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02-15-2008, 09:04 PM
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News, Wedding Woes: The Dark Side of Warcraft. Popular online PC game is causing marital discord.
Although best-selling online role-playing game World of Warcraft boasts over ten million subscribers, it's also leaving in its wake an increasing list of casualties.
Even though she's never played the game, 28 year-old Jocelyn is one of the fallen. A well-spoken California resident, she divorced her husband of six years after he developed a crippling addiction to the smash online RPG.
Wedding Woes: The Dark Side of Warcraft - Video Game Feature - Yahoo! Video Games |
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02-16-2008, 01:17 AM
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nothing to say
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World of Warcraft is wrecking homes...
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02-16-2008, 03:32 AM
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Not a member
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Jocelyn recalled one particular incident that was typical of Peter's habits. "I had set aside 30 minutes for us to watch a television show together, and he couldn't. He was stuck on a raid, and completely failed to understand why I was upset," she said.
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Kind of humorous taken out of context, eh? |
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02-18-2008, 11:52 AM
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That game is this generations D&D
Quite nerdy
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02-18-2008, 11:56 AM
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Atheism is not a religion
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Okay, I've said it before and I'll say it again:
WoW is not the problem. The problem is someone with an addictive personality. If you can't control yourself over something, then that's your weakness and not the fault of whatever it is you crave. If it wasn't WoW, then they'd be bleating about how something else ruined their marriage. Whatever...
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02-18-2008, 12:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RoaminRed
WoW is not the problem. The problem is someone with an addictive personality. If you can't control yourself over something, then that's your weakness and not the fault of whatever it is you crave. If it wasn't WoW, then they'd be bleating about how something else ruined their marriage.
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Yep. Contrary to the headline in the OP, it is highly unlikely that WoW is the cause of any marital discord.
Maybe it was the symptom that broke the camel's back - but look elsewhere for the root cause. |
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02-18-2008, 12:29 PM
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Atheism is not a religion
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Originally Posted by b. frank
Yep. Contrary to the headline in the OP, it is highly unlikely that WoW is the cause of any marital discord.
Maybe it was the symptom that broke the camel's back - but look elsewhere for the root cause.
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Besides which, she always had the option of playing WoW herself, leveling up a character, and then kicking her husband's character's butt and taking all his lewt. 
Yes, I'm being flippant. LOL |
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02-18-2008, 01:08 PM
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Guess who? :)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RoaminRed
Besides which, she always had the option of playing WoW herself, leveling up a character, and then kicking her husband's character's butt and taking all his lewt.
Yes, I'm being flippant. LOL |
RoaminRed...you make an excellent point...LOL. |
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02-18-2008, 01:32 PM
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Atheism is not a religion
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Originally Posted by eyhossenlopp
RoaminRed...you make an excellent point...LOL. |
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02-18-2008, 09:56 PM
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nothing to say
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mayor_McCheese
That game is this generations D&D
Quite nerdy
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It doesn't touch AD&D. Pen and paper. No video games. Old-school nerd stuff. Nothing out there today is the same. |
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