World of Warcraft
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Topic: World of Warcraft
Posted By: RoSee
Subject: World of Warcraft
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 10:15am
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ARGH!!!! I hate this game. My brother is so addicted to it, it seriously has ruined his life. He stays in his room all day & night and plays this stupid game. He has depression but doesn't like to admit it, so I can't just turn the internet off, he says the only friends he has are the ones in the game who pretty much all live in America. He doesn't know how to meet people, hence having no friends since he has moved to Auckland (he moved up here about 4 or 5 years ago.
Has anyone else had problems with this game??? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 10:22am
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 10:44am
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Yes. DP was addicted, stopped being addicted and is now addicted again. He got unaddicted by getting a ps3, now all his mates are done with uni for the year so it's back to world of warcraft. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BeLoved
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 11:20am
| My BIL has had various times of addiction to this game, not to the extent that you have mentioned but having a family has really made him reassess his priorities and as far as i know he has set periods of time that he is allowed to play, but that is possibly not at all anymore. |
Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 11:25am
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Yup Yup!!
DH. Not so much anymore, as we have a pretty set routine to our days, and 6.30-8.30 is 'our personal time', so generally he only plays then, and a few mins before work. It used to be a real issue, BIL started him on it, and when we were going out he would spend his time with me, playing, when I was around. It was one of the things we nutted out in pre-marriage councilling. I don't want to get rid of it completely, it's his hobby and stressbuster. But I've learned to speak up when I've had enough, and he's learned to listen  -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: Cassie
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 11:30am
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Our flatmate was a hardcore addict, on the dole, playing all day and all night and sleeping only when he absolutely had to. He was depressed as well and couldn't seem to function in the real world.
DH and I play, though we're certainly not what you'd call addicted! I don't log in every day and everything else comes first, he plays most nights but not until after the kids are in bed and I'm busy with my own thing. Some people just seem to get addicted to these kinds of games, usually because there are other things lacking in their life. I hope he eventually manages to get over his depression and into the real world - it's hard watching them behave like this, but there is little you can do until he's ready to start actually living again. At least that was what I found with my old flatmate (who we asked to move out and has since actually got a job and some form of a life!) ------------- ~Cassie~   
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 11:31am
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*laughs*
This game has been the bain of my existence for MANY years! DH plays it. Since Hannah he's been SO much better though. He plays in the evenings once the house is settled for the night (usually from about 9pm) and for 4 hours on a Sunday afternoon. Which used to be ALL day (and piss me off royally) but now it's nice because Hannah sleeps for 2 of those hours so I can do what I like. He's made some fantastic friends throughit, all of whom have become my friends, too. I guess he's an exception to the rule (now, that is. Ask me two years ago how I felt about the game and this post would be full of ^$^%$%^ ).
As Flake said, it's a stress relief. And at least he's home, not off at (for example) sports practice 2 nights a week and a full day of game play in the weekend. But RoSee, I can completely sympathise and understand where you're coming from. What does your family think? How old is he? ------------- 
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Posted By: girly_girl
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 12:30pm
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Oh hun, yep, yep and yep from here too! DH went through a period of being a hard core addict - like went to work but when he got home, not much else - would even eat his dinner in front of the puta if I let him! Actually it was about the time he started getting really bad with his depression too... don't know if there is a link there or not.
