World of Warcraft Addiction.

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I have to agree with Helms here. One thing people need to understand about games like WoW and EQII is they are very social. Often times people don't get addicted to the game itself, instead it's the social aspect of the game. A person who never felt fully accepted IRL can often times find acceptance in game life amongst people who share the same interests. Plus games like this help take you out of real life stresses and put you into a fantasy world. I myself play EQII; I play it almost everyday after work (Though usually skip weekends unless there is an event) even if it's just for an hour. I don't do it because I feel addicted; I do it because of the people I play with. I have bonded a great deal with a lot of people in the game. For me logging in the game to say hello to people is no different that calling someone on the cell phone. We even use a program called Ventrilo where we actually verbally talk to a group of people over the Internet, handy little device hehe.So though you might think your mother is over doing it, look at it as her social outlet, and if nothing else her creative outlet as well. Now I am not saying maybe she should minimize her use, because according to you her health is getting worse because of her lack on exercise. Best suggestion I can give is instead of trying to take her game away from her try and find ways to incorporate a healthy lifestyle around the game. Like myself for example, I go to the gym before I go home and even think about logging into the game. I also try and keep healthier snacks around the house because like most gamers I like to munch on something as I am playing; they go hand in hand lol. Just keep this all in mind when it comes to your mother.

Originally Posted By: ashley69

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when i get my laptop im gonna buy WoW just to see what its like. it looks pretty sweet, and i used to be completely hooked on diablo 2 lol..(but im not so bad now :grin: )

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Bah! EQII is much better graphically and mechanically as well. Come join my "addiction" hehe :smile:

what EQll???? what am i missing out on!!!

EverQuest II :smile:

Ya know, I would love to comment on how sad you gamers are, but I can't. I have an even worse addiction: This fucking website! Now how sad is that!?!?

Vangaurd > EQ2Planetside > Vanguard I'm done now >.>To the OP: I think you kind of... Have to let her figure out for herself what it's doing to her life, that or confront her a lot more bluntly, and boldly. Hell, Stage an intervention if she won't stop.

LoL.. most people I have talked to who went to play Vanguard were not happy and have come back to EQII. I guess there is a lot lacking in the game.

Yea, but they update it regularly enough to where if there is a problem, odds are it'll be fixed within the day.
I dunno, I'm still an old EQ1 Junkie

Originally Posted By: Java_AddictI dunno, I'm still an old EQ1 Junkie Same here hun, I played EQ1 almost from launch and up to when EQII Launched. I still have my account on EQ1; I have the All Access Pass.

I wouldn't mind if she played WoW in moderation, even if it it were excessive moderation. As she is currently though it's like she's dead already. The only time I see her is when she's going to the toilet, getting food from the kitchen or going to bed. Otherwise she's basically a very expensive, very ineffecient heater taking up our back room. Harsh, I know, but it's not like she talks to any of us, she doesn't clean up after herself, doesn't prepare any meals and she is a drain on the household - home doesn't feel safe and relaxing anymore.Mainly though, she doesn't look happy. I haven't seen her smile in the last month, I truely believe that she only plays because in comparison everything else seems boring. I honestly believe gaming addiction is as strong and dangerous as any drug addiction. I went through a minor phase of it myself in high school. Hell, I know tons of people addicted to WoW. One of my mates was addicted to meth and started playing WoW during his comedowns. Now he's a meth fiend that never leaves his house. I haven't see him in half a year. Just last week another close friend of mine was dumped by her BF because he'd rather play WoW than spend time with her. Another mate at Uni failed everything one year at Uni because he played WoW instead of going to class. His GF of three years broke up with him late last year too. wowdetox.com is peppered with thousands of cases which sound identical to drug abuse.I dunno, I don't feel I can leave her because it's destroying her and my father, and I keep reading things on that site about how people finally do quit, and after a month they feel so much better. I don't want to abandon her when I know she would have never given up on me.

Who said anything about abandoning your mother?? Either you didn't read my post or you ignored it, one of the two. She can have a healthy lifestyle and still play WoW. Perhaps if you and your family would try and incorporate these ideas instead of coming across harshly (like unplugging her comp and hiding it from her) she'd be more willing to listen. Any abrasive actions are not going to get any positive results. I am not going to go too in-depth about how to incorporate this as I have addressed it in my last post to you.And I don't mean to come off harsh but she is an adult and so are you. If you are unhappy and feel so unsafe at home than perhaps it's time to leave the nest. If it’s bothering you this much and she is not willing to change than it’s best to remove yourself from the situation. It’s not healthy for you or for your mother by the sounds of it.

