But mainly, never underestimate the power of WoW. In retrospect, reading back, it might seem like WoW would do you no good. I mean, addiction, altoholism, fubar sleeping patterns and little to no social life. C'mon, that can't be good for ya. Or can it?
One thing people forget to take into consideration when talking about (bad mouthing) gamers who take their.. uhm, devotion towards World of Warcraft a bit too far, is the fact that it IS a social game. You are online, playing and interacting with thousands of other players, join guilds and raid communities. In fact, you wont' get very far, or have very fun in the long run, without the help of other players. Not that I am trying to justify or defend people who never go out, never socialize out there in the "real world", because that's not healthy either, I've tried that life. But many of my friendships in WoW have turned into real friendships. People I've met on the outside, in the real world. And you do stand a good change meeting interesting and ingenious people, people you have lots in common with, since you all share a thing in common in the first place: you're a gamer. And there are certain types of people who play MMORPGS, and they tend to have things in common. I even met my dear little honeybunch (*barf*) on WoW. And I probably never would've met him otherwise. So now, we live together and wub eachother, all because of wow. Ain't that cute, huh? And I admit, if it hadn't been for the people online, I probably would've either quit or taking much longer breaks from playing. I know that goes for a lot of people.
(The screenie is from an "in character" wedding between the two standing on left side of a party dressed Wimwicket. I know them both and have met them in real life. )
Well, my point probably is; WoW isn't all that bad, and for most people it only expands your social network instead of limits it. The difference is between the people who dare to take their online friendships offline, and those who wont.
Oh, and never underestimate the power of wanding at low levels. Ups your DPS immensely, at least as a 'lock, and it's mana free!
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