How to quit an MMORPG
One of my WoW playing friends sent me a link to this article over at Life Tutorial this morning. The title? How to Quit an MMORPG. After assuring me that he wasn't trying to give me a hint, I went ahead and read the article.
While these kind of articles are a dime a dozen these days, and yes, the piece does have a few typos, and some of the advice seems drawn directly from a psychology 101 textbook, the article does have an interesting suggestion towards the end...the author actually recommends playing other videogames to help you break a potentially destructive MMORPG habit.
One of my old guildies, who I still keep in contact with, did exactly that. He realized WoW was taking up far too much time, but he didn't have another, less involved, time waster to take its place. What did he do? Having never owned a console before, he went out, bought an XBox 360 and just started playing fun, low commitment games. He said he enjoys messing around for an hour at night with Ghost Recon or Geometry Wars, then he goes to bed. No guild runs to commit to, no 24 hour community to worry about.
Is playing other videogames the easiest way out of a MMORPG addiction? Do you know anyone who has quit recently after having realized WoW was playing havoc with their priorities? Any tips for people that might be thinking they are playing too much?
