Meaplus3 Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 How do i tell how much time he plays on it? As I mentioned in another post.. What about having his parents keep and eye on him? Perhaps they can help see how many hours he plays the game? Do you think this could work?? Mea:)
Enema Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 Still avoiding the questions. So fast to blame the game, yet will tell us nothing about the rest of the relationship. What do you expect here? A bunch of sympathetic nods and pats on the back?
Nikki Sahagin Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I'm kind of losing the effort to care about this without you telling me anything more about it! People have asked quite a few questions & got no answers...
clv0116 Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 Off-topic: Phineas, honestly that doesn't look like the character of a man who plays so very much. This guy hasn't even cleared a quarter of the current raids, and his pvp rating is pretty much average. That's what I was thinking, but then I don't even have any toon in endgame yet, after ... 5 years? But yes, no epics, some blue gear here and there, so if this is his main either he doesn't play much or maybe he's big into the role playing aspect of it. Roleplay is for weirdos.
Els Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 That's because you play 1-2 hours a week, clv. In the gamer's dictionary, that doesn't even count as 'playing'.
clv0116 Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 That's because you play 1-2 hours a week, clv. In the gamer's dictionary, that doesn't even count as 'playing'. Ya I know, in reality it's a rare week that I play 1-2 hours. It's more like a lot of weeks with 20 minutes to check mail and then a week with 12-20 hours when I'm in the mood. The 1-2 hour number was meant as an average. I just like the time I can spend with my family in Blizzards little virtual world.
sedgwick Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I've never even seen this game, but I've heard a lot of people talk about losing their partners to it! What is it that makes it more addictive than any other game? Did you see that Intervention episode about the video game guy? It's on youtube.
clv0116 Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I've never even seen this game, but I've heard a lot of people talk about losing their partners to it! What is it that makes it more addictive than any other game? It's not, Everquest was widely called 'EverCrack' by people who wanted to quit playing. The lure of progressive advancement, social interaction with real people and the semi-random nature of the rewards combine to create a pretty compelling experience for people who are predisposed to this sort of thing.
Author AlishaR Posted March 26, 2009 Author Posted March 26, 2009 They have been warned, they judt dont get it! YET! they will....
Author AlishaR Posted March 26, 2009 Author Posted March 26, 2009 So, You dont think hes playing alot? What would you say average? Maybe hes slowing down now i dont know... i havent seen or talked to him in 2 months.... watch him and left me know, im not hacking anything, im living my life and staying back and letting him realize or not... whats improtant. And Nikki, we have a normal newly married life and this game is causing problems, i dont know what else to tell you. I LOVE my husband, thats all i can say, i would do anything for him, i would NEVEr leave him, So im hurting that he would do this to us! Anyways, Like i said Im giving him the space he wants.
Meaplus3 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 So, You dont think hes playing alot? What would you say average? Maybe hes slowing down now i dont know... i havent seen or talked to him in 2 months.... watch him and left me know, im not hacking anything, im living my life and staying back and letting him realize or not... whats improtant. And Nikki, we have a normal newly married life and this game is causing problems, i dont know what else to tell you. I LOVE my husband, thats all i can say, i would do anything for him, i would NEVEr leave him, So im hurting that he would do this to us! Anyways, Like i said Im giving him the space he wants. You love him.. yet you have not talked to or seen him in two months. I'm confused???? Mea:)
DJMarky Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Why post this thread if you are going to blantantly ignore everything everyone has said? They want more details, not "I really love him", "Do anything". That is so vague. Write a few paragraphs if you need to, but to receive any help you are going to have to provide a back story, and how it lead to this. "Loving someone so much" and "doing anything" doesn't automatically equal a good marriage where both people are happy. im not hacking anything, im living my life and staying back and letting him realize or not... "In common usage, hacker is generic term for a computer criminal, often with a specific specialty in computer intrusion." Sorry, as a developer I find this laughable when people throw around words such as 'hacking'. Do you know anything about hacking? You think you can hack into the database/file server of a company like blizzard? Do you know how to bypass a firewall? Are you going to use SQL injection somewhere on their website? Everything has already been tried, the only way to hack it would find the smallest loop hole, such as doing something so obscure as to cause a buffer overflow or something, that gives you admin priveleges. Ahh, noone cares haha, whatever, but yeh what you are thinking off isn't hacking.
Author AlishaR Posted March 26, 2009 Author Posted March 26, 2009 HE Left ME! what dont you understand? Hes gone! left! not talking to anyone, including me! Im no going to hunt him down and drag him home i cant do that, he knows im at our house waiting for him,
Meaplus3 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 HE Left ME! what dont you understand? Hes gone! left! not talking to anyone, including me! Im no going to hunt him down and drag him home i cant do that, he knows im at our house waiting for him, OK. But you love him right? So in order to get him back you need to communicate with him. Can you do this? Mea:)
clv0116 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Sorry, as a developer I find this laughable when people throw around words such as 'hacking'. Do you know anything about hacking? .... Everything has already been tried, the only way to hack it would find the smallest loop hole, such as doing something so obscure as to cause a buffer overflow or something, that gives you admin priveleges. .... Actually the most effective would probably be to use a social engineering attack to phish for credentials. Yes, I'm a software developer who specializes in systems security.
