10 REASONS to pay 15 bucks to play WoW?

[Kirkburn]

Just enjoy WoW for the sake for enjoying it - not in order to prove who is "better". Who cares if people have better gear than you, there are always new characters being created and levelled.

Yes, it costs money per month, but no other games have the incredible depth (and continual large updates) of an MMO.

Anyway, try the trial, be sensible, and you'll be fine.

[MightyJordan]

If you really want to play a MMORPG, just avoid WoW, and go for one of the free ones, like RF Online, or Archlord. They're all pretty much the same, except RF Online has a sci-fi theme.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Damn, I used to hate World of Warcraft with a passion but I recently started playing it with my friends. So far it's been a week and I only play when my friends play as I have no urge to play alone. After reading some unfortunate stories here, my desire to stay "unaddicted" to this game has grown stronger. I'm so glad I have the willpower to resist a game like World of Warcraft. To be honest, I think I just might quit today. It's funny because I've only been playing for no more than a week. Call me lucky but I'm glad the WoW bug hasn't bit me.

MightyJordan: RF Online servers for Europe and North America have been closed. There's a statement about it on their main website.

http://www.rf-onlinegame.com/

[Azusa]

A friend of mine plays WoW, he used to be a really good guy as a teenager, now this is what he's like:

He's not had a job in ages and when he does have a job, he just bunks to play WoW.

He's 22 years old and he's never even been kissed (or smiled at) by a woman.

He looks like he's about 5 stone.

When he does come out, if any violence or arguments ensue, good old england, he gets a nose bleed instantly.

He'd much rather RAID then come out with friends.

He didnt know who Obama was.

His house got broken into while his parents were on holiday he didnt realise for three days, Police laughed at him, LMAO.

When I started dating a girl he had a "Crush" on (who the hell has crushes at 22?) he pushed his Monitor on the floor and wouldn't talk to me anymore.

He has no social skills, when he does come out he sits there quiet and then occasionally says stuff like, My Mage can do that!

He's the rudest person I've ever met, I was telling him about an iPhone application i'm developing, all had to say about it was "I dont care".

If World War Three kicks off any time soon and conscripting comes back he'd try and take a sick note in from his mum.

I personally used to play an MMO, FFXI, and my ex ran off to Florida to be with some guy she met over there. Since then, i've always hated MMOs and what they do to people. Seriously, it's just wrong.

God i know someone like that too....

[mamamamamamama]

Now that WotLK is released here are some reasons not to pay $15 dollars a month, and some reasons to also do so.

1) It takes 15 million exp to get from 70-80. Now imagine how much it will take to get to 1-80.

2) By the time you hit 80, everyone will severely overgear you, if you play in moderation.

3) There are TONS of 14 year olds that cannot understand how to play, and are extremely annoying, and mouthbreathers....

4) I played for 2 years. I just recently quit, here is what I lost and gained due to this videogame:

Lost:

1) 2 Girlfriends.

2) Didn't see several movies in theatres that I had been waiting for, for years.

3) Time spent with my dying father.

4) Several very good friends.

5) I use to be able to create extremely intricate ink pen drawings at the drop of a hat, I now can barely draw stick figures.

6) I'm quite sure my IQ went down while staring at my monitor constantly & doing the same thing ingame, over and over, and over again.

7) Lost roughly 450 dollars over 2 years due to subscription fees & character transfers.

8) And overall, about 9,000 hours of time better spent doing something to better my life, and get me ahead. ( 12 hours of playing a day, 7 days week for 2 years. )

Gained:

1) Lost 60 pounds over 2 years.

Thats about it for gained, I cannot think of anything else remotely positive after playing for 2 years.

If you plan on playing, I recommend using the parental controls and setting time limits for hours of play a day... If not, odds are a lot of my negative outcomes from playing will happen to you as well. Play in moderation for the love of yourself.

You're kidding right? Tell me you're kidding!

[KiHu]

You're kidding right? Tell me you're kidding!

Doubt it.

