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Ganymede
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I was just browsing around a forum I go to fomr time to time and I found quite the intresting article.
| QUOTE | It seems that World of Warcraft is the cause of yet another relationship breakdown. A gal named Jocelyn has divorced her husband of six years citing a crippling Warcraft addiction as the main cause.
"He would get home from work at 6:00, start playing at 6:30, and he'd play until three a.m. Weekends were worse -- it was from morning straight through until the middle of the night," she told Yahoo! Games in an interview. "It took away all of our time that we spent together. I ceased to exist in his life."
The sad thing is, Jocelyn herself had an unwitting hand in her marriage's downfall. A former Blizzard employee (she didn't work on Warcraft), she gave her husband the game as a Christmas gift when it first came out in 2004. Nine months later and their relationship was already beginning to crumble. According to Jocelyn, her husband's obsession caused him to not only ignore her, but he stopped taking on any household responsibilities in his quest for the next big raid.
So, word of warning Warcrafters: be sure to make time for your loved ones. No game, raid or copious amount of in-game currency is worth the loss of your relationship |
For those that might think that I made this up. Link
I did not post this to make an attack on WoW, it was posted to show how over gaming and obsession is dangerous to any kind of reletionship.
-Ganymede
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| 02/20/08 14:33 |
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CorruptNinja
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Not only WoW, plenty of games do that. But WoW catches more Media for that kind of stuff than any other game. At one time i found myself addicted to GW so i took month breaks every now and then. Just sad to see how people get hooked and lose loved ones due to that addiction. People like that are the reason Video Games are looked down on so much.
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| 02/20/08 14:39 |
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I disagree completely. Apparently that man and woman were not interesting in their relationship too much. Their relationship was not working, he happily escaped into WOW and she let him. If he wouldn't have played WOW he would have gone to the pub and become an alcoholic maybe. Blaiming the breakup of a relationship on a game is nonsense. They were both let it get that far because they both apparently didn't care enough for each other.
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| 02/20/08 14:43 |
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Xaviak
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"Nine months later and their relationship was already beginning to crumble."
Just enough for her to get pregnant and lose her looks. The guy was turned off. Or the guy's a moron.
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| 02/20/08 14:45 |
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Blazings
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I don't like WoW at all, but I hate the fact that people always take WoW as an example for "the game for no-lifers". Like it's the ONLY game that has addicted players.
Yes they have by far the most players of any online game atm (I think), but it's only WoW that always comes in the news.
But that again.. I'm happy they do it to WoW so I can laugh at the ppl in my class who play that game, and it feels good that we play a game with mature ppl that know they responsebilities (wow I totaly wrote that wrong).
Just what I wanted to say about it.
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| 02/20/08 14:46 |
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Hardstrike
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not only WoW, all online games basically are IMO, you don't just play the game. you also hang out with friends on it. so you log-in to play or see them. do stuff together etc.
thats why I didn't like GW untill I joined a bigger guild than 10 members (after 2 years or so) and after that my play time rocketed in the air.. from 1000 hours in 2 years to 1900 in 4 months! My school had huge downsides and I basically don't know what to do with my spare time when not on GW.
So im seriously thinking of uninstalling it and try to do more schoolwork. buy a Wii game and do that just to get less addicted. and im affraid the first step is to leave big guilds.. that would be [HUGS] :(
This post above ^^ makes sence, and MMORPG ain't good. they are fun but addictive.
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| 02/20/08 14:47 |
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Ganymede
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| QUOTE | | I disagree completely. Apparently that man and woman were not interesting in their relationship too much. Their relationship was not working, he happily escaped into WOW and she let him. If he wouldn't have played WOW he would have gone to the pub and become an alcoholic maybe. Blaiming the breakup of a relationship on a game is nonsense. They were both let it get that far because they both apparently didn't care enough for each other. |
How do you know that she did not try to get him to stop, when people become addicted to something they do not get off of it easy. She might have tried to but could not get him to stop. You can not guage her love for him because you are not her. So yes you can blame something like a game for a break up.
-Ganymede
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| 02/20/08 14:48 |
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lol.
Kind of sad really
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| 02/20/08 14:53 |
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Blazings
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| QUOTE | lol.
Kind of sad really |
Your post has been edited =P Looks like you posted a giant flame and than removed it xD
And ROFL @ Hardstrikes sig. I hope you're not gonna quit GW or at least stay active on the forum =]
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| 02/20/08 14:58 |
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Your post has been edited =P Looks like you posted a giant flame and than removed it xD
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I intially only said Lol only to realise that it wasnt worth posting just lol. So i added in a few more words
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| 02/20/08 15:09 |
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Blazings
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Your post has been edited =P Looks like you posted a giant flame and than removed it xD
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I intially only said Lol only to realise that it wasnt worth posting just lol. So i added in a few more words |
Haha no worries I was just kidding =P
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| 02/20/08 15:16 |
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I found another good point in the link's comment section:
"This relationship was probably doomed to begin with. With a divorce rate around 50% in this country Warcraft seems as good a reason for any."
