EPTFinally quit World of Warcraft. Back to real life! - Page 2
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calgar
United States1277 Posts
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Mothra
United States1448 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
but in any case, i was glad i stopped and a part of a reason why i never played wow, knowing i'd be tempted to play that to death. it is good hear you to have chosen this path and all the best to you sir. | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
On December 03 2010 12:52 Mothra wrote: Congrats... glad I never got into WoW, I've read many stories just like yours and have a friend who's quit/gone back several times. I think it's a real problem for a lot of people but they're ashamed to talk about it. a high school mate of mine, very very bright, full scholarship at a private school, picked up WoW during year 12 (last year of high school) and it just went down hill from there. he had so much academic potential and ultimately dropped out of commerce/law degree at uni. it's quite sad =[ | ||
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PH
United States6173 Posts
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MLG_Wiggin
United States767 Posts
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ChaseR
Norway1004 Posts
After putting in as much time playing WoW as I did, it became even more difficult to fully quit the game. I felt like after spending so much time grinding for better gear and learning the ins and outs of my specs it would be a "waste" to throw it all away now. I had to shrug it off and dump it knowing quitting was for the better in the long run. Now all my characters are deleted, every bookmark and file related to it are off my computer, and of course I am unsubscribed from it. I played PWI (Perfect World International) non-stop literally 24/7 (1500-2000 hours) for 5 months and leveled an Axe/Fist BM to almost 101 (after that exp to level is astronomical, 6-12 months) in server record time, with the last 10+ levels with special cash shop event exp-multiplying crystals. I think I spent over 2 weeks busting my ass every single day trying to find anyone on the server willing to do dungeon runs, I was pulling all the mobs 80-90% of the time and I was so good at organizing, leading and doing "runs" I could do it in my sleep. This was also what finally physically and mentally broke me down and I realized I had enough of the game. I hated it since the 2nd month of playing because of the cash shop system and all the retarded unrewarding useless quests and grinding, the game design was broken, the economy was the WORST I've ever seen in my life, totally fucked up, crazy hard whack, time consuming. And the fact that you would need to spend tens of thousands of dollars to compete against the top cash shoppers in TW and the constant necessity of cash shop items, charms especially in PvP. But that's how they make money and I hated that blood sucking company, the only thing they cared about is leeching as much $$$ out of their players as possible. I thought it had potential and I sticked to it, quickly found out that 90% of updates are constant cash shop sales fucking up the economy on a weekly basis. I made excuses that I knew so many people in the game and because of my fast progress and reputation I was in the top faction owning 75% of the TW map. Unfortunately this was my first real MMO experience since I heard it was similar to WoW. I to made the same excuse to myself that you did back then...that it would be a "waste" to leave all that progress behind but honestly the best way is to simply never get to far deep and be sucked into that evil spiral of addiction, it consumes your mind and priorities in life, it's straight damaging to your health. I consciously decided to STOP playing and do something else, get it out of my system and my mind which was consumed by it. Over time my erh...sanity returned and I realized I was wasting my precious time and life on useless virtual progress and "stuff", it was not rewarding or gratifying at all. I wholeheartedly regretted ever starting to play that game and paying 100$ to that shit company. MMO's suck up infinite time and replace the factor of fun with forced repetition and brain damage. Just compare SC2's game play with any MMO and tell me which one is more gratifying and enjoyable to play? I've learned to stay away from any MMORPG's and companies that are only interested in making money from their players, never again, oh and I never had an interest for WoW not even back in 05 when like everyone was playing it. I do commend you for quitting, hope you've learned what's best for your life...and you should keep it that way. Oh and welcome back to life  | ||
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crazeman
664 Posts
I think I ended up taking a break from the game for a month because the raiding schedule got too ridiculous. We would literally raid till 5am in the morning EST, which was when my dad woke up for work and he'd go berserk because I would be still up raiding. Anyhow I took like a week off and noticed that I had SOOO much more free time on my hand. I ended up quitting the game all together. I came back in March of this year,. played it for a good 4-5 months and quit again because it was kind of boring. I'll probably pick up cataclysm just to play with RL friends and hopefully do some hard random 5 man heroics together before it gets too easy. | ||
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devil`
United States176 Posts
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Blademage
