A few months ago, I started playing World of Warcraft (wow). I have found it to be horribly addictive. So I have decided to stop playing all together and kick it to the curb.
To ensure that I am able to follow through with my declaration, I have developed a 5 step process for getting un-hooked to wow. The 5 step plan is titled WOWAA (World of Warcraft-Aholics Anonymous).
Step 1: Denial – "I have no problem. Playing video games is perfectly normal behavior. If more people played video games like wow (which is basically about killing things and talking other people into helping you kill things) then the world would be a better place".
Step 2: Pretend Acceptance – "ok I have a problem, but who cares! WoW is so cool"
Step 3: True Acceptance – "ok, ok, I know its bad. But I really Really need it!"
Step 4: Anger – "why me! Why should I be made to suffer thusly" (Try throwing something…but nothing too heavy since you are completely out of shape from playing too much wow and haven’t spent enough time outside or in the gym!)
Step 5: Release – Release the wow software CDs to your 2 year old kid so that he/she can ensure said disks are unreadable should the WoW-aholic in remission have a laps of judgment and try to reinstall the software. "well, so much for that"
If you, gentle reader, are a wow player, I encourage you to look at the ridiculous # of hours of your life that you have dumped into wow and then consider adopting the 5 step WOWAA plan.
Posted by paul at April 21, 2006 11:29 PM