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Cohen
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 Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 11:58 Post subject: Should WoWaholic be registered into the dictionary? |
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This describes your average WoW addicted player; or if you would, a 'Blizzard bitch', perhaps even progressing to describe any MMORPG waster.
Definitions :
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he's just stupid fat and lazy. |
He/she sits day in day out on the computer, playing WoW. Its an addiction, a need, an absolute god-damn-must-do part of his/her life; much like the need for a "wino" to cotch on the bench drinking Jack Daniels all day long from a brown paper bag, whilst college students and school kids stick random objects to him/her, poke and point fun at.
A textbook example :
 Spoiler: | | SpykeZ wrote: | Ok so I got this buddy of mine, been friends for years, fucking blew me off again for the 2nd time for his god damn computer.
First time was like 4 months ago he was supposed to come over and chill but said he wanted to get some food, hour later I get a hold of him and ask him what's going on. HE JUST NOW put the damn food in oven or whatever. So I tell him to get a hold of me when he's done, I wasn't about to ask him again when he's coming. Never calls, ask him the next day wtf happened and said he got caught up in World of Warcraft. Being as I hate that game more than President Bush I stopped talking to him for a couple months.
Now, last night I asked him to bring his 360 over so I could play some boxing and he can give COD4 a run and he says "maybe, well, more like probably, I got nothing going on." Tell him unless he's got some chick flashing tits at him whether it be in person or on a screen he has no excuse not to. He says ok, but wants to get some food. He stays online and constantly sending me stupid video links and shit, not eating food. He messages me while im playing and see that he says he's gunna go make some food. Well and hour later still no word and I give up and say the hell with it and he messages me like an hour and half later asking if I still wanted to hang out so I told him no, and went back to my game.
Is there like some mind state where your that fucking lazy that you'd rather sit on your ass in front of your computer sending people stupid ass links than go hang out with a friend you've known?
I'm seriously considering just telling him to go to hell and not talking to him anymore. I mean it pissed me off beyond reason when he blew me off for fuckin WOW but now he does it again and this time isn't even doing anything, just being fuckin lazy. I told him off for it too, was bullshit to pull that on someone. I coulda/woulda went to his house but it's such a trashed pigsty (and that's an understatement, you literally have to step over trash all over the place, his whole room is nothing but garbage and rotting food) that's not even worth being over there cause you can't find a spot to sit down and get comfortable. |
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Pronunciation[Wow-ah-hawl-ick]
visual example : | Spoiler: | |
How to spot a WoWaholic:
Physical signs of WoWahlic'ness
-Generally found but not limited to, overweight.
-Unattended facial hair which often contains decaying food.
-Bent wrists, immunity to RSI
Mental, psychological and personality trait signs:
-Often misses deadlines, he/she never shows up to your house to play Xbox at the agreed date and/or time.
-Often but not limited to; a social outcast (sometimes stretching as far as being outcasts on the internet, possibly due to extreme pessimistic, aggressive and outspoken forum posts. -see "trolling" -see "fanboy"-)
-Often but not limited to, being a total ass hat.
-He/She thinks that WoW raiding is more important than seeing friends; leaving the house; and im severe cases, general hygiene and using food for the purpose of not dying of starvation.
Other noted symptoms
-Often, the pitiful soul believes that having a female on the friends list in-game makes it ok to call them "the GF, the misses, the girl, and in extreme cases; the wife". (Reported; some patients have actually held Marriage ceremonies within the World of Warcraft.)
-Often quote in-game lines and mannerisms in general conversation.
I fear my buddy is becoming a WoWaholic! what can i do to save him/her?!
At the current time, there is no solution to the problem, which is getting worse and more widespread with every expansion from Blizzard. The only proven solutions (note: some have not been tested) can be found below:
-Females with healthy Breast's gyrating in front of the patient. (Please note, this is only a temporary "treatment" and not a cure.)
-A shotgun to the face. (please note, ends life of patient)
Feel free to elaborate on the WoWaholic. I am considering posting this onto Wiki, at least urbandictionary.
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Last edited by Cohen on Fri, 16th Nov 2007 20:34; edited 1 time in total
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 13:35 Post subject: |
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thing is wow is agame that requires alot of time to succeed in, you cant compare it to for example playing the same amount of time at CSS etc.... anyhow, some sit on msn for 8 hours a night , some watch tv 8 hours a night , as long as ppl dont neglect the important stuff as job school family , then everyone can do with their free time as they like .
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Ankh
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Cohen
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 16:07 Post subject: |
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oh that sucks. I guess wel have to come up with a better UD for it
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 17:05 Post subject: |
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| Anthirs wrote: | Touchy spot Stefan F?  |
not at all , but i played wow before , so i know how mmorpgs work and what sort of ppl you find in it , truth is you find all sorts of ppl in it , since especially wow is for casual and hardcore players at the same time.
Many who never played wow imagine someone who plays it sitting in a basement playing it for 8 hours straight, in all the time i played wow the maximum session i saw anyone play was 4 hours, basicly it all comes down to stereotyping , just liek someone who didnt play FPS before imagine those players will kill half a school the next day.
No matter your skill etc, mmorpgs still require a good deal of time investment , but you can perfectly play it an hour a day , still have fun , and still succeed in it, and what most notice is that the ones who play wow , like to finish a quest/dungeon in one session, so they will most likely to hold on and ask you to wait with whatever you want to do with them .
as far raiding goes in WOW, it can be very rewarding with little time spend compared to solo or small group questing, what i noticed though is that many dont understand how you can have set times during a week to do this.Its like the set times you have with your clan etc to scrim or whatever.
as i mentioned before , the important thing is you dont neglect famaily friends school job etc , dont go raiding 7days a week while your friends ask you to go for a drink at least once a week , but in the end you find all walks of life in wow , on the internet in general. hardcore gamers , casual ones , rich ppl , not so rich ppl , married folks with kids...