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| 02/20/08 15:28 |
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Chrisworld
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If i'm not mistaken not that long ago a couple had their kids taken away by child services. The main cause? The couple MAN AND WOMAN (BOTH) were addicted and glued to the computer playing WoW. And their kids practally starved to death since the couple never went out to buy food or anything or take care of the kids. Now im not saying this because of WoW it could have been any game. But i thought that was yet another "sad" article. What the gaming generation will come to in the next 10 years or more will be unbelievable IMO, and i can't wait to see what this world comes to.
"All human to human contact comes to an end when World of Warcraft reaches 6 Billion+ players"
LOL.
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Also on part of my "gaming addiction". I don't really have one anymore. I was bad back in the summer of 06 and maybe early 07' I would spend almost 9 or 10 hours straight on GW playing i guess mostly on my tank. Now i can't even stay there myself for more then 3 (**at a time***, lol). But hey things change, at least im not "addicted" to games anymore, I was even pretty bad with diablo 2 an staying on there forever. But yeah i try not to keep glued to the games anymore.
Also i wanna add: You gotta find youself a woman, or guy if you are girl gamer that is into games, because itll probably be one rough ride if you play games and ignore her while she nags you come and do "something" rofl.
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| 02/20/08 15:34 |
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Belshazaarswrath
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You mean what people do to their relationships right? Wow did nothing but exist. Unlike drugs which are inherently addictive due to mind altering chemicals Wow may be extrordinarily appearing it is NOT addicting. Here is the definition of having an addiction.
| QUOTE | | 2: compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal |
You don't go into withdrawal without playing Wow. You don't die without having your Wow fix. It's a game. At most it is a very appealing escape that can potentially(and this is rare) change your mindset to the point where you think you need it. That's when serious therapy is in order. In reality though any other kind of escape would have the same effect. Music literature ect...
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| 02/20/08 15:51 |
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Prince Rak
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Hardcore :P
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| 02/20/08 16:12 |
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i noticed this to i sued to play for stupid hours and do nothing, and my grades falling etc etc, doubtful i would get into college etc but i decided i should stop for a while
so im back on the straight and narrow now,got into a college,got a job got and sorting out stuff so now im happy, and cos i got a job now im mostly working so i dont get much time to play guildwars 24/7 anymore :)
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| 02/20/08 16:35 |
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CorruptNinja
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| QUOTE | You mean what people do to their relationships right? Wow did nothing but exist. Unlike drugs which are inherently addictive due to mind altering chemicals Wow may be extrordinarily appearing it is NOT addicting. Here is the definition of having an addiction.
| QUOTE | | 2: compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal |
You don't go into withdrawal without playing Wow. You don't die without having your Wow fix. It's a game. At most it is a very appealing escape that can potentially(and this is rare) change your mindset to the point where you think you need it. That's when serious therapy is in order. In reality though any other kind of escape would have the same effect. Music literature ect... |
Maybe he should have went to a therapist if he couldnt at least get off his ass and help his wife around the house or even try to talk to his wife. Almost like that couple who played WoW who got in trouble for letting their child starve.
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| 02/20/08 16:36 |
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My boyfriend used to be like that. When we first started dating he didn't play much cuz we were having fun, being a new couple and whatnot. Then once the new started to wear off, he would ask if he could play WoW.; I said yes because I am not one to make someone do something against their will; and we weren't living together. When we were living together, he would play and take time out to do something important, or if he got really mad at the game. Then I got GW and both of us would be on the computer hehe, so we were both glued to out laptops. Then college started, and we went to the same one and fixed our schedules so we could save some gas and go to school at the same time. In between classes we'd play our games. When we would get home, he would sometimes play WoW, I usually went to bed, so I don't know what went on. I am not sure how much he plays WoW now, he is out of state going to college, and we hardly ever talk, so he might not have the time to play.
Sorry for the little life story thing...just trying to share my experience on WoW. I never got angry at him when he was online, there were a few times when I couldn't be bothered while I was on GW. I can see how it can ruin a relationship though, which goes for ANY game that a person really likes.
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| 02/20/08 16:41 |
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notice how setha doesnt go into anymore details hehehe.
seriously though gj on gettin a job FINALLY :P[/QUOTE]
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| 02/20/08 16:54 |
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People also like to blow stuff out of proportion. For every person who has a serious problem with gaming there are 300,000 people really struggling with alcohol and are actually trapped in some sort of substance abuse.
In my own life my grandfather has been trying to stop drinking his entire life and has failed every time. It's killing him and hurting his family immensely. But the alcohol has poisoned him so that he hardly sees it anymore. I've never seen a game wreck a family...at east not a family with common sense.
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| 02/20/08 16:54 |
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I would say it is the guys fault. He may have a addicting personality and the game was just a catalyst for it. True she could of done more like turning the net off, seek counseling for both of them but in the end it is his fault.
He had responsibilities with his family and instead he would rather play a game.
There are times were I neglect my duties at home to play on the net but I wise up after the first smug look from my girl. :)
Just like that dumb lawyer who blames video games on violence. You can't blame wow on the addiction.. you blame the person. I smoked for 7 years, 1-2 packs a day and I quit cold turkey because my girl asked me to.
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| 02/20/08 17:04 |
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