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Anyone else here play World of Warcraft? I just started a week ago, currently have a level 12 Human Mage.
No, but be sure to kiss your family and friends goodbye and say 'hello' to Doritos and Dew.
Turn back now, before it is too late... or is it already?
hurrr class based, uncustomizeable builds, tiered equipment, shitty graphics, generic combat BEST GAME EVER, LOL
I'd rather not pay $15 a month to play a single game.
I think WoW killed a lot of my real-life friends, who used to have a lot of free time, jobs, and girlfriends, but are now hoard up in their basements playing WoW 10 hours a day eating Wendey's Baconators whenever they get hungry. Quote: hurrr class based, uncustomizeable builds, tiered equipment, shitty graphics, generic combat BEST GAME EVER, LOL Yeah, I never understood the attraction to the game. I've watched people play it - it looks terrible. Quote: I'd rather not pay $15 a month to play a single game. Thumbs Up With 10-15 million subscribers, Blizzard's making a SHITLOAD of money off of subscriptions alone.
[NE Fobby[GEN] wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 21:58]...playing WoW 10 hours a day eating Wendey's Baconators whenever they get hungry. In their defense, Wendy's has some pretty delicious food.
I didn't really have anything positive to say about the game either, until I actually tried it. It really is, if anything else, a complicated but fun RPG. And both my parents and my two brothers ensure I don't (can't) spend too much time on it anyhow :S
Altzan wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 23:31 And both my parents and my two brothers ensure I don't (can't) spend too much time on it anyhow :S Until you kill them in a mad rage because they take you precious away.
GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 22:41 In their defense, Wendy's has some pretty delicious food. Their food looks really awesome; even the shakes are supposed to be quite good. But unfortunately I've actually never been to a Wendy's in my life.
Chew wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 00:04 Altzan wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 23:31 And both my parents and my two brothers ensure I don't (can't) spend too much time on it anyhow :S Until you kill them in a mad rage because they take you precious away. I'm not falling into an addiction pit of despair, unlike the typical player. It's fun, but I know that nothing horrid will happen to my character if I don't use him for a day or two. And Renegade still wins for tactics, availability, and just plain fun, so I'm no turncoat. =<
My first WoW experience: - Camera > How the hell can people play with this spastic camera? - Movement > Horrible! - Graphics > Am I playing the right game? This kinda looks like Warcraft 3, but then without the level boundaries. After 5 minutes of playing I removed the game from my HDD to prevent me from getting a huge trauma. Unfortunately, Blizzard keeps telling the world to try their f***ed up game at trywarcraft dot com. I hope Blizzard dies a long and slow death untill they are bankrupt. May the financial crisis hit them hard.
DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 02:35 My first WoW experience: - Camera > How the hell can people play with this spastic camera? - Movement > Horrible! - Graphics > Am I playing the right game? This kinda looks like Warcraft 3, but then without the level boundaries. After 5 minutes of playing I removed the game from my HDD to prevent me from getting a huge trauma. Unfortunately, Blizzard keeps telling the world to try their f***ed up game at trywarcraft dot com. I hope Blizzard dies a long and slow death untill they are bankrupt. May the financial crisis hit them hard. in before dover being a mindless blizzard fanboy nikki6ixx wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 00:26 GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 22:41 In their defense, Wendy's has some pretty delicious food. Their food looks really awesome; even the shakes are supposed to be quite good. But unfortunately I've actually never been to a Wendy's in my life. They're one of the few fast food places I can stand (outside of the occasional chicken sandwich from Burger King or fries from McDonalds) anymore. Their burgers actually taste like, holy shit, burgers! And not charcoal or paper or cardboard! Also, they have better bread. Don't ask me how it's better, but it's shittons better than McDonalds' crap. I think that ordering pizza is the most a WoW nerd would do for anything more than cheetos and dew. Not even Wendy's.
I played that game for a few years, then it changed from being good to being dumbed down for the more casual player. I also found out I could play Renegade again, so there's another reason.
