World of Warcraft

vedderelf

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timroth

Because he is a nerd....sorry to all the nerds out there but its true.

eyedclaar

What you've got there is a full blown case of dorkitis. Try to get the poor chap to drink some beer and oggle some boobs.

Drop The Leash 10

and yet you're here on a forum complaining about it

iamica

WOW is an addiction, just like gambling. I'm serious. A lot of those MMORPGs have caused people to just stop doing everything else besides sitting in front of their computers.
I don't know what I would advise. Have you talked to him and your boyfriend about it? If he won't contribute at all, it might be time for you to leave since the arrangements don't seem to be very fair.

Brisk.

Its a brilliant game, just play it and you'll understand. The game is very hard to complete and there is always shit you can do.

gobrowns19

Former WOW'er, clean since January.

It was a fun game and I still want to play it sometimes, but I was never addicted to it like some people were. I quit because I was addicted enough, but never in such a bad way-I would never skip work to play it or ignore my friends, but I did however ignore other hobbies and homework sometimes.

But it can truly be an addiction such as gambling. As for helping him, that I can't give any advice on.

mca47

I never got into WOW, but I know people that are addicted to it.

I think like cigarettes and alcohol, the government should put a warning label on that game.

Warning:
Exposure to World of Warcraft can lead to the following conditions: Obesity, carpel tunnel, cardiovascular disease, and vision impairment.
Prolonged exposure will lead to relationship problems (if you are one of the 4 out of 1,000,000 who play the game that actually have relationships) lack of friends*, and the potential of being fired from your job.





*Internet friends do not count, you pathetic loser!

Stone Is God

Is he a computer geek meaning does he know anything about computer hardware? If not, when no one if around, just go into his room and open up his computer. Find and loosen the connection to the hard drive. Don't unplug just loosen. If he doesn't know shit about computers he'll never be able to figure out what's wrong with it. Since he has no money he won't be able to get it fixed. Problem solved.

NothinGBetteRPJMaN

I had a similar problem!!

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=283459

I will give advice later but gotta go!

Drop The Leash 10

mca47 wrote:

I never got into WOW, but I know people that are addicted to it.

I think like cigarettes and alcohol, the government should put a warning label on that game.

Warning:
Exposure to World of Warcraft can lead to the following conditions: Obesity, carpel tunnel, cardiovascular disease, and vision impairment.
Prolonged exposure will lead to relationship problems (if you are one of the 4 out of 1,000,000 who play the game that actually have relationships) lack of friends*, and the potential of being fired from your job.





*Internet friends do not count, you pathetic loser!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

intodeep

vedderelf wrote:

Can someone please explain why my roommate spends his every waking hour playing this game, neglecting work, household chores and basic hygiene even? I realize some people are able to play recreationally and walk away, but this is becoming a real issue for everyone in our house.

What is the allure of the game? I am a girl so I have to admit video and computer games in general are not my thing, but this game in particular seems to have a strange hold over people. Anyone know why?

He is in his late 20's by the way. It is about to end my relationship with my boyfriend since it is his brother. Am I missing something or am I within my right to demand that he either start contributing to the house now or move out? The issue is further complicated by the fact that their father owns the house, so they don't pay rent, thus giving the gamer absolutely no motivation to get anything beyond his 20 hour a week minimum wage job.
I could move out entirely, but that would end my relationship and my boyfriend is the one who has done all the work on the house anyway while his brother sits at the computer.

I am too old for this roommate crap. Anyone have any advice?

Well if he is an otherwise good person set him up with a girl friend of yours and do a double date or something. Some real world interaction might get him to step away a bit.

Drop The Leash 10

life wasted just came on my itunes

RolandTD20Kdrummer

He'll quit right after the next level...I promise.

vedderelf

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drivingrl

iamica wrote:

WOW is an addiction, just like gambling. I'm serious. A lot of those MMORPGs have caused people to just stop doing everything else besides sitting in front of their computers.

That's very true. I've seen two marriages end because of the husband's addiction to WoW.

No, I'm not joking.

Stone Is God

vedderelf wrote:

He has two real-life friends that come over to play D&D. One is a sort of cute girl and he once yelled at her for hiding ork powers or something during a game. I couldn't really follow what was going on, but it was like the angriest, dorkiest rage you'd ever heard. I thought after he called her a bitch she wouldn't come back over but she did, unbelievably.

Does a can of soda poured over it do the same trick?

Wow! What a loser! I thought it would be some sort of nerdy D&D love but that's awful.

The soda would do the same trick but I'm assuming you don't want him to know it's you. Dumping a soda on it might defeat that purpose.

acutejam

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

He'll quit right after the next level...I promise.

LMAO!

SO yeah, I'm a recovering WoW player -- I played solid for a year then went cold turkey. It was my social life, all my friends played, we had voice chat going, playing game together, killing things, getting better gear, killing harder things, getting better gear, killing even harder things, getting even better gear. The gear (armor, swords, magic rings, etc) is totally ... crack.

It's continually "in play" so that when you're away from the game, you think your "friends" are in there doing something without you, scoring crack! And to get the best crack, you have to hang out for a long time (slog through long missions).

Have him type "/played" into his game screen -- it will show how many hours he's been playing the current character. Have him do that on all his characters. Lil wake up call.

But it's tough to quit -- there's a very social element, chat room quality to it. You log on and pretty much get the "NORM!" treatment with all yer "online pals." They "need" you to fulfill their crack deals... If yer not his wife/girlfriend/parent, this ain't gonna turn out good. And actually, it woulda been better had i been in the living room -- my wife gave me a PSP and said, "Quit and sit on the couch with me at least each night."

I shoulda held out for a guitar, silly me....

RolandTD20Kdrummer

acutejam wrote:

LMAO!

SO yeah, I'm a recovering WoW player -- I played solid for a year then went cold turkey. It was my social life, all my friends played, we had voice chat going, playing game together, killing things, getting better gear, killing harder things, getting better gear, killing even harder things, getting even better gear. The gear (armor, swords, magic rings, etc) is totally ... crack.

It's continually "in play" so that when you're away from the game, you think your "friends" are in there doing something without you, scoring crack! And to get the best crack, you have to hang out for a long time (slog through long missions).

Have him type "/played" into his game screen -- it will show how many hours he's been playing the current character. Have him do that on all his characters. Lil wake up call.

But it's tough to quit -- there's a very social element, chat room quality to it. You log on and pretty much get the "NORM!" treatment with all yer "online pals." If yer not his wife/girlfriend/parent, this ain't gonna turn out good.

They did a study and found that with video games immediately after every "achievement" phase is completed in the game the brain releases some kind of opiate...

in a sense, it is like drugs.

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So what level vedderelf are you?:p:D

Baldy246

vedderelf wrote:

He has two real-life friends that come over to play D&D. One is a sort of cute girl and he once yelled at her for hiding ork powers or something during a game. I couldn't really follow what was going on, but it was like the angriest, dorkiest rage you'd ever heard. I thought after he called her a bitch she wouldn't come back over but she did, unbelievably.

That's the funniest thing I have heard all day!!! Thank you!