The Dangers of WoW

Kannon · 07-04-2006, 11:25 PM

Yes, the white box with a red x is caused by WoW... I fear it every day of my gaming life!

PS- Made Rank 5 (First Sargeant) today! Ah woo hoo!

07-04-2006, 11:27 PM

Image works fine for me.

Kannon · 07-04-2006, 11:28 PM

I believe it might be blocked, I'm at work. Can you DL it and post it some other way perhaps?

07-04-2006, 11:29 PM

http://www.destructoid.com/wp-conten...raft-comic.jpg

Link works?

Firefly · 07-04-2006, 11:29 PM

It's quite sad how true the comic is. I know people who wouldn't do anything but play WoW 24 hours a day. They had no life, neglected their (real life) girlfriend and quit their job. It was sad really, and finally he had a wake-up call when his guild got into a drama fight, and ended up selling his account for like 1,000 dollars.

To each his own, I suppose.

Kannon · 07-04-2006, 11:31 PM

Quote:

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That's what I get at work... stupid Comm.

Lateli · 07-04-2006, 11:33 PM

I used to play... Then I got bored..

(I miss the good ol' days of EQ

)

h2orowe · 07-04-2006, 11:34 PM

This is off-topic, but hell, this is RWPW. Does anyone know if Ragnarok (free servers) or Maple Story are good?

Kannon · 07-04-2006, 11:35 PM

I know of a few people that played RO due to it's freeness. I'd give Guild Wars a shot if free is what you are after, but I'm still enjoying WoW, so I'll chill here.

Stephy · 07-04-2006, 11:36 PM

I never even heard of WoW until I came to this forum. Honestly. Not really into gaming.

CNagy · 07-04-2006, 11:36 PM

Scenarios like these are why I am glad that I play lonewolf style. I was in the Star Wars MMO at the launch, and played it solo until I got tired of it (and embittered by the Jedi nonsense.) Then I joined FF11 at the launch, and playing it solo until I got tired of it (which doesn't take long, even though the game was quite solo-friendly.) I assume the same would happen if I played WoW, so I don't see the need to try it (or any other such game.)

Edit: You are quite right, it was 11... and I just wrote 12 again as I was writing this edit. Something screwy going on here.

Kannon · 07-04-2006, 11:38 PM

The FF MMO was 11, actually, and only solo friendly if you were a Beastmaster, and even then it was painfully slow compared to grouping.

Stephy · 07-04-2006, 11:39 PM

Haha. Everytime I see the abbreviation "WoW" I can't help but think of this gym called, "Work Out World" in my city. haha I just can't think of it as a game.

Lateli · 07-04-2006, 11:40 PM

Maple Story is... err.. ok.. if you like highly boring things

It's cute and all, but gaaaawd

Also good for getting carpal tunnel syndrom! I wonder if I could hook a controller up and play with that.. It's not like I actually socialize there :/

There's some cash shop thing now I hear, so.. money for stuff! YAY!

I enjoyed freesharding on UO, yay for freeness..

Kannon · 07-04-2006, 11:42 PM

In my eyes MMOs are a lot like these forums, only for people who enjoy video games. I get asked a lot why I play them, or play them so much, but the same can be asked of people who frequent forums like this so much, you make friends online and enjoy their company, MMOs just add another element to it. Why play offline games by myself when I could quest after X item, etc with friends? My 2c anyway.

CNagy · 07-04-2006, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kannon

The FF MMO was 11, actually, and only solo friendly if you were a Beastmaster, and even then it was painfully slow compared to grouping.

I had no problem soloing Warrior to high 20s before I got bored and solo'd Monk to the high teens. I did a little bit of grouping and I do agree that the exp comes alot faster with a competent group that is all within a level of one another, but soloing wasn't a challenge.

I'm sure it becomes impossible in the mid to high 30s and up, but the game failed to keep my interest that long.

h2orowe · 07-04-2006, 11:44 PM

I just want a free MMO -_-; besides GuildWars. I don't care if it's too complex. I just miss the communities XD I got GW a month after it came out, and I was in a pretty good guild, and we were doing pretty good and then our leader just up and quit on us. Me, leetmoomoo, and about 6 other people (including the leader) were the people who did the PvPing. The Guild was getting big, because we were recruiting pretty well and everything

Then BAM he quits on us. We start our own guild, then I get bored and quit, and I forgot to get my friends' AIMs. -_-;
I was really nice, and everyone liked me in my guild... which is why I felt bad for leaving. ;_; I used to give up all the gold I earned to noobs so they could buy good equipment in the beginning. Man.. I was too nice XD

Jetsetlemming · 07-04-2006, 11:44 PM

The only massively multiplayer game I play is Imperium. I used to play Gunbound, but the people online there are worse than StarCraft players.

h2orowe · 07-04-2006, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetsetlemming

The only massively multiplayer game I play is Imperium. I used to play Gunbound, but the people online there are worse than StarCraft players.

