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People in wow ARE creating. That's what makes it so addictive. They are re-arranging the materials of the game to create something they desire. This is the sa

People in wow ARE creating. That's what makes it so addictive. They are re-arranging the materials of the game to create something they desire. This is the same procedure people use in real life - we rearrange matter and energy to create conditions we desire. There is nothing inherently more meaningful in reality compared to fiction. All of these things are exactly as meaningful as individuals find them to be. Some people value wow for itself and there is nothing wrong or incorrect about this. Does it scare you to recognize that there is no logical basis for action? The basis is emotional. Meaning itself is a word we use to refer to that emotional experience that occurs when we begin to care about life. Some people find it in collecting stamps, some people find it in wow, some people find it in medicine, some find it in the game of being a corporate executive. None is logically or inherently more meaningful than another. It all comes down to irrational human values.

klbarry 16y ago
Forensic, can you send me an email (in my profile)? I'm a fan of your comments and would like to chat.
JanezStupar 16y ago
I played wow - so I know pretty well whats going on there - at least in the game circa 2005/2006, before the additions of casual content. Road to 60 was actually pretty fun - but once you hit 60 - thats when it really begins. If you want to mean something, you have to raid almost every single day for 4-6 hours - else you don't get a guild and there are no casual raiding guilds since content is so hard that you need to be well versed to get it done. I'm well aware that one is playing wow because it makes sense emotionally not rationally - but there is difference between "positive emotional action" and "negative emotional action" (meaning, repetition - grind, peer pressure, job like schedules,...). So I would argue that no, people in WOW are not creating, they are destroying the very fabric that creates society.

klbarry 16y ago

Forensic, can you send me an email (in my profile)? I'm a fan of your comments and would like to chat.

JanezStupar 16y ago

I played wow - so I know pretty well whats going on there - at least in the game circa 2005/2006, before the additions of casual content. Road to 60 was actually pretty fun - but once you hit 60 - thats when it really begins. If you want to mean something, you have to raid almost every single day for 4-6 hours - else you don't get a guild and there are no casual raiding guilds since content is so hard that you need to be well versed to get it done. I'm well aware that one is playing wow because it makes sense emotionally not rationally - but there is difference between "positive emotional action" and "negative emotional action" (meaning, repetition - grind, peer pressure, job like schedules,...). So I would argue that no, people in WOW are not creating, they are destroying the very fabric that creates society.