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Divine Elemental

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Near Your House

I Used To Own [ IUTO ]

13 Dec 2005 at 06:30 - 81

Quote:

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)

o.O and i thought i was addicted i have about

1342 mins last time i checked over past 7 months

it just sux that im not using my beta acc cause my idiot brother messed it up >_>

my playing time is now reduced since i can only play on weekends...

burai

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Fishermen's Haven

W/

13 Dec 2005 at 09:06 - 82

Tactical - mate! You really need to get out a bit

BTW: I've notched up about 900 hours now.

sabretalon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Saints Or Sinners [SOS]

N/W

13 Dec 2005 at 10:33 - 83

Not been playing that long, just about 4 weeks. I have put in about 110 hours, which considering I only really get the chance to get online to play at weekends, is just over 9 hours per session.

I don't agree with buying items with real money via ebay etc...

I find the game very simple to play (simple controls etc.. not easy!) since I am only just on my way through the game with my first character (I know some will say that in the time I have put in they could have finished the game by now!) I am spending my time exploring all the areas and killing anything on the map, searching for chests etc... I then do the missions and venture into new areas.

I'm only level 15 and finding it a little tricky around the LA areas at times. I don't join in with others just yet, only on the pre searing quests did I join someone. I keep getting guild invites but I do not want to join until I have completed the game once on my own. I didn't buy the game to go from beginning to end in as short a time as possible. I have this whole new world to explore, people to meet and things to kill!

Am I addicted, hell yeah! Is it a problem, nah, ask anyone addicted to something if it is causing them a problem and they will also say no! Anyway only another 83 hours or so before I am on again.........

neoteo

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Macau

www.exilesofdarksteel.com

E/

13 Dec 2005 at 10:54 - 84

i have played 1200 hours for the last 7 months , i got it on 10 of may ...
1.2 milion exp on my elementarist

ok , its adictive , for people who look from outside may look like is something bad , but im sure that those people who dont play rpg online games , go to forums , joke mails , comunity sites like hi5 , etc etc , and even those who dont use computers or internet , watch TV !!!

ask those people how many hours of tv they consume everyday , if not tv , radio , if not radio , books , if not books , newspaper , if not newspaper ... well must not be human then , its a plant.

i agree its a problem for people that dont have a job , dont go to school , dont go out to eat , just live inside the game , but is like everything , some people spend their lifes working , dont have time to spend the money they make , no one is righting articles about them , i think its the same problem , humans tend to over consume , its not becose its a game , its becose we are animals.

about buying items , i think its comun sence in guildwars , ebayers are losers.

coolsti

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Denmark

13 Dec 2005 at 10:57 - 85

I never use the /age command anymore, it would be too embarrassing. Actually, also deceiving, because we often leave ourselves logged on while eating dinner or even doing other things (status set to away).

Buy GW things with real world cash? No, this is something I would never do. I don't even buy weapons or upgrades from other players within the game. Doing this would ruin the game for me. A great part of my enjoyment with GW is the chance of finding yet another better weapon or item during the next gaming session. If I were to buy the things that I want or need, then there would be nothing more to achieve, and the game would be over for me.

This game is more addictive than other PC games that I have played before, because of the online interaction. I have always become addicted to whatever PC game I have been playing for a time, at least until my character reached the max in skills, armour and weapons. Then my interest suddenly disappeared. But with GW I am going strong because I enjoy playing with friends and, sometimes for the amusement factor, I enjoy playing with total idiots.

Uzul

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Arctic Tundra

Pints N Quarts [PsQs]

13 Dec 2005 at 13:26 - 86

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolsti

I never use the /age command anymore, it would be too embarrassing. Actually, also deceiving, because we often leave ourselves logged on while eating dinner or even doing other things (status set to away).

Buy GW things with real world cash? No, this is something I would never do. I don't even buy weapons or upgrades from other players within the game. Doing this would ruin the game for me. A great part of my enjoyment with GW is the chance of finding yet another better weapon or item during the next gaming session. If I were to buy the things that I want or need, then there would be nothing more to achieve, and the game would be over for me.