United States128 Posts
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
it was a good part my gaming career, never had such a wonderfully made game with a decent community (by decent i mean well developed, not decent as in nice and good people)i wish mmos were made up to wow's standards. one thing that's probably affected me from wow is that over the summer of 09 i played it a ton and because i had a ton of free time i had little priorities. i won't go into a blog but basically it took me some time to realize how little i gained besides temporary pleasure from playing any video game  . | ||
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rift
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Aegeis
United States1619 Posts
On December 03 2010 12:11 EscPlan9 wrote: It definitely was a self-control issue more than anything. I just could not stop it. A few times I took days off or a week off playing it, but I always came back to my old ways. Oh and I know the expansion Cataclysm was coming up soon. The realization that everything I worked for to get to level 80 was going to be obsolete, and that all that time spent really wasn't rewarding in the long run, helped influence my decision to stop the game entirely. The main reason still was how much it interfered with my concentration on my long-term career, as well my personal health. Thankfully I at least have a dog I take good care of that forced me to exercise multiple times everyday, if only just to give him the exercise he needs. But I notice overall I am in the worst physical shape of my life. Don't think about your time playing wow in that way, yeah a new expansion is coming up and your gear is now worthless but it wasn't a huge waste of time. Aslong as you had fun and created some memories it is all good. When I used to play I didn't really like the time investment in PvE so I was a huge PvP guy. Going into BG's whenever I wanted to and playing Arena's for 1-2 hours a week was perfect for myself. If you do plan to go back just have fun. | ||
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{Mr.X}
United States95 Posts
On December 03 2010 12:19 ohN wrote: The problem with wow is that because it's such a great game, it demands a ton of self-control. Many people lack that (including me back when I used to play). =/ However you should try to make a serious effort towards better time management and self-control. It'll make you an overall better person and you'll be able to enjoy magnificent games like wow without it negatively affecting your real life. The PROBLEM with wow is that it's such a great game? I hear this a lot from people and that just seems ass backwards to me. Why would you hate a game for being good? What about everyone who plays Starcraft here? As long as you're enjoying yourself, and it hasn't cost you anything serious as far as life progression, no one should regret playing a game of any kind. Games are meant to be fun and that's all. When did people forget that? | ||
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
On December 03 2010 15:01 {Mr.X} wrote: The PROBLEM with wow is that it's such a great game? I hear this a lot from people and that just seems ass backwards to me. Why would you hate a game for being good? What about everyone who plays Starcraft here? As long as you're enjoying yourself, and it hasn't cost you anything serious as far as life progression, no one should regret playing a game of any kind. Games are meant to be fun and that's all. When did people forget that? they enjoy it too much but sadly it doesn't loving a game a lot doesn't give you education or money | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
I still had good grades though so it didn't ruin me but regardless I got so pissed off at wrath I quit in rage after beating Ulduar eighteen hours after release...the game was never the same | ||
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{Mr.X}
United States95 Posts
On December 03 2010 15:05 shawster wrote: they enjoy it too much but sadly it doesn't loving a game a lot doesn't give you education or money That's very true, but playing a game was never MEANT to give you an education or money. Would you complain if you devoted a few hours a week to playing chess? Or going hiking? Or going to a play or other entertainment event? Or reading a book? I understand the value of getting out and doing things, but in the end, anything that's entertainment is just that - - entertainment. It was never meant to be anything more. If it entertains you and you enjoy it, there's no reason to regret it. | ||
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Caphe
Vietnam10817 Posts
You should try to stay away from any kind of information that may remind you off Wow, or you will want to go back. From the time I quit until now, I've never read any website about Wow. Some of mine friends go back to play Wow even after a year of quitting. | ||
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Adeeler
United Kingdom764 Posts
WoW is so addictive cos you time invested always improves your character. That combined with random low drop rates of good items forces you to replay stuff over and over to progress. Socially once in a guild its fun to play dungeons together. | ||
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NIIINO
Slovakia1320 Posts
I quit so easily i just started play Aion :D Dont worry i quit Aion after 4 weeks too : ) Now when im sad i just watch Eviscirate and The fat cow series. Addiction to wow helped me more than i could think of. | ||
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