Comments on: Ex-Blizzard Employee Divorces Husband Over WoW

By: Mike S.

Mike S. — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:30:26 +0000

See, this wouldn’t have happened if you downloaded RoM for him. (Runes of Magic)

By: Fake Fakerson

Fake Fakerson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:05:11 +0000

Maybe he was playing WoW to escape his bitch wife. We don’t know.

By: pocket watch

pocket watch — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:18:47 +0000

Alrighty folks time for a little rant from a WoW player (a non-idiotic WoW player)
Addiction runs in my family, both my moms and dads side, drugs on my moms (her siblings) and booze on my dads (just about everyone. I play WoW, however on my list of priorities its last on the list.
I have an addictive personality, usually in the form of games and caffeine (as such I have almost vowed never to drink…booze that is) I can play a game days at a time (examples are usually RPGS, morrowind, jade empire, mass effect and fable are examples of ones that really dug into me) then suffer from physical withdraw afterwords I still play them, but ONLY and ONLY if I have the time, I still will do my school work, hang out with friends, and get shit out of the way before I play. Gaming is my hobby, its what I do to relax, for example. After typing this, I am going to read a chapter of my phil 2100 text, then my work is done for the day. Then I will pay WoW for an hour or two to relax.

WoW is addictive, my brother almost failed a semester, got on academic probation because he played it so much, he has since graduated and only plays when he can, which might be 3 hours a week. WoW is addictive, but you have to a god damned fool to let it get a hold of you like that.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:38:57 +0000

you are all losers.. wow is for losers

By: No Name

No Name — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:00:48 +0000

My husband and I both play WOW…Let me tell you from experience we almost got divorced over the game…We have been married over 15 years. I know my husband and people to say that the game is not to blame is true in a sense, however it’s the most addictive game I have ever played in my life. He would even eat dinner at his computer while playing WOW…The issue is self control and what is important in his life otherwise the GAME WILL WIN.

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By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:09:04 +0000

It’s a sad story, similar to many I have heard over at our forums.
When you are deep into the WoW obsession, it’s so hard to look up and see what is going on in the real world.
The fantasy that the gamer creates becomes immensely rich and rewarding, and asking them to give it up for real life, can obviously be tough.
As it deepens, the gap between reality (becoming more problematic) and the fantasy world (becoming more powerful) widens.
I believe that MMO’s are highly addictive and damaging, and there needs to be a solution for gamers who feel trapped. That’s why I created a support site specifically for gamers who feel trapped and lost and want to get out.
Head on over and add your story.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:40:59 +0000

My husband is addicted to WOW and it is putting a great strain on our relationship. We have other problems in our relationship and I know that he is playing so much WOW to escape from all of that but it makes things 1000 times worse. I thought eventually he would stop playing so much like computer games in the past but 4 years later he has shown no hint of cutting down on his WOW time. He plays everyday unless there is some unavoidable event which stops him from playing and when he doesn’t get to play he is tense and snappy.
I think that individuals have to take responsibility for their actions but surely the companies who design games to be addictive so that they keep people paying their subscription have some responsibility for the situations they are creating.

By: Gianna

Gianna — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:25:26 +0000

Its true buddy,, it is an additive thing… and its here to stay.. more and more ppl are entering the world of MMORPGs and getting addicted.. and it affects their real life too..

By: n

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:31:13 +0000

I lived practically the exact same experience. My husband and I were so happy and in love. I even played WoW for time to get closer to bond with him and understand it, but that was before he went overboard. I can relate to everything she said. My husband playing EVERY moment of the day, giving up friends, family, finances, and eventually losing his job. I begged for counseling and went by myself would he would not go. After I left him he apparently went to counselor and got his life together. But he wouldn’t do it when his family and I beged him to. I, also hate WoW.

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:09:01 +0000

Well said Serulin!!! I play WoW too and think it’s the coolest game ever, but I don’t go nuts and stuff. It’s just a cool game I play for some hours here and there during the week. Better than watching crap shows on TV.

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:02:21 +0000

You’re a retard if you think that addiction is the same as doing something a lot, because it’s fun and you’re having a good time doing it! Someone said something like “all the friends I have, who started playing it are still playing”……..maybe that’s because it’s a really great game that’s fun to play. I’m sure you have something you do a lot too, because you think it’s fun. Anytime you have 10 mill. people doing something, there’s bound to be some extreme cases. You can abuse anything. There’s nothing better than a nice cold beer on a hot summer day, but if I drink 30 beers every morning then it’s probably not so good. Live responsibly and don’t go around blaming everything…ESPECIALLY when you have no clue of what you’re blaming!!!!!

