Anyone Play WOW and Not Turn Into Fat Arse?

I used to work with 2 guys who played LOTR like it was a second life. They would spend 8-10 hrs. at work strategizing and talking shit on other players in their guild, then go home and play until 3:00 in the morning. Come in the next day and do it again. Sometimes if they had some kind of big thing happening they would miss work too.

They thought I was goofy for going fishing on Sunday though. Like catching food for dinner is just crazy! Then they’d go on about how some people are pros who make tons of money testing and winning tournaments and selling their characters and all kinds of success gotten through gaming.

Very strange.

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
I used to work with 2 guys who played LOTR like it was a second life. They would spend 8-10 hrs. at work strategizing and talking shit on other players in their guild, then go home and play until 3:00 in the morning. Come in the next day and do it again. Sometimes if they had some kind of big thing happening they would miss work too.

They thought I was goofy for going fishing on Sunday though. Like catching food for dinner is just crazy! Then they’d go on about how some people are pros who make tons of money testing and winning tournaments and selling their characters and all kinds of success gotten through gaming.

Very strange.
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Its not any different then the kids who want to become a Pro BB, and make money from supplement endorsement etc.

[quote]Anonymity wrote:

[quote]Cron391 wrote:
LOL the exact same shit happened to me a few years back…

I thank god I was able to break that addiction.

And yes, it IS and Addiction.[/quote]

I wasted a good portion of my life playing competitive CS.

Talk about a horrible addiction.

Still like video games, but just play them as a minor hobby when I have some down time.[/quote]
CS 1.6? I still play that shit. Too bad the game is dead.

[quote]Yonatan wrote:
Any dota 2 players here?

I have played video games quite a lot for years, I don’t think it affects my gains[/quote]
No but I’ve considered trying it out. My friends got me into LoL and now we are lanning that shit almost every weekend, so fun. Kinda want to try Dota 2 and HON as well, but I kinda want to get better at LoL since I’m pretty shite.

[quote]PB Andy wrote:

[quote]Anonymity wrote:

[quote]Cron391 wrote:
LOL the exact same shit happened to me a few years back…

I thank god I was able to break that addiction.

And yes, it IS and Addiction.[/quote]

I wasted a good portion of my life playing competitive CS.

Talk about a horrible addiction.

Edit: looks like cevo is actually dead now-a-days. Wonder when that happened.

Still like video games, but just play them as a minor hobby when I have some down time.[/quote]
CS 1.6? I still play that shit. Too bad the game is dead.[/quote]

Went from 1.6 to source. Played cevo-p source for a while.

Nothing like a good multiplayer FPS IMO.

[quote]Anonymity wrote:

[quote]PB Andy wrote:

[quote]Anonymity wrote:

[quote]Cron391 wrote:
LOL the exact same shit happened to me a few years back…

I thank god I was able to break that addiction.

And yes, it IS and Addiction.[/quote]

I wasted a good portion of my life playing competitive CS.

Talk about a horrible addiction.

Still like video games, but just play them as a minor hobby when I have some down time.[/quote]
CS 1.6? I still play that shit. Too bad the game is dead.[/quote]

Went from 1.6 to source. Played cevo-p source for a while.

Nothing like a good multiplayer FPS IMO.
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Aw awesome, I never got into source (or CS:GO now) but was pretty good at 1.6. I was never CAL-invite or anything but I was almost there years ago (CAL-premier when that existed).

Agreed, no FPS game will ever come close to CS and that’s a shame. :\ Just one of those games.

[quote]optheta wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
I used to work with 2 guys who played LOTR like it was a second life. They would spend 8-10 hrs. at work strategizing and talking shit on other players in their guild, then go home and play until 3:00 in the morning. Come in the next day and do it again. Sometimes if they had some kind of big thing happening they would miss work too.

