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[Lilmex3]

lol, i'm just curious if anyone in tech is currently playing

[Transparent Reality]

Warcraft? You must have meant to type: "WarCRACK." I've sucessfully managed to keep my hands off that game in fear of having my free time sucked up.

[Lilmex3]

lol, it's not that bad really... maybe i have more self control, but i get my work done and play WoW as well

[Yakov]

I play on and off too scared to play it too much it sucks you in too hard.

[EndocrineFlippa]

i played it last summer, its very addictive as are all of blizzard's games... i got upto level 47 and then quit... too much money and school was starting and i didn't want to get screwed at my first of Tech

[LuDevious]

I play mainly during the summer, i started last summer, stopped, then played again this summer. Yeah, its really addicting, but if only i had a better computer....

I fly into Ironforge with my screen looking like a powerpoint presentation.

[tycoonboy388]

Almost all of my friends were playing WOW, as well as Warcraft III (they had tech specific leagues and everything). And while they basically gave up their summers and much of their free time to the game, it only hurt a couple of them academically.

And then they all just stopped playing.

And thats my story on WOW, as I never played the game before, and I don't plan on it.

[Sydnias_Wolff]

I used to be pretty addicted to WoW. But I suppose that's because I had so much free time in JHS. Once I realized the game was just an endless ladder of acquiring the next set of gear, I kinda lost my drive for the game.

Because when you realize it, that's all it is, like any MMORPG.
1) You invest countless hours leveling to level 60.
2) You join a raiding guild.
3) You invest hundreds of hours and get the best set of gear around.
4) A new raid instance comes out, with a new, better set of gear.
5) Rinse and repeat steps 3-5, (And then 2 if the guild falls apart, which is always a variable.)

Either way, WoW is just a huge timesink. Personally, I don't enjoy it anymore. When it gets to the point where it takes putting in 4-6 hours a night to get anywhere, the game becomes too much like a job you don't get paid for. [Unless you sell your account of course! Which can make a healthy sum of cash if Blizzard doesn't catch you.]

(If you want a fun game to blow time on, and you enjoy first-person shooters, go for Battlefield 2 [Soon Battlefield 2142]. It doesn't take 6 hours to achieve something. Rather, it takes more like 20 minutes.)

PS. Bloodcleaver, Level 60 Warrior - Zul'Jin (Something like 121 days played So much time wasted. )

[DT12324]

Shinytemplar 60 Mage, Kargath Server

[chitownquantumboy]

A friend of mine was quite obsessed with WOW and kept trying to get me to join...I was able to resist somehow. Now mathematica, that's a different story...

[Efrum The Retarded Rabbit]

lol, i played WoW for two years starting from december 2004

on lightning's blade i had a 60 rogue and on anetheron i had a 60 warrior

i cancelled my account in august

[EndocrineFlippa]

i feel like this is a drug recovery meeting....

"hi my name is George and heres my story...." (my names not actually george)

[Yakov]

xD I quit 3 days ago :]

[Hi its me the new guy]

Right now WoW is sold at Gamestop in 2 versions... 1 is the full 1, and the other is the trial. I suggest you buy the trial one, its $1.99 for a 14 days trial, you get all the features of the full version (i think...) and its cheaper...

[Yakov]

NO, don't buy it, you WILL suffer academically. (sp?)

[Hi its me the new guy]

I'm sorry but i don't see how i will suffer academically....

[esong27]

Because it takes up so much of your time, from what I gather.

[kofwarcraft]

World of Warcraft will turn any student with a high GPA into the worst student of his/her school. Yes, it is far too addicting to be played, especially at Tech. Although you might be able to play on some of the longer vacations we will have.

[Sydnias_Wolff]

Seriously. Just don't buy it. The level of crazed devotion of people on WoW begins to get sickening, especially after you see guilds who raid every day of the week for 5+ hours. It's a game which the amount of time you put in comes out as reward, and with school on, unless you plan on failing here, time is very short.

[Hi its me the new guy]

Managing time is the key to playing the game... I play it after i've complete my HW which takes up the whole night leaving me 15-30 mins to play, so i don't see what can affect my grades... O yea but i still have to hand over $10 a month, which seems like a waste...