Anyone here taking interest in World of Warcraft?

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Apparently my post yesterday got eaten by the board so I'll just make it again:

So, anyone takin an interest in WoW? I sorta am. I've never played or felt the urge to play a MMORPG, partially because of the horror stories you hear of people who become obsessed with the game, and partially because most fantasy games are too complex and settled in their own genre (all using similar stat systems, terms and abbreviations, and seemingly expecting the player to be familiar with them). However, Blizzard claims, for one, that they're trying to make the game so you won't have to spend 24 hours a day online to actually enjoy the game and be good at it. And I have some faith in Blizzard to make games that are entertaining, good, and accessible to people new to the genre.

There's of course also the matter of the playing fee, which has yet to be established, and I can't make an estimate of it since I have no material for comparison. It's one thing to get too hooked on a game that it starts taking up all your time - it's another to lose all your money to it.

But all that aside, the concept of playing alongside thousands of other people in one of my favorite gaming worlds - that of Warcraft - seems awfully fun. I think I'll definitely want to check it out at least, assuming that the game comes with for instance one month of free online playing, as I think is standard with MMORPGs. But I'm still wary about the problems of getting addicted to a game that doesn't end. I don't play a whole lot of games anymore, but when I do find one I like, I often spend long hours playing it through.