The GW player

I have been playing GW since 31 of may now.
AND IM STILL ADICTED!!!!
The problem is though, I havent got much time for homework and playing GW nowadays... Since i go to school (10th grade) we have alot of essays and homework for the moment. I also play the saxofon (nothing over [except guitar ] nothing by the side), wich means that before xmas its a lot of rehersals and practice, atleastthats how it is here in Norway.
I feel like I dont get to play anymore and im wondering if im gonna stop playing... But that is like asking Amerika to draw their troops out of Irak...(soz just an example).
The conclusion is then simple: dont stop playing.

But still:
GW makes you drowsy and fatassed.
You dont do your homework properly and you dont wanna go out anymore...

My bestfriend plays GW 3-4 hours a day.
I have friends in GW who are 40 years old playing at job and friends that play 8 hours a day.

And another thing. I wondered where do YOU play GW? At home, at your job, at your eksgirlfriend/eksboyfriends house , at school?(a guy at my school plays WoW during the lessons...), do you play in the morning before work, maybe you work for Anet and get to 'test' GW there, or are you just the normal kind wich comes home from job/school and says a brief 'Hi' to your familly before throwing yourself over the computer.

You see, I have made myself this picture in my mind that GW players come home, throw themselves over their 'SupaMegaTronic AMD ATHLON DELUXE 5,6 Ghz and 4000gig ram' comp and sit there drooling over the keyboard while you try to memorise who that guy with the weird name pm'ing you is.
After round 5 hours of playing they think: boy i'm hungry!. and they order a pizza.
Then they continue playing for 3-10 more hours until they look at the watch and go like:Oh my!!! I had no idea!.
So they either just log out without saying a thing or they start saying like: goodbyezzz, hugzz, l8z, bye or the classic:Oh no im soooo sorry but I have to go, its veeeery urgent you see and, well bye bye.

Can anyone prove me wrong bout this?

Prove you wrong on what exactly?

Yeah - I'm missing something here too...

Are you trying to state that all GW players are compulsive addicts and/or losers?

I'm 38, work full time, go to college full time (4.0 GPA), and have a family. I play when I have time - which sometimes is a lot, other times not so much.

Oh, and to my knowledge, neither AMD nor Intel have a 5 or 6 gHz processor yet....

Well. I play GW at home. At school I read teh forum.
I'm not a real GW-freak, altough I play alot. I play hockey and I play the trompet, so I have other stuff to do.
I like playing hockey more then playing GW. GW is just for fun, I don't see it as a hobby or anything, I just play it in my spare time.
I'm 15 years old so I don't play at work or anything, I don't even have a job .

I play guildwars for about 5-6 hours a night, keeps me away from the nagging gf (honey if you read thsi i love you ) and gives me somethign to do whiel saving for a new car. Albeit if i dont stop browsing the forums here while at work and start working im gonna get fired

From what I can read of this, it seems like you're basing most of what you say on yourself and your own experiences with the game, coupled with a gross amount of stereotypes and hyperbole.

The situation you describe does exist to an extent--there are people, like yourself, who simply cannot put down the game for an extended period of time. The solution is hard to bear but is the sufficient cure--play in moderation. Know when to start, when to stop, and when to take breaks.

This is simple to do in GW, as you can window the game to keep an eye on your clock in your icon tray, and that most missions and quests don't take terribly long to finish. Limit yourself (I know, self control is becoming a thing of the past) and you'll find that it's not the game that controls people, it's the people that control themselves and let themselves fall into the pit of addiction.

Just be glad this isn't FFXI or EQ. Those games are designed outright to be time sinks, while GW is more focused towards a more casual playerbase.

I couldn't eat pizza everyday

That not all GW players are nerds seated infront of the comp all day like some of my friends

I play a couple hours a week now. Used to play a lot more but the wife's nagging was getting harder to tune out... so now I play less and less... Had the game since May as well...

"You see, I have made myself this picture in my mind that GW players come home, throw themselves over their 'SupaMegaTronic AMD ATHLON DELUXE 5,6 Ghz and 4000gig ram' comp and sit there drooling over the keyboard while you try to memorise who that guy with the weird name pm'ing you is.
After round 5 hours of playing they think: boy i'm hungry!. and they order a pizza.
Then they continue playing for 3-10 more hours until they look at the watch and go like:Oh my!!! I had no idea!.
So they either just log out without saying a thing or they start saying like: goodbyezzz, hugzz, l8z, bye or the classic:Oh no im soooo sorry but I have to go, its veeeery urgent you see and, well bye bye."



Do you know me?

Play 1 hour before school, 4-5 when i come back and write guildwiki at school

GW makes me forget to eat. Seriously. I think I've lost about 15 pounds since I started playing in August, and can now fit into clothing sizes I haven't been able to since high school.

Not the healthiest of lifestyles, but I'm having fun.

^ Is your name Monseir too? Jeez, sounds like me. And trust me. I was 20 lbs below the average for my weight and age.

Mmmm... pizza...

Ok well, we don't get to the point that we have to reflect our lifestyle on an internetforum, because we'd be so insecure about it, so that proves you wrong, I suppose.

lol man you jumped around so much.. but ya i to order pizza
lol im no nerd but i spend all day on gw.. nights im with my girl or gettin high/drunk with friends

well I play GW on my 2004 thanksgiving black friday Wal-mart sale computer with upgraded ram and graphics card I did to it afterwards lol. I'm not sure every GW fan is playing on the best the market has to offer.

After reading the post repeatedly trying to figure it out, you could have fooled me.

I played quite a bit, but now I just jump on when I'm bored... There alot of MMO's I can sit infromt on the puter on for hours, but GW isn't one of them.

Hi my name is Batou. And i have a problem.

I am addicted to GW, My gpa is taking a steady decline as my class attendance also wavers. I am supposed to get my Bachelor's Degree next month. Now, its looking like i wont be able to because of dropping grades. Work is now my only hindrance to playing GW. I am a nerd. And my life suffers greatly because of it...











BUHAHAHAHA, just kidding. Wasnt that depressing? Actually i AM getting my degree next month, classes are going just fine, and i LOVE my job. However, as weird as it is, i am able to play GW like 3-4 hours everyday. I have no clue how i have the time.... HAHAHAHAHaha...Oh ya. im a nerd too.

Me, I am a nerd as well. I wasn't a nerd before the game's release. My Boyfriend was a nerd all along and he is quite surprised at me turning into one as well.

But the job is going fine, my friends don't notice the change, so I guess this is one addiction I can live with. I do read less, though, which is kind of a shame. And I hardly watch TV. Don't miss that one bit.