School WoW Block

[Shoxxsome]

Hi, I have been playing wow at school for about the past 4 months. I then come to school today and I see that i can't connect to the server so it is probably blocked. Is there any way to get past this block?

[Goethe]

Just out of curiosity, what kind of school are we talking about here? Grade school? High School? A University? Barber College? How big is this school? 800 or 80,000 students? I currently go to a college, and every time I walk between classes, I see at least two or three people playing WoW. I even think they have a student club for it, but don't quote me on that.

If it's a University, you can try calling the IT or computer science department or whoever and ask them why they blocked it? Maybe if you knew why it was blocked, you wouldn't want to try to get around it. If you find out that they blocked it for some silly reason, you could make it into a student right's issue and take it to the student paper.

[Shoxxsome]

Just out of curiosity, what kind of school are we talking about here? Grade school? High School? A University? Barber College? How big is this school? 800 or 80,000 students? I currently go to a college, and every time I walk between classes, I see at least two or three people playing WoW. I even think they have a student club for it, but don't quote me on that.

If it's a University, you can try calling the IT or computer science department or whoever and ask them why they blocked it? Maybe if you knew why it was blocked, you wouldn't want to try to get around it. If you find out that they blocked it for some silly reason, you could make it into a student right's issue and take it to the student paper.

high school

[Sarpanti]

high school

That's why. From my experience, High School is entirely structured, with no room for WoW on campus (the fact that they let you have your own computers on campus astounds me, but I went to a more...prudish high school so w/e). If you were at College, you'd most likely be able to get on without any problems.

[ComputerNerd]

It is likely being blocked with good reason, since I for one can testify as to how much of a distraction wow can be.
Get over it and concentrate on the reason you are meant to be at school for.

[Caradinist]

High School? You might as well shrug it off, Ignore it, and Play WoW in your free time, and focus more on your studies.

[Shoxxsome]

i get straight A's. Its just for one class is there any way to unblock it?

[Talus]

High School...College....

Quick question - whats the difference between High School and College in the US? here in NZ these are interchangeable, they mean practically the same thing - you're there ages 13-18ish, then University from then on, if you go - what is it like in the USA?

[frozenvoid]

I used a program called hotspotsheild for a bit until a kid told his dad who blocked the site it uses to create an ip

[Marath]

Quick question - whats the difference between High School and College in the US? here in NZ these are interchangeable, they mean practically the same thing - you're there ages 13-18ish, then University from then on, if you go - what is it like in the USA?

College = University

Oh, and back on topic...

Your network techs are NEVER going to remove the block from the school network, there is zero room for WoW in a high school wait until you get home and then go nuts but think of this new restriction as a second chance at your education. If you spent as much time on your studies as you did wow then you would come out with A's and probably fall into a highly paid job where you can afford the time to wow for days on end.

If you do find a way around this... and the techs will eventually find out if you do, then you will likely be excluded from your school for however long the principal deems needed. They may also take legal action against you as you are in effect compromising their network and any data stored on it.

[Mordoran]

http://www.your-freedom.net/index.ph...8psaserv%29%3F for the guide and

http://www.your-freedom.net/

for the main page where you among other things create an acc.

And as for you guys who are aparently more well known than whats good for you and likes to be the kids parents, put a sock in it tbh.

He didnt ask for your advice as to what he should do with his life, he asked for a solution to a problem.


On a little side note, admins usually block the port associated with wow coz they think it sucks up the bandwith, thou in most cases its more likely the torrent guys who suck it up than the wow players.

[Nepenthes]

This is a chance for you to learn some useful networking skills. If you spend some time teaching yourself enough TCP/IP to tunnel through the firewall then you have a head-start on a skillset that is useful if you ever want to work in networking, a nice well-paying career that is only getting more and more important.

Then, once you start selling your firewall bypass method to other students you'll pick up introductory business skills. Soon you'll be ready for your first dot com startup.

Don't look at the problem, look at the potential benefits.

[Malpercio]

To everyone who told the OP to focus more on his studies:
You've obviously never been to high school. Almost everything "learned" is useless and time is much better spent on WoW, for both entertainment and the fact that you learn more.

[Deleted]

This guy hasn't done anything that suggests he might be addicted. Exclaimation marks are pretty much the only thing you have to go by at this point, and that could be as a result of anger for example, and it would be understandable.

A lot of mmo-champion posters often talk about the importance of casual players in the game, and how they themselves enjoy logging on for short periods of time each day and still feel they can get much out of it, and yet when somebody comes here asking for some advice on how to play the game you all start giving him life lessons as though he's a complete addict. Seems incredibly ironic to me.

[Deleted]

While I didn't play any WoW in school, me and some friends played plenty of counter strike and warcraft III, and I had the highest grades in my class. (And no, everyone wasn't playing computergames. )

Not really that difficult as long as you've got some brains.

[Spirion]

I am all for the OP figuring out how to play WoW at school instead of doing school work. In fact, I hope a large majority of kids in high school and below would play more games then study. I mean I will always need someone to take my order at McDonalds, pick my produce, and bag my groceries.

Not to mention the less competition I have for my job means I will get paid more to do it. Sound super fantastic to me.

[roboscorcher]

Too many dictators trying to tell this young man how to live his life. All he did was ask for some firewall tips.

I say, if your prime interest is videogames when you're in high school, why fight it? I remember using proxies with my friends all the time to get by firewalls in high school. Back then, we did get in trouble sometimes, for playing any videogames (even flash) was frowned upon. But yeah, it was actually a social activity (we even passed our abilities on the the 'popular crowd', and we learned a lot about computers and IP's.

Now I'm in university...making video games. The college even has a lounge for our department, full of consoles and PC's. Twenty years ago, no one would have guessed that video games would have a place in "higher learning." Yet, many intellectuals still think that video games don't belong in schools. Using that logic, they should ban board games. And all the sports has gotta go. Games are evil and anti-social, after all...right?

Anyways, I still think you should put learning before gaming. Playing games at school, however, doesn't necessarily mean that you're not doing so.

[Netherinfern0]

Meh, he wants to play wow in his time let him, he'll fail but meh he wanted to play wow and that's what this thread is about not people suggesting things for him, im pretty sure he knows what hes doing or can fit it into his timetable somewhere or either hes retarded and wants to flunk his eggsams.

[Gallatea]

@ OP : sorry dude really wish i could help but i m pretty clueless about network crap so i have no idea how to help you out. But unlike all the other geeks, nerds, wow addicts browsing MMOchamp forum and so on ... i won t be politicaly correct and tell you to study instead!

I personaly spent my time in high school chasing skirts rather than caring about books and grades (that i would definitly advise you to do over playing wow btw) and yet i turned out ok, making a decent living fluent in 2 languages ...

So all that to say, i hope you find a way to keep playing and to all the others ... help the man out rather that handing out advises you wouldn t have followed yourselfs had you been in his shoes.

[Tahmu]

http://www.your-freedom.net/

this will allow you to play for 1 hour, then 5 min break, etc

you're welcome