Show us your /age command!
Ard Wen
My universty newspaper just ran a long article on the WoW. They were talking about the addiction to online games such as WoW, Asheron's Call 2, Everquest, GW, etc. They even cited MMORPG counseling services for addicts. I beleive that GW is good because little time is needed to have fun. I would like to hear some disscussion on this. Do you think GW is better than WoW for the sake of time and addiction (Not which is the better game). Do you find yourself playing too much time? I played 8 hours the other day straight. I think that was just a goof off day, and I don't do it regulary. The newspaper talked about buying virutal money and items with real money, which we all know is out there. Do plan on asking for virtual items for Christmas?
jules
I think I spend too much time on this game. I feel embarassed whenever I type /age and I've only spent 600+ hours playing.
Rancour
I would never EVER buy anything for real money. Once did it in Diablo ll... Worst money I ever spent. Won't do that again. Good thing it was no more than 5 bucks, but again... Argh.
As for playing time, I too feel embarrassed. I haven't played for 600+ hours but still I think I spend WAY too much time infront of a screen. Very addictive game this is.
As for playing time, I too feel embarrassed. I haven't played for 600+ hours but still I think I spend WAY too much time infront of a screen. Very addictive game this is.
Jetdoc
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Originally Posted by jules
I've only spent 600+ hours playing.
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Ard Wen
I think I've put up about 200 hours 
Mimi Miyagi
I just added up my hours....sheesh.
Account 1: 617 Hours, 33 minutes
Account 2: 244 hours, 1 minutes
Total: 861 hours, 34 minutes
I don't spend real money on virtual items/cash.
Account 1: 617 Hours, 33 minutes
Account 2: 244 hours, 1 minutes
Total: 861 hours, 34 minutes
I don't spend real money on virtual items/cash.
Tactical-Dillusions
And my other account.
XP for my characters.
1,153,833 Ranger ascended
979,375 Warrior ascended
4,392,358 Monk ascended
8,875 Ranger presearing
693,244 Monk mule ascended
12,043 Elementalist mule
4,978 Necromancer mule
18,961 Mesmer mule
Further edit...
I think GW is better than WoW because there is no monthly fee (and i haven't even played WoW...go figure)
Loviatar
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Originally Posted by Tactical-Dillusions
 And my other account. |
i will get out my calculator later as those figures add up to a per day i find frightening (or i misplaced a zero somewhere)
Pevil Lihatuh
lol GW IS addictive, but unlike pay to play you can put it down if you like. With things like WoW or UO you feel obliged to keep playing even if you're bored with it, just so you're not "wasting your money". Also I'd never pay for a virtual item, but with friends in-game I'd be happy to give them a little present of a rune or a green or something
Tactical-Dillusions
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Originally Posted by Loviatar
i will get out my calculator later as those figures add up to a per day i find frightening (or i misplaced a zero somewhere) |
Loch
A while ago I found an article from the perspective of behavioural psychology. It's about how MMORPG's get some people hooked, and how the reward system conditions some players to seek more and more elusive rewards. This article doesn't go and say that MMORPG's are terrible, it just states how some people get so hooked on obtaining elusive rewards in MMO's.
http://www.nickyee.com/eqt/skinner.html
The Guild Wars' reward system, on the other hand, works more like a traditional video game. The player is rewarded for skill. Going through a tough mission and completing it means you and your team were good at it. Slaughtering a rival guild in GvG means your team honed their skills and played well. Nothing in the game conditions a person to aim for FoW armor when Drok's armor is just as good (either you want to look unique or you don't, it's simple), and boss monsters spawn predictably so you won't spend days waiting to capture their elite skill.
I'd say Guild Wars doesn't fit in with the addictive style of MMORPG's. It can be addictive in a different sense, as can all other video games.
http://www.nickyee.com/eqt/skinner.html
The Guild Wars' reward system, on the other hand, works more like a traditional video game. The player is rewarded for skill. Going through a tough mission and completing it means you and your team were good at it. Slaughtering a rival guild in GvG means your team honed their skills and played well. Nothing in the game conditions a person to aim for FoW armor when Drok's armor is just as good (either you want to look unique or you don't, it's simple), and boss monsters spawn predictably so you won't spend days waiting to capture their elite skill.
I'd say Guild Wars doesn't fit in with the addictive style of MMORPG's. It can be addictive in a different sense, as can all other video games.
master_ranger_matt
this game is very addicting. i've been slowly cutting back because it interferes with my grades, which is bad because now that im in high school, everything i get affects what kind of a college i might get into.
bkriley
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Originally Posted by Tactical-Dillusions
And my other account. XP for my characters. 1,153,833 Ranger ascended 979,375 Warrior ascended 4,392,358 Monk ascended 8,875 Ranger presearing 693,244 Monk mule ascended 12,043 Elementalist mule 4,978 Necromancer mule 18,961 Mesmer mule Further edit... I think GW is better than WoW because there is no monthly fee (and i haven't even played WoW...go figure) |
OMG, that is insane!
