Addiction Warcraft World:
Addiction in the World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a MMORPG (massive multiplayer online role-playing game) that's been linked to heavy addiction in players. The game's even been regulated in communist China after a teen suicide and parental neglect case that revealed a couple was spending more time playing the game than taking care of their child. On one server, a group of individuals held a virtual funeral for a player who died in real life. Many mourners showed up in the snowy, idyllic hills of Winterspring... only to be slaughtered by some overzealous addicts from the rival game faction and to have their exploits shared on Youtube.
But hey, I don't know anything about all that. I'm just a simple undead rogue girl, as you can see. You like the red dress? I took it off the virtual body of the babe in The Matrix... right after I picked her pocket and stabbed her in the back.
I am a Forsaken assassin, guildmaster, and the kind of person who'll garrote you while you're AFK at the flightmaster. I've had a grudge against Alliance ever since Tarren Mill, you see. And this whole undead thing doesn't leave me in the best of humors...
I am also controlled by a guy who may or may not be addicted to the World of Warcraft. Yes, that's right; I am a guy playing a girl. And I'm not alone. There are millions of other guys just like me. Chances are, in the World of Warcraft, when you see a female player run by, it is more than likely a male behind the keyboard.
Why do so many guys do this? A few reasons.
- Psych warfare is fun.
- It's nice to look at a female character.
- Finally, for the most part, the female characters are much better designed and animated than their male counterparts.
I play a rogue, which is a character that has the ability to go invisible and sneak up on enemy players, pick their pockets for a handful of silver, stun them for two seconds, and then lower their health to at least half before they even turn around to engage.
Why excessive gaming is bad for you
I'm here to talk about the game and why it's not good for you. Why you do not want to play this game. It will strain or destroy your relationship, put other recreational projects on indefinite hiatus, and have you firing off acronyms like AFK and PVP as if you were a recovering Scientologist.Stick with safe games, geriatric games, like Zelda or Splinter Cell. These are gateway drugs compared to World of Warcraft. If you've never tried a MMORPG before and heard this one is the best (which it is), you don't want to get your foot in the door.
If you're already hooked, then all I can say is play in moderation. No more than a couple hours a day. Run an instanced dungeon on the weekends when you have three hours with a group of friends, maybe check your auctions in the morning before work for fifteen minutes.
Oh, and if you're looking to maximize your play time and efficiently get to level 70 and optimize your character, then Joanna's Leveling Guide is your ticket. Straightforward and clear information, easy to understand help, and video for everything to speedily guide you along to 70.
And the best part is you get to watch a hot troll girl as you level your own character.
Joanna knows her (his) stuff. She also knows Horde is where's it at. If you're Alliance, I have nothing to say to you.
Actually, I do. Alliance is the McDonald's Happy Meal of Warcraft. It's the bright and safe Disney ride for all the little kids who play Warsong Gulch. Alliance is the height of lame, cheap, and tedious. Alliance is also (generally) the side the worst and nastiest players pick for many servers. On my own server, a week after the Burning Crusade expansion hit, Horde was swamped with Alliance players rolling pretty little Blood Elves, and our chat channels were filled with banal tripe and a record number of players were nailed to ignore lists.
Support the Horde. I know I want to hit the new time-traveling instance Caverns of Time, so I'm fast on my way to 70 with Joanna's Guide...
... and hopefully not fast on my way to a divorce!
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