Thread: Talk me out of WoW please...

well the thing is that you have to balance between the two. If you really want to get out of wow set up a schedule between work, friends, family and Wow. Slowly cutting Wow out of the schedule. Also try thinking what else you can do with that $15 a month.

Think about it like this. WoW is so retarded people actually believe the word "train" originates from it.

Originally Posted by Sandform

Think about it like this. WoW is so retarded people actually believe the word "train" originates from it.

LOL are you serious?

Originally Posted by slayer

LOL are you serious?

Yes there are morons who think WoW is the end of all mmo's and that everything mmo-like comes from WoW.

Okay, shifting the focus a little, what are the ways that you have managed your playtimes?

EDIT: Adding more: WoW is very much a social obligation for me, because I HATE leaving people hanging and the like, but playing WoW without aving that social interaction is pretty pointless. I have had cooperative, friendly and motivated guilds put together only to fall apart because I could not be there sometimes. When I stopped, and then came back nobody knew me at all anymore, and they obviously were lvl 60+ while I was still in the Arathi Highlands.

How I shifted my playtime is picking up a new hobby. Mine was paintball. You should try something new.

Originally Posted by downmaster

How I shifted my playtime is picking up a new hobby. Mine was paintball. You should try something new.

That is my strategy right now. I get a good start on a hobby I have and when I can't think of anything but that hobby throw WoW in there for free time. I wouldn't call my Parkour a hobby in that regard as it would not be smart to ask myself to decide between running and playing a game.

But I am versing this thread as if I was addicted; I am not. I am simply trying to curtail addiction. I firsthand know that sucking feeling of dependence and missingoutness that this game emits. Luckily I stopped before I got really hooked. Now, I am trying to head into this with a better sense of direction. Not all WoW players are addicted. Millions enjoy it as a healthy part of their weekly routine. So I will keep my guard up and everything should go fine. Visiting www.wowdetox.com was sobering for me, and really let me know how this game feeds off your soul if you let it.

I would like to enjoy this game like I enjoy Halo, nice, casual playtimes that don't have me experiencing longing and nostalgia every minute away from the game. Some of my obligations are really tempting to forget for anything else, even checkers or something.

I think I might treat it as a personal rather than social thing. So let the expansion packs come, I can take my time enjoying my journey and leaving the hardcore players to their thing. Taking it slow and easy will be a nice change to hardcore grinding to level up to your odd level. Maybe when I get higher up I might get more serious about guilds and content...