CrunchGear

Am I wrong in saying that this is at least a few days old? I remember reading it on digg like, forever ago.

I think that it is very very sad that people are divorcing over a game. I also think it is very very weak for a man or woman not to be able to stop playing World of Warcraft. I have played and I have not played. I play maybe an hour a week or less, am I awesome at the game, no…but I will not give up everything else in my life to play hours and hours in order to be. My significant other is bout to get the boot if thay don’t chill up on the game, its their life and nt mine, so its their choice good home and family of an apartment and WOW, perhaps wow will win, lol. SM

I think WOW is so addicting to some people that they would chose WOW, but lie and say no it was something else that caused my life to fall apart, just as its not the literal Alcohol or Drug or Person, that ruins the relationship it is the persons addiction to it, whatever “IT” may be.

Whatever world this kid lives on/in, your sure to bet that he is one very unpopular and stupid kid! What you people don;t realize is that this is a game, that’s it, a game! When you can’t be happy about spending time outdoors or with the ones you love, that’s when it becomes and addiction. Addictions are never a good thing. I’m sure you love to play this game but I’m also pretty damn sure that you don’t have many friends outside of this virtual world. I feel sorry for you, I truly do and I hope that if you continue to play this game that you don’t take a girlfriend ( if it is even possible for you to get one ). You would only try and bring her down to your level and hope that she too stops enjoying life to it’s fullest. Keep playing kid but hopefully someday you will find that there is more to life

I take it the author of this article/post is none other than a ‘man’? I betcha he spends alot of time with his “palm pilot” too.

i really despise you people! millions of people are divorced worldwide for many reasons but when there is one that mentions WoW, you people couldn’t resist scapegoating it. I bet right now you people are clucking on about how terrible and awful the game is! That is called scapegoating, or is that too big a word for you simple minded people. I am 16 and I play WoW. I also have a beautiful girlfriend and many friends. What you people perceive as a typical WoW player is so stereotypical its hilarious!Grow up

I think what some people are basically saying here, is that when people put this game before every day life, and let it interfere with personal relationships by playing for hours on end, thats a problem. And yes, it could absolutely lead to divorce. You being 16 and having a highschool relationship, living assumingly under your parents roof, may not understand at this point the social awkwardness wow MAY bring into someones life. I’m actually speaking from experience, unfortunately. Here I am pregnant, engaged, and living with my fiance. However, my fiance is addicted to wow, playing it non-stop. This unfortunately is NOT an over-statement. The only time he stops playing is to sleep a couple hours. I have played the game and I myself have a toon. I enjoy it, but like i mentioned, not to the extent that it causes me to neglect my fiance. It becomes sad when I realize I’m not only talking to myself, but sleeping alone, while my fiance is still playing wow, all hours of the night. AND no he does not have a job. So, yeah, I most certainly agree there is an addiction that can come hand-in-hand with this game. It doesn’t have to. But it can. It becomes extremely sad when I have to be scared and put taxi information in my phone , so that when I go into labor, if he is playing wow, and will not pull himself away, I have a fall back.

oh god, I of course am not implying that this addiction is in anyway a good thing. What I am angered at is the fact that when something is WoW related it becomes a much bigger issue!
I feel that, what this divorce comes down to is neglect due to the addiction and not because of addiction to WoW.

My bf of 2 yrs. Is addicted to WoW. I understand how this happens. While I agree that the concept is amazing, and story line is fascinating, it can be very damaging to ones life and outside relationships. Here is what I believe… You must have a pre-disposition to addiction. He played when we met two years ago, but not to the extent he does now. He has had on-line sexual relationships with females, and at one point believed he was ” in love” with a guild member. I have been more than understanding, given up time together, watched him play for hours, and let him maintain friendships with the girls he’s cyber’d with. My decision. Also my decision… To find someone who loves and puts me first before his game. He’s lost his friends because of it, his family because of it and won’t look for a job because of it… Now he can loose me too. Then he can loose his car and his house… But he’ll always have his level 70! I am in the medical field, and this is a true synopsis of what addiction is.

maybe if she was more exciting than a video game she wouldnt have the problem in the first place ;) GIRLS, try making urself look like a female blood elves and learn the dance…. role play it up! lol or tell him if he doesnt stop, ur going to go have ur own 10 man raid in the bedroom…and they are going to wipe on moroes like he does (if u get my drift)

I was addicted to WoW for 2 years…I believe it’s completely possible to become addicted.

Of course anyone else who is addicted is going to side with the husband in this story, they have no idea that anything is wrong.

Those on the outside will have a much better chance seeing what problems can arise from someone spending all their free time in a video game when they have a real life to tend to. This guy deserved to be divorced, now he can be alone and worry about his EPIC Tier 6 gear. So sad…

Get a life people, gaming is not the end all be all.

haha i gotta direct a lol in shauns direction! :D

It goes both ways. My girl friend was addicted to WoW, we both were for awhile. It was hot, a gamer chick, rare magical thing that is. But, when I quit WoW shortly after the expansion she stayed. I didn’t mind in the beginning, but, after a move she didn’t get a job, her weight sky rocketed. She wouldn’t do anything but play WoW. From hours sitting when we would go to the store she would become fatigued after only a half an hour. I was worried about her health and when she refused to spend even a few minutes a day standing, walking, or not sitting in front of the computer I left her. The way she’s going it’s a serious health concern and I don’t think she will survive the looming heart attack..

I know a woman who is so miserable in her life, it’s no surprise her 43+ yr old boyfriend that lives with mom would rather play WOW then go listen to her complain. Life isn’t going to be the Notebook all of the time. We are individuals. If you didn’t like it, you should have stayed single. Marriage doesn’t mean we have to stop our “self”

I am currently dating a WoW addict. For 6 months he played constantly. He stopped going to visit his family,quit 2 jobs, and was so into the game he wouldn’t come to bed with me. We didn’t have sex for 5 months he was so addicted. All that interested him was that stupid game. Although if you talk to him he’ll tell you he wasn’t addicted, he was just filling up his spare time. Even though he only had that spare time free time because he refused to go out and do anything with me. It is as if he doesn’t realize that the sweet, funny man I fell in love with that didn’t play WoW when we first met had left. He didn’t want to go out to dinner or a movie, even if I offered to pay. The sweet things like flowers, or pictures (he’s a wonderful artist) stopped. Finally we decided we wanted to move to a smaller apartment so we would have lesss bills and he finally promised me and his mother 8 months ago to quit playing and he did. Then 5 months later we moved to a new town and he decided it was ok to break his promise and pick the game up again which really hurt my feelings because it was a promise I had trusted him to keep.I mean, I caught him sneaking the game onto the computer and he freaked out about how Im stupid for feeling like I have to compete with a video game. So I don’t beleive anyone when they tell me that the game does not consume people because I have experienced it firsthand through no fault of my own. I know I have tried everything to draw him back into the real world and it didn’t work. NOw I am left with the dilemma of what to do if things start getting that bad again since I know that our relationship hasn’t even recovered from it. Personally if it even gets a quarter as bad as it was, I am giving him an ultimatum..though I am pretty sure my heart will break into pieces when that day comes