World of Warcraft Addiction

For the longest time, well since 2008 – 2009 I’ve had a World of Warcraft addiction. It all started while I was in college studying Networking, when half the class would be talking about this game called WOW. Me being of a curious nature I went and bought a copy of World of Warcraft. At the time there was an expansion called Burning Crusade levels 60 – 70, but I just got the original that was levels 1 – 60. The great thing about WOW is you only have to buy the first one to start playing, and you get 30 days play time included. Like with most MMO’s there are heaps of patches, fortunately I checked my ISP servers to download the patches.

Well that’s the WOW part out the way time for the addiction bit. WOW is strangely addictive from the moment you start playing and hit level 2 you feel like you have accomplished something. Even before then you’re in this world which seems endless with possibilities. Exploration is another key aspect, the first time you look at the map it’s like Blizzard have created a whole world to explore, and they have 3 times. Every part of WOW is addictive apart from grinding, every quest was collect 10 of these’s or kill 5 of those. Also travelling was really bad until you got mounts earlier at level 20, but it used to be level 40. Anyway I’m getting off point here all of these points added to the experience of level and receiving better Armour and Weapons. I’m not even going to start on the end game stuff just yet let’s just keep it simple.

So where do I fit into this well once I started playing my addictive personality took over and become obsessed with WOW. I gave up my studying to concentrate on my WOW character pretty stuid hey, well that me lol. I wasted over a year of my life on a game playing WOW and had nothing to show for it. As with most addictions I had to hit rock bottom before I realised there was a problem. But like most people I rebounded into something great. Now I’m studying to become an accountant and have a few hobbies including learning C#, 3ds Max and writing this blog. I’m putting my addictive personality to work doing things that are productive. My advice to anyone struggling with WOW addiction you have to want to quit, set a creative task or studying something to take your mind off it. Don’t delete your WOW install I’ve done that twice and later been up late installing it again. Playing other games takes the edge of things Action RPG are the best something with a levelling mechanic. I’ve relapses a few time I’ve gone and bought a game card and played for a few days then got bored.

On a closing note I’m not a Blizzard hating person I happen to like most of their games I’m currently playing Starcraft and loving it. I wouldn’t recommend WOW to anyone but if you do decide to play take things in moderation.