Thanks for that thou now when my wife gets on me about playing too much I can show her this.
WOW!by the way I'm getting close to three hundred hours.
BurningPants
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Originally Posted by Tactical-Dillusions
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Slow down or you're gonna get carpal tunnel syndrome soon.
But I guess it pays off, I saw your thread where you showed us all the green
and gold items you have. Pretty crazy stuff.
warren_kn
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Originally Posted by Loviatar
i will get out my calculator later as those figures add up to a per day i find frightening (or i misplaced a zero somewhere) |
neoteo
i hvae 1.045 hours since 10 of may ... but that doesnt mean anything , i think experience say more , cose a lot of people just leave the computer on 24 hours.
im adicted to guildwars , i dont have to study , so ... as long as i go to work to pay the rent and internet bill , im on.
but then , before GW was out , besides being waiting like crazy for it , i played a lot of FPS games , and i still do ... i think its not the game .. its the computer and the internet connection , thats adictive.
same goes for tv , you dont read articles about TV adiction , cose its old news , but we know there are millions of people adicted to it , more of our parents genaration then ours ... we are Computers.
Play Hard
ps : study before !
im adicted to guildwars , i dont have to study , so ... as long as i go to work to pay the rent and internet bill , im on.
but then , before GW was out , besides being waiting like crazy for it , i played a lot of FPS games , and i still do ... i think its not the game .. its the computer and the internet connection , thats adictive.
same goes for tv , you dont read articles about TV adiction , cose its old news , but we know there are millions of people adicted to it , more of our parents genaration then ours ... we are Computers.
Play Hard
ps : study before !
master_ranger_matt
well, i just hit 700 hours, and i don't leave my computer on 24/7. its definatley time to cut back.
Mister Overhill
Well, I've been a gamer ever since Santa set me up with "chutes and ladders" and that was about 1952.
And yeah, I probably do play more than I should (600+ hours in GW), but I've got a lot of other things on my plate as well (family, reading, writing when the spirit moves me, keeping up the house, yard, and everyone's computer). I don't vegetate in front of the television. Took an early retirement a couple of years ago -- busier now than ever.
I game 2-3 hours a day, average. Could I be doing something more constructive? Sure. And sometimes the old Beatle's song runs through my mind.
"He's a real nowhere man,
sitting in his nowhere land,
making all his nowhere plans,
for nobody".
Perhaps that's a fitting description of gamers. But it could be said of someone with a room full of model trains, as well as a lot of other pursuits. As for myself, I'd like to think it keeps my mind sharp, as well as, in the case of online gaming, give me something to do with my family, scattered all over as they are.
Saw an advertisement in a computer magazine awhile back. The girl is sitting on the edge of the bed,wearing a short red nightgown and a black snap bracelet. She has candles lit, and is rolling her eyes while this jackass is hunched over his monitor saying, "Just one more game, honey". Now there's a man who has his priorities misplaced, and about to have it proven.
And yeah, I probably do play more than I should (600+ hours in GW), but I've got a lot of other things on my plate as well (family, reading, writing when the spirit moves me, keeping up the house, yard, and everyone's computer). I don't vegetate in front of the television. Took an early retirement a couple of years ago -- busier now than ever.
I game 2-3 hours a day, average. Could I be doing something more constructive? Sure. And sometimes the old Beatle's song runs through my mind.
"He's a real nowhere man,
sitting in his nowhere land,
making all his nowhere plans,
for nobody".
Perhaps that's a fitting description of gamers. But it could be said of someone with a room full of model trains, as well as a lot of other pursuits. As for myself, I'd like to think it keeps my mind sharp, as well as, in the case of online gaming, give me something to do with my family, scattered all over as they are.
Saw an advertisement in a computer magazine awhile back. The girl is sitting on the edge of the bed,wearing a short red nightgown and a black snap bracelet. She has candles lit, and is rolling her eyes while this jackass is hunched over his monitor saying, "Just one more game, honey". Now there's a man who has his priorities misplaced, and about to have it proven.
Asplode
I gotta admit that a good chunk, maybe even half of my /age time is from being AFK >.>
Either way I spend too much time in GW. Any game you're passionate about, be it GW or WoW or whatever, will eat up a good portion of your free time. I don't think it's the game so much as it is the type of person who is playing.
Either way I spend too much time in GW. Any game you're passionate about, be it GW or WoW or whatever, will eat up a good portion of your free time. I don't think it's the game so much as it is the type of person who is playing.
