Quitting WoW

[Extreme586]

So I really want to quit wow. I have been playing for 2-3 years now and its been fun but my lack of a social life outside of the virtual world is starting to get to me. I've probably only "quit" for like a month at the most and since then I've been hooked. Now I'm going to go the distance and delete everything along with a random password change that I won't be able to remember. Is there anyone on this forum who has gone through the same thing? If so how has your life been changed? Also any tips on how to stay away from WoW are appreciated too, thanks!

[Rayquaza]

I had to quit Runescape. Much easier than expected, I did the random password thing and canceled my membership, then never went on it. I'm sure WoW has a CD, why not crack the CD? That way you can only play it if you buy another.

[Devonb97]

I had to quit Soul Calibur... My mom broke my disc because I was playing it too much ;/

[Ambrosia]

When I was a junior in high school I met a young man with a WoW addiction. I didn't realize it at the time, but it turned out to be true. We began dating and this is when I realized that there was an issue. He would stay up all night (On school nights!) playing WoW and would "miss the bus" the next morning, promising his mother he would catch a ride with a friend when she jetted off to work, and then stay home to continue playing WoW. He would literally sit in his room in his underwear, surrounded by filth and half eaten food, playing WoW. At one point, while I was staying at his house for a day while his mother was gone engaging in general activities, I walked into his room after making something to eat just to find him playing WoW naked.
I made him quit and, for a while, he actually didn't play. But a few weeks later realized he was beginning to miss school again. I had a friend of mine take me to his house unsuspectedly just to find him doing what? Playing WoW. He spent hundreds upon hundreds of real-world cash on this game and, sadly for his 18 year old self, I was his only girlfriend ever. I broke up with him shortly after this. He has not yet stopped playing, two years later, and has not kept one steady job, one spare dollar, or ever even gotten a girlfriend.

No joke here. I am super serious. WoW is horrid.

Im Losing My BF To WoW (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWJ69j0Qpm8)

[Origami]

I'll admit for the sake of this topic that I was and still am addicted to my computer. The internet, I can't stay away from it. I advise finding a few friends who will help you overcome it as I did. A running partner when I did track and to this day helps me get up and out in the early mornings to stay in shape and avoid wasting all day on the computer. My girlfriend for over two years always has something planned for us to do, even if we're angry with one another to keep me out of the house and with her. My best friend and I hook up two to three times a week either in my town or his to hang and get out since we'd both loaf around otherwise. Some extra support and good habits could help you overcome it or keep it at bay. Changing your password (if you want it gone completely) and breaking the disc is a good idea, also making a new email with a random password to reroute the account to will help you to avoid using any password recovery systems to play the game again.

Find a new hobby that involves you getting up and away from your computer such as athletics or arts. Hope it helps.

[HunterSteele]

I stopped playing WoW because it was too boring. I'd read stories like Fuchsia's before and thought there must have been something special about the game to make people do that, but convincing myself to keep playing it was the hard part. I'm told it gets better as you progress, but I don't know about that.

[Jean Poutine]

No, it gets better as you don't progress.

I've found that leveling characters is actually the most fun part. Succeeding in WoW's endgame is 5% about skill and 95% about who you know. I've gotten items jacked off me too often to even count because the one who wanted it "needed it more" (lol @ disc priest needing spirit more than a holy priest in WotLK) and also happened to be the guild leader's butt buddy.

It's pretty annoying having to carry the GL's girlfriend doing 1.2k DPS with you and watching her get fed all those tasty agi items while your 3k+ DPS rogue sits there, empty-handed and looking sad. Those numbers seem low because I'm talking WotLK Naxxramas-is-the-endgame stage which is the only one I've ever bothered with.

This won't happen in better guilds but you have to get in trash and shine to get to better guilds. Unless you happen to know people. WoW is just a shit game.