Haha, I realized that all of the cool people on that game were either Canadian guys or Asian girls. It's strange. The rest of them were rude, but of all the friends I made on the game, they were either Canadian guys (like 4 of them) or Asian girls (like 5 or 6).

CNagy · 07-04-2006, 11:46 PM

I played alot of Gunbound, but with friends only. Coupled with voice chat programs it became a great way to pass the time.

Jetsetlemming · 07-04-2006, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h2orowe

I just want a free MMO -_-; besides GuildWars.

I'd recommend Imperium. I have fun with it. www.meneda.com

h2orowe · 07-04-2006, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetsetlemming

I'd recommend Imperium. I have fun with it. www.meneda.com

Just signed up

I'll give it a try. Text-based.. means.. what? >_>?

Kannon · 07-05-2006, 12:05 AM

Um... no pictures... O.o)b

h2orowe · 07-05-2006, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kannon

Um... no pictures... O.o)b

=( O h.

07-04-2006, 11:24 PM	#1
Tibs	The Dangers of WoW

07-04-2006, 11:25 PM	#2
Kannon Señior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: That place where I put that thing that time.	Yes, the white box with a red x is caused by WoW... I fear it every day of my gaming life! PS- Made Rank 5 (First Sargeant) today! Ah woo hoo! __________________ "A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged. The Marxist creed has now been inverted. The true opium of modernity is the belief that there is no God, so that humans are free to do precisely as they please." - Czeslaw Milosz

07-04-2006, 11:28 PM	#4
Kannon Señior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: That place where I put that thing that time.	I believe it might be blocked, I'm at work. Can you DL it and post it some other way perhaps? __________________ "A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged. The Marxist creed has now been inverted. The true opium of modernity is the belief that there is no God, so that humans are free to do precisely as they please." - Czeslaw Milosz

07-04-2006, 11:34 PM	#9
h2orowe This is what I do: I sit on you. Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Up there, there is so much room. Where babies burp and flowers bloom.	This is off-topic, but hell, this is RWPW. Does anyone know if Ragnarok (free servers) or Maple Story are good? __________________ Born from an egg on a mountain top.

07-04-2006, 11:35 PM	#10
Kannon Señior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: That place where I put that thing that time.	I know of a few people that played RO due to it's freeness. I'd give Guild Wars a shot if free is what you are after, but I'm still enjoying WoW, so I'll chill here. __________________ "A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged. The Marxist creed has now been inverted. The true opium of modernity is the belief that there is no God, so that humans are free to do precisely as they please." - Czeslaw Milosz

07-04-2006, 11:29 PM	#5
Tibs	http://www.destructoid.com/wp-conten...raft-comic.jpg Link works?

07-04-2006, 11:33 PM	#8
Lateli Be excellent to each other. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tiny town in Missouri	I used to play... Then I got bored.. (I miss the good ol' days of EQ )

07-04-2006, 11:36 PM	#11
Stephy ♥ Thank you, Please! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: want	I never even heard of WoW until I came to this forum. Honestly. Not really into gaming. __________________ Shamu: Steph, You rock!!!!!! That's the best post on this thread EVER! Woot! SEX!!!! Shy and Shamu OP9 World Ass Kicking Tour Dead Sexy Vocab: Shylilsweety, can I be your bitch? Fujin is, "Hot Damn!" a real manly man. Lukey: And besides, not all of us are lucky enough to have Stephy as our moral compass! ^_^ Swede: I think Jesus is pretty much the biggest cock block that's ever existed. Lin says: Lets become lesbians :] and treat eachother right ♥ ステファニ

07-04-2006, 11:36 PM	#12
CNagy Feelin Rude. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida	Scenarios like these are why I am glad that I play lonewolf style. I was in the Star Wars MMO at the launch, and played it solo until I got tired of it (and embittered by the Jedi nonsense.) Then I joined FF11 at the launch, and playing it solo until I got tired of it (which doesn't take long, even though the game was quite solo-friendly.) I assume the same would happen if I played WoW, so I don't see the need to try it (or any other such game.) Edit: You are quite right, it was 11... and I just wrote 12 again as I was writing this edit. Something screwy going on here. Last edited by CNagy : 07-04-2006 at 11:40 PM.

