World of Warcraft "as addictive as cocaine"

[Mussels]

72 hour LAN's ftw.

at least at our lans we have showers and food... seems WoW players forget them.

 

[Frizz]

72 hour LAN's ftw.

at least at our lans we have showers and food... seems WoW players forget them.

OH man I miss that! Too many LANs in my area that shutdown, in fact all of them did. 20 dollars for an overnight free food and drinks it was craze lol.

 

[pinkycook]

Hi everyone! I'm Pinky, just a newbie here..hope to enjoy!

 

[1Kurgan1]

No i dont drink (Excluding birthdays), i dont smoke (excluding the cigars i won here on TPU!) and i drive as little as possible, despite the fact i was a delivery driver for 2 years.

As i said: if you heard of coca cola or pepsi killing a few rare people, wouldnt you be cautious? A drink so addictive everyone drinks it, and its caused deaths! Yeah you'd damned well avoid it.

You're missing the point and going all defensive, its not that one or two idiots died, we know its a small percentage - its that ANYONE was killed by a GAME. IF this was a sport, like football, rugby or soccer you can bet your ass people would be all over it.

Now the coke comment has me laughing. I got a good story there. I work in a grocery store where we get mexican coke (with the real sugar) in big glass containers. One night I set one down on the floor to straighten up the rest of them. I had forgot about it and I'm not even kidding you 5min later it exploded. Flat out blew up the glass, it threw coke and glass shrapnel for over 10 feet.

So The next week I get the idea to repeat it, a co-worker comes into the isle to help us and I forgot completely about the coke that he is now standing right over. Sure enough BOOM it goes off again. He didn't get hurt it only throws the glass horizontally.

Since then I havent ever been able to get another to do that. But that coke could have killed

Anyways, beyond that I'm not getting defensive. I'm just pointing out facts. And I'm goign to use your exact words here "its that ANYONE was killed by a GAME". Did the install cd's fly out the cd rom and pierce through these peoples hearts? Or did they do something stupid (like i mentioned the darwin awards). Or like I mentioned do you go on a rollercoaster with a weak heart and blame them when you have a heart attack?

I mean it's just that simple, people who have addiction issues have addiction issues. Thats a mental stability issue. Mix that issue with a very enjoyable game and yes you can have a problem. But to say the game killed someone with a mental disorder.... thats a bit far fetched.

pff 16 hours a day what a lightweight. I've just come off Empire total war and I was playing since 8 this morning.

Thats what I'm talking about. A good game is a good game, I remember when I got Gran Turismo 3. I played that game like 10 hours a day every single day for a whole summer. I ended up beating it 5 times, lol.

72 hour LAN's ftw.

at least at our lans we have showers and food... seems WoW players forget them.

And beyond that your a freaking mod! You expect people too not get defensive then you say some BS like that. Some sweet ass moderation there.

 

[Mussels]

the people who died obviously forgot to eat and bathe, thats what this is about! sure it was a bit mean, but its nothing anyone (mod or not) would get an infraction for.

You mentioned rollercoasters and a weak heart: those things have warnings. WoW doesnt have any warnings that its addictive, bad for children, or can cause death if unsupervised by an adult.

 

[1Kurgan1]

No games have warning like that, not even the main target by anti-game activists, Mortal Kombat. Anything that is fun by your standards must have a warning then. Still don't see the bad for health part, i guess any videogame is. And supervision by an adult isn't going to help a mental disorder, they need more help than that. They shouldn't even be playing in the first place, thats where that supervision should start. It's called being a good parent. I have a kid myself, watch out for your children, you get lots of time with them and should pick up on something like this.

"WoW players" comes off as quiet a bit more than just those specific people. Seems like your just using them to slide through some insults at a much bigger crowd.

 

[D007]

Any of you guys have some nice screen shots of this game?
I tried it for like a couple minutes and it seemed kinda old in the graphics department..
wondering if I was to rash.

How do the graphics look?
Better than FF online?
Because those were nice..

Could ya show me some cool scenes?
Like this game at it's pinnacle scenes..

I was hardcore into FF online..lol..
Like end game, head to toe, god gear..
Thank yas.

 

[1Kurgan1]

WoW isn't super amazing in the graphics department. There was some recent bumps up and it doesn't look horrible. But in no way does it compare to games out of the MMO circle. I'll have to take some screens and post them up.

 

[D007]

Cool thanx..
I'd like to see some.

oh btw FF online had that warning not to let your life suffer when you logged on lol..

it was pretty addictive..
had me for a few years there..
hell I might even go back from time to time..
my guy is just to awesome..lol..

and about those people who died playing warcraft..
honestly..
I call that natural selection..
Anyone who lacks the foresight to take care of themselves, dies..
natural selection..

 

[1Kurgan1]

Yeah, now that I think about it and WoW actually has a loading screen warning too that says enjoy time with your friends outside of warcraft.

I did a google search on deaths caused by WoW and not much really comes up, even deaths caused by videogames, most mk stuff. Seems like a bunch of hot air too me by people who don't like the game or the genre. But I got to agree, people have priorities in life, if they can't put those in the right order they need to step back and re-evaluate their choices.

 

[Frizz]

Cool thanx..
I'd like to see some.

oh btw FF online had that warning not to let your life suffer when you logged on lol..

it was pretty addictive..
had me for a few years there..
hell I might even go back from time to time..
my guy is just to awesome..lol..

and about those people who died playing warcraft..
honestly..
I call that natural selection..
Anyone who lacks the foresight to take care of themselves, dies..
natural selection..

