How did you pay for WoW as a teen?

[Tiev]

My mother paid for it. 14 years ago. Good times.

[jellmoo]

I bet you still ask for permission!

Nah. Being a newlywed means you make mistakes like "asking for permission". After 15+ years of marriage you learn the art of "asking for forgiveness".

[Dalinos]

Convinced my mother a WoW subscription wasn't that expensive when, god-mode 14-year old me, told her that "Mum. It's 12 euroes a month. There's 30 days in a month. That's less than a bottle of water per day (0.5 euroes). Would you say no if I told you every day "Mum, give me half a euro for a bottle of water?" No, you wouldn't. So there's no reason not to pay for this subscription since it is, for all intents and purposes, me asking for a bottle of water every day".

Worked until I graduated Uni. After that, I had to pay for it.

[Jericho21]

Most of us started WoW at a very young age, and we didn't have our own credit cards. How did you pay for WoW when you were young? I basically had a friend pay for me, because he owed me monies. What about you?

subbed with my bank card because I wasn't that fricken young when this game came out. Damn I'm old...

[Doffen]

Nah. Being a newlywed means you make mistakes like "asking for permission". After 15+ years of marriage you learn the art of "asking for forgiveness".

Hehe, well done then sir!

[Garoxxar]

Used my dad's account. he started back when I was like... 10? I'm 25 now and still going, where as he quit during Cata. Sad that he quit, would have loved to keep playing with him.

[Frozenbeef]

Parents most likey..£10 a month to keep your teenager quiet ... money well spent :P

[Asrialol]

Had a Visa Electron, not usable online. Bought camecards until 2008 / Wrath, at which point I turned 18 and got a normal Visa.

[Wrathson]

My parents paid for it.
Back then there was an option to pay it with your internet bill. Probably still possible.

[Gnasnimadan]

Parents paid for it as unlike my brothers I didn't have any extracurricular activities (Football and Judo respectively) so my parents bought me a Gametime card every 2 months (Credit Card is a big nono here)

At the time I felt it was a big ask, turned out I was the cheap one all along

[Packmule]

Started when i was 11, my uncle got me into it, he paid my WoW subscription up untill legion lol, then I thought it was about time i paid for it!

So i think he paid for about 11 years lol

[Azerox]

Was like 15 when wow started and had a job at the supermarket.
Payed it with my own money

[Rngmonster The God]

Back in the days we had the method to pay via Telekom (Germany).. thats how i paid my gametime. My dad was always pissed when there was +65€ extra on the phone bill lol.

[Nutri]

Buying game cards in the store.

Eventually they added an option to buy gametime directly from your account via bank transfer ('06?). Later on expanded with a direct debit option to have a continuous sub going without requiring a credit card. That was for the Netherlands tho, probably different in other countries.

[erifwodahs]

Those now 40 year olds aren't on MMOC, are they? Reading comprehension is great!

If you read any of the comments here you would see that you are wrong.

[Graden]

I was an RTS Warcraft fan. For some reason I had no idea about Vanilla being a thing, until a friend showed me.

Pure shock and awe...I still remember it as if it was yesterday. The thought alone that I would be able to explore my favorite fantasy world in such a way, was something mind-blowing to my teen self.

Good times.

[Lazuli]

I didn't even have my own acc until BC, I used my brothers while he played FF11 then inherited it when I asked if I bought the new xpac if I could just keep the acc since I had a bunch of progress already. After both my brothers quit by cata I had to pay my own sub, not that I couldn't, their card was just usually on their by default and didn't rly think about it. I would have never started if they didn't let me play, I was more into D2 at the time.

[MCMLXXXII]

I was 22 when i started playing, already had a job.

[Bullerick]

Not gonna lie, my mother paid for it until I was like 20. I was always playing and when I started working we just forgot it was on her credit card because I had already played for 8 years at that point. Wasn't a big deal, I just started paying myself when she renewed hers.

[davesurfer]

Those now 40 year olds aren't on MMOC, are they? Reading comprehension is great!

Why so snarky to him, yes we are here and have been here for 10+ years

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Yes, there are. But I said "most of us."

Please share your demographic data


If you think about it, a responsible 16 year old should have at least a part time job to earn money and buy cards at gamestop. I had a CC at 15 actually to start building credit (yes co-signed). So those people don't have to be 40, only 31 or so. So I am not so sure that this foam is majority people who were 14 or younger. But hey could be wrong.