I was really badly addicted to everquest. I played it an average of 10 hours / day for almost 3 years. I had some money on bank that i lived on for the period. Its not like you spend much money when the only thing you do is sitting all day infron of the computer. I never graduated from high school because of everquest. Maybe i was lucky but everything turned out well for me anyway. Because of everquest i ended up in dublin and had lots of fun there for a year. When i came back to sweden i started studying web development and now i have a really good job.
I have played alittle WoW, everquest 2 and other mmorpgs but its not as fun anymore, thsoe games suck if your not an addict, and i think that people will get tired of playing mmorpgs after awhile. So its not like being addicted to heroine or nicotine, even though it can be very destructive during the years you are addicted.
I was quite young when i played but i guess its much worse for older people that have jobs and family. I know a few people that lost everythign because of everquest, but they didnt really complain becuase now they could play as much as they wanted =P
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I was really badly addicted to everquest. I played it an average of 10 hours / day for almost 3 years. I had some money on bank that i lived on for the period. Its not like you spend much money when the only thing you do is sitting all day infron of the computer. I never graduated from high school because of everquest. Maybe i was lucky but everything turned out well for me anyway. Because of everquest i ended up in dublin and had lots of fun there for a year. When i came back to sweden i started studying web development and now i have a really good job. I have played alittle WoW, everquest 2 and other mmorpgs but its not as fun anymore, thsoe games suck if your not an addict, and i think that people will get tired of playing mmorpgs after awhile. So its not like being addicted to heroine or nicotine, even though it can be very destructive during the years you are addicted. I was quite young when i played but i guess its much worse for older people that have jobs and family. I know a few people that lost everythign because of everquest, but they didnt really complain becuase now they could play as much as they wanted =P