However with majority the of successful and popular games there will be some kind of issues with the game. Luckily World of Warcraft is not as controversial as call of duty or GTA in some ways however with so many people being "addicted" to this game there are obviously some repercussions.
In a lot of these kind of games it does not matter how much of a good person you are there will always be somebody who is out to ruin somebody else's day. In World of Warcraft there are many ways to ruin somebody else's fun and enjoyment. Such as being to over powered in PVP or blocking off the mailbox so people can't send stuff to there other characters or in some cases stealing a piece of equipment in the the game what may have something like a 0.5% drop chance and you can only do this thing once a day for maybe 2 weeks. While such things may really annoy you, you should be able to distinguish between reality and the virtual land in World of Warcraft. Unfortunately not everybody can.
The estimated time most players play on World of Warcraft exceeds 20 hours a week although Blizzard (the creators of World of Warcraft and other games) have never released a official average of the average play time per account.
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| Blocking the mailbox in a major city in World of Warcraft |
Whilst doing such things in WoW may seem trivial to people like me and you there are people who take this game far too seriously. A few years back i was well and truly addicted to this game, i used to play for up to and over 72 hours a week and from what i can tell there are still people who take the game more seriously than i did. I still play the game so y views may be biased in some ways considering i have been playing the game since 2005 ( i would've been 7 years old when i started playing).
The video below is compilation of people taking World of Warcraft far too seriously. Although the majority of the people play World of Warcraft with a certain degree of consideration and restraint these people obviously do not. I hate to stick to common stereotypes in but the people who play World of Warcraft in the top guilds probably do not have a job and they devote there lives to play this and be the best. Which is tolerable to some degree but this has obviously got to the point where it effects there social skills. I'm pretty that if you were talked to in this manner whether in a game or real life It'd put you off from doing what ever activity you were doing ever again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWh-2db3ml0
A real examples of somebody who was addicted to world of warcraft:
http://www.blastr.com/2013-6-13/mom-whose-kid-died-while-she-played-world-warcraft-goes-jail
A real examples of somebody who was addicted to world of warcraft:
http://www.blastr.com/2013-6-13/mom-whose-kid-died-while-she-played-world-warcraft-goes-jail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2977817/Video-game-fan-coughs-blood-drops-dead-Shanghai-internet-caf-playing-World-Warcraft-straight-19-hours.html
In addition to these there has been many cases over family breakup due to this game.
However World of Warcraft also has positive effects and some surprisingly useful and interesting scenario's what has been developed since it was released.
The corrupted blood incident:
Back in the 1st expansion for the game there was a disease what you could get in the raid Zul Gurub whilst fighting the last boss. It was only supposed to be active in the raid however when the pets from the warlock or hunter contracted the disease it did not disappear when teleport out of the raid therefore allowing it infect entire cities. As a result all low level players in that were in the infected area died almost instantly. There have been many case studies involving this incident as it resembled a real life epidemic. This event spread to even the starting zones which as a result put off new people from playing.
In addition to these there has been many cases over family breakup due to this game.
However World of Warcraft also has positive effects and some surprisingly useful and interesting scenario's what has been developed since it was released.
The corrupted blood incident:
Back in the 1st expansion for the game there was a disease what you could get in the raid Zul Gurub whilst fighting the last boss. It was only supposed to be active in the raid however when the pets from the warlock or hunter contracted the disease it did not disappear when teleport out of the raid therefore allowing it infect entire cities. As a result all low level players in that were in the infected area died almost instantly. There have been many case studies involving this incident as it resembled a real life epidemic. This event spread to even the starting zones which as a result put off new people from playing.
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| The corrupted blood incident, Hundreds of skeletons marking where hundreds of players died. |
Teamwork and Communication
When fighting the numerous bosses in World of Warcraft you will need good communication skills and teamwork in order to beat them. If you and the leader and all of the other members lack these then it may may cause your whole group to die in one attack. It may be that a member is given a bomb which will blow up the whole dungeon or raid and the only way to survive is by moving away from the group or to the group to share the damage or if a boss is about to hit everything around it and to survive you must huddle together or hide behind cover. If your leader and group lack these two elements then you will fail. Which is why i believe that by playing this game you can learn how to communicate properly with your boss and/or colleagues to confront and beat a problem. The same goes with teamwork since a functioning workforce requires teamwork and good communication to earn a profit and keep there jobs. Both of these two skills are vital when you are at work or if you are not.
Experience
Since World of Warcraft is on a PC it will give you more experience than those who don't use a PC in a job. I'm saying by playing the game it'll aid you but i'd imagine that all PC gamers would have greater experience in using them than those who don't because it'll familiarize them with using the machines. This'll prove to be useful in a workplace because since the technology and usefulness of the PC is always improving we may see PC's becoming more popular in a job than what it is already.
Bonding
In this game there are huge amount of opportunity's to bond and have fun with other players. Some players join guilds for fun and to take part in some of the more difficult raids. Usually guilds are social areas where players can participate in guild chat and the guild can set up special events like dueling arenas or social gatherings. In addition to this there are RPing servers (Role Playing). This where you stay in character when you play. example of a orc "zug zug kill the humans". I've always found that Role playing servers are quite fun when you meet other players. Just be aware of Goldshire (a place in World of Warcraft) there is a brothel *note this is only on role playing servers* and it is really weird especially in a 12 rated game. That is the reason why i don't let my brother and sister play on a role playing server. My parents and uncle also play this game and i believe that aside from the odd things what happen it is generally a friendly game and family friendly.
Fun
Above all of the things i've put i believe that this is a really fun and interesting game and i would recommend this to anybody. This is because i believe it is a brilliant pass time and so long as you don't make your whole life revolve around the game.
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| Here we have herd of cow men (tauren's) bowing at somebody. This a RPing guild in a friendly meeting |
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| This is probably what happened afterwards... |
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