World of Warcraft

[Ghost]

Sparkles, I've got a free 10 day trial if you want it...

Go on, you know you want to.

Bad girl

Next you'll be trying to get her on EverCrack

(And people think the Forum takes up your life - it's only got Franck! - these guys have a large paid staff who's job it is to keep you addicted!!!!!!!)

[Tessalicious]

I did play GuildWars with Tessalicious on a few occasions before I went to Oz. But it seems that she's transferred her loyalties....

'Fraid so - GW gets very lonely to play when you don't know anyone, cos the design of the game means you can't just bump into people hunting the same things.

I might just have to bite the bullet, and get WoW too.....

So you should - but play on Lightbringer so I can help you get started. You don't even have to pay monthly - you can get play cards which give you two months at a time and don't do any harm if you miss a few days or weeks (or even months it is rumoured, though somehow I doubt you will need to find out).

Next you'll be trying to get her on EverCrack

Nope, been there, done that, couldn't afford the expansions, and it's way too complicated these days to get into from scratch so I wouldn't encourage it - but World of WarCrack is a much more beautiful game anyway.

[TheTramp]

So you should - but play on Lightbringer so I can help you get started. You don't even have to pay monthly - you can get play cards which give you two months at a time and don't do any harm if you miss a few days or weeks (or even months it is rumoured, though somehow I doubt you will need to find out).

Oh. Okie. You've convinced me.

I'll hang on for a bit though. I'm away the next 4 weekends, and have an assignment to do and an exam in the next 6 weeks too.

But I'll get it after the exam, when I'll have 5 weeks of non-university (apart from one more assessment to do). And a bit of spare time!

And I'll take you up on the offer of help too!

[Dreadful Scathe]

Oh. Okie. You've convinced me.

I'll hang on for a bit though. I'm away the next 4 weekends, and have an assignment to do and an exam in the next 6 weeks too.

But I'll get it after the exam, when I'll have 5 weeks of non-university (apart from one more assessment to do). And a bit of spare time!

And I'll take you up on the offer of help too!

so nows my opportunity to build up a dark elf assasin to stalk theTramp

Ill call him the "Mysterious Smurf"

[Tessalicious]

so nows my opportunity to build up a dark elf assasin to stalk theTramp

Ill call him the "Mysterious Smurf"

Well that's gonna be really inconspicuous, isn't it?

[TheTramp]

so nows my opportunity to build up a dark elf assasin to stalk theTramp

Ill call him the "Mysterious Smurf"

Yeah, yeah. Bring it on smurf-boy!

[El Salsero Gringo]

Well that's gonna be really inconspicuous, isn't it?

I gather "Mysterious Smurf" actually comes out as "nb,mnnbmj.mjn" in Smurfish - so yes!

[NZ Monkey]

All I can say at this point is ''For the Horde!''

Am I the only one here who played Horde.....? Seriously, I don't think I've met anyone in the UK who plays/played WoW and wasn't Alliance.

How can you deny the ultimate power of the /moo command? Come over to the dark side....

[Tessalicious]

What can I say - I'm an elf at heart.

Although I do have a Horde toon waiting in the wings for her, er, it's chance to shine.

[Sparkles]

Free 10 day trial sounds good - though do I have to start right away because I'll be baking all the hours I have until the 11th Nov when it's the MS Christmas fair? I think this'll need some serious hours
... and will you help me too Tess? Please ... it's always a little tricky getting your foot in the oor with these things, but once I've got the hang of it I'll be away!

Maybe my sig should be: Sparkles - geek in the making

[Beowulf]

Maybe my sig should be: Sparkles - geek in the making

Getting to be too many geeks on this forum for my Liking

Haven't tried WoW yet but played EVE online a lot.. now THATS a great MMORPG game

[bigdjiver]

... (And people think the Forum takes up your life - it's only got Franck! - these guys have a large paid staff who's job it is to keep you addicted!!!!!!!)

I know a WOW player that has roped most of his family and friends into it. He organised quizzes which even some of the moderators found hard, and as a result was offered a full-time job in France.

Has anybody got the Ceroc Franchise in it?

[NZ Monkey]

Has anybody got the Ceroc Franchise in it?

Well, since everyone can already dance it'd be a little pointless wouldn't it? Unless you just organised freestyles. There's a few large enough halls in Ironforge....hmmmm

[Mostlysane]

I'm a former addict. I'm now a member of wowaholics anonymous. "Hi - my name is Mostly and i play wow".

I've left my lvl 56 druid on some server somewher - can't remember which, sorry, it's been nearly a year since i last played. but i do keep getting these odd urges to go give it one more run. especially with the expansion due....

[Caro]

I don't know that particular game but I used to be in a serious relationship with somebody who started playing that sort of games on the internet...
He became very quickly addicted, prefering spending his student money on internet connections (there wasn't broadband in his city at the time) rather than food . (not to mention other stuffs he could have done with me ).
He had 2 'players' in the game, one was 'him' this other was his 'sister' (he didn't have a sister in real life) with both different behaviours and different friends. To the point where the game became more important to him than his real life.... I realised he started to become completely schizophrenic ...
That's when I ended the 5 years relationship, and this played a big part in it (I did try to help him first, but you can't help somebody quitting something if they don't want to).
Anyway that game cost him a lot in his real life (not talking just money here: friends and job opportunities).

I guess I just want to point out that people with a tendency to become 'addicts' at something should may be think twice before getting enrolled in such games.... of course they never do but whatever .

Those games have certain consequences on people with a 'weaker' or more influencable mind...

[robd]

Maybe my sig should be: Sparkles - geek in the making

Or

Sparkles - geek who loves baking

[TheTramp]

I guess I just want to point out that people with a tendency to become 'addicts' at something should may be think twice before getting enrolled in such games.... of course they never do but whatever .

Those games have certain consequences on people with a 'weaker' or more influencable mind...

A bit like dancing then eh!

[Caro]

A bit like dancing then eh!

of course dancing can be an addiction (ain't I and my craving symptoms a good example ), but last time I checked it was still real life...
I guess it could become dangerous too if that started to hinder your work (oops) and the rest of your life like family and friends etc ; but that's just like everything else.
What really concerns and I guess scares me is when a your irreal life in a game takes over you real life in this world...

(ok I heard the 'but the game is in real life' )

PS: It's my second post in the geek corner, if I don't get out of here very soon I'll become another 'geek in the making'

[Ghost]

A bit like dancing then eh!

I was thinking about this last night and while some of us may spend a fair amount of time on here, I don't think anyone's got to the point where they'd stay at home on the Forum and give up dancing. I have however seen people give up real-world roleplaying so they could stay home playing EverQuest and watched as gradually the rest of their life vanished. It's quite scary, hence EverQuest's nickname of EverCrack.

Oh and some homework for Sparkles (nostalgia for the rest of us.......)

[Dreadful Scathe]

Sparkles is too pretty to be a geek, but then so it Tessalicious so its clearly not a barrier.

Anyone ever played DiabloII? Technically that was an mmorpg i suppose, I had a character on that: lvl76 sorceress called Silky Scathe. Lightning Spell ruled, damage of 1 to 250 over multiple opponents (or thereabouts , its been a while)