ugluk69 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Well my father in law has been wanting me to try WOW for a long time so Amazon has it on sale for 39 bucks w/ free shipping so I bought it. My wife even let me pay for 6 mos service in advance. Holy cow what an addicting game. My dad in law, his son, a co-worker of mine, and I use Team speak so we can talk to each other. I, of course, have an orc warrior (in feathermoon) Lvl 21 in a week. The bad news is I have only partially painted a dwarf since getting the game. Bad Ugluk....addicted Ugluk!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionmane Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Welcome to the wonderful addiction known as WoW! I just started an Orc warrior on Silverhand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humansquish Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Crap. We lost another one to WoW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 And now we gather to pay our respects to our dearly departed Ugluk. We shall all remember him as a master of Dip-fu and an overall excellent orc. It was ultimately WoW that served his demise on these esteemed boards and we shall miss him greatly. Nahh, I kid, enjoy the game, that's what they're there for. I'm sure Varaug will gently remind you that you have other things to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Alas poor Ugluk, I knew him well... The Reven shall burn a funeral pyre for you brave warrior, sadly, the body could not be recovered, it having withered away and turned to dust before it could be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital M@ Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Throws rose on Pyre and bows head in moment of silence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchantra Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Crap. We lost another one to WoW. Those were the exact words that came to mind when I read the posting - not another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital M@ Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 This is no shot at WOW or its players, but why are these style games so addicting? I have avoided them like the plague because in the past, I have wasted many many many hours on games that focus on character leveling and power advancement. IMO, it starts out a lot of fun and new, but soon turns into a mind numbingly dull task of increasing power levels where you do the same things over and over and over. But, for whatever reason, we, as gamers continue to plug hours and hours into a game and don't even realize the monotony of it until weeks or months have passed. At this point in my life, I have too many things that are important to do to fill my mind with the drive to create 50th level characters and just finishing this next quest. I know they are addictive, but why and how does one break the cycle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I had issues getting hooked on MUDs back in the day when they were the only MMPORPGs around. All the text based goodness of them. I know enough to avoid WoW and the like. I do have to say though, 2 of my closest friends came as a result of folks I met on a MUD. Although I think MUDs were far more social creations than the games of today are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchantra Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I know they are addictive, but why and how does one break the cycle? One finds the CD for the game and puts it in the microwave for a few seconds, watches the sparks fly, and then replaces the CD into its packaging so the person has no idea why his game won't work. I almost did that to an Ex who played "Dungeon Keeper" religiously. He would come home from work and play the game till he went to bed. Get up in the morning and play it till he went to work. See the problem? I for one don't appreciate being made a second class citizen to a videogame. The irony about this is he was the one who showed me what a microwave would do to a CD by popping an AOL CD into the microwave. Granted there are better ways of ceasing the addiction than above. I also found getting a group of friends together and physically dragging one's butt away from the computer helps too. I had issues getting hooked on MUDs back in the day when they were the only MMPORPGs around. All the text based goodness of them. I know enough to avoid WoW and the like. I do have to say though, 2 of my closest friends came as a result of folks I met on a MUD. Although I think MUDs were far more social creations than the games of today are. Ahh yes MU*'s. I still frequent those as I enjoy the roleplay and the fun of meeting people interested in roleplay online. I find it makes for great stress relief. I actually met a few former boyfriends through MU*'s. I currently help administrate one of them which happens to be run by an ex of mine I met through an MU* who I am still on good terms with. Now and then when LSH isn't trapped by WoW and RL, him and I will get together and carry out some serious RP online. What I like about MU*'s is the ability to create your own scenarios and write out language one normally wouldn't use when speaking to another person. It's great for building vocabulary and also good for helping my mind get into writing mode so I can work on more storylines I've been fiddling with offline. The other thing I enjoy is the social interaction on MU*'s. You do spend a lot of time talking to the people involved and get to know some of their personality traits and things about their real lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionmane Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 If a guy wants to play a game that doesnt happen to involve minis, let him. Geez. One can do both, ya know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugluk69 Posted January 28, 2006 Author Share Posted January 28, 2006 If a guy wants to play a game that doesnt happen to involve minis, let him. Geez. One can do both, ya know. Yea!!! Im travelling 50 miles to go fight Feanor's Elves w/ da Reven........wish me luck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Good Ruck Raggy!!! 55 miles is my average gaming drive (besides going to the Asylum) so I know what yer going through. To stay on topic: While it's not written in stone, I've asked myself to avoid games that I have to keep paying for. I think $15.00 - $35.00 is enough to pay for a game & service/subscription charges are just a bottomless pit of lost money that should be spent on something tangible... Come back from the darkside!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbob Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 To stay on topic: While it's not written in stone, I've asked myself to avoid games that I have to keep paying for. I think $15.00 - $35.00 is enough to pay for a game & service/subscription charges are just a bottomless pit of lost money that should be spent on something tangible... And Minis are deffinatly tangiable. But NOT a bottomless pit. WoW has claimed to many of my friends. I think it is because gamers as a whole are fairly obsessive. How else do you explain Rules Lawyers? THis is also why I don't play 'those' sorts of games. I know what happened to 6 or so months of my life when I got the SIMS. And that didn't even have an end goal. UG- Kick Feanor's hind-end for us here in Montana. None of us could ever manage it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugluk69 Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 To stay on topic: While it's not written in stone, I've asked myself to avoid games that I have to keep paying for. I think $15.00 - $35.00 is enough to pay for a game & service/subscription charges are just a bottomless pit of lost money that should be spent on something tangible... And Minis are deffinatly tangiable. But NOT a bottomless pit. WoW has claimed to many of my friends. I think it is because gamers as a whole are fairly obsessive. How else do you explain Rules Lawyers? THis is also why I don't play 'those' sorts of games. I know what happened to 6 or so months of my life when I got the SIMS. And that didn't even have an end goal. UG- Kick Feanor's hind-end for us here in Montana. None of us could ever manage it. Evil your request is my command.....it was close, but the Reven prevailed!!!!!!! I was down to 3 minis but the elves were defeated!!!!!! It was a fun game, and we had to drive though a blizzard to get home. To be back on topic my orc in Wow is lvl 23. I think Wow will be a diverson for a while, but minis are my first love!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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