World of Warcraft killed our gaming group!

[Nomad4life]

I don't mean to sound callous... But maybe you’re better off without them?

You might look at this experience as an opportunity to put a new, stronger group of players together. Ones who aren’t distracted by repetitive bells & whistles.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I don't mean to sound callous... But maybe you’re better off without them?

Actually, that thought popped into my head. They had their bad sides, too. One was more than a bit arrogant at times, and very easily offended. One was... weird. Another was quite a power gamer (but not a bad guy otherwise). And one was often quite moody.

But I guess everyone has his bad sides (except me, of course ) and I still liked playing with them most of the time.

You might look at this experience as an opportunity to put a new, stronger group of players together. Ones who aren’t distracted by repetitive bells & whistles.

Yeah. I think I'll put "no playing WoW or other MMORPGs" in the contract for good measure.

 

[Tsillanabor]

I think we have lost one of our players to such a game. Since he played D&D much like one would play a video game, I Don't really mind that much.

 

[Nyaricus]

A bit more than 40km.

250~300 I'd guess.

Bye
Thanee

There's a quote for that: Americans think 200 years is a long time, the British think 200 miles is a long way.

Just cut & paste as needed.

Kae'Yoss, you're lucky that at least you still have a game group - mine is on hiatus ATM.

 

[Turjan]

How far from here is Meerbusch, anyway

You should recognize it from hearing "Meerbusch/Neuss" in the traffic jam warnings every morning .

 

[Kae'Yoss]

You should recognize it from hearing "Meerbusch/Neuss" in the traffic jam warnings every morning .

Naw, those warnings don't reach this far. At least not in the station I get for my traffic messages.

 

[Aaron L]

I can't explain it otherwise: It started about the time they started playing, they aren't very enthusiastic about D&D, but very enthusiastic about WoW.

Oh, I believe you. I just cant wrap my head aroud it. I even know someoe who stopped playing with us because he started playing WoW. Real loser. Junkie, it turns out. Id known him for 14 years, even lived in my house for a summer, and didnt know what he was really like. Sad.

 

[Gundark]

Buy the d20 WoW book. Maybe they would be interested in roleplaying the game that fascinates them so much on the computer.

I would recommend against this. Then you need someone who is a WoW player to DM the game , you would get all the jokes that would come with WoW (ie. the party comes to a village and the players start looking for people with a golden ! over their heads.). Also there is the table talk issue, I see this as making it worse

DM: As the party arrives in Ironforge...
Player 1: Hey I got 30 gold for this blue dagger I sold in the auction house the other day.
Player 2: Oh wow... I bought that dagger for 15 gold on my server.
DM: :\ :\ :\ :\

no...bad idea IMHO

 

[Montague68]

I was addicted to WoW for over a year.

My gaming group had dissolved due to people moving, getting married, etc and WoW came along at just the right time. The allure is that if you pick an RP server you can find an RP guild and RP with dozens of people over the course of a night, not just the three or four at the table. The game is also devilishly well designed - it's very easy to get instant gratification with a level-up or new magic items or whatever. By the time you hit level 60 though everything is designed to suck up as much of your time as possible. Faction grinding, raiding, high-end instances, PVP all take hours and hours of gameplay to get anywhere. By the time you hit 60 though you have a massive emotional investment in the character so you gladly play more and more to get the *phat lewt*

I finally broke away from it when I saw what it was doing to my life. My wife and I had gotten to the point where we'd come home from work and immediately log on and play till we went to bed (late). Rinse repeat every day. My wife still plays but not as much as she did. We've finally located some gamers up here in AK and my new campaign starts today.

Nothing beats good ol' D&D

 

[Turjan]

Naw, those warnings don't reach this far. At least not in the station I get for my traffic messages.

You get up too late (or listen to a private station).