World of Warcraft killed our gaming group!

[Kae'Yoss]

Yes. It's all Blizzards fault. They OWE you. The very gall of some companies...

Blame your PLAYERS.

Blizzard's an accomplice here. Plus I think if I have to listen to one more tale of WoW, I'm going to find out if WoW players themselves respawn, too.

I know several people - these two included, but there are several others - who, after starting WoW, became simply insufferable on parties or anything else that involves more than one of them together with the ability to speak. The last party they had I went to consisted of hours of uninterrupted talk about WoW. I sat there and had noone to talk to and nothing to talk about. I think they didn't even notice when I left. That was the last party of theirs I ever visited.


I'm not saying that Blizzard's to blame here, but after hearing so much about the game (my acquaintances talking about it), I cannot stand their guts any more.

 

[pogre]

I have avoided these massive online roleplaying games because I fear them. No, really. I know my personality and I already waste too much time when I could be reading, writing, or painting. These kind of games could suck me in very easily.

A man has to know his limitations....

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I have avoided these massive online roleplaying games because I fear them. No, really. I know my personality and I already waste too much time when I could be reading, writing, or painting. These kind of games could suck me in very easily.

A man has to know his limitations....

Actually, that was my reaction at first, too. I was sure that if I started playing, I couldn't stop again, so I didn't start playing.

But after I listened to the others talking about it, I changed my opinion: I didn't start playing because it sounded like nothing worth paying for - more the other way around: All these boring, repetitive chores, the grief and stress with other guild members, running around hours for a single gold piece or some ingredient for a recipe. It sounded like a job (and not a good one), and I expect to be paid for working.

 

[Kristivas]

Actually, that was my reaction at first, too. I was sure that if I started playing, I couldn't stop again, so I didn't start playing.

But after I listened to the others talking about it, I changed my opinion: I didn't start playing because it sounded like nothing worth paying for - more the other way around: All these boring, repetitive chores, the grief and stress with other guild members, running around hours for a single gold piece or some ingredient for a recipe. It sounded like a job (and not a good one), and I expect to be paid for working.

Yet, I imagine if you tried WoW, you'd love the game. You'd probably love it so much that you would regret all the time you could have played it but didn't. There's something about the game that makes all those "chores" and guild drama fun and worth it.

Like I said earlier, I'd much rather be playing DnD than WoW, but when left without a gaming group, WoW's where the action is at.

If you had played the game past level 4 or so and didn't like it, I could understand your point. However, not even giving it a try and still taking such a stance of sheer dislike is rather disappointing.. kinda like judging a book by it's cover, a man by the color of his skin, or some other wise saying that escapes me... Give it a fair shot before judging.

 

[Aikuchi]

WoW is great, and though there is grinding at parts and several other "trappings" of MMO, prior to level 60 (current CAP); I think blizz does fairly well in camouflaging it! I indulge the RP servers becauseit just seems more fun there and there is a better chance of meeting another TableTop Roleplayer or at least someone who plays RPG's outside the chips and circuits.

But I still miss and return back to my RPG group on the weekends (barring life acitivites) - there's something about actually being able to bop someone on the head for a stupid brash decision of "I touch the big red button...".

I never cancel / not show for a game because of an MMO (ok ,, i also admit I play more than one MMO ... as well as keeping up trends with the latest CCRPGs).

But I still love my players

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Yet, I imagine if you tried WoW, you'd love the game.

It does sound a lot like Diablo 2: Killing monsters, looking for good gear, leveling up. And D2 I find boring as hell. I prefer D20. It's 10 times as good

You'd probably love it so much that you would regret all the time you could have played it but didn't. There's something about the game that makes all those "chores" and guild drama fun and worth it.

I don't buy it. Especially the drama part.

If you had played the game past level 4 or so and didn't like it, I could understand your point. However, not even giving it a try and still taking such a stance of sheer dislike is rather disappointing..

I'm sorry, dad, that I didn't turn out the way you wanted.

kinda like judging a book by it's cover, a man by the color of his skin, or some other wise saying that escapes me... Give it a fair shot before judging.

I'd prefer you not implying that I'm a racist for not playing the game. I might be okay with the book analogy, but leave racial matters out of the loop.

And you can hardly say that I'm judging it by its cover. I do judge it by its cover charge, though (I flat-out refuse to buy a game for 50 bucks only to keep paying them money so I can keep using the game I already paid for - especially since we're talking more than 10 bucks a month here). I judge it by the stuff I've been told about it, and by the way people turn out after they play. I don't say that all WoW players become like that, but all that I know of turned into bores that just couldn't shut up about their game. And not just the occasional remark, but talking the whole time.

In our gaming group we have started saying "WoW players - the guys even roleplayers look down to".

 

[KenM]

It does sound a lot like Diablo 2: Killing monsters, looking for good gear, leveling up. And D2 I find boring as hell. I prefer D20. It's 10 times as good

IMO WOW is alot like D2, but totally 3D and a heck of alot more options.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

IMO WOW is alot like D2, but totally 3D and a heck of alot more options.

3D won't really help. If I want to play eyecandy, I'll wait for UT2007

 

[Old Gumphrey]

Yet, I imagine if you tried WoW, you'd love the game. You'd probably love it so much that you would regret all the time you could have played it but didn't. There's something about the game that makes all those "chores" and guild drama fun and worth it.

Like I said earlier, I'd much rather be playing DnD than WoW, but when left without a gaming group, WoW's where the action is at.

If you had played the game past level 4 or so and didn't like it, I could understand your point. However, not even giving it a try and still taking such a stance of sheer dislike is rather disappointing.. kinda like judging a book by it's cover, a man by the color of his skin, or some other wise saying that escapes me... Give it a fair shot before judging.

This was already addressed but I have to chime in here: games are not people. You don't have to give them a fair shot in order to understand them. It's apparent from the get-go that WoW is a heavy addiction. It is an endless treadmill of collecting items and money to get higher levels and evetually better and better gear. Maybe some people find it to be amazing fun--that doesn't mean other people won't loathe it.

Comparing someone to a racist because they don't like your game is just appalling. You speak about regretting the time spent not playing the game? I regret every second I did spend playing the game. So many endless hours of grinding and questing and raiding and PVPing...if I had kept up with my weightlifting instead I would be ungodly strong right now instead of average. There are so many more beneficial things you can do instead of play this game. These types of games are deadly. So kudos to anyone who can see the game for what it really is and avoid it entirely.

In fact, I've noticed that it's much like any other addiction: people get others to play in order to feel better about themselves. After all, if everyone else is doing it, it's not bad. Right?

 

[Kae'Yoss]

After all, if everyone else is doing it, it's not bad. Right?

Funnily enough, I take an immediate dislike to things everyone else is doing (except basic stuff like breathing, of course). I require a demonstration of its awesomeness before I try it out.