I just wonder what kind of people would have the time to be "24/7" gamers. Incredible that there are people who literally dedicate their existence to an online game. Who supports them financially?
Most of the 24/7 gamers are either mid-teens who have no social life, or adults who aren't working, and have no social life. I'd say in most cases the 24/7 gamer adults are largely supported by us the tax payer lol. When I was really into gaming I would play around 5 or 6 hours a day, and allot more on weekends.
I recall one Saturday I played WoW for 19 hours haha.
A lot of the diehards in games like WoW are college students, who are not exactly highly dedicated academically, and have a lot of continuous free time. Having just a few hours of classes/studying each day, and being financially supported by mom and dad, leaves plenty of time for leading an online virtual life.
"I just wonder what kind of people would have the time to be "24/7" gamers. Incredible that there are people who literally dedicate their existence to an online game. Who supports them financially?"
In my case I work a normal job all day, and play for a few hours severl nights a week, more on weekends. Sometimes my guild (a group of players who play together) will schedule raids for certain nights... so we will begin a 40-person raid on "MOlten Core" (one of the higher-end dungeon areas which requires the cooperation of about 40 people to defeat) and we will run MC from 10pm or so until we get as far as we can, sometimes it does go until 1 or 2 am.
But in my guild, we've got everything from high school kids who are parent supported, we've got several married couples with kids, who are in their 40's who play together side by side and raid with us, several colledge students, a few other folks like me with regular jobs.. so the people I play with run the gammut of all walks of life.
We are a casual-friendly guild so have never seen the inside of Naxxramas or anything like that... we've taken down Zul'Gurub, except for Hakkar The Soulflayer, and we've consistendly had trouble with High Preistess Arlokk, the "Panther Boss" in ZG.
So yea, there are those "40 year old basement livers dependent on mom".. but many of my fellow players are just regular floks, several of which work here with me at my job and we get on after work and run 5-man instances and such.
It's a great game... hugely fun when you get into it... I think that's what gets me.. that fact that when you've got 20 to 40 people, coordinated to take down a hugely powerful enemy, everybody has their role and knows what to do, spells going off, healers doing their thing... mages balsting massive spells off, rogues pulling of massive Eviscerate critical strikes.. and then plundering the loot of the vanquished foe to make our characters powerful.... it's just enormously fun, and I do really enjoy it....
I'll be getting my copy of Burning Crusade today, if they still have my pre-order, and for those that don't know.. the Dark Portal can be founbd in Blasted Lands, somewhat south of Nethergarde Keep.