I used to play WoW, Dispite what people say...I actually stayed up later to play renegade. WoW is too tedious to play for long periods of time :/
nikki6ixx wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 22:26 Their food looks really awesome; even the shakes are supposed to be quite good. But unfortunately I've actually never been to a Wendy's in my life. What do you eat up there in Canadia? Snow and whale blubber?! DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 00:35 My first WoW experience: This is usually a bad idea. When you first start playing a game and have no idea what to do and what to expect, everything seems terrible. I remember my first XCCOM: UFO Defense experience, and that game seemed nigh-impossible. I wrote it off as a bad game, when I simply hadn't grown acustomed to it. DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 00:35 - Camera > How the hell can people play with this spastic camera? Needless to say they do, and for long periods of time at once. Maybe the problem lies with you? DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 00:35 - Movement > Horrible! Derp. DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 00:35 - Graphics > Am I playing the right game? This kinda looks like Warcraft 3, but then without the level boundaries. That would make sense, since MMOs generally have lower graphical requirements due to how fucking huge everything is, and since WoW was released at around the same time WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne was (They were, in fact, being developed concurrently), and the art style would be consistant since the two games are part of the same series being developed by the same developer. DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 00:35 After 5 minutes of playing I removed the game from my HDD to prevent me from getting a huge trauma. Unfortunately, Blizzard keeps telling the world to try their f***ed up game at trywarcraft dot com. I hope Blizzard dies a long and slow death untill they are bankrupt. May the financial crisis hit them hard. I'm sure they'll feel the effects of your curse as soon as they're done rolling around in WoW cash, and they small fortune they're going to earn on StarCraft II once the WoW cash runs out, and the small fortune they're going to earn on Diablo III once the StarCraft II cash runs out. GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 03:03 in before dover being a mindless blizzard fanboy Mindless? You take that back! >:[ I don't really have a problem admitting I'm a fan of Blizzard games. They make excellent games. Personally, I can't speak for WoW since the subscription costs were kind of a turn-off, but they have enough of a reputation for making quality products for statements like this: DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 02:35 I hope Blizzard dies a long and slow death untill they are bankrupt. May the financial crisis hit them hard. to be exposed for the angry impotent nerdrage that it is.
GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 06:03 I think that ordering pizza is the most a WoW nerd would do for anything more than cheetos and dew. Not even Wendy's. NO, CODE RED M-DEW! Didn't you see Zombieland???
nikki6ixx wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 01:26 GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 22:41 In their defense, Wendy's has some pretty delicious food. Their food looks really awesome; even the shakes are supposed to be quite good. But unfortunately I've actually never been to a Wendy's in my life. You should come by to the Greater Toronto Area, there's a million Wendey's' attatched to the other million Tim Hortons' here. It kills McDonalds/Burger King/all those other crappy fastfood places. Anyway, it's a terrible game, and you will lose your friends and probably take an extra year of high school.
[NE Fobby[GEN] wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 14:25] nikki6ixx wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 01:26 GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 22:41 In their defense, Wendy's has some pretty delicious food. Their food looks really awesome; even the shakes are supposed to be quite good. But unfortunately I've actually never been to a Wendy's in my life. You should come by to the Greater Toronto Area, there's a million Wendey's' attatched to the other million Tim Hortons' here. It kills McDonalds/Burger King/all those other crappy fastfood places. Anyway, it's a terrible game, and you will lose your friends and probably take an extra year of high school. My whole life I've lived down here and have only had Wendy's once.
At my school there are a lot of people who think WoW is more important then listening to our teacher...
DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 12:47 At my school there are a lot of people who think WoW is more important then listening to our teacher... At my school there are a lot of people who think Obama isn't a US citizen and think that a giant invisible man in the sky created humanity in six days and listens to them when they ask for nicer cars. Now, what have we learned about "a lot of people"?
that they are more than just a few people?
DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 15:47 At my school there are a lot of people who think WoW is more important then listening to our teacher... I know a guy who plays about 7-14 hours of WoW daily on average. He had to repeat the 12th grade (both semesters), and now he's skipped a month of university to play WoW. He says the lectures don't help him - I can bet that is not the reason why he doesn't go.
