Poll: Would you still play WoW or prevent yourself from playing

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  1. #81
    Nothing would change for me. I've never been afraid to not show up for a raid because I wanted to hang with my friends. I've never decided to not take a job or not take courses at school because of raid times. What I've done every time is simply quit raiding or went more casual with it. WoW is a hobby, and if I didn't play it for the last 8 years I would have probably been playing something else. Maybe Magic: The Gathering, maybe Xbox / PlayStation games, etc. I also wouldn't have met my best friend if I hadn't started playing WoW. That would be depressing since he is one of the greatest and most supportive people that I know of in this world.

    In the end, life is made up of the things you do and the decisions you make and any little change could potentially have massive effects on your whole life. Ever heard of the Butterfly Effect? In that changing one small thing in the past would change your whole future? That's what happens when you start regretting the way you've spent your time in WoW and the other things you could have done. You can't for sure say that your whole life would be better. Sure maybe you take that job that you really wanted, but maybe you hate the job and end up doing something you regret and get fired and can't find work for three years afterwards, forcing you to crash on your mom's couch and slip into a drug habit. Not that it's the most probable scenario, but you just never know what could have happened.

    The only thing I'd tell myself if I went back in time would be to roll a healer from the very start and join a hardcore raiding guild during BC. It took me seven years to find a guild that is actually on the frontlines of raiding, and I regret the time I wasted before that in all my other achieve-nothing guilds.
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  2. #82
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    On one hand, yes, Im sure ive missed alot of opportunities for great stuff.

    On the other hand, no. I met some great, GREAT friends from this game, and still play games with them to this date.

  3. #83
    No, I wouldn't.

    If I never started playing WoW, I would never have met my current boyfriend. And I love him, a lot.
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  4. #84
    idk, i think i might. go back and convince myself to not start wow, in the process tell myself all those great things about me now so i avoid this future.

  5. #85
    It depends...if I could go back and not have memory of ever playing WoW, then yes. But having had the (enjoyable) experience of the game, and then to go back and not play would be hard to enforce on myself. I have had hours upon hours of joy out of the game, but I also try not to think about how much /played I have up because I get that " wasted so much time" feeling. On the other hand though, when it all boils down to it...if you are enjoying yourself, then is it really a waste of time?
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  6. #86
    Na. I got to be around for 5.0. Would have been tragic to come in years later to whatever happens now they they've sworn off putting in so many wonderful daily quests.

  7. #87
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    I'd definitely do it again. Wow is the reason I started fooling around with computers, which lead to toying around with programming and coding in general.
    Which I enjoy ALOT. Only thing I wish I could've told myself was that I should've played more in TBC.

  8. #88
    I've met quite a bunch of people through WoW. Some of them remains good friends of mine. So no, I wouldn't change a thing.

  9. #89
    Quote Originally Posted by Shamza View Post
    I can't believe people actually sacrifice real life events to play.
    If you will let a game screw up the balance in your life so much you wish you never played it then something else would have filled that time wasting void in WoW's place.
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    What he said ^

  11. #91
    There are good things and bad things about my WoW career. I wish I dedicated all of this time into something more worth while, but at the same time, I did create some great friendships, led a top raiding guild and got some gaming sponsorship (Free trip to blizzcon!) which was like, something I only read about.

    So it's hard to gauge. Good times for sure, great friends, but I wonder what could have been if I put all that time into traveling or an outdoor hobby etc etc. I'm pretty damn good at WoW, makes me wonder what I would be pretty damn good at in its place.
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  12. #92
    No. If I could go back in time I'd still choose to play. Wow was never a priority I don't see anything changing as a result of not playing. I never skipped anything important just to play

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    I've never let the game control my life so I don't think I'd change anything.
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    World of Warcraft is a game, I wouldn't let it take control over my life, sure - I have been really addicted to it at times, but when the opportunity comes RL to do something I enjoy, I always take it.

    I've been hardcore raiding aswell, WOW has brought me much joy over the past nine years.

    Also, whenever I had it tough - I always knew logging on to my game and just getting that immersive experience helping me escape the real world for that session, I would stop thinking about the issues for the time being.. it's done alot of good to me.

    (Yes, I am fully aware that escaping into the virtual world is just temporary, but it still feels good once you do it, obviously those thoughts and similar just comes back whenever you turn it off or similar, but it was still something that helped me through some pretty tough times).

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    despite not playing in over two years and not really planning on playing soon, no i dont regret it. ive met and made friends with people whom i still game with in other games and has been worth it when we meet up every year for a party

  16. #96
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    No, I would actually have gone back to give WoW more time in Vanilla and TBC

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    Na, I'd go back and start playing before I actually did.
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  18. #98
    I would have tossed the game in the fire the day I opened it if I knew then what I know now. Hell I am sure my wife would have never even bought it for me if she knew then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xires View Post
    Life is like a fork in the road. I'm sure many of us said "No thanks I'm busy" when friends wanted you to go to a bar or to the beach because you had to raid that night. The question is...knowing what you know now....if you could basically with the knowledge you have now...go back 4, 5...hell even 9 years to prevent you from actually playing WoW just to see if it would change your life...would you?
    I would.
    Nope and I feel sorry for anyone that would.
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  20. #100
    I'd probably go even further back and get into the MMO genre back in the days of Ultima.

    Back then the sub model always seemed like a rip-off to me. It was only after WoW that I realised that I actually spend less on games now, because I only buy titles that I really want, rather than just buying average games for the sake of it.

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