Negative impacts of MMOs.

Nagrand Outback [1]

In today's world who is not familiar with the term MMO(Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming), at least the internet users. WoW is one of the most popular among them. There are millions of people who spend most of their time on games like this. Above image is a screenshot of famous place in WoW known as Nagrand. Isn't the image so tempting, or so good to be lived or played in. People usually get introduced to such games by some friends. Furthermore, people getting introduced to such games are mostly the ones who usually perform well at studies. The lore and play style of such games are so astounding that people will quickly get consumed by its graphics and lore. They will start spending more time reading its lore and playing it than studying, working or doing other activities. It has got one advantage that it will never bore you. New stuffs get added up daily to increase the addiction. Those playing such games will quickly start losing their confidence and will start to live entirely in its virtual world. Day by Day, it will suck up confidence to such an extent that at some point it will be found nervous to even look at other's face. There are lots of websites like Wowdetox.com, which can help people overcome this addiction or urge to play. However, none cares to search prior to getting introduced to such games. It is true that these games can help enhance one's graphical and imaginative skills. However, what it drains is what world actually wants from one - confidence. This world has more to offer than anything that let you skip it. Which one is better living in real world or in something like the above image that does not even exist? Choice is yours.

[1]. Nagrand Outback : http://wow.eclasca.de/