My experience with wow

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Auroria16
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My experience with wow

I started playing World of Warcraft(I was 14) December 3rd 2005 I have no idea why I bought it , when I had first heard about oh I all "oh that game looks really dumb I wouldn't buy it " well it happened. I played it in moderation during the first month but it began an everyday thing what I didn't realize was that I was hurting and ignoring everyone around me . I have always been really shy when it came to talking to people but the game made it able for me to talk to people not face to face so it was easy . I had lots of friends on wow I was kinda one of the popular people on the game I guess you could say . I had finally gotten to level 60, I knew that I had spent about 90 days just getting there ( yea I know yes I was a bad player ) but still didn't even bother to notice that I wasted so much of my life doing it . During that time I didn't bother to go to family gatherings, party's and just get togethers with friends just because of wanting to stay and hang out with the people in the game , Two of my other real life friends played this game also....I was the one that got them to play and i feel horrible for it . One of my friends hardly ever played and my other friend got even deeper into the game then I was I feel bad because he probably is still playing I really hope not though he ignored everyone that tried to tell him that the game wasn't good for him including me . He just stopped talking to everyone . Finally In November 2006 just a week before my birthday I decided for myself that I needed to quit and I did I finally got rid of the one thing that took control of me . I didn't feel bad for leaving it at all I was sooo happy but something was now missing ...something to keep me entertained when I was bored during December I was depressed ,just to fill up what I had lost I started playing alot of other games like FEAR, Battlefield 2 and Battle for Middle Earth But after March I became a whole new person it seemed like I started going to everything spending alot more time with my family finding other hobbies such as writing,Drawing ( I had been a very drawer before I started playing) and know I mix my own music (I'm not that good but it keeps me happy ) None of these things have taken me away from the people I love . Now I have been thinking back about all the friends I had in wow I wish I just could just help them but maybe they don't want to be helped at least I know a few don't ....one person I knew thinks that wow was a gift from God . I just really want to help people from making mistake I have and can never take back. Most of the details I really don't wish to talk about on the forum But if you want to know more about what happened during my wow life Please email me I think my email is showing but if not here it is javi66106@yahoo.com

Thankyou for reading :)

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Re: My experience with wow

Welcome! You have a lot of wisdom for a 16-year-old. good for you for getting yourself out of the game and realizing what it was doing to you.

"Small service is true service while it lasts.  Of humblest friends, bright creature! scorn not one

The daisy, by the shadow that it casts,

Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun." -------William Wordsworth

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