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The Dangerous World of MMORPGs
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16 March 2005
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Hi, my name is Chris. It's been 7 hours since I last logged onto World of Warcraft.
I'm hear to talk to you about MMORPG addiction.
Recently the gaming market has exploded with a slew of MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) titles. Every imaginable type of nerd has his tastes catered to through MMORPGs. Star Wars Galaxies for the Star Wars nerds. EVE, for those who remember 'Elite' on the spectrum. City of Heroes for comic book geeks. Why someone informed me yesterday that a Star Trek MMORPG is in planning. Often considered the biggest and bestest is World of Warcraft.
Now World of Warcraft is a MMORPG set in a fantasy landscape. I'm a Dwarf Hunter, which basically means I get my big bear (whom I've named Bill the Bear) to attack the enemy while I stand as far away as humanly possible shooting at them with my big ass gun of doom™.
Its easy to get rather involved in any MMORPG because its an entire world within which you can interact. However WoW makes me disappointed in life.
Why? Well life is never as pretty as WoW for one thing. I'm disappointed that ebay isn't as easy to use as an auction house. I'm rather upset that when I go into the pub I can't buy 5 pints of Rhapsody Malt for 25 copper pieces and I'm increasingly pissed off that my cat won't kill any enemy that stands in my path and instead just sits there. Fricking thing. Bill wouldn't stand for this.
What's more in World of Warcraft getting ace weaponry consists of 15 minutes running around collecting stuff and 2 minutes in front of an anvil. If real life made getting weaponry this easy I'd already be halfway through my evil plan to conquer the globe, starting with Swindon. (Not for any particular strategic reason, I'd just like to level Swindon)
I'm also upset that I can't summon a Ram to ride around on for quick travel at will. I suspect I'm beginning to annoy people as well. My colleagues at work looked at me very strangely when after I finished tonight I stood outside work rubbing my hands together in an attempt to get home. They were also annoyed that whenever one of them started a conversation I'd ask if they had PVP enabled.
In short, next to WoW, life is depressingly dull. It's therefore no wonder that MMORPG addiction is so rampant.
Take a friend of mine. We'll call him Barry. Now Barry is the guy who introduced me to WoW. Barry spends 18 hour stints playing WoW (I am not kidding). He didn't sleep for 3 days. Why? Barry was playing World of Warcraft. Now Barry isn't a loner. Barry has a girlfriend, and still literally has to fight them off with a stick. Barry has friends (especially Barry's good friend beer) and yet Barry spends 18 hours a day on World of Warcraft. Barry needs help.
Please keep Barry in your prayers. His constant struggle against the forces of WoW addiction will ever deepen.
And if anyone has any suggestions on how to make sure Barry doesn't think I'm a dwarf it'd be very helpful.
I'm hear to talk to you about MMORPG addiction.
Recently the gaming market has exploded with a slew of MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) titles. Every imaginable type of nerd has his tastes catered to through MMORPGs. Star Wars Galaxies for the Star Wars nerds. EVE, for those who remember 'Elite' on the spectrum. City of Heroes for comic book geeks. Why someone informed me yesterday that a Star Trek MMORPG is in planning. Often considered the biggest and bestest is World of Warcraft.
Now World of Warcraft is a MMORPG set in a fantasy landscape. I'm a Dwarf Hunter, which basically means I get my big bear (whom I've named Bill the Bear) to attack the enemy while I stand as far away as humanly possible shooting at them with my big ass gun of doom™.
Its easy to get rather involved in any MMORPG because its an entire world within which you can interact. However WoW makes me disappointed in life.
Why? Well life is never as pretty as WoW for one thing. I'm disappointed that ebay isn't as easy to use as an auction house. I'm rather upset that when I go into the pub I can't buy 5 pints of Rhapsody Malt for 25 copper pieces and I'm increasingly pissed off that my cat won't kill any enemy that stands in my path and instead just sits there. Fricking thing. Bill wouldn't stand for this.
What's more in World of Warcraft getting ace weaponry consists of 15 minutes running around collecting stuff and 2 minutes in front of an anvil. If real life made getting weaponry this easy I'd already be halfway through my evil plan to conquer the globe, starting with Swindon. (Not for any particular strategic reason, I'd just like to level Swindon)
I'm also upset that I can't summon a Ram to ride around on for quick travel at will. I suspect I'm beginning to annoy people as well. My colleagues at work looked at me very strangely when after I finished tonight I stood outside work rubbing my hands together in an attempt to get home. They were also annoyed that whenever one of them started a conversation I'd ask if they had PVP enabled.
In short, next to WoW, life is depressingly dull. It's therefore no wonder that MMORPG addiction is so rampant.
Take a friend of mine. We'll call him Barry. Now Barry is the guy who introduced me to WoW. Barry spends 18 hour stints playing WoW (I am not kidding). He didn't sleep for 3 days. Why? Barry was playing World of Warcraft. Now Barry isn't a loner. Barry has a girlfriend, and still literally has to fight them off with a stick. Barry has friends (especially Barry's good friend beer) and yet Barry spends 18 hours a day on World of Warcraft. Barry needs help.
Please keep Barry in your prayers. His constant struggle against the forces of WoW addiction will ever deepen.
And if anyone has any suggestions on how to make sure Barry doesn't think I'm a dwarf it'd be very helpful.
i am an ex addict of UO,AC2, and SWG. after kicking these habits what did i do? went and bought WoW so now i am a wow addict as well. for further referance i'm a undead rouge on the pvp server frostmane. whom i named kristopher. used the same name since UO days.
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i know what you mean about MMORPG players and how most people whom never played them consider it a "nerd" or "geek" thing. thats not always true, like your friend i have a life with a family and a job.
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so uh, if your a MMORPG addict reading this, jump on frontmane in WOW and lets kick some alliance ass.
one more thing, chris, drop the alliance act man, we all know your really horde at heart...switch over to the darkside.