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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 134986" data-attributes="member: 151">I think quite a few know about Everquest's alternate sobriquet, and would agree that it has merit, in an ironic sort of way.  Is ti truly 'addicting'?  No more so than any other hobby.  Everquest requires a large investment of time, and there is quite a lot to recommend it.  Several of my players are Everquest players, and occasionally they end up choosing D&D over it.  Two of my players quit Everquest, and one returned, not because it was so addicting, but it was cost-effective entertainment for him.None of them have found the game so compelling that they have left their wives, quit their jobs or neglected their families (and more importantly, our D&D games <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />).  That some find the game's allure too much to resist is no different than any other fixation a person can experience.  To imply that a warning needs to be issued for every possible mental threat seems beyond excessive.  Especially since the person at risk in question was most likely at risk from a variety of things, of which Everquest happened to be one.  I know some people who feel this way about D&D.  Should it be labelled?  How about professional sports?  If he had killed himself after his NCAA team failed to make the Final Four, would we even be having this discussion? Tens of thousands of folks play Everquest, and manage to do so without suffering ill effects.  Those who do usually make a conscious choice to do so.  Everquest is addicting for some.  I found I didn't like the game (although I do play Asheron's Call), and thousands avoid the game like I do.  It's a shame this guy neglected everything around him, but Everquest is no more to blame than a gun manufacturer, if he shot himself, IMHO.As for the payment of the game, it's entirely possible that he had a credit card, and was paying for the game with it.  In that case, he might have been able to play for months without any income.</blockquote>

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