Here's a lesson on WoW and self control.

I have been the only WoW palyer for the past week or so. My two roommates, who were moderate gamers themselves, have been envying after my shiny box of goodness ever since I came home with it. To their woe, one of them just spent a chunk of his precious cash on HL2. The other didn't even meet the system requirement.

Both of them said they were going to wait until after final to get their hands on a copy each. While the first guy would receive his second paycheck then, the second guy would get himself a spanking new system for WoW exclusively.

Fine. Just so long as I could play with them eventually, I don't mind the wait. The Dwarven warrior needs rigorous training to prepare for the imminent journey to Darnassus.

I woke up today, stepped into the room of one of my roommates, and what did I see? WoW collector's edition sitting comfortably on his desk. He had this distrubingly tender look on his face while carassing the box with its plastic wrap still on.

My other roommate was drawn by all the commotion, and came over with HIS own Collector's edition. "What happened to the promises you guys made?!" To that, they simply shrugged. "We're not going to open it though, we're going to wait until after final." Yeah sure, that flimsy mental barrier of theirs broke down in about 10 to 20 minutes. As the first guy unwrapped his copy "just to listen to the soundtrack cd", he began to lose control. Eventually, he decided to buy a temporary low-end graphics card tomorrow just to start playing.

The other roommate laughed at him for lack of self control. But five minutes later I walked in on him with a pencil in his hand just poked through the plastic wrap.

Lesson learned: Screw self-control.

Stop it, stop it... I can''t take anymore of this... I was holding off until after the finals too... but that is too much... next thing tomorrow morning I''m getting my fair share of WoW... who cares about grades....

That''s like me and Internet forums.

Oops, I did it again...

Be careful I almost failed out of the Naval Academy because of the original Civilization - actually all three of us (my room mates) had issues that finals week...

Oh we''ll be fine. I think one of my roommates is studying right now...
*Peeks into his room*
...with the manual on his lap. We''ll be just fine.

I look and feel like hell today because I only got 4 hours of sleep last night(averaged only 5 the past 4 nights too). But hey!, level 20 and a blacksmithing skill of 135 is more important!!! right??

""But five minutes later I walked in on him with a pencil in his hand just poked through the plastic wrap.""

My mother caught me doing something similar once. I was so ashamed.

I know how you feel Flux, I''ve been willing myself to make it to bed by 1:00am this week...

"Flux" wrote:

I look and feel like hell today because I only got 4 hours of sleep last night(averaged only 5 the past 4 nights too). But hey!, level 20 and a blacksmithing skill of 135 is more important!!! right?? :hump:

And now it''s 6:46 in the morning. I feel like sh*t from 5 hours of non-stop typing, as a philosophy paper is due today. (Don''t worry SpyNavy, it was all final studying before 1AM ) Falling asleep feels like such a nice thing to do, but then I really want to get my Dwarven Warrior past lvl 15, finish making six copper axes and belts, and get that shiny new armor plan. What to do?

I am so glad I was out of college before I took up PC gaming as a hobby. I don''t know what would have happened if that temptation was dangling in front of me. My grades would have taken a beating that''s for sure.

They''re in need of help. How long before people are championing Online Games Anonymous?

I hear that''s a guild in EQ...

Sadly not only online games can get you hooked. I actually spent most of my first semester of University playing Civ 3 when it came out. ""Just one more turn"" often turned out to be around 60 other turns and after those sixty I''d want to play ""Just another turn"". Hehehe... but seriously, me and my roommate are both waiting after finals to get WoW.

To make sure I wouldn''t break that self-promise, I went to EB and asked the manager if he could find a way to make sure that none of his employees would sell me a copy before the 21st. Unfortunately just lokked at me strangely, burst into laugh and went away.

Ha, ha...I just felt my first pain last night; I had, for the first time since I got WoW- a fully functional good system and some straight-line playing time; when the smoke cleared at 2:00 AM (I haven''t done that in *years*)...I was a Level 7 Human Cleric, trying to get the Invisibility potion ingredients for the quest in Goldshire.

Everything *everything* you folks have said about the game is true; it is beautiful; it is stable; it is straightforward; it has a *lovely* assortment of quests...and it is, ah, ""addictive"".....

And, ""I''m OUT THERE, Jerry, and I''m lovin'' every minute!""

"Momon" wrote:

Sadly not only online games can get you hooked. I actually spent most of my first semester of University playing Civ 3 when it came out. ""Just one more turn"" often turned out to be around 60 other turns and after those sixty I''d want to play ""Just another turn"". Hehehe... but seriously, me and my roommate are both waiting after finals to get WoW.

To make sure I wouldn''t break that self-promise, I went to EB and asked the manager if he could find a way to make sure that none of his employees would sell me a copy before the 21st. Unfortunately just lokked at me strangely, burst into laugh and went away.

I know but I was making it relevant for the main game we''re talking about.

Ah ok... sorry, no offense meant. Now I''ll sadly return to studying.

I did flunk out of college. Well, not all because of computer games but also because of volleyball, baskteball, beer, and the beach but hey, they played their role!

All of the SSI gold box games came out in my first years of college. Also, Wing Commander and Wing Commander 2 and Mechwarrior became available at that time. How could I not flunk out?

I look and feel like hell today because I only got 4 hours of sleep last night

Thats what I get every night (newborn you know)

Its actually working out really well, I take the 3 in the morning feeding so I can play WoW for an extra hour. Everybodys happy :).

"phragged" wrote:
I look and feel like hell today because I only got 4 hours of sleep last night

Thats what I get every night (newborn you know)

Its actually working out really well, I take the 3 in the morning feeding so I can play WoW for an extra hour. Everybodys happy :).

This is bad. I actually feel jealous.

"Thirteenth" wrote:

As the first guy unwrapped his copy ""just to listen to the soundtrack cd"", he began to lose control.

In all fairness, the soundtrack does kick much ass.

The soundtrack is very good... I agree... I listen to it often on my drive into work...

I look and feel like hell today because I only got 4 hours of sleep last night

Thats what I get every night (newborn you know)

I never realized, when I gave birth 2 years ago, that what I was really doing was training for Wow. It''s all so clear to me now.