$15 at stores, if you can find it) and buy a subscription. In this offer not only are they giving you 30 days, they are giving you the game as well. | ||
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