07-04-2006, 11:38 PM	#13
Kannon Señior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: That place where I put that thing that time.	The FF MMO was 11, actually, and only solo friendly if you were a Beastmaster, and even then it was painfully slow compared to grouping. __________________ "A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged. The Marxist creed has now been inverted. The true opium of modernity is the belief that there is no God, so that humans are free to do precisely as they please." - Czeslaw Milosz

07-04-2006, 11:39 PM	#14
Stephy ♥ Thank you, Please! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: want	Haha. Everytime I see the abbreviation "WoW" I can't help but think of this gym called, "Work Out World" in my city. haha I just can't think of it as a game. __________________ Shamu: Steph, You rock!!!!!! That's the best post on this thread EVER! Woot! SEX!!!! Shy and Shamu OP9 World Ass Kicking Tour Dead Sexy Vocab: Shylilsweety, can I be your bitch? Fujin is, "Hot Damn!" a real manly man. Lukey: And besides, not all of us are lucky enough to have Stephy as our moral compass! ^_^ Swede: I think Jesus is pretty much the biggest cock block that's ever existed. Lin says: Lets become lesbians :] and treat eachother right ♥ ステファニ

07-04-2006, 11:40 PM	#15
Lateli Be excellent to each other. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tiny town in Missouri	Maple Story is... err.. ok.. if you like highly boring things It's cute and all, but gaaaawd Also good for getting carpal tunnel syndrom! I wonder if I could hook a controller up and play with that.. It's not like I actually socialize there :/ There's some cash shop thing now I hear, so.. money for stuff! YAY! I enjoyed freesharding on UO, yay for freeness..

07-04-2006, 11:42 PM	#16
Kannon Señior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: That place where I put that thing that time.	In my eyes MMOs are a lot like these forums, only for people who enjoy video games. I get asked a lot why I play them, or play them so much, but the same can be asked of people who frequent forums like this so much, you make friends online and enjoy their company, MMOs just add another element to it. Why play offline games by myself when I could quest after X item, etc with friends? My 2c anyway. __________________ "A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged. The Marxist creed has now been inverted. The true opium of modernity is the belief that there is no God, so that humans are free to do precisely as they please." - Czeslaw Milosz

07-04-2006, 11:44 PM	#18
h2orowe This is what I do: I sit on you. Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Up there, there is so much room. Where babies burp and flowers bloom.	I just want a free MMO -_-; besides GuildWars. I don't care if it's too complex. I just miss the communities XD I got GW a month after it came out, and I was in a pretty good guild, and we were doing pretty good and then our leader just up and quit on us. Me, leetmoomoo, and about 6 other people (including the leader) were the people who did the PvPing. The Guild was getting big, because we were recruiting pretty well and everything Then BAM he quits on us. We start our own guild, then I get bored and quit, and I forgot to get my friends' AIMs. -_-; I was really nice, and everyone liked me in my guild... which is why I felt bad for leaving. ;_; I used to give up all the gold I earned to noobs so they could buy good equipment in the beginning. Man.. I was too nice XD __________________ Born from an egg on a mountain top.

07-04-2006, 11:44 PM	#19
Jetsetlemming Death to the infidels, amiright? Join Date: May 2006 Location: Candyland	The only massively multiplayer game I play is Imperium. I used to play Gunbound, but the people online there are worse than StarCraft players. __________________ I must keep my wits about me, and learn what I can... perhaps by bedding one of the attractive female unlawful enemy combatants.

07-04-2006, 11:46 PM	#21
CNagy Feelin Rude. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida	I played alot of Gunbound, but with friends only. Coupled with voice chat programs it became a great way to pass the time.

07-05-2006, 12:05 AM	#24
Kannon Señior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: That place where I put that thing that time.	Um... no pictures... O.o)b __________________ "A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged. The Marxist creed has now been inverted. The true opium of modernity is the belief that there is no God, so that humans are free to do precisely as they please." - Czeslaw Milosz

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