World of Warcraft

[Shugarra 10+ year member]

Woolley knows her son had problems beyond EverQuest, and she tried to get him help by contacting a mental health program and trying to get him to live in a group home. A psychologist diagnosed him with depression and schizoid personality disorder, symptoms of which include a lack of desire for social relationships, little or no sex drive and a limited range of emotions in social settings.

From: http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/mar02/31536.asp

I think that may have had something to do with it. It was an addicting game, no denying that, but you've gotta have other problems going on to kill yourself over a game. The 400,000 other people that play don't seem to be having any problems.

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

haha what a loser!

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

yeah I knew it had something to do with depression and social relationships .....

it's just been so long since anyone has talked about it.

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

haha what a loser!

roflmao i used to play online games like diablo,starcraft, and stuff when i was younger and had nothing better to do but 12hours playing a game a night..thats pathetic

 

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

Many months of my life were invested in Diablo, Diablo 2, and Quake 3 Arena. I just dont have the time anymore to put those kind of hours in a game, wish I did at time though.

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

i found starcraft to be more addicting than diablo/diablo2 when i was like 12-15 i played computer games a lot and most of those alot //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif i got a little older and it became pointless.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Diablo, Diablo 2,

Those were the days.

That's what, about 4-5 years ago now?

- Steve

 

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

1996 for Diablo and 2000 for Diablo 2. That was the last online game I played seriously.

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

battle.net was addicting and all those korean starcraft players were awesome..

 

[Damaso87 10+ year member]

I used to be a friggin Diablo II addict...ah, the good ol days. I hardly even play games anymore. I heard of that kid..., he was the one that quit school and lived by himself for a while, then when the mother called in because she hadnt heard from him, the polica found him dead in his apartment with pizza boxes everywhere. He blew his head off with a double barrelled shotgun, i believe...

 

[Mataes 10+ year member]

seems like everyone is a freakin diablo 2 addict.. i was one for 3 years. now im afraid W.O.W. has filled that void,

i expect to see many addictions and probably some deaths in the news sometime in the near future from this game( its sad, but play it and you'll see why)

 

[Radar 10+ year member]

It sorta ***** now that I have WoW because I basically cant play it. Parents got it for me for x-mas, but I dont have a whole lot of cash, and i cant afford to pay 13-15 a month for online play. I assumed it would probably be like 5-8 bucks. So basically I got it for christmas and have to return it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Qckrun 10+ year member]

It sorta ***** now that I have WoW because I basically cant play it. Parents got it for me for x-mas, but I dont have a whole lot of cash, and i cant afford to pay 13-15 a month for online play. I assumed it would probably be like 5-8 bucks. So basically I got it for christmas and have to return it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

13-15$ a month aint nothing... how come many people are turning down this game because of the month fee? You get a free month... play it and then decide if u dont like it.

 

[TwistedVisions 10+ year member]

I just read that article and i couldnt' stop laughing when i read this....

After playing the game for 36 hours straight, he had a psychotic break because of sleep deprivation, Parker said.

"He thought the characters had come out of the game and were chasing him," Parker said. "He was running through his neighborhood having hallucinations. I can't think of a drug he could have taken where he would have disintegrated in 15 weeks."

Who needs acid when you can just stay up for days straight playing online games?

 

[Radar 10+ year member]

13-15$ a month aint nothing... how come many people are turning down this game because of the month fee? You get a free month... play it and then decide if u dont like it.

For me it is, with little to no income, and having to pay for my college classes and living expenses usually 15 bucks will make the difference.

 

[Mataes 10+ year member]

no, only blizzard has the right to run wow servers, and if you decide to run or join one you get a lawsuite //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif , and they will also come after you if you try and sell their items on ebay.

but yeah you get a 1 month trial, and if you dont like it blizzard will refund your money.