Ok, this essay is my view on why World of Warcraft (WoW) is addictive.<\/p>\n
First, lets split the case to pre level 60 and post level 60.<\/p>\n
These are almost two different games, and I didn’t believe it before I turned 60. I thought I’d play to lvl 60 and quit.
\nI’ve been level 60 for a few months and am still playing, although I
\nhave been considered quitting on several occasions, so my original
\nplans of play till 60 and quit didn’t work.<\/p>\n
So there are two questions:<\/p>\n
1. Why play till lvl 60 ?<\/p>\n
The answer is the same as why climb mount everest ? Because it’s there.
\nWarcraft is a game that many people play, it’s a fun game, online game
\nwhere you interact with other players, and I’ve had to play it and do
\nall the quests like i do in all other RPG’s i play.<\/p>\n
So there’s no big discussion about the first question.<\/p>\n
BUT:<\/p>\n
2. Why play post lvl 60?
\nThe casino effect.
\nYes, World of Warcraft post 60, is like a damn huge casino where you go
\nin the main floor and from all over you here slot machines dispense
\nmoney. In any given moment one person in the casino wins something, and
\nthe casino is built in such a way that you can hear it and think, hey,
\nif they win, so can I !
\nNow, it works in casinos, and it works in Warcraft, why ? because there
\nare MANY people in it, but only ONE person wins at a time while the
\nrest don’t.
\nYou are lead to think that the rewards for winning in warcraft are
\nawesome, and very rare. And they are, that’s what I’ve been slowly
\nbrainwashed while playing the pre-60 game. By the time you get to
\n60, you see all those 60 people with epics (very rare items) and
\nhaving got one yourself, you think: Hey ! I can get more, and be
\nawesome !
\nBut that’s the point. They are VERY rare, but you constantly see people
\nwinning them so you don’t lose hope and you just keep trying more and
\nmore and more to gain these items.
\nBut they are SO rare, that you can’t get them yourself. You have to
\nkeep playing more and more and more, and every time you play you see
\nother people getting items (which you can’t use, but are still very
\nrare). There are your guild friends who keep getting epics, and people
\nin the city bragging about their epics, and you think again : Hey ! I
\nwant this for myself !
\nAnd then when you realize you won’t be able to achieve it anyway, you
\nmeet with a player that has an ALL EPIC item set ! like 20 epic items
\nwhile you have 1, and you get to think that it’s attainable. It’s not.
\nSo you keep playing your addiction thinking you’ll get something on your next trip. You don’t.
\nThat’s why it’s an addiction.<\/p>\n
To conclude :
\nThe house always wins. Blizzard keeps winning 12 euros out of my pocket every month.<\/p>\n
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