Cold Turkey
I think I know what addiction is.
I'm giving up WoW. I'm through. I nearly screwed up something great because of it, and, while things are fine, I don't want to run the risk again. A slap on the wrists just isn't good enough for me.
Or maybe it is?
I want to go back SO badly, I do. I love guild chat and Vent, I really enjoy playing the mage (if there was a non-online version of WoW, I'd totally buy it just to play the mage on that). Those two reasons alone make me want to return to it.
But then, I also dislike a lot of what it does. There is no pause button, there is no end, and many times, it's the game's schedule rather than my own that I'm playing by. I absolutely loathe the idea of raiding, and I couldn't give two shits about phat lewts (I'm in it to make my mage look good, not to crit higher, and also the experience with guildies; not just running something because it happens to have something I might want). Grinding rep, while relaxing at times, can get very frustrating on a PvP server, and many times leaves me angrier than when I logged on.
I'm kind of the anti-player in this sense.
The sick part is that it feels like an addiction right now. I just want to play for an hour, just an hour. No longer. Just for old times sake. Just one more run with the guild.
Anita was surprised. She thinks I need to take it one step at a time, and use a patch for this. XD
Of course, Wikipedia has this on addiction that I really should think on: "Sudden withdrawal from drugs such as [World of Warcraft] and [Kick-Ass Mages] can be extremely dangerous, leading to potentially fatal seizures."
Just one more hit. What could it hurt?
I'm giving up WoW. I'm through. I nearly screwed up something great because of it, and, while things are fine, I don't want to run the risk again. A slap on the wrists just isn't good enough for me.
Or maybe it is?
I want to go back SO badly, I do. I love guild chat and Vent, I really enjoy playing the mage (if there was a non-online version of WoW, I'd totally buy it just to play the mage on that). Those two reasons alone make me want to return to it.
But then, I also dislike a lot of what it does. There is no pause button, there is no end, and many times, it's the game's schedule rather than my own that I'm playing by. I absolutely loathe the idea of raiding, and I couldn't give two shits about phat lewts (I'm in it to make my mage look good, not to crit higher, and also the experience with guildies; not just running something because it happens to have something I might want). Grinding rep, while relaxing at times, can get very frustrating on a PvP server, and many times leaves me angrier than when I logged on.
I'm kind of the anti-player in this sense.
The sick part is that it feels like an addiction right now. I just want to play for an hour, just an hour. No longer. Just for old times sake. Just one more run with the guild.
Anita was surprised. She thinks I need to take it one step at a time, and use a patch for this. XD
Of course, Wikipedia has this on addiction that I really should think on: "Sudden withdrawal from drugs such as [World of Warcraft] and [Kick-Ass Mages] can be extremely dangerous, leading to potentially fatal seizures."
Just one more hit. What could it hurt?