Anyway, he gradually started playing less and started doing table top gaming through a club. These days he doesn't play any WOW and goes to club one night a week and the occassional tournament and night at home playing with his club friends. This is the compromise I made to have at least a few nights of him interacting with me. I prefer him table topping cos at least its a social activity, and requires a bit more imagination. You need to find a compromise that works for you. I know Vagabonds and Games Workshop run demo sessions if he was interested. Big hugs to you though hun, I know EXACTLY what you are going through!!!!!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 1:32pm
My friend's husband used to play it day and night and he left her for some chick he met online. They met as their WOW characters and fell in love supposedly  
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 1:50pm
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Nope. Dh used to play but it never interfered with anything round the house. he may make less cups of tea for me than normal but thats about it. lol. his best friend played it as well with no problems but for some reason other ppl just have issues with getting really hooked on it. ------------- 
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Posted By: fallen
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 2:06pm
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My DF is addicted and is pretty much the same as the person discribed in the first post He would happily play from the moment he gets up till late in the night. Job hunting really gets in the way of his WOW playing, so job hunting often gets put off till 'another day'. Hence the necessity for me to go back to work in a couple of months. To say i'm bitter about the whole thing is an understatement. ------------- |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 3:14pm
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lol you guys are funny.. i've been playing WoW since before it went public (beta) and I LOVE it. Its what my evenings consist of and before Thomas came along its all I did (apart from housework and other menial tasks). Makes me laugh how people get 'addicted' to it. They need to get lives and go outside once in a while! ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: RoSee
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 4:23pm
He is 23, and has been playing for at least 3 years. His room is DISGUSTING, he couldn't possibly find time to clean it. He doesn't even find time to shower, and he takes all my plates/cups/cutlery into his room and keeps it there, does my head in! He's only JUST got a job, which he starts in a week. We had to sit there with him and make him write a letter to apply for it, luckily he got the first job he applied for. I'm really hoping he can make some new friends there!  He stopped playing the game for a month or so, promised our whole family he would never go near it again coz he could totally see how it was affecting him and all of us but before you know it he's in his room for days on end again... surprise surprise he's playing WOW again! My family HATES it, we are all constantly worrying about him. Before he lived with me he lived with our mum and now she says she would never ever have him back again... We've had fights about him getting out and making some friends, he just has no idea how to meet people??!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 6:38pm
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My DH is all into his computer games but WOW is one game he refuses to play because he knows how addicted he could get, and 5 hours a night isn't already enough
Hope his job works out well and maybe having some time out of the house and contact with real people break the addiction slightly. It is so hard on the family, I fully understand how worrying it is. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: monkey33
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 7:44pm
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My DH plays! (And he is not young either!) It doesn't interfere with our lives though and he is very well aware that the time spent on it is about to be greatly reduced! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 01 January 2010 at 8:05pm
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lol Miss Angel, I have been playing for about 18 months now, and can honestly say I'm not addicted to it, I try and spend as much time as possible on it (while baby is sleeping during the evenings, and on the weekends that DS is away and Dp has quality time with bubs) as its too friggen expensive to just play sporadically!
What realm are you on? I have Horde on Dath'remar and an alliance char on Jubei'Thos 
One of my besties hubby has played it for years and hes in his late 30's... hasnt interfered with his life, he still holds a good steady job and is doing really well in it, and still manages to maintain a good relationship with his wife too ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 02 January 2010 at 11:44am
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You just described my brother except he is 17. I'm not 100% sure if World of Warcraft is the game he plays, he plays some game ...but that name does ring the bell.
I used to live with my mate and his family, he was ADDICTED to WOW - bit of a sad story as he ended up dying at 19 from Leukaemia and all he ever achieved in his life was being one of the top ranked players of a stupid computer game, not much of an achievement really. ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 02 January 2010 at 12:53pm
It would do my head in, guess I got the my roof my rules from my parents. I would treat him a bit like a child & go in put the curtains back & tell him to clean his room or you will throw out all the stuff on the floor. I would make eating in the dinning room a rule also. It is like he needs to be re-taught how to live in a family situation. I know it is easy for me to say this, but if he does not get in the RL, he will not have a life. |
RoSee wrote:Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 02 January 2010 at 1:24pm
same thing happened with my ex's brother and his partner... crazy eh! ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: RoSee
Date Posted: 02 January 2010 at 9:56pm
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I also know someone whos relationship ended because of the game!
Jazzy I tell him almost every day not to take my plates/cups etc into his room and he says ok. But he still does, he comes and makes his food and coffee while I'm in bed for the night!!! Today I had a bit of a go at him about how insanely lazy he is, I ended up just telling him to stay away from me, I don't want to see him, hear from him etc... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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