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<blockquote data-quote="jaer" data-source="post: 4144043" data-attributes="member: 57861">I find it amusing that this is why I quit WoW.&nbsp; I was with a guide that started from a group of maybe 10 real-world friends, a few of which I play D&amp;D with and have for years.&nbsp; At high level play, I got ridiculously bored of not having anything I could do on my own.&nbsp; I didn't want random PuGs (how I loath them!) and I hated having to schedule 3 hours of time to run through an instance/raid...again.&nbsp; And again.&nbsp; And again!&nbsp; And there was little reason for me to be online other than to run those raids since I could do nothing on my own except grind for gold.&nbsp; Boring!So I quit.&nbsp; I don't want a computer game that I have the schedule when I play it to do anything useful and fun.&nbsp; I have D&amp;D night for that!&nbsp; And I don't find it entertaining to do the same damn thing week after week with the hopes of getting lucky and doing just a little better.&nbsp; At least each game of D&amp;D is new and exciting.With my group, our D&amp;D night comes first.&nbsp; Even those friends who still play WoW will schedule D&amp;D instead of a WoW raid given a choice between the two.&nbsp; We even managed to add a new player to our D&amp;D group, someone who we met through our WoW guide.I think the two genres feed off each other.&nbsp; Most of my friends wouldn't want to give up their WoW completely: it fills their down-time with something.&nbsp; But none of us stopped playing D&amp;D because we started WoW.&nbsp; They don't fill the same niche.&nbsp; They don't satisfy the same craving.&nbsp; For some people, yes these are competing products, but I think (bases solely on my experiences and people I've talked) the competitious between tabletop games and online games is pretty low.&nbsp; I haven't heard of someone giving up one solely based on taking up the other (but I'm sure it has happened).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jaer, post: 4144043, member: 57861"] I find it amusing that this is why I quit WoW. I was with a guide that started from a group of maybe 10 real-world friends, a few of which I play D&D with and have for years. At high level play, I got ridiculously bored of not having anything I could do on my own. I didn't want random PuGs (how I loath them!) and I hated having to schedule 3 hours of time to run through an instance/raid...again. And again. And again! And there was little reason for me to be online other than to run those raids since I could do nothing on my own except grind for gold. Boring! So I quit. I don't want a computer game that I have the schedule when I play it to do anything useful and fun. I have D&D night for that! And I don't find it entertaining to do the same damn thing week after week with the hopes of getting lucky and doing just a little better. At least each game of D&D is new and exciting. With my group, our D&D night comes first. Even those friends who still play WoW will schedule D&D instead of a WoW raid given a choice between the two. We even managed to add a new player to our D&D group, someone who we met through our WoW guide. I think the two genres feed off each other. Most of my friends wouldn't want to give up their WoW completely: it fills their down-time with something. But none of us stopped playing D&D because we started WoW. They don't fill the same niche. They don't satisfy the same craving. For some people, yes these are competing products, but I think (bases solely on my experiences and people I've talked) the competitious between tabletop games and online games is pretty low. I haven't heard of someone giving up one solely based on taking up the other (but I'm sure it has happened). [/QUOTE]

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