I'm a WoW addict.

For now. Of course I've quickly become a Guitar Hero 2 addict as well.

Point being, I'm a G-A-M-E-R. If it's not WoW it will be some other game. At least one game has kept my interest for a year and a half.

Got 2 pieces of loot from Kara and up to Curator....... (wait for it).... BITCHES!!!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I'm addicted to WoW :(

It's a bit like in that South Park episode where they jump out of bed looking like death and log straight back in (not quite obese with ruined skin yet though [img]tongue.gif[/img] )

I think with me it's more the fact that I bottle it all up (as obviously I can't play at work and don't play much in the evenings as I'm spending most of the night with my wife to be) and then unleash it all and have a couple of insane sessions at the weekend!

Bah, i'm the same, Zink. I won't play for days sometimes then make up for those days in a weekend or an all-nighter (I'm a rebel see).

But like I said, after that I usually need another good break. It is no more than people do with booze or TV. In this kind of moderation I think it doesn't warrant the word "addiction" unless the others do too. It becomes unhealthy when it starts taking from your life, rather than giving.

65 warrior
63 mage
63 rogue
48 lock
38 rogue (Might twink out)
37 hunter
34 shaman
32 paladin
26 priest (Can't wait til 30, MC FTW!!)
18 druid

Basically i cbfed lvling my higher lvl chars, i get soo far in questing and its like.. omg this is taking soo friggen long. So then i start up a new char and it's a whole new experience in the game. It is also a way to find out how to combat that class's weakness and the extra chars mean no boredem at all. PvP is a blast because if you are tired of just going Mortal Strike Heroic strike or Pyro crit PoM pyro crit, you can switch around for fun.
Yep, im an addict but i havnt been bothered to buy the card in like 7 days or so. Been enjoying the time with my mates.

I'll admit I was somewhat addicted for quite a whie there, but its been about 3 months since I played and so far so good!

It's great having all this time back, and now even if I wanted to play, I have to many other things to do!

Though I do plan on getting back into it in a controlled manner.....

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Just necromancing this thread as I wanted to put my 2c in. I've obviously started a wee bit behind you guys and am experiencing the newness and excitement of WOW for the first couple of months, as opposed to a lot of the comments on the thread where people sound jaded, frustrated, aggravated, etc. I suppose I've only ground my way to level 39 and have only played for 7 days or so (gaming time).

So far I am loving the game - it's the first MMORPG I've played (NWN was great but not really an MMORPG, more a MORPG) so I'm getting a kick out of the novelty of it all for me. I like the fact that the world is huge and that each region is different, and that you can go for days just exploring it (which I've been doing). I've been trying to level up, definitely, but mainly so I can get my mount and explore quicker. I haven't done any raids yet so I can't comment on that, but I've done a few instances and those have been fun.

That said, I can't see how anyone could get addicted to it to the point where they focus exclusively on it at the expense of everything else (though maybe my definition of addiction is different). I enjoy playing computer games - I'm a gamer like TL is, though MBA and work priorities have always kept that in check. Also, I know what it's like to be physically and psychologically addicted to something like cigarettes or recreational drugs like e and coke when I was in my partying phase (phase of my life many years ago - those of you around in the early 2000s may have seen a post from me on a thread from Charlie on the topic) and I don't think I've ever experienced the same feeding or need when playing a computer game. Whenever something stops feeling like fun, I stop doing it. It's how I stopped doing e and clubbing every weekend - when it stopped being enjoyable. It was a bit tougher doing that with clubbing, and I still haven't managed it with cigarettes, but from a gaming POV, I've always been in control of my own time - if it gets boring, I stop and do something else. But that's just me - YMMV. :)

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lol, good thread to bring back..

I just started playing again and just hit 70 :D

So that means I will be playing again.... a lot....