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OT - W o W - 2/19/2007 9:23:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		I couldn resist it! and it stole my life - it is addictive! I am talking of World of Warcraft by the way, anyone else been bitten by the bug??

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/19/2007 9:27:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		I am ridiculously addicted to this game. It is the single number one cause of sleepless nights (and delayed WITP turns) for me.

I dont even understand why I like it so much....:)

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/19/2007 9:37:15 PM   
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ORIGINAL: rroberson

I am ridiculously addicted to this game. It is the single number one cause of sleepless nights (and delayed WITP turns) for me.

I dont even understand why I like it so much....:)


So, if turns are not in my in-box, I know you are in another world.


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RE: OT - W o W - 2/19/2007 9:37:59 PM   
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RE: OT - W o W - 2/19/2007 9:50:48 PM   
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RE: OT - W o W - 2/19/2007 10:06:45 PM   
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Seriously, always loved Blizzard games, all the way back to Diablo and Starcraft, but this? I wouldn't buy it with someone else's money...

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/19/2007 10:30:24 PM   
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ORIGINAL: AdmNelson


quote:

ORIGINAL: rroberson

I am ridiculously addicted to this game. It is the single number one cause of sleepless nights (and delayed WITP turns) for me.

I dont even understand why I like it so much....:)


So, if turns are not in my in-box, I know you are in another world.




Well not lately :). Lately its been life in general that rules my world.

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/19/2007 11:11:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		I bought it last month and tried it out........seriously, hated it after an hour, cancelled my subscription and put it back in the box.

Basically, all you do is pay £9.00 a month to run around and kill computer run monsters.....and do quests.

Seriously, if I wanted to do that, I'd buy a single player RPG. Because virtually, you do the EXACT same thing.....

......Except that you don't pay so much a month.

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/20/2007 12:07:16 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Japanese_Spirit

I bought it last month and tried it out........seriously, hated it after an hour, cancelled my subscription and put it back in the box.

Basically, all you do is pay £9.00 a month to run around and kill computer run monsters.....and do quests.

Seriously, if I wanted to do that, I'd buy a single player RPG. Because virtually, you do the EXACT same thing.....



......Except that you don't pay so much a month.






My feelings exactly... and in a single player RPG, you don't have to worry about those who PK just for the joy of ruining someone else's day.


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RE: OT - W o W - 2/20/2007 12:55:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		I don't understand the addictive nature of this game. I keep reading articles about people losing their jobs and their families...its like heroine or something...it reminds me of that STNG episode where the whole crew gets addicted to that game...maybe their is some sort of insidious pleasure/feedback mechanism in the game.

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/20/2007 1:21:21 AM   
Chad Harrison


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My brother and I play once a week for about 2 hours and thats it. We have been doing this for over a year and still are only level 38 :) Its a nice easy pace and it never becomes 'addicting' because we only play when the two of us are playing together.

That being said, one of the games we play is to find the person ingame who apparantly is lacking a REAL social life. Dead give aways: all purple equipment and so many PvP kills that I could never imagine how to get that far. But hey, different strokes for different folks.

I am enjoying my WitP PBEM game 100 times more and I dread our WoW game night because then I dont have as much time to play my turn.

Chad

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/20/2007 1:25:11 AM   
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RE: OT - W o W - 2/20/2007 1:45:04 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Japanese_Spirit

I bought it last month and tried it out........seriously, hated it after an hour, cancelled my subscription and put it back in the box.

Basically, all you do is pay £9.00 a month to run around and kill computer run monsters.....and do quests.

Seriously, if I wanted to do that, I'd buy a single player RPG. Because virtually, you do the EXACT same thing.....

......Except that you don't pay so much a month.


Yes.

But you miss the point of an online game. Sure I can have my single player RPG AI aid me in battling whatever big bad is at the end of my current quest.

But its a lot more enjoyable to have a party of three or four other live human beings doing it. Humans make mistakes. Talk back. Do incredible things that AI's can never fathom doing.

Much the same reason we all play PBEMs here for years at a time because we want that human element because lets face it, playing the AI in WITP isnt where its at

Same thing in online style games.

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/20/2007 2:18:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		whats the big thing about WoW? ive never gotten to play it

is it the interaction between characters?


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RE: OT - W o W - 2/21/2007 12:40:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		I've been playing WoW since closed beta, and I still love it. Its quest-based gameplay tends to draw you in. And it's got a sense of humor, which many games in this genre omit. Yes, the quests initially focus on AI monsters, but a major focus of the endgame is player vs player combat. It can be quite exciting to duel another player, or to participate in a "battleground" like Alterac Valley with 40 players on each side. It's sort of like "Battlefield 1942" meets "Warcraft 3" -- i.e., a combination of action game and strategy game.

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/21/2007 12:40:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		I played the no-monthly-fee MMORG (can't even remember what it was called) and it went from interesting to boring pretty quickly. It just seemed like I was running to and fro constantly. all the loot and character upgrades are fun, but ... no that fun. Oblivion gives me the same kind of big-world feeling, and I don't have to pay a dime once I've bought it.

All that said, I've been riveted to WitP (again) lately anyway.

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/21/2007 1:38:38 AM   
PzB74


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Status: offline 		Played Ultima Online for a few years, the Glorious Lord Hammer - those were the days
Still remember the horrible lag through the poor dial-up connection *shudders*

Sold my account on e-bay for 700$ Think that covered most of my gaming time - and put an efficient end to my online RPG career.

