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There is no way in hell I'll get within 50' of that game. MMORPGs are the new heroin.
As an ex-WoW junkie, I have to agree. Here's the DSM-IV criteria for substance addiction. (I'm convinced it works for video game addiction as well)
Within the span of 1 year, you need three of the following:
1. Tolerance
2. Withdrawal
3. Use more than intended
4. Unable to quit even though you want to
5. Too much time spent getting/using/recovering from said drug
6. Important activities negatively affected by use
7. Still using even though it's making you sick or crazy
Btw, I gave my sister my account last night, Panic. She's probably turning Fugublowfish into a gnome as I type this.
I played WOW for 10 days and didn't like it. I thought it was a hollow experience, and I was always surrounded by 10 year old douche pockets. Mostly it was the douche pockets that kept me from enjoying myself.
Jeepers Fuge. You are cold turkey. That's awesome. I hope Fugu goes gnome. i think he was meant to be a gnome all along. I think all my charcters are what they are supposed to be, racewise, but the goblin option is very tempting. I still feel the withdrawal even though it's been months since I was on.
I too had the biggest issue with the douche pocketry, LC. To be honest, my favorite things about WoW is exploring in solitude, or with someone you know. Also trying to do things that you shouldn't be able to do was high on my list. Most of the time that involves solo activity, like killing an elite creature or going into high level territory as a low level. Thats what was thrilling for me. The social interaction I could do without. I think I'm gonna post something about what I'm currently playing after I finish my final projects for school. I think maybe we should all post something about what we're playing and why. I think it would be a good therapeutic experience.
Yeah, I'm staying clear of MMOs for now. I may try the WoW expansion, but really only to see what's changed in the original areas. Vanilla WoW was the best for me. That broke my MMO cherry after all.
For the record, I was probably pretty much totally addicted to WoW. For like three years. How crazy is that?
Fuge, do they have a sign/symptom for trying to get other people to play what you play in order to have the camaraderie/justify your experience?
I apologize for everyone I tried to enable. And Fuge, I forgive you for getting me addicted. That's step one, right?
"To be honest, my favorite things about WoW is exploring in solitude, or with someone you know." Yeah, I went the solitude route often since I never knew when certain people I know would sit and laugh at me as I was ganked! ;-P Nice save dudes.
Otherwise, yeah, solitude was kinda necessary for me. I couldn't commit straight hours to the game as there were always other things that needed to be done (bathe, eat, sleep, work), and I still had other appointments and commitments that would get in the way of meeting people or staying people for an instance or dungeon. It was ok for leveling, but you really need a group to get through some of the more interesting levels of WoW.
Mine was 2003 till 2008. Had to quit because expansion pack had issues with my comp. Addicted to FB now (dammit!).
I'll probably play for a month just to see what it has to offer... just curious how a ST MMO will play... for me it has to have PVP that is hopefully fun and balanced or else I will lose interest fast. Not to mention mouse & keyboard > gamepad
I have to admit I miss the occasional gank… dismounting in the sky while floating down and fear bombing Alliance doing Ring of Blood brings back fond memories... plus I haven't heard any good Chuck Norris jokes in along time... I wonder what the equivalent of Barrens chat will be in STO?
As for game addiction… I would argue online pr0n addiction surpasses any game addiction by far LOL… But seriously I’ve been playing Quake far longer than any
MMO and have no problems logging out of my Quake Live account … but if they added Rocket Arena to the mix that would be another story =/
Any game that I play needs to have a set ending. I will play like a hamster on a wheel until I get to it. I suppose that's the video game equivalent of having an addictive personality.
I was saved from MMOs by watching what they did to my friend Steve. He had come away from a really smart stock buy/sell, and had enough money to take a year off. What did he do? 12 hours (at least) a day of Everquest. I understand he's ok now, but it was an ugly thing to witness.
Oh, and the kicker with this particular one (for people who don't know me): I have the "Star Trek" gene. DVDs, conventions, toys/props, etc.
Heeero, it was more that we would try to help you make light of these otherwise tragic situations. Also, it is important to understand that we would never sit back and laugh in real life--were you to run straight into a pit of snakes or zombie-gnomes--as you would unlikely simply "rez" at the nearest graveyard.
The douches were a problem, but easily mutable I thought. After that, yeah, it was the small group camaraderie that really made the game fun, and the endless exploring. The ganking in battlegrounds was definitely a plus.
STO doesn't look mac compatible, so that pretty much kills it for me.
Say, when Pony gets back, I think it's time for some LAN PARTY BUSINESS!