DRNG wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 15:40 [NE Fobby[GEN] wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 14:25] nikki6ixx wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 01:26 GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 22:41 In their defense, Wendy's has some pretty delicious food. Their food looks really awesome; even the shakes are supposed to be quite good. But unfortunately I've actually never been to a Wendy's in my life. You should come by to the Greater Toronto Area, there's a million Wendey's' attatched to the other million Tim Hortons' here. It kills McDonalds/Burger King/all those other crappy fastfood places. Anyway, it's a terrible game, and you will lose your friends and probably take an extra year of high school. My whole life I've lived down here and have only had Wendy's once. Really? There's like 23 locations in Ontario according to Google. I think there's like 6 in my city alone.
[NE Fobby[GEN] wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 23:02] DRNG wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 15:40 [NE Fobby[GEN] wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 14:25] nikki6ixx wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 01:26 GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 22:41 In their defense, Wendy's has some pretty delicious food. Their food looks really awesome; even the shakes are supposed to be quite good. But unfortunately I've actually never been to a Wendy's in my life. You should come by to the Greater Toronto Area, there's a million Wendey's' attatched to the other million Tim Hortons' here. It kills McDonalds/Burger King/all those other crappy fastfood places. Anyway, it's a terrible game, and you will lose your friends and probably take an extra year of high school. My whole life I've lived down here and have only had Wendy's once. Really? There's like 23 locations in Ontario according to Google. I think there's like 6 in my city alone. There's none in The Netherlands Would like to try something else than McDonalds', Burger King or KFC
Yeah, McDonalds, KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell and the other big chains are all going down in quality reeeeally fast. I'd rather pay the extra buck and go to Harvey's or Wendy's for a real meal rather than getting those cheap value meals that make you sick.
Sometimes i really get demotivated when someone starts something about WoW xD Wich brings me here: Toggle Spoiler Got it from a friend of mine who playes WoW too xD
I love WoW so far. I have played for 3 day and I already have a lvl 11 Taurden Hunter. Plus my sister is an admin of a really big kick ass guild.
Dover wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 12:34 nikki6ixx wrote on Mon, 30 November 2009 22:26 Their food looks really awesome; even the shakes are supposed to be quite good. But unfortunately I've actually never been to a Wendy's in my life. What do you eat up there in Canadia? Snow and whale blubber?! We'd eat Bennigan's, but we're still on strike until you give us the 2 for 1 coupons.
Dover, you win internets for mentioning X-COM
Fobby wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 16:08 Harvey's Now that's good stuff. Unfortunately, the two nearest ones are miles away, with one being in a Home Depot, and the other in our major airport. Vancouver really sucks when you just want a decent fucking burger for a couple bucks.
Dover wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 22:02 DimitryK wrote on Tue, 01 December 2009 12:47 At my school there are a lot of people who think WoW is more important then listening to our teacher... At my school there are a lot of people who think Obama isn't a US citizen and think that a giant invisible man in the sky created humanity in six days and listens to them when they ask for nicer cars. Now, what have we learned about "a lot of people"? A lot of people have an IQ which would justify immediate execution without the right to request a fair trail.
Offtopic but on an interesting note: we got "Quick" hamburger restaurants which provider decent quality burgers.
Goztow wrote on Wed, 02 December 2009 06:19 Offtopic No worries, that IS the new topic now
I hit my first 80 a few weeks ago. I'm not too interested in doing Battlegrounds or raids at the moment, so I'm taking a break.
cmatt42 wrote on Wed, 02 December 2009 19:34 I hit my first 80 a few weeks ago. I'm not too interested in doing Battlegrounds or raids at the moment, so I'm taking a break. Just curious, about how long did that take?
About a year, maybe an hour a day or so. (lot of various days of binging or not playing at all) edit: According to the game, I've played that particular character for about 16 days. You can reach level 80 in as low as 9 days, so you can say I took my time.
I've played it... Yea, I've played it. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?!?! That shit was worse than fucking runescape. FUCKING RUNESCAPE. I was somewhat in shock that Blizzard made such a shittacular game. Edit:Get out while you still can...
"I didn't like this game, therefore IT SUCKS!!1!" Faggots. I don't like WoW either, but so many players can't be wrong. MMOs aren't my thing, and they probably aren't yours if you don't like it, but there's no need to get all dramatic and shit.
