Topic : 06/03 Virtual Chaos

I hate World of Warcraft! (WoW)

My hubby started playing WoW a few months ago with all his buddies from work. My hubby works long hours (70) a week and I thought it was a good way for him to destress/decompress after work. To relax and be casual with the guys.

Let me tell you....I'm so done with this game. If I say anything he pitches a fit and gets angry that I'm forcing him off the game to spend time with me.

This week we have company from China........he still gets on the game after work and ignores me and our guest!!

I've said he was being RUDE and he did get off the game but he was angry.

I'm so SICK of this game. He has tried to get me to play it but I REFUSE!

Hubby does not ask for much out of life, he is a quiet person without many hobbies so I fell for this and thought it was okay for him to finally have a hobby.

I HATE IT!

I have not threatened to pull the plug on the game yet but I'm very tempted.

All I want is my hubby back.

He'll get home from work at 2:30am and go to bed at 5:00-5:30am..... He plays WoW before work (1-2 hrs) then after work for 2-3 hrs.

This has taken place of SEX, communication.........it has invaded all parts of our marriage yet he is CLUELESS.

If I complain he gets mad and threatens not to play the game at all. He has NO BALANCE here.

I've sat quietly doing my own thing, not complaining and I'm not a complaining wife.......he has a very nice job with a great salary, provides well for me. (kids are grown)

Still.......I'm frustrated right now but haven't gotten to the anger stage. If I reach the anger stage you better believe WoW is going to be G-O-N-E gone!

(he might go with it!)

I think WoW is the worst game ever......it has invaded so many homes, so many lives, so many things......and the addicts are clueless.

I wish this game was never invented. I bet there are many divorces due to WoW with many more to come......who knows, my once happy marriage may join the long line.

I'll pull the plug on the game when I've had enough and he knows he's pushing me to the brink of it.....but I want HIM to realize he's taking too much away from our marriage....I want HIM to want to get off the game.....I want HIM to realize on his own that this is an ugly addiction like any other substance.

     Yeah, the game has no fault whatsoever.

    By the way, I'm formerly an Eastern Human Bard of Freeport known as Lynata, a level 60 powerpath Minstrel with 1236 class mastery points. On the playstation 2 version of Everquest Online Adventures on the Mar's Fist Server.

    Yeah, it's not the game's fault that it takes 24 hours of gameplay over two days 12 hours a day to gain just one Class Mastery.

    It's not the game's fault that Skaynir and Lady Vox only appears (spawns) two-three times a month.

    It's not the game's fault that Noxxious, Twins, Cazic-Thule, and others spawn even less than that, and there's always more than one household (guild) scouting their spawn points.

    It's not the game's fault that after level 45; quest mobs spawn more typically between five to fifteen minutes to appear once.

    It's not the game's fault that it takes at least 20 players minimum to kill level 60 epics

    It's not the game's fault that four years ago; the development team admitted character inbalance and begins class balancing forcing players to place even more time to develop their character at even the most basic elements of the game.

    It's not the game's fault that content above level 45 consists of requiring killing a single type of mob many many times for a single item to drop and requires the player to repeat the process an additional four more times.

     Just to make sure, I'm on the same page. The game's designers/producer should not take any responsibility for deliberately programming a game several factors to guarantee that a player must dedicate excessive time to attain a sense of accomplishment.

     If you're not a gamer, this is how MMORPGs work.

The game begins with a Continuous Positive Reinforcement. Players level their characters rapidly or gathers class mastery points rapidly.

Then, the game begins using a Fixed Ratio Method of Positive Reinforcement. Players begin leveling/cming less rapidly. And then less, and then even less until it takes 24 hours of game play to achieve a single level or class mastery. After that, it takes even more time to accomplish the same success therefore sense of accomplishment.

    These game's thrive on this design.

    The players must take responsibility too.