A Happy Warcraft Tale

Posted 10th Jul 2008 02:20 PM by Maticus

There is a story on latimes.com this week about a married couple who play WoW, but here’s the clincher - For once the story isn’t about them being bad parents, society drop-outs or some sort of deviants, it is in fact a tale of two people who met, married and enjoy playing WoW together, with positive results!

Brad and Cynthia Murdock spend time together while playing, chatting about their day, and even say the game has brought them closer together (Cynthia only started playing when TBC was launched), and has saved them a ton of money as they now stay in more often.

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Founding member of Blizzard, Frank Pearce, speaks up about why he thinks more and more couples are enjoying the game together:

There’s a huge social element to the game. We’ve had this huge massive community grow out of the experience..

The community is really a big factor that draws people into the game and keeps them in the game as well..

It’s a social experience; it’s not just an entertainment experience

Further down in the article however, is a more typical WoW story. It’s about a young married man who plays WoW after his wife has gone to bed and doesn’t like to go out of the house much other than to work. He even made his wife wait to go to the hospital when she was in labour, so that he could finish a raid. I suppose a 100% positive story would be too much to hope for wink

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Pvtpile
Posted 11, Jul 2008 01:30 PM
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My wife and I play. We even have my brother-in-law playing (designated healer for my tank raspberry )  Having 4 kids going out is almost impossible to afford as it is. Gives us something to do together.

My oldest has an account but he just got it this summer and he will go back on lockdown when school starts.

We cook for the kids, went out to the pool for god knows way to long and our house is the video game house!

You would be surprised to see how many houses WoW turns into a family event.

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Pvtpile
Posted 11, Jul 2008 01:30 PM
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My wife and I play. We even have my brother-in-law playing (designated healer for my tank raspberry )  Having 4 kids going out is almost impossible to afford as it is. Gives us something to do together.

My oldest has an account but he just got it this summer and he will go back on lockdown when school starts.

We cook for the kids, went out to the pool for god knows way to long and our house is the video game house!

You would be surprised to see how many houses WoW turns into a family event.

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jschild
Posted 11, Jul 2008 02:52 PM
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Now thats cool. I’ve let my son play a bit, but he’s really too young for it. When he gets a bit older, I figure I will ruin him raspberry

He can’t just game though - we hike regularly and he does all the YMCA sports, trying to get him well rounded.

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jschild
Posted 11, Jul 2008 02:52 PM
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Now thats cool. I’ve let my son play a bit, but he’s really too young for it. When he gets a bit older, I figure I will ruin him raspberry

He can’t just game though - we hike regularly and he does all the YMCA sports, trying to get him well rounded.

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jschild
Posted 11, Jul 2008 02:52 PM
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Now thats cool. I’ve let my son play a bit, but he’s really too young for it. When he gets a bit older, I figure I will ruin him raspberry

He can’t just game though - we hike regularly and he does all the YMCA sports, trying to get him well rounded.

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sparklebunny
Posted 14, Jul 2008 06:53 AM
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With the cost of gas so high people are traveling less and their time spent on vacations is more of a "staycation" as my friend termed….in that they’re off from work but staying at home.

The fact that a family like the Murdocks do that (and I know several in game as well) is awesome and it’s nice to see the game bringing together people like that.  It has always been the social aspect of the game that has kept me playing and will continue to be.  With 10 million plus people there will be exceptions to the norm as always, like the kidnapping of that girl, but you don’t let it get to you.

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sparklebunny
Posted 14, Jul 2008 06:53 AM
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With the cost of gas so high people are traveling less and their time spent on vacations is more of a "staycation" as my friend termed….in that they’re off from work but staying at home.

The fact that a family like the Murdocks do that (and I know several in game as well) is awesome and it’s nice to see the game bringing together people like that.  It has always been the social aspect of the game that has kept me playing and will continue to be.  With 10 million plus people there will be exceptions to the norm as always, like the kidnapping of that girl, but you don’t let it get to you.

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sparklebunny
Posted 14, Jul 2008 06:53 AM
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With the cost of gas so high people are traveling less and their time spent on vacations is more of a "staycation" as my friend termed….in that they’re off from work but staying at home.

The fact that a family like the Murdocks do that (and I know several in game as well) is awesome and it’s nice to see the game bringing together people like that.  It has always been the social aspect of the game that has kept me playing and will continue to be.  With 10 million plus people there will be exceptions to the norm as always, like the kidnapping of that girl, but you don’t let it get to you.

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