Dover wrote on Fri, 04 December 2009 17:53 "I didn't like this game, therefore IT SUCKS!!1!" Faggots. I don't like WoW either, but so many players can't be wrong. MMOs aren't my thing, and they probably aren't yours if you don't like it, but there's no need to get all dramatic and shit. I'm only vocal about it because I know WAY too many people that disappeared off the face of the earth due to that game, even though, to me, it hardly looks enjoyable in any way. E-Penis FTL.
Dover wrote on Fri, 04 December 2009 16:53 "I didn't like this game, therefore IT SUCKS!!1!" Faggots. I don't like WoW either, but so many players can't be wrong. MMOs aren't my thing, and they probably aren't yours if you don't like it, but there's no need to get all dramatic and shit. I guess that means religion must be right, regardless of any other facts or evidence proving otherwise, since so many people believe in it or have at some point, going by your logic.
Dover wrote on Fri, 04 December 2009 16:53 "I didn't like this game, therefore IT SUCKS!!1!" Faggots. I don't like WoW either, but so many players can't be wrong. MMOs aren't my thing, and they probably aren't yours if you don't like it, but there's no need to get all dramatic and shit. but the interwebs r 4 dramaz[/spam] ... I liked my post...
GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Fri, 04 December 2009 15:10 Dover wrote on Fri, 04 December 2009 16:53 "I didn't like this game, therefore IT SUCKS!!1!" Faggots. I don't like WoW either, but so many players can't be wrong. MMOs aren't my thing, and they probably aren't yours if you don't like it, but there's no need to get all dramatic and shit. I guess that means religion must be right, regardless of any other facts or evidence proving otherwise, since so many people believe in it or have at some point, going by your logic. If so many people believe in it, it must do at least some good. And it does! People have kicked their addictions and whatnot in the name of Jesus. While it doesn't mean that all sorts of religious dogma is proven correct just because of the numbers of members who believe, it does mean that a statement like "I hope the catholic church dies a long and slow death untill they are bankrupt. May the financial crisis hit them hard." are just melodramatic overreaction. IAmFenix wrote on Fri, 04 December 2009 16:16 but the interwebs r 4 dramaz[/spam] I hear it's 4 pr0nz.
If Dover's logic is faulty, then just because many people addict themselves on WoW, it doesn't mean I will. I haven't played since Friday, I was away for the weekend. And while I'd like to be playing it, I'm not suffering WoW withdrawal. And at least one aspect of Dover's post is correct. You don't like it, OK. You want to tell people you don't like it, sure. You want to condemn it to the fiery inferno of epic fail/crap because of your opinion?
Altzan wrote on Mon, 07 December 2009 15:14 And at least one aspect of Dover's post is correct. You don't like it, OK. You want to tell people you don't like it, sure. You want to condemn it to the fiery inferno of epic fail/crap because of your opinion? Yes, I think the servers should be CAST INTO HELL! On a related note: My first post was one of the most retarded posts not in spam fest that can be made (other than a bot or spam). I posted that just saying how horrible I felt it was the times I played it, it felt more like a job than anything else. I was only giving my personal opinion. I know some people who are and were addicted to it, and it's pathetic.
@Zimmerman, fuck you bitch, freaking troll. I own.
IAmFenix wrote on Mon, 07 December 2009 18:36 My first post was one of the most retarded posts not in spam fest that can be made (other than a bot or spam). I posted that just saying how horrible I felt it was the times I played it, it felt more like a job than anything else. I was only giving my personal opinion. I know some people who are and were addicted to it, and it's pathetic. I agree with addiction: it's a good game in my opinion, but if you cannot go several days without it then it's a problem. And yes, a lot of the gameplay is lie a job, wha with questing and farming, but for me it contributes somewhat to the realism, and if it gets tedious I just find a few players to party with. I enjoy partying because we work together and combine our skills to take on more enemies than usual.
Just because you're not addicted(or have a dependance, whether psychological or otherwise) to something doesn't mean it won't negatively affect your life. So be careful, your energy/time that could go towards being productive may end up being spent "being productive" in WoW.
