CNET explored the dark world of EverQuest in 2002, a WoW progenitor, where Dennis Bennett was trapped. According to BenneTt, "The game almost ruined my life. It was my life. I ceased being me; I became Madrid, the Great Shaman of the North." He ceased being himself.

After more than ten years, Monkkicks, a night elf Monk would this in the forums of the World of Warcraft:

Hi i play wow every day usually for 8 hours. I do not enjoy it, but i still play it. i don't even know why. i start to level chars ,then i stop, then i might make another char and level it.

i want to be able to play less but i just can't do it. all the people i have met in wow stopped playing or play less than what i do.

what keeps me drawing me back to this game? why am i addicted? Does anyone know a good way to cut back on wow? or anything to get my mind off the game?

thanks for reading...

"last night was it for me though...I deleted everything...changed password to something I wont remember...broke my game discs and trashed them along with my authenticator...im done...finished...this game has taken so much of my time I am ashamed...I wish I had never heard of it and started this spiral into a black hole..."

There are forums dedicated to people to quit playing World of Warcraft. One quits after 6 years after playing the game. Some even deleted all the files and other physical manifestations of the video game in order to rehabilitate themselves. This may sound like a trivia, but it is a big deal for ganers and fanatics who are truly into Warcraft. On the other hand, there's a saying, once a gamer, always a gamer.