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My name is Andrew, and I'm addicted to Warcraft.
Well not really. I still go to the gym, spend time with my fiance, do schoolwork, and otherwise try to maintain a social life, but I did cancel my account this evening. I'm hoping for good this time.
Video games aren't a bad thing when taken in moderation. The problem with MOGs such as Warcraft is that there is no such thing as moderation. Sure you can do well as a casual player the first time you make the trip to level 60, but after that the game becomes one constant grind after another. If you want to do well in PvP then you need to have good gear. If you want to have good gear then you have to spend countless hours in the battlegrounds getting killed over and over or you have to be willing to spend 20-30 hours a week raiding in high end dungeons with no guarantee of ever getting anything worthwhile.
PvP in massive online games can be a fun thing. There's nothing greater than going out and testing your skill against someone else, but there's definitely a problem when a game is so gear dependant. In Dark Age of Camelot, for instance, the best equipment in the game could be crafted by players so that it came down more to skill than who had more time to grind and get bigger and better toys.
I bought a guitar last week. I think I'm going to spend my newfound free time teaching myself that, continuing the learning process on my piano, and finishing the book I've been working on off and on for the past year.
Well not really. I still go to the gym, spend time with my fiance, do schoolwork, and otherwise try to maintain a social life, but I did cancel my account this evening. I'm hoping for good this time.
Video games aren't a bad thing when taken in moderation. The problem with MOGs such as Warcraft is that there is no such thing as moderation. Sure you can do well as a casual player the first time you make the trip to level 60, but after that the game becomes one constant grind after another. If you want to do well in PvP then you need to have good gear. If you want to have good gear then you have to spend countless hours in the battlegrounds getting killed over and over or you have to be willing to spend 20-30 hours a week raiding in high end dungeons with no guarantee of ever getting anything worthwhile.
PvP in massive online games can be a fun thing. There's nothing greater than going out and testing your skill against someone else, but there's definitely a problem when a game is so gear dependant. In Dark Age of Camelot, for instance, the best equipment in the game could be crafted by players so that it came down more to skill than who had more time to grind and get bigger and better toys.
I bought a guitar last week. I think I'm going to spend my newfound free time teaching myself that, continuing the learning process on my piano, and finishing the book I've been working on off and on for the past year.