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What, why?
Why is it more important to play Wow or any other mmorpg than to live a normal every day existence. Why are so many smart individuals wasting their lives in front of a computer. Losing jobs, relationships, friendships….
This article appears in Oct 2-8, 2008.
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wow? mmorpg? maybe you need to admit that you have a problem too…
WTF is mmorpg. You can tell I’m not a gamer, but that’s ok, I get bye none the less.
ohhh i get it now. it was so clear but my mind just wasn’t in the gutter where it should have been…”wow! mmmmmmmooooorrrpppg” is what frannie says when she has a mouthful of the homie…
I’ll defer to that Jammie, still not knowing what it means, sounds like it fits though.
World of Warhammer is a Massively multiplayer online role playing game. Try saying that with a mouth full of anything and it comes out wow! mmorpg!.
I think it’s World of Warcraft, but the rest sounds right.People play these games because their real lives are boring and filled with dead end jobs and bitchy girl friends.
oops *blushing*You are absolutely right PAS. I mistyped and mixed up my nerd references. Maybe it’s the lack of sleep from spending so much time playing these addictive games.
I’d like to add something if I may.I have “taken care” of some “neglected” girlfriends of WOW. Their boyfriends couldn’t take 5-minutes away from the game to give them the attention they needed. So they got it from me (for more then 5-minutes I might add).Why do I mention this? Not bragging, just saying there are a lot of girls who really love their guys being seriously neglected because of this. And they are losing their girls. This is a serious issue folks. So turn your WOW off for at least 5-minutes a week, jump your girl, then go back. That way she’ll be content, and she’ll stop calling me!Note: 5-minutes a week is a minimum.
Bad Guy you home wrecking S.O.B.Good thing my gf is cool. She’s a level 12 Night Elf Mage. We are going to raid the town of Ironforge tonight…if you know what I mean.
Good man!And I was the opposite of a home wrecker. If it wasn’t for me due to unsatisfication the girls would ultimatly leave their guys. But that was the old me. The Bad Guy use to be a Bad Man. I’m still bad, but I got the good stuff at home now.
The company that made the game (Blizzard) must be ultra rich. There are more than 10.9 million monthly subscribers all pay between $15 – $45 dollars per month to play. That would be a nice pay cheque.
Thats crazy. I am in the wrong business I guess.
But some of those players are definately getting their money’s worth if they are spending 6-12hrs a day playing it.
Sorry, slow day, so I crunched some numbers….4 1/2 years and $63 million to develop WOW. It retails for about $20 so $20 X 10 million copies = 200 million in sales alone. The operating costs since 2004 are reported as 200million or about 50 million per year. 10 million subscribers at even $5 / month would let them break even for the year in JUST ONE MONTH. WOW is a cash cow. The government should install WOW on all the VLTs and offer minor cash rewards for play once in a while. We could cut income tax and still have pothole free roads in no time.
If you could finally find something more addictive than VLT’s it will be VLT versions of WOW. Then you can take your girl to a nice bar for pub food, where she can get drunk and hit on old men while you get your fix and meet new real people.