The graphic designs are very different.

http://dkpfiles.com/instability/pics/rsNaDsc4C2B7px3QC75J.jpg Pick of my guild in Black Temple

 

[RadeonProVega]

20 hours lol . I stayed up for about 25 hours, a few years ago when the bulls was getting ready to play in the championship game, but man playing games for 20 hours, thats insane. I am shocked the kid isn't blind lol

Hi everyone! I'm Pinky, just a newbie here..hope to enjoy!

Are you real?

 

[Marineborn]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Two-...t-Gamers-Have-Died-Becouse-Of-WoW-11821.shtml

2 deaths

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2005/06/547.ars
childs deaths

another death
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3145432

that was only on the first couple i clicked ont he list goes on, and i love games like that, its like a disclaimer remember to spend time outside the game but you wont cause your priorties in life are to play this game, man i hate that game. LOL! so much.....so much....

 

[1Kurgan1]

Every single one of those is from Asia, every single one! Their culture is quiet a bit different than ours, you could probably find a ton of gaming related deaths from them over playing pong.... Everything they do is to the excess, to be the best. And here's a bit to show that, this is them training children that would barely know multiplication to get ready for the olympics, training them till they are in tears. Building a nation up like that will cause a ton of issues with addiction and to be the best, and has nothing to do with a game. Here's a video showing this.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2008/aug/03/china.beijing.olympics

You played the crap out of diablo, I mean you had like 4 level 90+ barbs... all the same class.... And we spent like 10+ hour days playing BF DC. All the same there, lol.

Oh and the 1st and 3rd link (softpedia and 1up) and both the same story from a diff link (read what your linking sucka) and the 2nd story no kids died from WoW influence, just some really bad parents left their children unattended, which should never be done.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Got some screens for you D007. None of me raiding, but my Orc Warrior has uber gear then just some other screens of other chars.

and here's a small video, I was just testing out video creation as I was going to fraps raids for my guild.

http://1kurgan1.picturepush.com/album/26460/1268158/WoW/first-video-woot.html

 

[RevengE]

Got some screens for you D007. None of me raiding, but my Orc Warrior has uber gear then just some other screens of other chars.

and here's a small video, I was just testing out video creation as I was going to fraps raids for my guild.

http://1kurgan1.picturepush.com/album/26460/1268158/WoW/first-video-woot.html

Nice Video LOL.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Yeah was just a test, didn't feel like uploading it anywhere so it plays at a pretty small res.

 

[RevengE]

Yeah was just a test, didn't feel like uploading it anywhere so it plays at a pretty small res.

Good Song though Who is it again?

 

[1Kurgan1]

Killswitch Engage

 

[RevengE]

Killswitch Engage

yes now it comes back to me

 

[DrPepper]

Thats what I'm talking about. A good game is a good game, I remember when I got Gran Turismo 3. I played that game like 10 hours a day every single day for a whole summer. I ended up beating it 5 times, lol.

Gran Turismo 4, 24 hour races. Man that was some long ass gaming Usualy when I'm gaming, during loading or when nothing much is happening I lift weights or do push ups etc so I'm in great shape now since I started doing that and when I take the dog out for a walk I run

 

[1Kurgan1]

I wish I would have got into GT4, it looked fantastic. But at that point I had played so much GT3. Still got GT4 sitting there, I think I only ended up playing less than 10 races. Was there actually 24 hour races in GT4. Or were they called 24 and you did like 2 hours of it.

I loved the enduro races, if you can sit there for that amount of time the rest is easy.

 

[DrPepper]

I wish I would have got into GT4, it looked fantastic. But at that point I had played so much GT3. Still got GT4 sitting there, I think I only ended up playing less than 10 races. Was there actually 24 hour races in GT4. Or were they called 24 and you did like 2 hours of it.

I loved the enduro races, if you can sit there for that amount of time the rest is easy.

Yeah it was actualy 24 hour real hours and there was two of them.

 

[Super XP]

Here's a very fishy news report in Australia about how a boy got addicted to the game... can you spot the fake?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8hfK3RQs2g

Solution to his problem:
MOM stop paying for his f**king ISP or Game.
Get him a new door for his room.

Most games involving a death of a teen is usually the fault of an irresponsible parent. Who the hell wouldn't notice their kid playing WoW for so long even then not do anything about it.

Mom: "OMG how long have you been playing this game for?"
Teen: "16 hours straight since yesterday"
Mom: ":O *slowly walks away*" ..... *Calls for a news report*


Another one from America: Judge Judy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stHF-8GPz0c
LOL

All the mom's and dad's need to take control. There is absolutely nothing wrong with moderate gaming.
I mean if parents cannot see the signs of addiction then who will? Here in Canada, not sure if you guys haven't heard already but a 15 year old boy was addicted to his XBOX 360 so his dad took it away aggressively and the kid ran away. Days or Weeks later, they found the kid dead somewhere in the bush near the area. Apparently he fell off a tree which he tried to climb. He got injured and needed help but nobody new where he was so he died.

72 hour LAN's ftw.

at least at our lans we have showers and food... seems WoW players forget them.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Yeah it was actualy 24 hour real hours and there was two of them.

I might have to hit up some GT4.... the odds of that happening are low, but thats awesome!