world of warcraft addiction

World Of Warcraft ‘more addictive than crack cocaine’ as teenager suffers convulsions after 24-hour-long game | Mail Online

An internet computer game has been condemned as being as addictive as cocaine after a teenager who played it 24 hours non-stop had convulsions.

World of Warcraft has been hugely successful in capturing the imagination of players by drawing them into a virtual universe of battles and quests.

However, it is at the centre of a growing problem of computer game addiction.

Why do people always have to go crazy over the top with their analogies or similes or whatever they are? What a ridiculous statement to say World of Warcraft addiction is similar to cocaine addiction. World of Warcraft is much more like maybe sugar or coffee in its addictive qualities.

1. World of Warcraft kind of seeps into your life rather than giving you an immediate but short lived high.
2. World of Warcraft is much cheaper than cocaine. What? Maybe 3 or 4 trips to Starbucks a month max.
3. World of Warcraft does not immediately delve you into illegal activity. Well ok maybe if you decide to take the quick and easy way out and buy gold or powerleveling or even a whole account off eBay or something like that.
4. World of Warcraft is not typically life threatening. Not immediately anyway. Perhaps years of sedentary free time might have an impact, but still…
5. Word of Warcraft makes you international friends. To get that out of cocaine, you probably have to start dealing.
6. World of Warcraft does not impair your ability to drive or operate heavy machinery. Not unless your muscles atrophy to a crazy level at least.
7. World of Warcraft addiction does not make your nose bleed.
8. You’ll never burn your face off with World of Warcraft addiction like Richard Prior did.
9. World of Warcraft never familiarizes you with needles and self injection.
10. World of Warcraft is much more prevalent. I doubt cocaine can claim 11 million accounts world wide.

So there you have it. World of Warcraft may be be addictive, but not like cocaine. No, not at all. People are just nuts when then come up with stuff like the above. You’ll have to excuse me now. I have to log in…

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