Ard Wen
great song Overhill
Gargarian
You have playd this char 131 hours over the past 5 montsh. Across all chars you have played 257 hours! ive got the ubar pwn RL! not realy, those hours where spent the 2/3 first weeks.. just started playing again
Aracos79
Having just started WoW recently, I can tell you one easy difference. I feel like I HAVE to play WoW a certain amount each week to justify the fee. Whereas with GW, I don't feel bad about not playing it for a few days, or even weeks at a time.
The Son Of Morgoth
i only played for like 180 hours so far lol
Nigy
I'm at 180ish total, and i can't imagine playing for over a thousand hours. I feel that ive played a lot, and to play something crazy like ten times that is insane.
BrandonIT
For the OP's questions:
Yes, I feel GW is MUCH better than WoW or SWG (never played Evercrack). I agree with Aracos' idea that, since there is no monthly fee and the game world is not changing constantly, I can leave for a week or two and come back to my characters and be in the same position as I was when I left (no maintenance, no fame lost). Nothing happened in the game world significantly while I was gone. And since we're capped on levels at 20 and it's so easy to get to that level, I feel GW wins out again in ease of play/grind/leveling.
For the last week, I've played about 2-3 hours a night, since I've been trying to cap some monk skills. But on average, I will play 2-3 hours about 3 nights out of the week, with about 2-4 additional hours on the weekend. I do not think I play for too much time, BUT like Mister Overhill alluded to, I still feel guilt every now and then that "Maybe I could be doing something better with my life..." Then the apathy sets in again and I'm happy.
Absolutely not. I am against the buying and selling of items out-of-game.
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Originally Posted by Ard Wen
Do you think GW is better than WoW for the sake of time and addiction (Not which is the better game).
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Originally Posted by Ard Wen
Do you find yourself playing too much time? I played 8 hours the other day straight. I think that was just a goof off day, and I don't do it regulary.
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Originally Posted by Ard Wen
The newspaper talked about buying virutal money and items with real money, which we all know is out there. Do plan on asking for virtual items for Christmas?
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darkMishkin
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Originally Posted by Ard Wen
Do plan on asking for virtual items for Christmas?
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I won't, however, be asking Father Christmas to send 500k GW gold down the chimney...
v__p
im a pretty addicted gamer, ive spent around 200+ hours all together, i average aorund 2-3 hours a day, though if something is good on the telly, id rather that over GW
Kenect
I've done over 700+ hours over the past 6 months, but i cant calculate each character (i keep deleting them). I do think GW is addictive to a level, its just like smoking some can go cold turky others can never quit, the addiction levels vary from people to other people, i heard it has somthing to do with the front part of your brain and a doppelmen or something like that.
My stroy is....Once i get home, i turn the computer on play GW, go off and read the forums, have dinner (all that stuff) then play till 11pm. I can stop when ever i want it's just, if i did stop then i would be watching TV, and i already watch TV while playing GW.
I think the only time that you are playing too much is when you play nonstop like the girl in china (i think she is from there) who played WoW for 3 days nonstop and died.
My stroy is....Once i get home, i turn the computer on play GW, go off and read the forums, have dinner (all that stuff) then play till 11pm. I can stop when ever i want it's just, if i did stop then i would be watching TV, and i already watch TV while playing GW.
I think the only time that you are playing too much is when you play nonstop like the girl in china (i think she is from there) who played WoW for 3 days nonstop and died.
Mr D J
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Originally Posted by Tactical-Dillusions
Unfortunately, it's only around 14 hours a day
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Tainted Poon
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Thats 10 hours a day man you need an intervention -Guillaume De Sonoma Cervantes |
, lol I know you guys wont believe me which I dont blame ya, but I do have friends and even had a gf in high school I just rather play video games,probably discussed too much of my personal life but hey I don't care =O
De Skjeve Rechtn
Don't know if this has been posted before, but show us you /age command!
natus
here's mine, nothing too special if you ask me :/
De Skjeve Rechtn
when you press enter ofcourse...
Foppe
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Originally Posted by natus
 here's mine, nothing too special if you ask me :/ |
The undead Mesmer
I whill yust tell ya that i played 807 hours over 6 months.
Happy now
Happy now
boxterduke
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Originally Posted by natus
here's mine, nothing too special if you ask me :/ |
Janky Crackafoo
account: 954 hours 27 minutes over 6 months
main character: 413 hours 19 minutes over 5 months
...sigh...
main character: 413 hours 19 minutes over 5 months
...sigh...
wolver1ne
Not much really. I stopped for a month or so at some point.
Scorpion Boy
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Originally Posted by natus
here's mine, nothing too special if you ask me :/ |
Racthoh
I play as my warrior too much...