They thought I was goofy for going fishing on Sunday though. Like catching food for dinner is just crazy! Then they’d go on about how some people are pros who make tons of money testing and winning tournaments and selling their characters and all kinds of success gotten through gaming.

Very strange.
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Its not any different then the kids who want to become a Pro BB, and make money from supplement endorsement etc.[/quote]

Can’t tell if that is sarcasm or not. We need a sarcasm font.

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:

[quote]optheta wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
I used to work with 2 guys who played LOTR like it was a second life. They would spend 8-10 hrs. at work strategizing and talking shit on other players in their guild, then go home and play until 3:00 in the morning. Come in the next day and do it again. Sometimes if they had some kind of big thing happening they would miss work too.

They thought I was goofy for going fishing on Sunday though. Like catching food for dinner is just crazy! Then they’d go on about how some people are pros who make tons of money testing and winning tournaments and selling their characters and all kinds of success gotten through gaming.

Very strange.
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Its not any different then the kids who want to become a Pro BB, and make money from supplement endorsement etc.[/quote]

Can’t tell if that is sarcasm or not. We need a sarcasm font.
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He’s serious. I don’t know that you can actually earn a living on LOTR, but there are esports in which you can make serious dough. Starcraft and LoL come to mind. Some of the old Broodwar veterans like Flash are literally celebrities in Korea and rich as absolute fuck. I mean seriously akin to Michael Jordan on a Wheaties box fame and fortune. There is even money to be made in Europe and the States; not quite as much, but it is growing.

In fact, you probably have a better shot of earning a living as a Starcraft pro than actually earning a living through bodybuilding lol.

[quote]Cortes wrote:

[quote]csulli wrote:

[quote]Cortes wrote:
Just a thought, but don’t you think someone just took someone’s progress pics, reversed the order of the pics while leaving or making up the dates, and slapping a WoW banner across the top?

Would someone who had achieved that level of development really take progress pics of his own decline like that? [/quote]
I think the OP knows that the pic is just a reversed transformation pic with WoW plastered in the background just like you said (hopefully he does at least lol). I imagine he was just using it for effect.[/quote]

Now I feel kind of dumb for pointing out what has probably been totally obvious to everyone.

Also I have no idea what anyone is talking about. [/quote]

Don’t feel bad, I was going to post the same thing until I scrolled down and saw you beat me to it.

[quote]csulli wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:

[quote]optheta wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
I used to work with 2 guys who played LOTR like it was a second life. They would spend 8-10 hrs. at work strategizing and talking shit on other players in their guild, then go home and play until 3:00 in the morning. Come in the next day and do it again. Sometimes if they had some kind of big thing happening they would miss work too.

They thought I was goofy for going fishing on Sunday though. Like catching food for dinner is just crazy! Then they’d go on about how some people are pros who make tons of money testing and winning tournaments and selling their characters and all kinds of success gotten through gaming.

Very strange.
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Its not any different then the kids who want to become a Pro BB, and make money from supplement endorsement etc.[/quote]

Can’t tell if that is sarcasm or not. We need a sarcasm font.
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He’s serious. I don’t know that you can actually earn a living on LOTR, but there are esports in which you can make serious dough. Starcraft and LoL come to mind. Some of the old Broodwar veterans like Flash are literally celebrities in Korea and rich as absolute fuck. I mean seriously akin to Michael Jordan on a Wheaties box fame and fortune. There is even money to be made in Europe and the States; not quite as much, but it is growing.

In fact, you probably have a better shot of earning a living as a Starcraft pro than actually earning a living through bodybuilding lol.[/quote]

Yep.

Meh. I was in a top tier guild while on scholarship for football in college, and before that I was cal-I level and attended some LANs for a game called Enemy Territory. I don’t spend nearly the time I used to on games but I still definitely play, and at no time have I felt they endangered my level of fitness. Although that’s kind of a slanted statement because they would’ve if I didn’t push other things to the side instead(so the gaming did affect something).

