*g* Well, I MUDded a lot back in the day (1994-1997
), and MMORPG's are basicly a graphical rip-off; WoW even seems to have some high similiarities to one MUD I played too much of so theres definite kinship; I skipped on EQ and all that, since I'm way too busy and knew a few people who got destroyed. I'm not really the sort who can be destroyed easily (my game attention span is usually about 2 hours _total_, and I work too much to have time to play .. I'd rather code games, which is fa too addictive to me
Anyway, now that I have a newer (not new, but newer
laptop that cn actually play some games while on the couch, I figured I'd try out WoW .. I know a few guys playing already, so figured its a sadly social way to hang out, and stab them in the back
I've blogged about it a few times; the total crap experience at the beginning (god only knows what they did that made it hate my router..), and why its better than Eve for me (I have a stack of friends in Eve.)
http://www.codejedi.com/cgi-bin/blog.cgi/e....blog?seemore=y
That should sum it up; I work too much, and when I take a break I code for my own amusement (see, workaholism of course.) Once in awhile I play .. HL2 did addict me for a couple weeks, but few things do. Despite its flaws though, WoW is pretty entertaining, but I worry it is not sustainable; I can't see why people would play for a year or more .. once you've played through to level 40 or so aren't you bored silly Or they do it with 2 chars... then get bored? Do people keep payin monthly, as they feel hostage that their characters will be killed if they don't pay? (In fact I asked.. they do not delete characters, even if you don't pay.)
Certainly I don't intend on giving it much .. with how little I could afford to put into it timewise, I don't anticipate putting in lots o fmoney. But who knows.. I do expect to feed it a second month, so I can do some serious PVP trimming
Right now I'm up to level 19, but levels 17-21 seem designed to force you into an instance dungeon.. or kill a lot of zebras (boring). I've no time to commit 2 hours to a dungeon, so I may be running out of steam on the 3rd week
ie: Its been fun so far, so I gave a few mins or hours here or there (every 3-4 days?), but having to hit a dungeon.. htats hard. No time for that
That all said, I'm trying to watch sa bit of Sopranos and also kepe up with BSG (a month behind on that), and get a bit of gaming in (Civ IV is installed but barely touched; Thief III is _amazing_, and WoW is s'alright.) I'll be a human yet
But I have also worked on Descent, Retrocade and project-Foo oin the last week, while doing a few contracts and busting cap to get the next Shadow out the door in a few weeks..
/me needs sleep
jeff