[Gained]

Weight

[Lost]

Time spent with now dead Grandmother

2 Girlfriends

a Graphic Card(lol)

Confidence

Social skills (they are quite back now after 1n a half year)

Trust

Will to game.

[Observations]

Most of the people in my class play WoW, and thats the only thing they talk about(even at parties..great), And you have NO IDEA how sorry I feel for them, seriously...They lack normal Social Skills, everything for them revolves around WoW.

[d3m0nb0y]

WoW was and is built to get you addicted. All MMORPGS have it.

[bob_c_b]

Sounds like a bunch of people who don't know how to do anything in moderation. I play LOTRO and WoW and often take long breaks between games. Gaing XP back and "catching up" is usually easy and I don't mind because I play for fun. Saying you missed time with a dying relative is kind of bull because there is no garuntee you would have spent any more time with them if you weren't playing WoW. If a game causes you to turn away from friends they likely weren't that great of friends to start with.

Get some self control and don't blame a game because you exhibited some poor behavior for a couple years. MMOs are designed to keep you paying, not to get you addicted. If you can get addicted to a game that badly you better stay away from any kind of alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, sex, shopping, religion...

[Orange]

SAD GAME! i hate it and will hate it for life.

[gigapixels Veteran]

Sounds like a bunch of people who don't know how to do anything in moderation. I play LOTRO and WoW and often take long breaks between games. Gaing XP back and "catching up" is usually easy and I don't mind because I play for fun. Saying you missed time with a dying relative is kind of bull because there is no garuntee you would have spent any more time with them if you weren't playing WoW. If a game causes you to turn away from friends they likely weren't that great of friends to start with.

Get some self control and don't blame a game because you exhibited some poor behavior for a couple years. MMOs are designed to keep you paying, not to get you addicted. If you can get addicted to a game that badly you better stay away from any kind of alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, sex, shopping, religion...

I agree. When I was still playing, I only played it as often as I play any other games. Same with WAR and LOTRO. They're just regular games to me.

[LightIdea]

I bought wow for private LAN games :rofl:

[Green_Eye]

My Advice?

Avoid it...

[AltecXP]

Because you enjoy it... thats the ONLY reason you need. I cancelled xBox Live to play WoW because I play it more then my xBox.

[GNRambo]

Sounds like a bunch of people who don't know how to do anything in moderation. I play LOTRO and WoW and often take long breaks between games. Gaing XP back and "catching up" is usually easy and I don't mind because I play for fun. Saying you missed time with a dying relative is kind of bull because there is no garuntee you would have spent any more time with them if you weren't playing WoW. If a game causes you to turn away from friends they likely weren't that great of friends to start with.

Get some self control and don't blame a game because you exhibited some poor behavior for a couple years. MMOs are designed to keep you paying, not to get you addicted. If you can get addicted to a game that badly you better stay away from any kind of alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, sex, shopping, religion...

+1

I play wow on my spare time, school + social life go first for me. I like how people use WoW as a scape goat for their lack of self control

[I am Redbeard]

$15 a month for entertainment at your finger tips or.. two trips to McDonalds for a "meal" in a month.

I choose entertainment.

[Stinky Newb]

Sounds like a bunch of people who don't know how to do anything in moderation. I play LOTRO and WoW and often take long breaks between games. Gaing XP back and "catching up" is usually easy and I don't mind because I play for fun. Saying you missed time with a dying relative is kind of bull because there is no garuntee you would have spent any more time with them if you weren't playing WoW. If a game causes you to turn away from friends they likely weren't that great of friends to start with.

Get some self control and don't blame a game because you exhibited some poor behavior for a couple years. MMOs are designed to keep you paying, not to get you addicted. If you can get addicted to a game that badly you better stay away from any kind of alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, sex, shopping, religion...

Most intelligent reply in this thread.

[CrazyDelta]

I played the trial and decided this game wasn't for me. Try it and see for yourself.

[GreatStalin]

+1

I play wow on my spare time, school + social life go first for me. I like how people use WoW as a scape goat for their lack of self control

+1 indeed, old chap!

I despise how people blame the game, when it is clearly the player at fault.

