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Why are you playing NOW?
I already wrote about " why do we play ". The question of the title is not about your overall reason to play. The question is about why do you play in this very moment? I think asking this question frequently is the key to not spend unhealthy time in WoW and also to prevent spending time in a ...
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Life in Azeroth — Friday the Greedy Goblin asked "Why are you playing Now? GG goes on to say there are things he enjoys in WoW and other things he does not (mostly to play with his GGf). On the latter he writes: "I guess we wasted lot of time of our life with boring and not fulfilling activity because of the ape subroutines in our head. This must change. The activity must be fulfilling for itself, and not because of the people we do together." I've found myself several times doing thing in WoW not necessarily because I've enjoyed them but because of routine. I think ...

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