Last night, fans from around the country were out in force, gathering at retail outlets - many in costume - to see in the midnight launch of the game's first expansion pack, The Burning Crusade.
Events were held around the country, with EB Games opening up every one of its Australian stores on the stroke of midnight to hand the coveted pre-ordered box sets to eager gamers.
New Year's Eve celebrations are held there; the in-world economy can supplement real-life salaries; and most alarmingly, the Chinese Government reportedly attempted to restrict its citizens' play time, following reports of gamers killing each other over virtual property.
An Trinh, 22, plays on average of six hours a day, but now that the expansion pack has been released, he forecast this would increase to 15 hours.
"I took 12 days off work ... I reckon I'll get [my character] to level 70 for sure," he said.
from Sydney Morning Herald
12 days later, psychotherapy clinics were the next to see queues of avid World of Warcraft fans accumulate, most seeking treatment for fatigue and videogame addiction, whilst others had more serious symptoms, such as suffering nervous breakdowns and severe chemical imbalance triggered by the inevitable prospect of life after Level 70.
Utter douchebags.
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RYAAAAAAN. I am no douche. So what? I PLAY WOW, Doesn't mean i am /glares. Fatigue? What are you talking about. *falls asleep* LOL. Yeah you can definitely get depression from WoW, look at my dad =\ And i can see why people are in hyseria. To level there are 20 bars you must fill, and as the levels increase the experience you have to fill gets larger and larger. I am at level 60 and i have to reach 462,734 exp points. Or something like that. And well, on average a level 60 monster gives you 900 exp. However you have to take into consideration all the quests and raiding and shiz. It's just too much for people. It's gonna take me so fucking long to level, can you believe it? THree days out and there are already level 64's that's .. disgusting. They would srsly have to play non fucking stop.
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