World of Wastecraft
Clever, huh? I changed the word "Warcraft" to "Wastecraft" to make a humorous observation! Comedy gold...
Anywho, I recently went through all my WoW characters and tallyed up the amount of time I've played each one. I have six, though two are simply AH mules so they don't contribute much to the total, and one of the others I pretty much gave up on months ago (a 29 Tauren Shaman; kind of cool, but I got bored of it). Now, even though I have three "active" characters, I generally only play one regularly these days, that being my 42 Human Rogue. My Human Paladin is 60 but since I have little interest in spending 30+ hours a week raiding instances I haven't really done much with him. I spend some time on my 58 Undead Warlock, but I find the paladin used to be and the rogue currently to be more fun. The main reason I still play the warlock is to get her to 60 anyway since she's so close.
Well, the total time I've spend on WoW for the past 9 months (I started playing in late January) is in excess of 35 days. That is, more than 840 hours. Broken out that amounts to over 3 hours a day, every day, since I started playing. I don't do anything for that long every day other than sleep (work, too, but usually not Saturday or Sunday).
That's far too much time to be devoting to a single activity that's purely for entertainment. I realize some people reading this may find it amusing that I'm complaining about spending a "mere" 3 hours a day playing since they're logging far more time than I am. Personally, I don't find it amusing - I find it sad. Because, really, at the end of the day all I have to show for my efforts is a bunch of numbers in a database somewhere in Anaheim.
If you're cool with spending copious amounts of time levelling your characters or working on your Tier 1 or Tier 2 sets or whatever it is you do, more power to you. Not that spending 30+ hours a week raiding with your guild isn't necessarily any more "productive" than watching TV, watching movies, playing other computer games, etc. But for me, I've traded off too much time where I'm actually accomplishing something tangible.
Does this mean I'm cancelling my account? It would probably be for the best, but I'm not ready to go cold turkey. The game is still fun, especially when you're grouped with friends (or if no one you know is on, people who aren't total douchebags). But I'm not sure how much longer I'll keep going with it. Especially once Oblivion is released...
Anywho, I recently went through all my WoW characters and tallyed up the amount of time I've played each one. I have six, though two are simply AH mules so they don't contribute much to the total, and one of the others I pretty much gave up on months ago (a 29 Tauren Shaman; kind of cool, but I got bored of it). Now, even though I have three "active" characters, I generally only play one regularly these days, that being my 42 Human Rogue. My Human Paladin is 60 but since I have little interest in spending 30+ hours a week raiding instances I haven't really done much with him. I spend some time on my 58 Undead Warlock, but I find the paladin used to be and the rogue currently to be more fun. The main reason I still play the warlock is to get her to 60 anyway since she's so close.
Well, the total time I've spend on WoW for the past 9 months (I started playing in late January) is in excess of 35 days. That is, more than 840 hours. Broken out that amounts to over 3 hours a day, every day, since I started playing. I don't do anything for that long every day other than sleep (work, too, but usually not Saturday or Sunday).
That's far too much time to be devoting to a single activity that's purely for entertainment. I realize some people reading this may find it amusing that I'm complaining about spending a "mere" 3 hours a day playing since they're logging far more time than I am. Personally, I don't find it amusing - I find it sad. Because, really, at the end of the day all I have to show for my efforts is a bunch of numbers in a database somewhere in Anaheim.
If you're cool with spending copious amounts of time levelling your characters or working on your Tier 1 or Tier 2 sets or whatever it is you do, more power to you. Not that spending 30+ hours a week raiding with your guild isn't necessarily any more "productive" than watching TV, watching movies, playing other computer games, etc. But for me, I've traded off too much time where I'm actually accomplishing something tangible.
Does this mean I'm cancelling my account? It would probably be for the best, but I'm not ready to go cold turkey. The game is still fun, especially when you're grouped with friends (or if no one you know is on, people who aren't total douchebags). But I'm not sure how much longer I'll keep going with it. Especially once Oblivion is released...
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2 Comments:
Sorry my friend... but you are wrong... and you ar ugly... and you have an adiction, and you must get a life... and you must get women... and you must be a little more enthusiast... and you need to be practical...
AND ABOVE ALL:
"YOU NEED TO PLAY MORE"
Dan, you really shouldn't post comments when you're drunk.
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