I’m out, WoW is calling;)

By: serulin

serulin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:23:23 +0000

Its quiet sad really, for all those “guys” out their that are so weak mentally that they let a GAME run their lives. And to giveup pussy for that. Such a shame To all you ladies out there, if u got some bf or husband like that And youv tried talking to them / getting help and even mentioning breakup and they still dont budge, Its time to leave. Its no different from people on crack, (an addiction) if youv tried up to that point and they still put the game before you. I have tons of friends who play wow and alot of them are addicted, I myself only play a couple hours a night (randomly) but my wife and other more important real life events come first. I must applaud blizzard though, to the mastermind who created such a trap for the weak minded. Its like the manufactors of energy drinks who are slipping alcohol in the drinks and not listing it in the ingredients. The author of this article is 100% correct though. It is not blizzards fault, you cannot blame them for providing it, it is the gamers fault. Exactly like the fat people who tried sueing mc donalds for selling fast food, for offering it. COME ON PEOPLE, NOBODY IS FORCING U TO BUY IT, TO EAT IT OR TO PLAY IT ITS UR OWN FU*#KING CHOICE. And wow is no exception. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MOTHA F*CKAS

By: Sick of WOW

Sick of WOW — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:26:26 +0000

Ok so I came on here just to see what everyone else has said. I also need to vent out to someone because when I vent to the person I am trying to reach I get no reaction and so at least maybe someone will see this and maybe change something in there lives. I am with this guy and we haven’t been together that long. At first he came out and said he likes to play this game wow like 3 nights a week no biggy, he seemed to actually want to spend more time with me so when he said he was going to play I had no problems with it. So we end up moving in with eachother and for the past month it has been non-stop almost everyday I am getting to the point where I can’t take it anymore. I am so sick of trying to tell him how I fell and how I don’t want to come 2nd to a stupid game. He always has some slick response to calm me down at the time but guess what the next day it is the same BS over again then last night he actually turned it around on me saying that he didn’t play all day because he wanted to spend time with me because he might be leaving to go work for the next few days out of town so I requested that we actually spend the night just the 2 of us and he was in que at the time I said do you really need to play tonite he says nope I said well it would be nice to just hang out tonite and got no response, I had to give my daughter a bath and when I came out he was on and playing so I got a little upset and hurt that it didn’t seem to matter that I had asked him to not play just one nite. So he ended up playing for 4 hours and then got off around 11 so then we watched a movie and that was it for the nite. Then this morning at 9 he gets up and went right to logging in and has been there all day it is now 3:50pm and nothing has been acomplished for the day. I am at my wits end and do not know what else to do or say???

By: CHICK GAMER!! =o

CHICK GAMER!! =o — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:56:00 +0000

OMG guys. yeah. I play wow. Mintae, silver hand server. might only be 36, but I play. ^.^

to all you ass hole guys who think that she didn’t try enough, SCREW yourselves, please. =) I grew up with my MOTHER play Ever Quest and Ever Quest 2 and then wow. through middle school and high school, if I ever asked her for anything while she was on any of those games, she’d look at me and say ‘what is so fucking important that you had to interupt me from this!?” and it usually wasn’t even a raid! I mean seriously; if you actually do that to your child, imagine you, nine years old, wanting mommy’s or daddy’s attention, and getting screamed at because he’s playing a video game.

I play WoW, but not that obsessively. I quit for 5 months for schooling. Now i get back on to say hi to friends and kill things in battlegrounds. it amuses me if I don’t have anything better to do.
get over it.

<3 moi

By: Broken Hearted

Broken Hearted — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:32:01 +0000

This story matches mine…except it’s Second Life (SL) instead of WoW. He actually met someone in this virtual world and started talking to her in real life. How can I compete with someone who is addicted? I’m waiving my white flag.

By: Elyas

Elyas — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:54:12 +0000

Does this guy even read these comments

By: maplegal

maplegal — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:45:50 +0000

I admit its hard having my husband play WoW, we have been married 5 yrs but he only started playing a month ago. Still, sometimes he does stay up rather late playing it which is particularly hard for me at the moment because right now we live at my grandfathers house in 2 rooms though we can be in the rest of the house, our part is just the two rooms. He doesn’t get home from work till 1 am at the moment. Sometimes he gets snippy at me when I tell him to please come to bed ( his monitor keeps me awake) If we had our own place, which I hope we can in the new Year Wow will bother me less. I do manange to pull him away from it and we do stuff. I like games a lot too, I play them also but I can hit Save and walk away. Wow doesn’t seem to have a real save option,though you can leave it or a Pause button. He wants me to play but its just not my thing. If I played our living space would become overcrowded with dirty clothes and dishes. But there are a lot worse things he could do in the middle of the night on his machine and he doesn’t and I am happy for that. Wow keeps you out of trouble in that aspect.

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:32:55 +0000

I am a wow gamer and i am not addicted to it.I was told repeatedly by people that you cant play without getting addicted.Thats not true,i have quit playing for a year,played a little,then quit playing another 6 months.someone can get addicted to tv,xbox,and many other things its not just wow.

By: Gamer X

Gamer X — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:55:36 +0000

You have just lost a precious gift in your real life peter. If i knew someone was addicted and that could cause such a serious damage on u, i would have even let the pc on fire rather than the dumbass way of throwing cd into the trash. These retards need to get a life. I feel sorry for her.