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Woman files for divorce. The reason? too much WoW
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:01 amby Great Pretender
Woman files for divorce. The reason? Husband plays too much World of Warcraft. It seems that World of Warcraft is the cause of yet another relationship breakdown. A gal named Jocelyn has divorced her husband of six years citing a crippling Warcraft addiction as the main cause.
"He would get home from work at 6:00, start playing at 6:30, and he'd play until three a.m. Weekends were worse -- it was from morning straight through until the middle of the night," she told Yahoo! Games in an interview. "It took away all of our time that we spent together. I ceased to exist in his life."
The sad thing is, Jocelyn herself had an unwitting hand in her marriage's downfall. A former Blizzard employee (she didn't work on Warcraft), she gave her husband the game as a Christmas gift when it first came out in 2004. Nine months later and their relationship was already beginning to crumble. According to Jocelyn, her husband's obsession caused him to not only ignore her, but he stopped taking on any household responsibilities in his quest for the next big raid.
So, word of warning Warcrafters: be sure to make time for your loved ones. No game, raid or copious amount of in-game currency is worth the loss of your relationship.
thoughts? and
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:05 amby brooksieb
well i can understand why she is divorcing him if he is innactive why keep the marriage but if she isnt being firm she shud try to be more assertive if she isnt
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:43 amby 0ojakeo0
rofl
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:52 amby reminisco
that guy clearly has no life.
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:10 pmby william18
Lol, I would understand if it was GW but WOW?
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:01 pmby hecter
reminisco wrote:that guy clearly has no life.
You're an idiot... He clearly has a life, he's just neglecting it.
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:34 pmby e_i_pi
She must have been a pretty crap wife if she couldn't compete with WoW
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:35 pmby unriggable
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:57 pmby Frigidus
I just don't get it. Aside from the occasional book or chess game my only hobby is video games, but even I can't play one game, constantly, forever. I mean, WoW isn't even that great. It's basically a glorified chat room. Would people obsess over that game if it was single player. It's freaking AIM with /dance.
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:59 pmby brooksieb
e_i_pi wrote:She must have been a pretty crap wife if she couldn't compete with WoW
lol who's this i see
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:09 pmby DaGip
I never played it. Maybe if I was rich and didn't need to work I could play WoW all day long! LOL!
I often debate with myself if I should try it or not, but my addiction to CC is already bad enough.
Lately, I've been wanting to get back into campaigning D&D old school. Does anyone do that kind of stuff anymore?
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:10 pmby hiitsmestevie1
well it is an addiction . just as any addiction. weather it be alcohol.drugs ,ect. and yes i do think it can really ruin someones life.
hopefully he wakes up and smells the coffee before its to late. (and can get back together with his family)
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:22 pmby static_ice
Heheh, I could just imagine how he feels at work everyday, counting down the minutes, repeatedly imagining playing the game over and over.
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:33 pmby AndrewLC
This is sad.
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:35 pmby pimphawks70
WoW NO... CC YES
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:42 pmby btownmeggy
static_ice wrote:Heheh, I could just imagine how he feels at work everyday, counting down the minutes, repeatedly imagining playing the game over and over.
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:47 amby Dancing Mustard
DaGip wrote:Lately, I've been wanting to get back into campaigning D&D old school. Does anyone do that kind of stuff anymore?
I can relate to that. I too occasionally pine for my pen+paper youth...
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:04 amby Dekloren
Yay internet regulation!!
Get those terrorists!!!
Morons.
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:56 amby 0ojakeo0
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:24 pmby static_ice
btownmeggy wrote:static_ice wrote:Heheh, I could just imagine how he feels at work everyday, counting down the minutes, repeatedly imagining playing the game over and over.
At work
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:29 pmby MeDeFe
brooksieb wrote:e_i_pi wrote:She must have been a pretty crap wife if she couldn't compete with WoW
lol who's this i see
First tenet: Thou shalt not suspect every new poster of being the Norse Incarnate.
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:56 pmby Mjinga
DaGip wrote:Lately, I've been wanting to get back into campaigning D&D old school. Does anyone do that kind of stuff anymore?
Yes.
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:23 pmby soka
i heard that many times video game freaks who are stuck in there teen years forget they have lives so they become addicts of gaming ....CC is diffrent its not a video game
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Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:29 amby e_i_pi
MeDeFe wrote:brooksieb wrote:e_i_pi wrote:She must have been a pretty crap wife if she couldn't compete with WoW
lol who's this i see
First tenet: Thou shalt not suspect every new poster of being the Norse Incarnate.
I am Norse actually. Way to freak me out dude. Damn spy networks.
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Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:42 amby sam_levi_11
of course you are....
also WHAT A FUCKING COCK.