Will WoW disturb my studies?

if you like it then yes, i personally haven't played it for this reason, but i lost so many people to that game. i only hear from them if the servers are down. and unless you can get your parents to pay for it, it will be eating up the money you have (assuming you have a job, allowance, w.e)

but will wow disturb my studies?Beymaster1

only if you play it when you should be studying - if you have any vague sense of willpower or control over your own actions, you have no need to be concerned

the people who play all day and it ruins their lives and stuff, that only happens because they:

a) are idiots

b) want it to happen

c) have nothing to lose anyway

you can trust me, i'm a random guy on a forum so i, clearly, know just what i'm talking about - if you don't fall into the above categories, you'll be fine

Year 10?  As in high school (14-18 years old roughly)?  Anything less than college and I wouldnt worry about it.

As a college student, I will definately admit that WoW has taken priority sometimes over school work.  Thats ok though, I get my work done anyway I just dont sleep as well as I should a couple days a week.

The only reasonable answer is that it is highly likely.

It's not really a matter of willpower, either. It's a matter of how flexible your schedule is. If you always do homework from 6pm to 8pm or whatever, and you stick to that, and always have stuck to that, you'll be fine. If, on the other hand, you do homework "when it needs doing", and are quite flexible about when you do this or that, you're in trouble, because WoW attempts to expand to fill up all available time. The whole game is specifically designed to fill up all your available time. It's worse if you're good at it, too, because then it can expand even further. Even when you're not playing, it will distract you with thoughts of playing, of optimising your character, and so on.

The worst thing, though, the real death of your studies is RAIDING.

If you get to "endgame" and become a "raider", I guarantee you will screw up your GPA/GCSEs/whatever. Why? Because raiding always takes place on someone else's schedule, and that person is almost certainly a 20 or 30-something nerd who has nothing to do of an evening, so will happily schedule raids to occur after he gets home from work, which is almost certainly when you'd normally be doing studying, homework etc.

Raiders are always provided with incentives to participate in raids, typically through "DKP" (Dragon Kill Points) system (which you can look up online), and if you don't turn up, you're going to get behind, be deprioritised for a raiding slot, and end up with shoddier gear, and generally will find yourself quite frustrated. If you do turn up, you'll find advertised "2hr" raids frequently turning into 3-5 hour journeys of pain and suffering, and it's likely that you'll be required to help "farm" the consumables (potions etc.) used up in the raid.

Being in a family and having dinner/supper at a fixed time might help with this, because you can only tell your mum "I'm busy!" so many times before she comes up and drags you away (if she's any kind of decent mother at all), but if your family doesn't eat a fixed time, or eats separately, then you're even more at risk.

Basically, you're taking a risk. Your risk is lower than university, because you still have a schedule, you're still required to hand in work regularly and so on.

Anyone telling you there is no risk, or that it requires "vague willpower" is the MMORPG equivalent of a pedo trying to lure you into their car with promises of sweets.

Like they say, it's self-control.

 Personally I didn't have a problem with it - when I needed to study, I switched it off and studied.  So long as you can do that, you'll be OK. However, it's clear how someone can really be sucked into this game, and it could happen to you... I know it may be cliché to say, but if people lack a social life then there's no hope. so go out with your friends and take time off it too. 

 But only one way to find out , right? It's not a bad idea... try it out - but if you see your studies really start to get neglected - stop paying for it. I stopped, not because  it was getting in the way of my studies, but because I no longer had time for it... I have class every day, usually till 5pm and I still do 12 hours of martial arts training per week, plus I like to go out and such... other games are no problem, but there is one constant with WoW - it really does need a lot of time.

[QUOTE="Beymaster1"] but will wow disturb my studies?A-S_FM

only if you play it when you should be studying - if you have any vague sense of willpower or control over your own actions, you have no need to be concerned

the people who play all day and it ruins their lives and stuff, that only happens because they:

a) are idiots

b) want it to happen

c) have nothing to lose anyway

you can trust me, i'm a random guy on a forum so i, clearly, know just what i'm talking about - if you don't fall into the above categories, you'll be fine

Is Steve Buscemi funny-looking? If you know who he is, then you will agree the answer is "Yes"

In the same way, if you don't hate the game, then the answer to your question is "Yes".

There are very few people who play WoW 'occasionally'.  You either play it all day every day (exaggeration, obviously), or you don't play it at all. 

You will not be able fo function if WoW is active on your computer...stay away less your grades suffer...there is no refutable argument. WoW is a disease....albeit a curable one :)Staryoshi87

So say the weak.

WoW will only take over your study time if you let it. 

It's just too time consuming with all the grind. Find yourself another game, one that is funny to play too.BounceDK

yea, i second this suggestion. it's not about self control, mate....every game has a possibility of ruining your studies, as is any hobby ( except studying, of coz ). but WoW isn't a worthwhile experience, especially when compared to the amount of grinding needed in this and any mmorpg out there.

put it this way, mate. if you spend those times practicing dribbling, chances are you would be able to play in NCAA when you go to college :D

If you don't join the bandwagon and start playing WoW then you would miss out on the game of your life! Think of the fun you would have, paying ONLY £/$10 a month so you can show those monsters whos boss - you can click on them. Im not kidding, you can actually click on your enemies (there aren't many people in real life that can say that!) and you automatically start hacking on their necks, wouldn't that be sweet?

So what are you waiting for? Why are you wasting your time in this thead when you could be having the of your life in a completely different world; the world of warcraft! 

If you don't join the bandwagon and start playing WoW then you would miss out on the game of your life! Think of the fun you would have, paying ONLY £/$10 a month so you can show those monsters whos boss - you can click on them. Im not kidding, you can actually click on your enemies (there aren't many people in real life that can say that!) and you automatically start hacking on their necks, wouldn't that be sweet?

 

So what are you waiting for? Why are you wasting your time in this thead when you could be having the of your life in a completely different world; the world of warcraft! 

supersonic130

lol....sounds like a good deal to me. :D

[QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]You will not be able fo function if WoW is active on your computer...stay away less your grades suffer...there is no refutable argument. WoW is a disease....albeit a curable one :)Johnny_Rock

So say the weak.

WoW will only take over your study time if you let it. 

Just go ahead a play it. But learn to limit your playing time to a certain amount or after you are done studying. It's called time management. MyndFlyte