Just typing this out cause wow was my first mmorpg , and it will be my last one , till expansion pack i raided with high end guilds , but the expansion pack sorta reset all progress made so i decided i have seen it all.and barely play it anymore.
But i saw whats it about and who plays it , and honestly out of those 9 million ppl playing , you will find ppl dying in korea cause they played it 48 hours straight , bound to happen , just dont stereo type a game or players you know nothing about 
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 17:38 Post subject: |
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Hi stereotype!
fucking idiots.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 17:39 Post subject: |
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Well said Stefan. I play wow and I've played a multitued of other mmorpg's in the past. UO, SWG's, EQ 1&2, Ryzom and a whole load more. They're the most engrossing of long term games. I could play for 10 hours a day at times.
Other times I don't play for a month on end. Its just how I feel. I mean I've been playing since July and my main character is just a lowly level 46. Hardly a hard core wow addict.
Yet its just like anything else in life, be it sex, food, drugs or pain. People can and do take it too far. Yet it seems to fall on the typical wow player that they're reluctant to go out, have no lives and are fat and unkempt.
Well I'm sure there are players like that. Just like theres people from all walks of life and hobbies. But the VAST majority of wow players are just regular people with real lives and real jobs and they just happen to like the odd game of Warcraft.
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 17:49 Post subject: |
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What really fucks me off is that people believe it can only happen on MMORPG games... I know people who spend their life playing CS/BF2/TF2 and many other games, are they not fat slobs who live in their mothers basement?
It's a really low way to hate on what is actually a decent game.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 17:56 Post subject: |
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Quite right Dazz. I mean you can be addicted to anything really. Be it any of the subjects I put up. Hell I;m sure you can even be addicted to forums such as these. I do know theres cases of internet addiction and the Chinese Govt. has re education centres to deal with it.
My point is anything can be addictive, so leave off the wow players. We're not all fat lazy slobs who are afraid to go out and kill them selves because they've lost a powerful sword. Which incidently happened in Ever Quest. But its like blaming a violent game because someone has killed. Its not the game its the person who was already mentally unstable to start with.
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 18:36 Post subject: |
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I only bash the game cause I've played it and hated it.
The only reason stereotype it so much is because it's one of the most popular games on the face of this planet, and with that many people, you hear more demoralizing stories about than you would say...the sims.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 19:29 Post subject: |
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Why not stick the knife in the back of CSS too. I mean only noobs play that too.
Like me.
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Cohen
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Jenni
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 19:41 Post subject: |
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I left the old CS when they brought out those stupid shields. Then I went on Source.
I loved the old one and I don't mind blowing my own trumpet when I say I was a top player.
But like I said they screwed it right up. Hell I was there from Quake 2 to the CS beta when the M4 had a sight.
Ahh the good old days.
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 19:43 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | I left the old CS when they brought out those stupid shields. Then I went on Source.
I loved the old one and I don't mind blowing my own trumpet when I say I was a top player.
But like I said they screwed it right up. Hell I was there from Quake 2 to the CS beta when the M4 had a sight.
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I left 1.6 too. I loved source cause at the time the source engine was gorgeous and quite a bitch to run, so only the adults who had the money could actually run it. So playing it was rather fun cause you didn't have all these kids trying to start shit and acting like..well..kids. Been over a year since I played though, got sick of the shark thrower (one hit kill sniper) |
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 19:46 Post subject: |
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what screwed up CSS is the cheaters , never ever saw anything close to that in any other game , and the carelesness of the other players when its done.
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Cohen
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 19:58 Post subject: |
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hehe. 1.3 was the best. I attended one of the best tournaments in the world for counter strike, the Cyberathlete Professional League back in 2003. It was a great experience, my buddies/team mates practiced hard and i really enjoyed it. That was the pinnacle of CS, after 2003 it really went down hill for me.
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 20:20 Post subject: |
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Why is there an extra letter in your pronunciation?
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Cohen
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Nov 2007 20:34 Post subject: |
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Whoops :$
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Jenni
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Nov 2007 05:39 Post subject: |
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I'd kick your arse Gem 
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Nov 2007 07:29 Post subject: |
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hmm 10am ...now its 1am.. going to sleep after rigght now...i had couple breaks eat dinner, go to bank and etc
killing boredem=priceless
I hate days when I have no school 
my longest time was on from 2PM to 9am next day nonstop...had to go to sleep since my dad come home from work hehe
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Nov 2007 16:18 Post subject: |
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lol I did that with guild wars my first time really playing it. I couldn't stop. The scenery design was great.
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Nov 2007 17:32 Post subject: |
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there is a great pure pwnage episode with a clash of some workoholic with a wowoholic (episode 14 that is... ...at www.purepwnage.com =).
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Nov 2007 18:02 Post subject: |
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I agree that playing instead of doing stuff with your mates (when you can) is a very bad thing. Social connection trough the net can only be so strong, meeting people, seeing, hearing, touching? people "irl" is far more rewarding in the long run. There is not only bad things with games like WoW, there is people who may never get any "real" social interaction except trough the games, but of course this is a minority, still.
I play WoW from time to time, almost always with friends I know irl. It's a great time waster when its raining outside or you are unable to see each other irl. I have this mate who lives far from me and its great fun "hanging" out with him in-game, doing some casual (getting pwnt) PvP and shit from time to time. We play all sorts of different games together (Halo 3, Gears, WoW etc).
Not everyone who play are fat and out of touch with reality, but there are many. I agree.
Edit:Thou the average geek is a skinny fuck who get cracked in middle if you punch him in the stomach.
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