Also, when you guys say you play League, what are we talking here? Not level 30 yet? Level 30 but play unranked only? Play ranked but stuck in Bronze? I need details.

[quote]Myosin wrote:

[quote]cstratton2 wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]cstratton2 wrote:
Whats the difference between getting addicted to an MMO and any other platform based game? It seems to me that MMOS are far more pervasive with escapism due to the vast content it has… I play PS3 and what not but always try and monitor when my behaviors turn from fun just platforming to that easy to trigger dopamine chasing carrot, teeth gritting, gotta get to x,y,z that happens chasing the next mission/objective/achievement, FYI watch yourself cause it may happen far more then you care to take notice…

Anyways other then that everything in moderation seems to be the theme in life lol [/quote]

There’s entirely too much to do in WoW and likewise MMO’s for any person to ever really get bored of it. I mean the quests and levelling to new areas, which are overwhelmingly abundant, is what one would most likely see to be the core aspect of gameplay, but even aside of that there are countless side-quests, repeat quests, faction quests etc. The expansiveness comes in that all divisions have sub-divisions, and most of the sub-divisions have sub-sub-divisions that grow outward exponentially until you’re at a point where all the bases are covered.

To me it always lost it’s flavour towards the late game, as I assume it does with everyone. Things start to slow considerably and a casual experience starts to become a ‘job’ where the focus shifts more to things like raiding non-stop for slightly better equipment and min-maxing PvP DPS. It’s there that the real threat of addiction starts to rear it’s ugly head and you end up going through the motions of just making inert tweaks over and over. Even when you reach a level end point, you’re still tasked with taking on raids and PvP tournaments, there is no defined end and that’s the predominant reason I was so held in by it. Not to mention starting the whole cycle again with a different class once you realise you could do way more damage over time with a necromancer than you can a paladin. It’s soul-wrenching, the only way I got out of it was to sell away my account and not have any further information on it.

  • Confessions of a Former Level 70 Blood Elf Paladin in The Burning Crusade expansion, back when that was a thing.[/quote]

like 4 or 5 years back I tried playing WOW from a friend… I could see how it happens to people but to me it was too much just point and click and got tired of it after like level 20 lol, idk I just get kind of strained looking at computer screens too long anyways… Usually I can’t play video games too long without some sort of headache or migraine… Anyways yeah basically some of that crap is like instant servings of emotional numbing, dopamine absurdity crack for certain brain structures, personalities, pre depositions etc…
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Look into a pair of Gunnar Optiks gaming/computer glasses. It sounds like a gimmick but after experiencing the headache/eye strain from hours of FIFA, Battlefield 3 and SWTOR, I had to give them a shot. Night and day difference, well worth the cost.[/quote]

I hear you bro, I just feel like I don’t really want to over ride my bodies natural instinct of saying enough video game time lol, I also always have a tendency of wanting to finish story lines as quick as possible which is a bad mix, It prevents me from becoming glued to the screen too long and neglecting other responsibilities.

[quote]red04 wrote:
Meh. I was in a top tier guild while on scholarship for football in college, and before that I was cal-I level and attended some LANs for a game called Enemy Territory. I don’t spend nearly the time I used to on games but I still definitely play, and at no time have I felt they endangered my level of fitness. Although that’s kind of a slanted statement because they would’ve if I didn’t push other things to the side instead(so the gaming did affect something).

Also, when you guys say you play League, what are we talking here? Not level 30 yet? Level 30 but play unranked only? Play ranked but stuck in Bronze? I need details.[/quote]

I feel as though it may not always change someones physique it can potentially ruin normal human connection and behaviors if excessive, I don’t mind playing games with friends in the same room but turning down social opportunities to play video games seems too much for me.