DJMarky Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 Actually the most effective would probably be to use a social engineering attack to phish for credentials. Yes, I'm a software developer who specializes in systems security. Who are you going to use that on? Obviously it won't work on Blizzard, so only option is the Husband, and yeh, if he is really that naive to believe a situation such as someone from Blizzard calling/emailing to check that the account was still active and needed his username and password to do so, then yes that would work. Though, majority of internet users these days won't be fooled by something like that.
D-Lish Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 I broke up with a guy that was addicted to the game. He started breaking dates, staying up all night playing, sleeping all day and then repeating the cycle. He lost his job in his own family's company. It's an addictive game. He needs help. I am sure his parents are noticing his gaming- if he's living with them it's going to be apparant to them as well.
xpaperxcutx Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 There was an article about a 17 year old who played the game for 18 hours straight and suffered a seizure. WOW is unhealthy, and mainly one of the reasons I broke up with my ex.
Els Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 Okay, what's with all those people blaming the game itself? That'd be like blaming knives because someone hurt you with one. Don't you think it's more the person that's the problem? Granted, if he hadn't had a knife you wouldn't have been slashed. But what if he'd found a club instead? In the same way, if people get addicted to a game and neglect their spouses, that's THEIR fault. Not the game's. Sometimes the spouse triggers it through his/her fault as well, sometimes not. When I was a teenager, I was once addicted to games to the point where I cared about nothing else. My parents howled and beat their chests. But did they ever think about the reason WHY? They watched me like a hawk. I could barely go out without a ****ing interrogation, and not more than maybe once every few months? I couldn't have a handphone. They MUST ferry me to and fro from school. I couldn't have a boyfriend. We couldn't have satelite TV. Storybooks are expensive and they grudgingly bought one for me every few months. (We stay in a house that costs half a million, btw) I couldn't pay for them on my own. Not sure what they expected me to do in my free time -- study 9 hours a day and read the Bible for the rest of the time perhaps. Yeah, I'm sure it was such a great surprise that I resorted to games. When I moved out and was free from the majority of that during the term time, I barely gamed at all. Now that my bf went LDR and most of my other friends left the country as well, I game to a moderate extent to distract myself. But not nearly the way I did before. I know plenty of people who play WoW and yet know how to exercise MODERATION. My ex didn't. My current bf does. Same game, different people.
clv0116 Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 Okay, what's with all those people blaming the game itself? That'd be like blaming knives because someone hurt you with one. People love to blame inanimate things for the failings of humans. The NRA in this country has an often mocked slogan "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." which is simultaneously obviously true, and widely made light of. Easier to blame a thing than blame ourselves.
clv0116 Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 Who are you going to use that on? A Blizzard employee would be your best bet. The husband would be the first target but since he's just one person the target surface is small. The systems themselves are probably very secure, so the real way in is going to be to exploit either people or procedures.
mental_traveller Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 I would say you have to tell him either he cuts back on the game and reduces it to acceptable levels of play, or you divorce him. FWIW I played WoW on and off for about 18 months in the earlier years, but eventually stopped because I realized I was spending too much time on it instead of doing more "real" things in my life. So it is definitely possible to stop via free will. I do think it has addictive qualities but I have no desire to play anymore.
mental_traveller Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 People love to blame inanimate things for the failings of humans. The NRA in this country has an often mocked slogan "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." which is simultaneously obviously true, and widely made light of. Easier to blame a thing than blame ourselves. True but if someone forced you to take crack cocaine or heroin for a year, there's a very good chance that once let go you would have a serious addiction that would be hard for you to break. It's not like you can instantly eliminate any addiction overnight by pure willpower, addictions alter your brain chemistry and in some cases change your physiology to create a physical dependency too. Addictions are not just habits - go read some of the scientific literature on it if you don't believe me.
mental_traveller Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 How do i tell how much time he plays on it? Log in to his account and type: /played That will give you the total hours he has put into the game. If he won't let you log in, just say you are interested in maybe playing the game and wanna see how it is for a few mins.
Enema Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Log in to his account and type: /played That will give you the total hours he has put into the game. If he won't let you log in, just say you are interested in maybe playing the game and wanna see how it is for a few mins. That will only tell her how many hours he's been logged onto that character. I have 3 level 80's and all 3 of them have less total hours played than some of my alts still at 70. Also, the game has been out for 5 years. He may have played far more than he does now. The /played is a terrible indication of how much he plays now.
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