This game is more addictive than other PC games that I have played before, because of the online interaction. I have always become addicted to whatever PC game I have been playing for a time, at least until my character reached the max in skills, armour and weapons. Then my interest suddenly disappeared. But with GW I am going strong because I enjoy playing with friends and, sometimes for the amusement factor, I enjoy playing with total idiots.

quoted for truth... ,)

[ just for the fun i typed it in: 1614 primary (since release) and 150 on secondary account; the first months i was pretty addicted, i learned moderation during autumn ]

Psyks

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Xen Of Onslaught

W/E

13 Dec 2005 at 13:34 - 87

I would say for addiction guild wars is one of the better games. Due to no monthly fee you don't feel the need to play to get your moneys worth so I don't feel guilty when I don't play for 2-3 days at a time like I would with say WoW as would feel I am not getting my moneys worth.

wilebill

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mt Vernon, Ohio

Band of the Hawk

W/Mo

13 Dec 2005 at 15:12 - 88

Both WOW and GW are addictive. GW much less so than WOW, IMHO.

I remember back when computer games were still very new, Timothy Leary said that he would not have started the LSD movement if computer games had been available, since he thought that computer games produced a very similar mind-altered state. Think about that one.

Dixie Wrecked2

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

GODS

15 Dec 2005 at 08:22 - 89

Just wondering, how many hours have you guys completed (age) playing guild wars? In about 2 months, ive accumulated 95 hours of playing time on 5 or 6 characters. Post screenshots if you've got some rediculous amount, like 1000+ hours

IMehler

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

15 Dec 2005 at 08:26 - 90

about 700 hours.

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

15 Dec 2005 at 08:29 - 91

Just guessing here, but probably close to 2000 hours since release week. I'll check when I get home from work.

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

15 Dec 2005 at 08:32 - 92

Just merged 3 threads about /age because I'm crazy like that.

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

15 Dec 2005 at 14:17 - 93

1600 hours on primary account and 280 on second account.

xxhell

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

northend blvds

E/Me

15 Dec 2005 at 14:19 - 94

Quote:

Originally Posted by rugal nuker

i have played 15,927hrs since the game release =)

wow i thought my playing 1,256 was high lol you blew me outa the water

fiery

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

maryland

InYurFace Gaming [IYF]

R/

15 Dec 2005 at 14:20 - 95

im guessing but i think 1500+...mm in 5 months i think.. at school..mostly playing during summertime like on some days till 5 in the mourning..and mainly most of the hours is falling asleep at my laptop while the game is going..thats why when people were talking to me on vent... you know why i didnt respond back..all Hail the Popcorn, People, Not on Channel!

AxeMe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Atlanta

HEX

W/

15 Dec 2005 at 14:21 - 96

I'm afraid to list my playing time since it could be used as evidence in divorce court. My wife believes that I have been writing the Great American Novel behind closed doors all these evenings.

capblueberry

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Lexington, SC

Grenths Mercenaries[DEAD]

15 Dec 2005 at 14:24 - 97

I usually plat 2 hours or so but yea GW is much better then wow for sake of time played, especially if you also have a life to attend to

jules

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Xen of Sigils [XoO]

15 Dec 2005 at 14:26 - 98

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savio

Just merged 3 threads about /age because I'm crazy like that.

Whoa that's totally off the hook.

Just broke past 800 hours now. Mom will be so proud.

Siren Danica

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Niantic, CT

N/R

15 Dec 2005 at 14:34 - 99

450 total hours since Aug 4.

2 level 20 necros - 1st one did all missions except Hell's Precipice; 2nd one is at THK.

1 level 14 ranger - at Frost Gate.

TwinRaven

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

15 Dec 2005 at 17:31 - 100

1441 and 14min over the last 7 months...200hrs a month....6.5 hrs a day...hmmmm...average is misleading as I typically play 4hrs on week days when I'm working (not WHILE I'm working) and up to twice that on a Saturday...Most of it came from the Summer. I'm a teacher and have 7 weeks off, plus all the federal holidays...those hours really rack up then, when I have little in the way of demands on my time.

