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Here's my perspective as the friend of someone who became addicted to WoW: I lost a potential programming buddy/co-founder. we used to collaborate on projects
by awt 16y ago
Here's my perspective as the friend of someone who became addicted to WoW:
I lost a potential programming buddy/co-founder. we used to collaborate on projects, but eventually WoW took up all his spare time. We both graduated with CS degrees, but he is now unemployable. He played WoW instead of working (he worked from home), and has never spent any time outside of work maintaining his skills. I say worked because he no longer works. Hasn't for the past 3 years. Right now he's into starcraft. It's frustrating to me that he and others I built relationships with in college have chosen this path.
- henrikschroder 16y agoWhat enables him? Why can he keep playing and not have to worry about paying rent or having enough money for food? I play quite a lot of videogames, and I play wow, but I'm a grown-up, I have a job, I have a home, I buy my own food, I pay my mortgage, and if I fail at my job, I'll starve and lose my home and my ability to play videogames. Why hasn't your friend come to the same realization?
- scotty79 16y agoYou picked home ownership and you pick food according to your income. If you fail at your job you will starve and loose your home because you entangled your burdens with your paycheck. Perhaps his friend choses food and roof far cheaper then he could afford in order to have more time to spend freely not on paying for those.