Gloom and how it gets that way.

The way you feel about WoW is the way i use to feel about Halo. I have calmed it down a huge amount and my life is beginning to turn around for the better. I hope that everything works out for you dude

Thanks.

I don't know... not all of my problems are WoW related... WoW just provides the escape. I have a lot to make right in my life. I need to stop underachieving and stop living for other people.

Thanks. I don't know... not all of my problems are WoW related... WoW just provides the escape. I have a lot to make right in my life. I need to stop underachieving and stop living for other people.

WoW was pretty much just taking too much of my time, and making me a slacker when I wasn't playing it. I've got potential to be "great" but I choose to be "good enough."

I'm sick of being "good enough."

WoW was pretty much just taking too much of my time, and making me a slacker when I wasn't playing it. I've got potential to be "great" but I choose to be "good enough." I'm sick of being "good enough."

Exactly.

Your last sentence summed it all up. You can't run your life with other people's intentions in mind. Be who you are and what you want to be, no matter what people think of you. Ultimately, you'll be happier that way. You may make your friends happier for a limited amount of time, but wouldn't you like to be happier on a regular basis? Do what you want to do, fuck what other people think.

I'm not quite sure how WoW ties into all this, but you need to play less of it. Being addicted to ANYTHING isn't good. You need some balance in your life. Maybe set aside a time a day (or less) for WoW. Schedule your life around the important things you have to do, not WoW. Try to make your day busy so you aren't tempted to get on WoW and sit there forever.

Your last sentence summed it all up. You can't run your life with other people's intentions in mind. Be who you are and what you want to be, no matter what people think of you. Ultimately, you'll be happier that way. You may make your friends happier for a limited amount of time, but wouldn't you like to be happier on a regular basis? Do what you want to do, fuck what other people think. I'm not quite sure how WoW ties into all this, but you need to play less of it. Being addicted to ANYTHING isn't good. You need some balance in your life. Maybe set aside a time a day (or less) for WoW. Schedule your life around the important things you have to do, not WoW. Try to make your day busy so you aren't tempted to get on WoW and sit there forever.

Well, the main problem with WoW, is once you're at the level cap, pretty much anything takes a good amount of time to do.

Raiding, takes 3+ hours at a time.

Even just running regular instances with people takes usually 2 hours, there are a few that only take an hour if you're with a good group of people who all know each other and are pretty coordinated.

PVP is really the only thing you can do in a short amount of time, that and either farm money or do quests for money.

The game gets to the point that it's only function is as a time sink, and for Blizzard, that's a good thing, but for the players, it can cause problems.

I can play Diablo 2 for 10 minutes and have fun. On WoW, it would take me 10 minutes to even start having fun.

Yeah, I mean... that's a big problem with WoW.

My raids are six hours long. That's 5 days a week... that's a fucking lot. I mean, it is a trap really. I can't play when I want, or for how long I want. I have to conform to some insane raiding schedule that 24 other people depend on me for. People create their own little fake reality inside that game, and it's just disgusting. I want to get to the point in my life where If neccesary I could exist if everything technological just died out and it was just me and other human beings that I love surviving or something like that. A natural state I suppose.


Here's my big problem though. I have determined that WOW serves as my escape...the idea that my much needed escape won't be there anymore is terrifying. There is a lot in life I'm afraid of, but mostly being alone and being bored. I need to stop playing the game... I just... don't know how I can.

Still, he needs balance. Take time out of every day to do something more productive than WoW. Being good at WoW won't mean shit 5 years down the road. Creating and reinforcing friendships now could mean all the difference to you 5 years down the road.

Still, he needs balance. Take time out of every day to do something more productive than WoW. Being good at WoW won't mean shit 5 years down the road. Creating and reinforcing friendships now could mean all the difference to you 5 years down the road.

It's hard to balance WoW with life.

Other games, sure. WoW is too much of a time sink.

I can play Baldur's gate for 30 minutes or less, save my game, and go do what I need to do, come back later and finish whatever I want to do. You can't do that in WoW, especially if you raid.

The main problem I had with raiding was, I had to plan 4 hours out of my life to play a video game. And these 4 hours had to be consecutive.

I get home ~5:30, raid at ~6:00, finish ~10:00 or later, and it's time for bed.

So, anything I needed to do in that time doesn't get done, I grab fast food for dinner(3 nights in a row.) My health started deteriorating, and I started having to catch up on shit.

I can spare 4 hours to play video games, but not 4 consecutive hours. I have things I need to do.

Real life friendships > WoW + friendships you get from that game.

No computer game should be the downfall of your social life. Period.