World of Warcraft ruined my life!

World of Warcraft did nothing - YOU did it.
We all did in one way or another.

If not that, then it would have been something else. So, now you are the author of the next chapter of your life.
And it's time to write out something wonderful.

You can do this!

All Is Possible.

I agree with "world of Warcraft did nothing YOU did it." Well said! Yes, my fiance and I were addicts to WOW. Now we have Skyrim. We are more in control.
Its all about control...

I play WoW....well not ATM 'cus I was taking a minimester in college so didn't wanna ruin that lol

yes...WoW can ruin lives...lol

I play it to. I started over 4 years ago anI got to 302 pounds last Jan. I slowed down playing In April and in June I started my diet, I was 275 pounds. I still play but I get my exercise in first. If I dont get the exercise in I dont play. I weight this morning at 184, I hit the gym 3 days in a roll with one day of rest when 2 days with a day of rest. Wow comes after that. Just workout before you play. If my computer was powered from a treadmill, I would have been 120 pounds 3 years ago lol.

Just make sure your exercise is in first and dont eat at the computer and you should be ok.

Hmmm... my husband just started playing WoW... should I be concerned?? Seems like there's a few out there that say the game ruined their marriage and/or their life. What's up with that? Does WoW suck you in so much that you lose passion for your spouse or the ability to turn off the computer and communicate?? Does it brainwash people into getting divorces?? Geez... I might need to throw this game in the trash while hubby's at work!! :noway:

If you play, it may just be something you guys enjoy together. I know my husband and I loved it!

People may say "don't blame WoW" but the kind of online community that WoW forms is what can really drag people in. It isn't the game but it is the bonds players form to their guild mates.
I played a ton of WoW and it wasn't questing or leveling up that drew me in, it was being there for my friends and doing this activity together. Certainly not the healthiest group activity, but one that I had a lot of friends involved with.
I no longer play WoW, really any MMO these days, but I still play a lot of games. What helps me is not turning the computer on until later in the day. I find it harder to turn off. If I have it off then I am more inclined to do other things about the house. Whether that be exercising, cleaning, cooking, etc.

I have never understood how a game ruined anyonesmarriage or made them gain weight. It's a game! That being said I have played WoW for only a cpl of years now since LK came out. Even though I love to play I do not find it hard to break away and leave if my wife wants to go out & do something fun. If she wants to go shopping then yes I would rather stay home & play lol. Plenty of time to get out & walk as well. WoW keeps me from aggravating my wife to death out of boredom so it has probably saved my marriage more than hurt it. lol Everyone needs thier space to get away to. Her's is shopping, mine is WoW. Here's to losing some more weight though on a steady diet which I was lacking.

lol @ this thread. reminds me of the south park episode

haha love that episode!

My son plays WOW all the time. It drives me nuts. I used to limit his time, but he's older now, good grades, stays out of trouble. He has PE and has to walk home from school, so weight isn't a problem..... yet. Do you gamers have any suggestions of how I could lure him away from his games now and then?

Clover, I'd set a time limit. Tell him ya got 2 hours, then ya gotta hit something else. Or something along those lines. Set a timer, that's what we do with our kids. Timer goes off, time to move. Get him interested in other things. If he likes cars, go to a car show or get involved in that. Music...get in a band or join a Drum Corps if he's really dedicated or whatever. He has to have other likes, right?

I played WoW for many years and back this last September I decided I had to quit once and for all (of course I had decided that several times before that and the longest time span away was a year while the others were up to a month or two). While in the end, lack of self-control is the reason for our weight problems..it isn't easy when it truly is an addiction. It wasn't "just a game" after a certain point. It was a job. It was more important than a job. It was my life. My characters were my life and I took a lot of pride in them. I was a huge PVP fanatic with BGs and Arenas and it took all of my time. After getting every class to 85 I had to do arenas with each one every week to get them all the best gear. I had to do as many battlegrounds with my new 85s to get PVP gear so I could do better in arenas and rated BGs (or BGs in general before rated existed).

My point is..it really can make you fat. You don't care as much about reality because the game feels like everything. At least it did for me. It is a slow process, but playing it enough everyday over a long period of time..it just does that. All of my self-esteem and self-worth was in my characters. I knew I was actually a pretty good player, which made it harder when I thought about quitting. I felt like I was losing something very important. Now, that was not true at all, but it is entirely how I felt.

I think certain people are more likely to end up with this kind of addiction, so unless you really have been there, you just don't understand how it can ruin someone's life or relationships. It ruined mine and I have been trying to figure out how I want to live my life without the game since i quit. I feel more exposed now since i actually have to find myself, but it wasn't as hard to quit as I thought and I am so happy I am not playing anymore (even with the temptations sometimes).

Edit: Also, I used to raid back in BC and Wrath and it required even more time than I was already putting in. Raiding also definitely sucks all time out of you, especially in more advanced raiding guilds. However, even after I quit raiding, I just spent all that extra time PVPing instead.