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World of Warcraft players?
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:46 am
by Roja
Some users here read my blog, and I recently mentioned I was taking some time off from coding to play some WoW with my lady. We're starting two new characters on a new server.. her first time playing. (I now have 19 alts across 5 servers). We're playing NightElves, I'm the Warrior, she's the Priestess.

(Mining/Blacksmithing & Herbalism/Alchemy respectively)
Are there any other WoW players on the forums? What servers do you play on? What parts of the game do you love/hate?
Just curious.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:52 am
by Burrito
I can't play that game. If I even started, I'd never EVER leave my computer and that would be a bad thing.
I've therefore put a restriction on myself to never set foot in that world.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:02 am
by Charles256
I play,...but not regularly...I used to be a gamer..but I can't seem to do it for more than an hour at a time..i'm gettign soft.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:15 am
by John Cartwright
Burrito wrote:I can't play that game. If I even started, I'd never EVER leave my computer and that would be a bad thing.
I've therefore put a restriction on myself to never set foot in that world.
I feel the same way, I've literally lost 2 friends because of that game

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:17 am
by shiznatix
never played it. i never liked games that you couldent beat. there was CS but i faded out of that because of lack of time.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:10 am
by dull1554
i was an active part of this forum for a long time, about a year ago i started playing wow... i dissapeared. i just sold my account with 5 lvl 60s including my 5/8 netherwind mage and my 4/8 transcendence priest. sold my account... became rich... and i started programming again

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:21 am
by RobertGonzalez
That sounds like a complete subculture. Wow...
I have never been into gaming. I play solitaire every now and again, but in reality, with a family the size of mine, if I am not working I am spending time with them.
Come to think of it, the last non-card game I played on a computer was Scorched Earth in 1994. I tried Castle Wolfenstein around the same time, but my 486 DX33 with 4 MB of RAM and a 120MB hard drive kept crashing on Level 2. Figured it wasn't meant to be.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:33 am
by Roja
Everah wrote:That sounds like a complete subculture.
It really is. The depth of the game is really quite staggering.. You can easily play for thousands of hours and not experience even most of the content in the game. I'm easily above several thousand hours and haven't yet hit an endgame instance. (I'm totally not the norm in that regard).
Everah wrote:I have never been into gaming. I play solitaire every now and again, but in reality, with a family the size of mine, if I am not working I am spending time with them.
I very much enjoy gaming. Notice that I'm trying to get my lady into the game, so its still family time spent together. (She sits next to me at the same desk, and we talk as we play). Unfortunately, as you imply, it is a binary choice for the most part.. spending time on the computer means NOT spending time with the family. Thats why I'm trying to cheat the system, and get her interested.
Everah wrote:Come to think of it, the last non-card game I played on a computer was Scorched Earth in 1994. I tried Castle Wolfenstein around the same time, but my 486 DX33 with 4 MB of RAM and a 120MB hard drive kept crashing on Level 2. Figured it wasn't meant to be.
Scorched Earth was fantastic. I've always got at least 2-3 games I play "now and then", but for the last two months or so, I've barely been playing anything.. too much going on.

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:53 am
by Burrito
I've been getting a lot of spam mail lately with people selling <span style='color:red;text-decoration:blink' title='Alert a moderator!'>grilled spam</span>...
the idea that people pay real cold hard cash for friggin' virtual money is mind boggling to me.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:55 am
by Grim...
dull1554 wrote:i was an active part of this forum for a long time, about a year ago i started playing wow... i dissapeared. i just sold my account with 5 lvl 60s including my 5/8 netherwind mage and my 4/8 transcendence priest. sold my account... became rich... and i started programming again

'Rich'?
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:57 am
by dull1554
well i sold my act for 1650 USD
im 18 so yes RICH!
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:57 am
by RobertGonzalez
So people actually by their way to an advanced position in a game? They spend real money, the stuff that buys my wife Taco Bell at 1:00 AM, for 'virtual' money in a game? You gotta be kidding me.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:58 am
by RobertGonzalez
dull1554 wrote:well i sold my act for 1650 USD
im 18 so yes RICH!
$1,650?!?!? Someone paid that much money for a position in a game? WTF?
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:58 am
by Charles256
nope.very serious.people actually make a real world living selling in game stuff in a game called "second life"
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:58 am
by dull1554
isnt it sad...
just search ebay for <span style='color:red;text-decoration:blink' title='Alert a moderator!'>grilled spam</span> or <span style='color:red;text-decoration:blink' title='Alert a moderator!'>grilled spam</span>
you will be discusted