Do people actually starve themselves to play games like World of Warcraft?

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• Sundial@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Like gambling, gaming can be an addiction that can really affect people’s lives.

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• antmzo220@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When I starve myself for a week and to consume the new game DLC and there isn’t even enough smut (╬ಠ益ಠ)

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• Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I feel like this would be better suited for a WoW sub like the greentext sub and not the general gaming sub.

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  • vonxylofon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This could be any game, and anyway, does this sub get so much traffic it’s a problem?

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    • antmzo220@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Y’all making me hungry for a hermaphrodite mikes sub

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• Jaderick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I agree with Blue. #SetGoldshireFree

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• dogslayeggs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This may or may not be a real screenshot, but it definitely feels accurate based on my time in the game.

  Yes, people would actually starve themselves to play WoW. They will pee in diapers to not stop playing WoW. Definitely not as much now, but 15 years ago some people were seriously addicted to it.

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  • Grangle1@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve been a part of two different friends’ attempts to quit addiction to MMOs. A high school friend had a problem with Everquest back before WoW. His brother recruited us friends to help give him alternative stuff to do like movie and other game nights. We succeeded, and he was able to put the game down. Some college friends and I were not so successful in pulling one of my roommates away from WoW. Activision Blizzard have it literally down to the science of addiction.

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    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I remember EverQuest being called EverCrack back in the day before WoW.

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• etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Some people that play MMOs rely solely on government disability as an income.

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• Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Any way to stop playing is good i guess. Starving sounds like a painful alternative tho.

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  • BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, kinda sounds like he should put the whole game down. That monthly sub isn’t cheap either. Shit adds up.

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    • 7355608@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      While monetarily the subscription is stupid expensive, but several years ago blizzard added a way to pay in-game gold for an item that worth a month’s game time.

      If this person is putting off eating to play they’re would be considered “hardcore” in my opinion. And if that’s the case, they probably have way to get around the monthly cost, or they could have bought mass time all at once on discount.

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