Quote Originally Posted by Akono View Post
I used to press that level a jillion times a day. I was hooked on WOW from the day it came out all the way till the beginning of the second expansion. He only scratched the surface of how addicting that game can be.

If you want the best items you're going to need friends who are as addicted as you. If you don't show up every day when they raid, you get kicked out. It's the same thing with PvP. You're fighting people every day in various battle grounds just so you can get basic gear that lets you get your ass handed to you by people who already have geared up, and upgraded.

Close to a year ago me and my RL friend finally quit, and now I found myself getting addicted to all those silly app games in face book for no reason. I had to delete my account because I thought I was heading down that familiar path.
The cracked article links here, also great: http://kotaku.com/5384643/i-kept-pla...ming-addiction

As you said, you pretty much have to be playing these games obsessively to stay involved at all. I've put in unhealthy stints on a number of online games, and still can't reach a degree of obsessiveness or quantity of free time to be competitive, or even maintain ties to a group/guild. The developers like to say it's up to players to practice moderation, but the dynamic of these games makes it all but impossible to play casually.