Tunaman wrote on Tue, 08 December 2009 16:02 Just because you're not addicted(or have a dependance, whether psychological or otherwise) to something doesn't mean it won't negatively affect your life. So be careful, your energy/time that could go towards being productive may end up being spent "being productive" in WoW. The same can be said for any game, including Renegade (And even ones that have a much larger acceptance in the greater society like Chess). Any time not spent "being productive" (There's a subjective term if there ever was one) would be a negative affect on life by the strictest standards. I think we can agree "being productive" in WoW doesn't translate well into being productive in the "real world", but where do you draw the line? How much time is acceptable for people to spend on their own enjoyment? Labor activists used to have a slogan that went "Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, and eight hours for whatever we please". How much time is it necessary to spend on one's own enjoyment to keep morale up? I'm happy this shit-tastic thread is finally turning around.
There are only two ways to NOT like an MMORPG: 1. Develop opinion based on looking at it and not playing it. 2. It conflicts with beliefs or knowledge you already posses. (For example, if a Star Wars MMO came out, but it didn't feel like Star Wars, you wouldn't like it.) Basically, if you play an MMORPG, you WILL like it and WILL want to play it more. They are like drugs. Bad to use and bad to play... but addicting nonetheless.
R315r4z0r wrote on Tue, 08 December 2009 21:17 1. Develop opinion based on looking at it and not playing it. 2. It conflicts with beliefs or knowledge you already posses. (For example, if a Star Wars MMO came out, but it didn't feel like Star Wars, you wouldn't like it.) No. The third option is that some of us have tried the games from that genre and realized they suck. Yeas ago, they had a Sims Online game, and I got a free trial for a week. I tried it out, and thought it was cool for all of ten minutes before I realized that you had to spend time gaining dumb skills to advance a career and stuff... aka 'grinding' which seems to be a necessity in all these games. It's boring as hell. You have to work at making your ingame character better, and I didn't find that aspect fun at all. I got bored after about two hours. Although perhaps me wasting all the money I had at the start on the multiple whorehouses ingame likely contributed as well.
Ditto. I've also played games like City of Heroes, which to me is a lot better than WoW, but the fact that I have to put hours into making my character decent is boring to me. Then again, I've never liked or finished any RPG in my life, and I have given that genre many chances. I'd rather jump in an FPS or RTS once or twice a week, have a full hour or two of fun, than put up with building a character, going on raids, dying and having to walk to my body. I think more happens in one game of Renegade than one full day of WoW.
That falls under #2. It's defying what you believe should be the way it should work.
R315r4z0r wrote on Tue, 08 December 2009 19:17 There are only two ways to NOT like an MMORPG: 1. Develop opinion based on looking at it and not playing it. 2. It conflicts with beliefs or knowledge you already posses. (For example, if a Star Wars MMO came out, but it didn't feel like Star Wars, you wouldn't like it.) Basically, if you play an MMORPG, you WILL like it and WILL want to play it more. They are like drugs. Bad to use and bad to play... but addicting nonetheless. I can think up half a dozen ways not to like an MMORPG that don't fall under those two.
Dover wrote on Tue, 08 December 2009 20:06 Tunaman wrote on Tue, 08 December 2009 16:02 Just because you're not addicted(or have a dependance, whether psychological or otherwise) to something doesn't mean it won't negatively affect your life. So be careful, your energy/time that could go towards being productive may end up being spent "being productive" in WoW. The same can be said for any game, including Renegade (And even ones that have a much larger acceptance in the greater society like Chess). Any time not spent "being productive" (There's a subjective term if there ever was one) would be a negative affect on life by the strictest standards. I think we can agree "being productive" in WoW doesn't translate well into being productive in the "real world", but where do you draw the line? How much time is acceptable for people to spend on their own enjoyment? Labor activists used to have a slogan that went "Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, and eight hours for whatever we please". How much time is it necessary to spend on one's own enjoyment to keep morale up? I'm happy this shit-tastic thread is finally turning around. That's not really my point. I guess my point is that a game like WoW where you're constantly working towards and achieving new goals can be much easier to keep someone's attention than a game where you keep striving for the same goals(IE: Ren, FPS games), I should have said that instead of said "being productive". I wasn't really saying that other games can't take away your productivity.
Ren's core gameplay hardly ever changes. What keeps it interesting is the constantly revolving teammates, tactics, and present skills. And modifications, I guess.