I myself play alot of MMORPG's, I was hooked for one year, didn't really have a social life, although I think these games helped me through my depression, gave me peopel to talk to outside of school.I now just went back into WoW, although I've learned to control it, when I get the cahcne I'll go shoot hoops, and play WoW for an hour a night or so. The best thing to do is try and get her interested in something, even if it takes her off the computer for an houre less a day, it's still an hour a day. Try and figure out what she likes to do and figure a way to get her to do it.

I myself went through a WoW addiction. I played it for a good 6 months then decided to just drop it not let it go any farther and just quit. 4 months later i was back on it wasting away my life. I would sit on the computer ALL day playing the game. I would only get up to eat, go to the bathroom or sleep. I am homeschool so i had all the time in the world to play it. Finally one day i deleted all my characters on the game canceled my account and gave them game disk away to someone else. Since then my social life is alot better. Im working 5 days a week (Not bad for a 17 year old)and just plain out loving life. As for your mother im sorry to hear, the truth is its a HARD addiction to overcome. It truely is like a drug. It seems to me she gets on that game to live a whole different life, one far far away from her "real life" which she is probably trying to escape. As for how to get her away from the computer i can not help you on that. She is a grown women, and can make her own decisions, hopefully she will make one thats good for her, you, and the whole family. I wish you luck.

Originally Posted By: Megadeth90I myself went through a WoW addiction. I played it for a good 6 months then decided to just drop it not let it go any farther and just quit. 4 months later i was back on it wasting away my life. I would sit on the computer ALL day playing the game. I would only get up to eat, go to the bathroom or sleep. I am homeschool so i had all the time in the world to play it. Finally one day i deleted all my characters on the game canceled my account and gave them game disk away to someone else. Since then my social life is alot better. Im working 5 days a week (Not bad for a 17 year old)and just plain out loving life. As for your mother im sorry to hear, the truth is its a HARD addiction to overcome. It truely is like a drug. It seems to me she gets on that game to live a whole different life, one far far away from her "real life" which she is probably trying to escape. As for how to get her away from the computer i can not help you on that. She is a grown women, and can make her own decisions, hopefully she will make one thats good for her, you, and the whole family. I wish you luck. I too am addicted to this game...tried to quit multiple times. My account runs out in like 3 weeks, I don't think I'm gonna renew. Nice to see someone in the same situation, I'm 17 too and about to get a job :P.

When I was a WoW addict that has played for 2 1/2 years and for many of months have played for over 100 hours a week, I have some helpful tips to help a person quit. 1. Show her that there is more to life than a game, she is most likely playing it because she has nothing better to do. Encourage her friends to go out with her or take her to lunch one day and just talk. 2. INTERVENTION! Sit her down one day and have everyone close to her tell her how this has changed them.WoW addiction is very unhealthy physically, mentally and emotionally. As I've said to many of my friends after I quit, World of Warcraft can drain the soul out of a person.

Yo take it from me. I managed 300 hours of WoW in 2 months. Get her a treadmill or something if you dont already have one. I never got around to trying this but have her on it slowly as she plays, like 1.5-2 mph. Itll keep her metabolism up, as well as trim her legs. Dont try anything like the arm weights. Anything thatll distract her. She'll end up getting pwned by a furbolg and being pissed.Just dont screw with her game, do little passive things, or things like the treadmill, so its a win win situation, dont take it away but make sure she cares about her family more than her toon.

I just broke my WoW addiction, was kinda hard leaving all my online friends behind, but I know its for the best.Just make sure to have something to replace WoW with, because right now I'm bored as hell :P.

Lol, im playin WoW right now, and YES causes great addiction and more if im in vacations, but she plays a lot the game, the family should talk to her.

(P.S. whats your mom accountname? . Jk..)

i just quit too. anyone want to buy a nelf hunter on elune? jk...slightly serious. i dnt know what too do with my time either. kinda wierd stopped playing wow and started up all those other worse things that i hadnt done in a while. sounds weird but for a while with out realizing it i think wow was my anti drug.

^ lol at above postI quit one year ago. STAY THE **** AWAY FROM WOW if you don't have self-control. For the whole last Christmas, I was staying at home playing WoW and my friends would try to pull me outta my house, but i would refuse and tell them to go out by themselves. I finally quit like last year and was like Yeah, reality friends are better than online friends sorry and now Im occupied with more serious business than WoW. Its stupid really, you're basically giving your life to WoW, you pay every month to do stupid stuff, but nonetheless its fun at times. Anyways, good luck getting your mother out of WoW, its hard especially when you're the best character on the server cuz everyone wants to keep that reputation on the server. I think a good way to get your mother out of WoW is to play yourself and get your whole family to and keep killing her in the MMORPG world until she gets pissed off and quits. (Y)