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Maressa Hecht Orzack had her share of addiction to computer games, specifically Solitaire - the card game built into millions of desktop and laptop computers. After overcoming her addiction, she now helps other "addicts" to break the habit as an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the Computer Addiction Study Center at McLean Hospital in Belmont.According to Orzack, games like The Sims, Everquest, or the hugely popular World of Warcraft draw millions of fans to wander into the massive online worlds that the games offer. Most of these gamers wander too far and can't seem to find their way out.
Blizzard claims to have more than 6.5 million active WoW subscriptions worldwide. As such, it is one of the most popular MMORPG in the world. Some WoW players admit that their addiction to the game has had negative effects on their family, social life, and even their relationship with co-workers. Hence, the term "World of Warcrack" entered the the gaming lingo.
US Air Force Staff Sergeant Joseph Hitchcock, of Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, shared his addiction experience on World of Warcraft. Due to his addiction to various computer games, his present wife divorced him in 2003. He started dating again but it didn't work out because he would prefer playing WoW than being with his girlfriend. Three months later, he and his wife reconciled and are now expecting a baby.
Blizzard Interactive's chief operating officer, Paul Sams, reacted upon hearing his company product likened to a mind-altering drug. He said that they utilize moderation techniques like when a player logs out of the game for a long time, he will receive an experience bonus, making the fantasy character a little stronger everytime the player takes a few hours off. There is also the parental control feature that limits kids' playtime online to one hour a night.
As for you gamers, we all know that too much of something is not always good. Gamers are advised not to confuse their real self with their game characters. Unlike our real self, these characters only need a potion or something to revive their health. Also, put in mind that we have a life separate from these games, and in focusing too much in these games, we may be putting our health, our social relationship with others at risk. Parents are likewise advised to monitor their children's gaming habits and be able to set a limit to their gaming time so they would be able to focus on other important things like their studies.
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i think people in general have a tendency to be addicted to something be it, drugs, sex, games it just human nature its built in. stalking all kinds of wierd sh1t its just people need some.when you find something be it bad or good it gives your life a purpose. its like how religion can make people crazy stuff ie..9-11 little to obsessed with there cause even if it means death, dont ya think.
well games i taken over my life but whatever.
Some people just have addictive personalities. I play WoW , but i do social things often, and I mostly play WoW with my friends. I exercise, work a job and go to college all while playing WoW and other games. I also Run a Guild in WoW, which if anyone ever has, knows is a full time job.
So some people just need things to survive, need something that they're addicted too, alcohol, gambling, games. It doesn't matter what it is and it's not the items fault, some people are just very prone to being addicted.
"Due to his addiction to various computer games, his present wife divorced him in 2003." Not WoW. I'd have to say though, WoW dissappoints me less than women do, up to the point where people are yelling nerf or buff, etc. PvP for the lose.
It used to say WoW. They fixed it. I know because I had copied and pasted that.
Due to his addiction to various computer games, his present wife divorced him in 2003.
it doesnt say it was because of WOW. it says various computer games
why did they use a guy playing a console as the picture for this?
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