Ahh speaking of leagues and all that I would NEVER want to be in something like brackets where you constantly and compulsively play just to keep your spot on leadership boards. Thankfully I never really got hooked on MMOs

[quote]red04 wrote:
Meh. I was in a top tier guild while on scholarship for football in college, and before that I was cal-I level and attended some LANs for a game called Enemy Territory. I don’t spend nearly the time I used to on games but I still definitely play, and at no time have I felt they endangered my level of fitness. Although that’s kind of a slanted statement because they would’ve if I didn’t push other things to the side instead(so the gaming did affect something).

Also, when you guys say you play League, what are we talking here? Not level 30 yet? Level 30 but play unranked only? Play ranked but stuck in Bronze? I need details.[/quote]
Level 10. Basically I suck balls :slight_smile:

[quote]red04 wrote:
Meh. I was in a top tier guild while on scholarship for football in college, and before that I was cal-I level and attended some LANs for a game called Enemy Territory. I don’t spend nearly the time I used to on games but I still definitely play, and at no time have I felt they endangered my level of fitness. Although that’s kind of a slanted statement because they would’ve if I didn’t push other things to the side instead(so the gaming did affect something).

Also, when you guys say you play League, what are we talking here? Not level 30 yet? Level 30 but play unranked only? Play ranked but stuck in Bronze? I need details.[/quote]

Silver league bro. But part of it is me picking champions taht aren’t really support and also playing top lane when I almost ALWAYS lose at it.

I once played Goldeneye in God Mode for about 4 hours to see ow many Russians I could kill, Ended up being about 3000.

NYET AGAIN!

I don’t own any video game systems now as I don’t want to get sucked in again.

I know the feeling. Sometimes when I start getting bored in a game I cheat so I can get to the ending more quickly. Unfortunately this isn’t the case for MMOs.

The sad thing is that designers are trying to make video games more addictive…

[quote]Nards wrote:
I once played Goldeneye in God Mode for about 4 hours to see ow many Russians I could kill, Ended up being about 3000.

NYET AGAIN!

I don’t own any video game systems now as I don’t want to get sucked in again.[/quote]

I downloaded one of those tower defense games for my smartphone and it was mildly addictive.

It’s funny how your mind works…“OK, I have enough money to build a laser turret…OK, I’ll build one near where the bad guys come out…oh, now I have enough for another, where should I put it? I know, I’ll put it close to my base so my base is nicely defended. I’d better mine some more ore so i can build a defensive wall around my base…hey, my soldiers probably work too hard, they need a rec center…”

It’s silly how you feel like some sort of God/mother that needs to build a safer world for the characters in some shitty little game.

I sat on the sofa for most of a day during Chinese New Year playing it…even playing levels I’d completed because it was rewarding to choose which towers should go where etc.
I deleted the game the next day and made sure to use a lot of my phone’s memory with porn. That may be addictive but I least I only waste two minutes on it a day.

[quote]moderatelyfatman wrote:
I know the feeling. Sometimes when I start getting bored in a game I cheat so I can get to the ending more quickly. Unfortunately this isn’t the case for MMOs.

The sad thing is that designers are trying to make video games more addictive…

[quote]Nards wrote:
I once played Goldeneye in God Mode for about 4 hours to see ow many Russians I could kill, Ended up being about 3000.

NYET AGAIN!

I don’t own any video game systems now as I don’t want to get sucked in again.[/quote]
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Exactly what I was thinking, its all in reward dopamine circuitry and chasing achievements… It is taking advantage of the primordial seeking mechanisms of the brain and getting them hooked on meager point and clicking behaviors… Any video game if you can gain enough awareness and not get lost in the screen, just looking at it there is just a constant flux changing picture of pixels and some buttons on a controller… you can see most share same innate qualities,

Platform games usually have a short story and some multi player but to get into a never ending cycle of compulsive and mind controlling behavior that can trigger with certain MMOS pshh… Anything that can make me feel like a zombie or drain and kill my awareness is definitely scary to see.

If one is a competetive person, games such as CS and WoW are way more addicting since one has the tendency of wanting the be the best…