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Ermac wrote:

Pandajuice wrote:

GPFontaine wrote:

World of Warcraft is a huge time sink. You can always improve your character and or your worldly social standing.

How fast you progress is only limited by the amount of time you devote. During a two year block I invested 127 days. I regret that decision, but I was very powerful in the game at the time that I quit. I suppose that it all comes down to what you expect to get out of your gaming experience.

I have a similar experience and because of that, it made me recognize that every MMO is just a time sink and a waste of one at that. When you eventually do quit, you come out the other side with nothing tangible having been accomplished and have a bad tatse in your mouth after realizing you hadn't even had fun with it since you first started playing; you just sorta of played it to play it, like a job.

I really don't think a Diablo MMO will work and hope they take it in a different direction lest it fail Sad

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My best friend and I wanted to get into Everquest 2 since he finally has a nice computer and lives across the state going now. This would be a way for us to still hang out.

We pretty much got bored within like 3 days of the game and I am pretty sure WOW is simliar since they both pretty much go by the same concept.

I remember being 18 and seeing another friend's dad play Everquest and thought it was the coolest thing ever. He had a bottle of whiskey along with tons of pot that we would smoke when leveling up.

He eventually lost his house cause he wouldnt show up to work at his good job and ended up moving back in with his 70 year old parents and continued to play Everquest now and then.

I guess games like Mario and Zelda are nice because they are fun but don't have a level of addiction where you devote years of life every night trying to appease them.

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Posted: Dec 15 2008 12:58 pm

Ermac wrote:

He eventually lost his house cause he wouldnt show up to work at his good job and ended up moving back in with his 70 year old parents and continued to play Everquest now and then.

I guess games like Mario and Zelda are nice because they are fun but don't have a level of addiction where you devote years of life every night trying to appease them.

That's how I busted my MMO cherry too. I had a long distance girlfriend and we sort of played EverQuest together in order to stay in touch while apart. Next thing I knew, the relationship was long over, I was unemployed, and dropped out of college after failing a few classes for simply not showing up. Because of EQ's hold on me, I developed a strong anxiety disorder that was only relieved by staying home in front of the computer, something I've had to spend years correcting after coming to my senses.

MMOs are very dangerous and without a strong personal constitution, can really ruin a lot of lives and should be moderated. Luckily I was able to snap myself out of it and repair some of the damage, but a lot of people aren't that strong.

Posted: Dec 15 2008 10:16 pm

fuck wow.

im excited for diablo iii.

and i like warcraft iii too. im kind of pissed that starcraft ii will be a trilogy, but whatev.

and the mythology of wow is pretty cool.

Posted: Jun 29 2009 06:52 pm

No one's talked about this in like 6 months! It's fucking DIABLO 3.

Look at all this awesome shit: http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/

Posted: Jun 29 2009 07:05 pm

The Barbarian looks amazing.

Posted: Jun 30 2009 02:52 am

The female Wizard reminds me a lot of Shanoa from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia.

Posted: Jun 30 2009 03:30 am

Well, I'd better grab the drool mop.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Syd Lexia wrote:

No one's talked about this in like 6 months! It's fucking DIABLO 3.

Look at all this awesome shit: http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/

No major news has hit. No release date means that anything they show continues to be a tease. I'm definitely excited to see where this goes, but I'm not going to begin drooling until I can pin the date on my calendar.