PS! If you died on Ultima you lost fame, all your equipment. Red pvp *murderes* lost 30% of their skill points if they were killed!!
Remember sweating profoundly in close combat - dying cost you.


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RE: OT - W o W - 2/21/2007 7:55:58 PM   
marky


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RE: OT - W o W - 2/21/2007 9:03:51 PM   
pauk


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ORIGINAL: treespider

I lost a friend to WoW...he went in and refuses to come out..



me too... i lost WiTP friend (and he was a damned good player) to WoW

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/21/2007 9:54:54 PM   
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RE: OT - W o W - 2/22/2007 12:17:21 AM   
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Yes.

But you miss the point of an online game. Sure I can have my single player RPG AI aid me in battling whatever big bad is at the end of my current quest.

But its a lot more enjoyable to have a party of three or four other live human beings doing it. Humans make mistakes. Talk back. Do incredible things that AI's can never fathom doing.

Much the same reason we all play PBEMs here for years at a time because we want that human element because lets face it, playing the AI in WITP isnt where its at

Same thing in online style games.


I know what you mean and that is what I thought it would be when I bought it. I mean, afterall, everyone says it is a "great" game, so it must be a game where folks heavily work together.

......So, I chose the RPG section, and......

......Nothing. It was literally just run around, fight the A.I. Players didn't cooperate together, instead they just would duel with one another and then run off. You couldn't even chat to anyone, no one would respond.

And, the worst part is, the game keeps having to update everytime you play it, which means another 100MB of patches per game.

.....I'll just stick with WitP, thanks.

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/22/2007 12:15:20 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Japanese_Spirit
......Nothing. It was literally just run around, fight the A.I. Players didn't cooperate together, instead they just would duel with one another and then run off. You couldn't even chat to anyone, no one would respond.



Well, there is more to it - if you keep playing to get to higher "levels".
A collegue is member of a guild and sometimes 40 player come together
to fight in quests to kill some high-level monster. A lot of tactic and
discipline is required to get the job done.

The drawback for me is that one must/should be online regularely to
be uptodate with all kind of stuff and tools needed to reach higher levels.
It took my collegue several months to make it level 60 and now - with the
newest addon/patch - he can make level 70 ...


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RE: OT - W o W - 2/22/2007 5:30:57 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Floyd


quote:

ORIGINAL: Japanese_Spirit
......Nothing. It was literally just run around, fight the A.I. Players didn't cooperate together, instead they just would duel with one another and then run off. You couldn't even chat to anyone, no one would respond.



Well, there is more to it - if you keep playing to get to higher "levels".
A collegue is member of a guild and sometimes 40 player come together
to fight in quests to kill some high-level monster. A lot of tactic and
discipline is required to get the job done.

The drawback for me is that one must/should be online regularely to
be uptodate with all kind of stuff and tools needed to reach higher levels.
It took my collegue several months to make it level 60 and now - with the
newest addon/patch - he can make level 70 ...




Precisely.

You have to work your way up to 20 or so and get out of the asshat areas where all the new players (10 year olds) hang out and make their haught night elfs dance.

Once you get to 20 or so the game really begins.


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RE: OT - W o W - 2/22/2007 9:18:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		I too played WoW for about 6 months and the only thing that really bugged me was KIDS ! arghhhhh ... idiotic little snotty kids who gloat when they kill you ..

That and i got bored after 6 months , converted to Everquest 2 and the ages of people miraculously were about 25-45 more mature and overall a much better game for me at least. Greratly enjoyed a good (if small ) guild and actually spent more timr onlinr chatting with poeple than playing the game, got to level 40 ish then chopped up the credit card with a big pair of sciccors and can't go back as sony don't take switch cards (UK debit card), otherwise i would still be playing.

PS If you like crafting/making things then EQ2 was 100 times better than WoW.. seriously felt like a day job at times ( although an enjoyable one )..

just my 2c

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/22/2007 9:23:03 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

I too played WoW for about 6 months and the only thing that really bugged me was KIDS ! arghhhhh ... idiotic little snotty kids who gloat when they kill you ..


hehe, thats why i stopped playin BF2 and such, plus a buncha other BS

like people not getting the simple concept of AIRFIELD FIRST on Wake

some people should just be shot before theyre alllowed to pick up a weapon, even in a game

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RE: OT - W o W - 2/22/2007 10:23:22 PM   
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ORIGINAL: rroberson

I am ridiculously addicted to this game. It is the single number one cause of sleepless nights (and delayed WITP turns) for me.

I dont even understand why I like it so much....:)


then sent in the turn dreamer



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RE: OT - W o W - 2/23/2007 12:23:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		I play WoW as well. Played EQ1 for 7 years (well 5 really over a 7 year period. I quit several times, once for over a year), Played EQ2 for 6 weeks when it first launched and removed it. Tried Lineage II for a bit and removed that as well.

WoW is ok. The nice thing about it is if you have 15 mins to kill you can log in and do something for 15 mins. It works well as a solo game or grouping. There are PvP servers if you want that type of thing, or non-PvP servers (which I prefer). I found that after 6 months it gets boring. With the new expansion out, I have been playing again and it is holding my interest for a while. I figure it has about another 3 or 4 months before I turn it off again.

The one I am really looking forward to is Pirates of the Burning Sea. Due out in June.

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