I've done some reserch on game addiction and the media in general...I can see it being a real problem for folks who let it interfere with their lives...as for me, well, the only thing it has taken the place of is television watching. I see that as a positive...I typically watched up to 5 hours of television per day before video-games took over that recreational time. The appeal of course, is the interactivity of the game vs. the passive engagement of tv. I was 3 hrs below the national average on tv as it was, now I'm averaging about an hour a day of regular programming (usually in spurts because there isn't much on worth watching and I don't watch sports at all). And 1/2 an hour of news. I spend about 3hrs a day listening to the radio (Stern in the morning, NPR in the afternoon) and I read about 2 hrs a day (an hour or so before bed and some during the day (never in the bathroom)). I think this site may have some good info on the whole issue:

http://www.nickyee.com/hub/home.html

Mister Overhill

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Tampa, Florida

Sticks and Stones

R/Rt

15 Dec 2005 at 20:06 - 101

Give it twenty years (heh, probably way less), when it may become hard to tell an online experience from real life, and then we'll REALLY see some game junkies.

Sci-fi/fantasy writer Tad Williams's Otherland series a few years back was based on this. An interesting read.

Theos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

River Dancing

Eternal Treachery [TimE]

Me/E

15 Dec 2005 at 20:22 - 102

For me:

1,341 hours over six months, hours per avatar:
-561 hours on Mesmer (1.7million exp)
-237 hours on Warrior (400k exp)
-315 hours on Ranger (750K exp)
-Rest is scattered over no longer alive characters.

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

15 Dec 2005 at 20:24 - 103

/age....

wait it don't work!!

Seth3 Errow

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Melbourne, Australia

W/Mo

15 Dec 2005 at 22:19 - 104

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

And that's where the Psychology lies my friend!

XxxSMxxX

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Idiot Nerds

W/Mo

15 Dec 2005 at 22:28 - 105

i got about 1,000 for both of my acounts but i had the game since like week 1

Ellix Cantero

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

15 Dec 2005 at 22:49 - 106

Around 1,200 over two accounts.

Miraculix B.

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

in my kingdom cold

15 Dec 2005 at 22:54 - 107

with my main char. --> 1149 hours over past 6 months
across all chars. --> 1423 hours over past 6 months

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

16 Dec 2005 at 00:16 - 108

Damn.. I'm not even at 1000 hours yet, what a shame!

I don't plan on asking in-game items for Christmas, though, I'm trying to buy the War Pick Pre-Order key though, but maybe a little bit strange to ask for Christmas, I'll stick with an MP3-Player

nitetime

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

eotn

W/

16 Dec 2005 at 00:28 - 109

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxeMe

I'm afraid to list my playing time since it could be used as evidence in divorce court. My wife believes that I have been writing the Great American Novel behind closed doors all these evenings.

LMAO!!!! thats quality!

im just over 500 in 7 months. started off hard, took some time off and now im taking it a bit slower...for reasons stated above.

lg5000

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australia

16 Dec 2005 at 00:42 - 110

I got 901 hours over the last 5 month. (I'm a casual player)

twicky_kid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quite Vulgar [FUN]

16 Dec 2005 at 02:31 - 111

this is w/o idle time. i never leave the game up w/o playing.

Wrath of m0o

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Boston Ma.

Is That Your Build[HaHa]

P/W

16 Dec 2005 at 03:24 - 112

2,418 hrs over the last 7 months

redeemed 269,500 of 274,133 Faction

lol, you guys dont even know what addiction is.
Someone want to explain how i got an odd number of faction ?
Was this pre-faction weekend event ?

Did the beta-weekend event time count also ?

Morangen

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mountain West

Xen of Onslaught[XoO]

Mo/W

20 Dec 2005 at 05:33 - 113

lol, I checked mine and I have 137 hours on the main character and about 320 total (and thats over the last 7 months). Guess I havent been playing it as much as I thought.

CAT

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

KOREA

Slash Rank[DeeR]

R/Me

20 Dec 2005 at 12:11 - 114

1251 hours atm, 71 on my only pve char