Heeero, just to clarify, who/what was ganking you? We were on a PVE server, if memory serves.
there was an article in the new yorker a few weeks ago about all these random, short-lived jobs people in china do for foreign markets, without ever really knowing what it is they're working on. for example, the article starts with these painters who get commissioned to paint famous landmarks they've never seen, and therefore often make glaring mistakes that seem trivial to them. anyway, one guy ends up doing "gold mining" or whatever you call it in WoW--just accumulating as much gold as quickly as he can so he can sell it to lazy westerners who don't wanna put in the time themselves. the trick is to make more gold than your membership cost before WoW figures out what you're doing and kicks you off. so this chinese gold miner was saying how you could always tell a fellow chinese gold miner by their play pattern: hanging out in a single area and grimly, joylessly killing everything they see. another telltale sign: when you go up to said player and engage him, if he answers "i'm sorry," he's probably chinese. "i'm sorry" is what english teachers in china tell their students to say to anything they don't understand.
Panic, it was you and another guy from the guild. You told me to follow you guys and I waded near a pack of those boar NPCs. I was barely into the 60's. I asked for help and you guys laughed! Actually, I think the other guy stood there and laughed. You had "lol"'d in the chat box. Had to run back and get my body after which you guys were even farther ahead of me and I think I bailed cause I needed to get some sleep. It was when the outworld expansion came out. Anyways...
I don't understand you, Heeero. Playing a monstrous character whose sole purpose is to viciously backstab, stun, "gank" and loot other monsters, I would expect nothing less from my monstrous brethren. That being said, you do know that you have a habit of running into packs of monsters, right? I've never seen anyone run straight into packs of monsters as much as you! Do I have to say it? I guess I do. Dude, you played a rogue. Rogues have built in abilities to keep them out of packs of monsters! Of course I'm going to laugh if you call for help. Besides, helping you would result in our deaths as well. one trip to the graveyard is much cheaper than three.
You also seem to be under the impression that the rest of us had never been raped and eaten by monsters. If we laugh, it is only that we were so jaded from being raped and eaten by monsters.
So excuse me if I snort in your accusing face.
It's true, Heeero. We've laughed at Panic while he was in the process of being molested by monsters way more often than we've laughed at you. In fact, whenever our group wiped it was often our first reaction to blame Panic or his damn pet-agro, even if he wasn't there.
Ah, the good old days!
Feh...I guess I was better off solo.
Did I ever tell you the time Invoker told me there was a rare elite beast spawn in Ashzara, and that he would help me capture and tame it? So I fly there after porting in from Outland (like a twenty minute trip altogether) only to be spammed with snowballs as soon as I land, with Invoker screaming in guildchat "GOT YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!" over and over again?
Yeah everyone was loling at me in guild chat, because they were all in on it. It had been planned in advance.
Count your blessings, Heeero.
I've been following this, and I'm actually kind of intrigued. First off, I love starship simulations, especially when they start to get a little complicated. Starfleet Academy was goofy, but I sure enjoyed the hell out of it. Secondly, the lore--Looks like this picks up several years after the Dominion War, in the original universe, taking a lot of cues from Deep Space 9, and leaving Hot Spock out of it entirely. I am a sucker for this. I may even try it, now that both my children are practically men.
And just so you know, Heeero, I would never sit back and laugh while you were being eaten by monsters. Sounds like Fugu and Galspanic have offered some great excuses for watching you get eaten by monsters and laughing, but I know this: If a bro of mine is getting eaten by monsters, you can bet I'd be in there, hacking and slashing and critting and DPS'ing and crap. AND I would be laughing, but it would be to keep our spirits up. Kinda gallows-humory, or like Prince Vultan from Flash Gordon. No one gets left behind! That is how I roll!!!
LAN Party yes. Possibly next Friday?
That's all I'm saying! I just try to make light of otherwise stressful situations. Like when Pony accidentally drove his car off a bridge after running over a couple of nuns. FUNNY! But would it help anyone if I were to jump 300 feet to my death after him? No. There's nothing wrong with being pragmatic.
This seems like a good example of the problem with communicating over the internet: intentions and non-verbal communication get muddled, and often misunderstood by both sides.
LAN party next weekend may be difficult for me. Maybe Sunday?
Oh, I think it's pretty clear--you guys were simply unwilling to risk your pretend lives to help out a friend being pretend eaten by pretend monsters. That's cool. (Not how I roll, though!)
Sunday night might work. It's book club night, though, so Odori will probably be out.
I don't make excuses for my lack of compassion. I explained myself pretty well. Heeero should have been able to avoid the situation. If he can't, then he needs to learn that lesson. Repeatedly, I guess. Honestly I don't even remember the incident. (There were so many instances of Heeero running into and being molested by packs of angry monsters it's hard to keep track!)
I was probably gold farming anyway.
Should've could've would've...whatever. I guess my bottom-line is like what Pony said. That's not how I roll. Whenever a guildy said they needed help, w/ gold/ assist/ or anything. I jumped in without issue. I guess I just assumed others would do that too, but anyway. Didn't expect to get joked. Doom on me. Keep rolling.
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