I've been playing the game for quite some time now (since the first day of release, if you must know!), but I have yet to have been affected by these so-called 'disadvantages' of playing the game. In fact, I would probably say my life is much better off due to it, socially or otherwise!

[DELTETHISACCOUNT]

I had a choice to play either Guild Wars or Wow when they first came out. I chose Guild Wars because it was free and I didn't have a credit card at the time. Spent 700+ hours playing it. I look back in disgust. I remember pulling all-nighters trying to sell stuff. Just typing the same message every 10 seconds for hours.

WTS: BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH 5000 GOLD

I will never play a MMO ever again.

[aussiefloyd_fan]

stats say this is more addictive than crack or heroin .. be careful

[Crackler]

Some crazy stories. I knew it was bad but not that bad. My girlfriend would see me play it (for free on a private server) and told me to stop so I did, so I still have her and more time for myself with WoW out of my life. :D

[MECL]

hehe, I agree with Crackler, lot's of crazy stories here.

WoW can break your life if your not careful. My suite mate freshman year at school NEVER came out of his room. Honestly, he came out of his single-room 2 weeks after we moved in for the fall semester...we thought he had broken in. Turns out, he slept all day, played all night, and never-ever-ever opened his door or socialized with us all year. Oh, he would go home on the weekends to shower (or just play more WoW, you decide).

I don't play while I'm away at college, never have. I always force myself to uninstall, it's defiantly worth quitting for a while when your building your real-life future.

The game is the best I have ever played. It's lot's of fun when you have a few real-life friends that play. Limit yourself to 2-3 hours a day (maybe a few more if you have nothing to do at all). I stopped raiding pre-BC because it just takes up way too much time.

Having a gf make fun of your playing helps keep an addiction at bay. :-P

[»X«]

I went through a patch of playing this bitch 24/7. But not to the extent of others. I wasn't in a guild, I didn't do raids. More of a casual gamer. Yet I spend a fortune on it. And its true, casual gamers don't stand a chance as long as you have some hairy arsed dude in a string vest, eating cold pizza, doing everything in his power to get the best of everything.

Months back I thought I would break my neck to get the new expansion, but I can't be bothered. As for my char's I think I'll let them rot until I decided to give them away.

It was fun but soon consumes you. After all, there is only so many times you can see a dwarf dancing in his underwear near a mailbox in Ironforge. I need to clear space in my brain for important things now, I don't want to know abbreviations anymore! Begone LF1M BRD,

[SMELTN]

Well I have to add my $.02 cent here considering I just quit a little over a month ago now, after being a HARDCORE raider and playing wow for 6 years total (counting Alpha and beta)..

I must say I have seen drastic changes in my social behavior. I go out ALOT more now, I talk to people ALOT more now. My entire way of acting, interacting, etc with people has changed. I am not so moody all the time.

BUT.. I am finding myself getting bored.. I mean I spend a ton of time with my family now, but I am not a TV watcher, I only really watch TV on Monday nights, to see Chuck and Heroes, so Tues-Sun, I have nothing else to do.. I play Call of Duty:World at War.. But its a FPS game, which I find myself only playing 2-4 nights a week, and maybe play for an hour on those nights MAX.

World of Warcraft is a GREAT HOBBY!!.. It is a very inexpensive hobby if all you do is pay the subscription fee's. It can be a TON of fun, and you can make some GREAT online friends.. I loved playing it, and I would still play it now, if it wasn't for the fact that I got bored with it, and just plan burnt out.. Now I raided 4 nights a week 4-5 hours straight on those nights.. But with Wraith ALOT has changed and it is a TON more casual now, so you don't have to play everynight all night to get somewhere and have fun anymore, and that I love. If I could control my addiction better I would probably go back.

[ApuBo]

hmm, i play wow about 18 hour a month (when i have time for it, waitin for someone or bored) well a side game.

used to be a 6+ hour a day, then i reach lvl70 it became too much same same for me.

and i played wow for a 1+ year now :) .. dont have Litch king though (will buy it this week).