Diablo = linear = eyecandy = short term fun

Diablo is amazing. WoW is amusing enough for the time being. What's the point of this thread by the way?

? Diablo and WoW were anything but short term for me.

Also anyone who would say that diablo qualified as eye candy.... I'd seriously question their judgement.

Well said infronography

My Short term experience with WOW =

9 months of pure addicted bliss.

Arthritis of the wrist and pointer finger, and possibly right elbow.

Sleeping approximately 4 hours a night.

Gaining many virtual friends, losing real ones.

Eating took on a new and habitual routine of sandwich in one hand, mouse in the other. Oh, and a glass of milk.

I had to replace my computer chair because the cushioning flattened out to the point my ass became numb with 2 hours of gaming.

TV became non-existent.

Showering involved 7 minutes of thinking about what I was going to do once I got back to the game world, where my Warrior showered only when chasing Murlocks into the lake!!

Work became nothing more than a space and time that I had to pass through, to get home , and log in to my real Virtual life.

Breaks were taken for 3 things> Sex, Sleep, Work. After each of these I would return back to WOW.

I was so addicted that I even convinced my girlfriend to play, and upon our break up she still plays to this day. That was 2 years ago.

If the internet went down for any reason, at all, my entire next three hours would be spent trying to reset the cable modem, calling the cable company, and checking to make sure, I paid my bill. When they told me there was an outtage in my area, I would speak curses upon them that Satan himself would deem inappropriate.

Family time durning any holiday event was commenced with an awkward feeling of missing something that you want so badly and the desire to get back to it by any means necessary, even if that meant lying to your girlfriends parents and telling them you don't feel well just to get back to your gaming on Christmas Day.



In Closing just let me say, that no one I have known who has played this game, has ever been affected by it only short term, and I can now say that the game has not been installed on my system for more than 1 yr and 9 months.

But the mint condition box, with all its CD's, still sits on my Gaming Shelf, taunting me, beckoning me to install it, just to see, just to ride the Gryphons again, just to sneak through the dark forests, and have the life of an adventurer. Just that little temptation is what I leave in my presence everyday. Staring at me from the Gaming Shelf, the only thing keeping me from opening it is that now I have my life back.

If you had played Asheron's Call you wouldn't be addicted to WoW. It took everything and power above to break from Asheron's Call and really there hasn't been a game that could compare.
Best bet is to just get rid of the disks.
What it took from me was a selling of my account.
I had become the most hated player on Solclaim, the hero of Darktide, and returned to get the highest level character first on Solclaim. Then I gave it all away and my friend got it banned.
I returned a year later and it wasn't the same. It was just to much time.

wow how do you guys get that addicted. i've been playing for atleast 2 years on and off, i raid and that's all i do, but i manage to still go out with my friends and do all the normal stuff you do in your life. you just need to learn how to manage your time and you'll be fine.

And get rid of the disks, sell the account, etc.
Asheron's Call was an amazing game. Turning Traitor and killing my teammates who were protecting the Crystal was probably one of the most interesting and action packed experiences I ever had on a game. Scoring the kill and getting the "You will be hated forever!" from a couple dozen different sources was a blast.
The Politics on Darktide was a real blast too. From full scale wars and raids on towns to going to a noob town and just ridding it of the mid lvl vermin of PK's and preping for the next assault of an even bigger group just to protect a bunch of guys who didn't even understand why they were getting slaughtered in the first place.
I did go back and it wasn't the same Ananan.
But for a time Asheron's Call was a gaming event I have yet to relive or come even close to.

I was addicted to Diablo2 quite badly years ago, and I don't think I could ever go back to playing games like that again.

I'm getting older and I need my sleep =X

Asherons Call is among my top favorite games of ALL TIME. It is no doubt my favorite MMO. I tried WoW once and i couldnt stop comparing it to asherons call which was far superior in every way. To bad the game has lost most of its players nowadays and the game just isnt the same. It actually makes me really sad to hear myself say that.

-- Unfortunately when this game was in its prime.. from what i remember 2000 to 03 maybe i cant be sure i was still very young and i actually remember naming my character the 8 year old kid and just sitting around holtburg looking for a patron. I wish i was older when this game came out... damn. I missed a lot of good times and you just reminded me of what DT was like back then.

lol what is your problem?

Good to see a couple of fellow AC vets chime in. Damn - it's getting to the the point a lot of newer gamers probably don't even remember AC.

I just found my original AC manual a few months ago; it slipped into a box years back and I found it while cleaning. I had a lot of fun leafing through it and remembering old times.

lol - I had dial up when I got it (AC ran silky smooth for me with dial up; hard to imagine today). The total patches were over 60 mb.

I had to start the download one night and let it download all night plus the entire next day before I could play. I got to the point where I cursed those monthly update times.

Interestingly enough - I got paid $10 to try AC. It was on sale for $9.99 at a chain called Hastings with a $20 rebate attached to the box. Sure enough - I did get a $20 check from Microsoft a few months later.

I just read up on AC and it sounds amazing!

I played WoW for 2 years and only just sold my acct a few weeks back as i didnt want to go another year wasting my life on the upcoming expantion.

Just need something to fill the time with now and im not sure WAR is the one.......

aww comon a few months is hardly necro!
These forums have to fill the slack time at work i'd usually spend on WoW forums.

You are probably right, but then WoW i loved for the PvP and i cant really see that being replicated anywhere else...no not even WAR.

I remember playing D2. My mom moved out of her room and into mine because I was always in there on the computer.

D3 should be pretty good but i cant believe there wont be necro's

"Collect 5 mangy wolf hides."

"Why?"

"They're for the kingdom."

"Huh?"

"Look we need them. Go get them and I'll reward you."

"Reward? Sweet. I'll be right back."

"Ok here's the wolf hides. What coolness do I get for my deed?"

"Thanks. You're a hero. Here's 25 experience points."

"Cool. Wait. What do I do with it?"

"You get better. Do things like this over and over until you get 1,394,592 more experience points and you'll get to be level 5."

"Ok great. I guess level 5 is a good thing. What do I get at level 5?"

"I don't know. Probably new powers or something?"

"Ok. So where do I do that?"

"Try that big castle."

"Where?"

"Here."

"Oh ok. New skills you say?"

"Yea. They cost you a lot of gold. You buy them."

"I have to buy powers that I do?"

"Yea."

"Where do I get gold?"

"You kill all the stupid animals around, they drop stuff. You sell it. And you get gold that way."

"What. The. Ef."

*Takes a small bow.*

Cheers,