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<blockquote data-quote="Schmoe" data-source="post: 4368883" data-attributes="member: 913">I played WoW for about 9 months, sometimes up to 10-15 hours a week.&nbsp; Personally, I found it very inspiring.&nbsp; The wealth of fantastic locations and variety of challenges gave me a lot to think about in terms of creating stories, and the character building gave me a lot to think about in terms of developing game mechanics.&nbsp; The sense of wonder on hitting a new zone, or entering a new instance, was pretty impressive.&nbsp; I mean, how can you not be amazed when you hit Silithas and see the swarms of bugs swirling like a maelstrom over the ruined landscape (to give one example)?I never really wanted to do the repetive &quot;grinds&quot; for gear and rep that make up so much of the &quot;endgame&quot; level of play, and the raiding scene was a no-go both because of the repetition and also because of family and things, so once I had seen everything else the game had to offer, I quit.&nbsp; Nonetheless, I still think there's a lot of inspiration to be found in WoW.&nbsp; Maybe the contention that WoW kills imagination has something to do with how it's played.&nbsp; Any activity, when taken to the extreme of repetition, becomes drudgery.&nbsp; Drudgery does nothing to inspire me, personally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Schmoe, post: 4368883, member: 913"] I played WoW for about 9 months, sometimes up to 10-15 hours a week. Personally, I found it very inspiring. The wealth of fantastic locations and variety of challenges gave me a lot to think about in terms of creating stories, and the character building gave me a lot to think about in terms of developing game mechanics. The sense of wonder on hitting a new zone, or entering a new instance, was pretty impressive. I mean, how can you [i]not[/i] be amazed when you hit Silithas and see the swarms of bugs swirling like a maelstrom over the ruined landscape (to give one example)? I never really wanted to do the repetive "grinds" for gear and rep that make up so much of the "endgame" level of play, and the raiding scene was a no-go both because of the repetition and also because of family and things, so once I had seen everything else the game had to offer, I quit. Nonetheless, I still think there's a lot of inspiration to be found in WoW. Maybe the contention that WoW kills imagination has something to do with how it's played. Any activity, when taken to the extreme of repetition, becomes drudgery. Drudgery does nothing to inspire me, personally. [/QUOTE]

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