Geeks Unite - Online Games

mdsokol — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:39:41 -0400

I just took up WoW again, myself. I missed it but what a time suck it is!!!! PUGs are the worst... My husband and I heal and tank both are paladin's so when we wipe you know the dps are HORRIBLE.

So true...

mcbaine — Mon, 30 May 2011 14:55:00 -0400

"Can I count WoW as a weight loss tool? If I'm stuck dragging yet another PuG through Grim Batol, I'm not at the fridge eating... :)"

LOL Epic....

neabelle — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:33:31 -0400

I've played WoW since '05 and have given up on giving up on it. My boyfriend's dragged me into playing a few games like L4D2 and Runescape (neeeeerd!!), but that can be the worst part - having an SO encouraging you to spend your free time gaming instead of working out. :P I've tried everything from LoTRo to AoC to Rift, etc, and have always been a Sims fan of course. Here's to Sims 4 being online. ;D Truth is I'm always going to want to game, especially with my boyfriend, but learning to balance gaming out with everything else makes it that much more enjoyable when you feel you've earned it.

madocaro — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:44:49 -0400

I'm a recovering MMOer. After getting far too involved with someone I met in that world and having it not go so well, I decided to stick with the single player games and get my human interaction face to face.

As for what I played in those days, primarily Asheron's Call 2 and WoW, though I dipped in and out of a few others.

MMO's and Strategy

slinxpr — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:05:46 -0400

On strategy based games I have been into and finished Command&Conquer (the first one on PS one, Red Alert on PC, Tiberian Sun), WoW (the original one the was a strategy game on PS one, not the MMO onling RPG), Age of Empires I and II with expansion, Age of Mythology, Empire Earth, and online I played Shadowmere and Utopia.

MMORPG's uh, freebies only. Tibia, Runescape, Priston Tale, Conquer online, Knights Online, PiStory and Legend of Martial Arts from Perfect World.

Currently stopped playing due to falling asleep at work. Also played COD MW2 on PS3.

Warcraft here.

futhgaea — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:07:29 -0500

Can I count WoW as a weight loss tool? If I'm stuck dragging yet another PuG through Grim Batol, I'm not at the fridge eating... :)

mcbaine — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:15:47 -0400

Was WoW, before that Diablo 2, Warcraft, etc. Waiting for Diablo 3 and guild wars 2. Mostly to check it out. Games to me are a checklist/accomplishment. I always go endgame and then quit. Some single player games though hold more interest for me. Currently toying with minecraft. Sandboxes are awesome.

League of Legends!

tranch — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:37:13 -0400

I play LOL myself! I have also been a big fan of Everquest and I played WOW for a while. My LOL name is the same as my name on here ( Tranch)

League of Legends

foomachi — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:26:58 -0400

Looks like this thread has been inactive for a while, but thought I'd throw something out there. I was a hard core wow player (raiding 16-20 hours a week), but have backed off and just play casually once in a while with friends.

One of them pointed me to League of Legends (LoL, get it?) which is free. It isn't really like wow, although it has some of the same ideas. The good thing about it is that games are short 1/2 to 1 hour, at most, and you just get in, play, and get out. There is character advancement, but it really doesn't matter the way it does in wow, so there isn't so much pressure.

World of Warcraft

jeremiahsavoy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:03:00 -0500

I met my wife in the World of Warcraft and we have since backed off of the game quite a bit in order to live life and get fit. my main toon is Chachkey of thunderlord.

Champions Online

dandersonjr32 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:43:40 -0500

Okay, how geeky is this? I play Champions Online, a super hero MMORPG. Thats like WoW for geeks. I"m currently saving Millenium City from villainous menaces with my magic wielding super hero, Zarzagzadar.

Candlezack — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:39:07 -0500

I play WAAAAAY to much TF2...

But man, Valve knows how to make a great game.

pew pew laz0rz

Mazikins — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:43:51 -0400

I used to play Eve Online a lot, sometimes as much as 16 hours a day. Now I'm a developer myself and only train skills.

I tried WoW (for about 8 hours, then the boredom was too much to endure), Ultima Online, Age of Conan, Warhammer Online, a couple of MUDs and several browser-based games like Utopia.

Still playing LOTRO, it's a nice, relaxed game with a detail-rich world and solid gameplay.

I'll probably try out SW:TOR just because I want to kill Jedis.

Patti234 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:03:33 -0400

My first MMORPG was Everquest, but I didn't really get into them until I played Anarchy Online. The players were so social that I finally discovered what roleplaying could be with a computer. It is so much fun to immerse yourself in another world and project yourself as some character that you've dreamed up.

I was addicted to MMORPGs for a long time, through high school and college, and there are some days where I still become absentminded and spend way too much of my day on the computer. But now that I'm older, it is easier and easier to pull myself away from the computer. At one point, I thought I had a serious problem and needed help. Luckily enough, it feels like I just grew out of it.

Now I play very casually and pay close attention to make sure I don't neglect my other responsibilites (ie. two cats I love dearly, my boyfriend, proper food preparation, time for exercise, housework, and getting enough sleep to be productive at work).

I'm currently playing Fallen Earth that is in the early access stage until September 22. It feels like Fallout 3, but an MMORPG. I have been waiting and waiting for a decent MMO to come out with a setting I feel I relate to. Fallen Earth is definitely that.

WoW

welaine — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:50:37 -0400

I a big WoW player. I just started playing 2 months ago and already have a 79 DK, 55 hunter, 47 Mage and a 26 Druid. That's just crazy! I need to get off the game and lose some weight!

WoW Anonymous

Labyrinth — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:46:10 -0400

I became extremely addicted to Everquest, City of Heroes, and then WoW for almost 2 years until I realized it was eating up all my time to do anything as well as draining my bank account. I've currently hijacked my daughter's DS to play FF Tactics. I've never tried any of the free games online. What's a good one to start?

Another FPS Addict

Bogleg — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:48:27 -0400

Ever since Doom I've been in love with first person shooters. Right now I'm heavily addicted to COD2 CTF and COD4 FFA. I play some COD5 TDM but haven't quite gotten into it yet. I prefer the Extreme COD 2 mod for its speed. The faster the game the better. I am not a fan of slow paced FPSs. I could never get into Tribes, for example. I loved QW paintball, Action Quake 2, and Counterstrike back in the day.

Finnagain — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:26:06 -0400

Chalk up another one for Team Fortress 2/Left 4 Dead/Call of Duty!

Team fortress/COD

jtruxton — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:10:08 -0400

The first person shooters, Call of Duty, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead... I have spent WAY to much time on those blowing up my freinds online

dharmainitiative — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:31:13 -0400

all i can say is hl2dm snipe reborn.

Colddaye — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:10:14 -0400

I love gaiaonline.com...I know they're a bunch of little chibi characters, but I love the "battle system". zOMG! is free to play and doesn't make me feel bad when I die twenty times in the same spot.

I think it's the only online game I've stayed with because I'm just so bad at gaming. One of my friends plays WoW every day - I definitely lack the dedication. And the bank account.

Shaiya

wykedengel — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:08:19 -0400

Awesome game that is free (WoW like in a lot of areas) but it is awesome!!

AQ Worlds

hostsofheaven — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:49:05 -0400

I've never really been much into games like WoW, until I was introduced to Adventure Quest Words (www.aq.com). Fun stuff, and you can play for free.

WoW

Izzmo — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:00:00 -0400

I used to play World of Warcraft a year back and was really into it and the raiding scene. But since I began college, I knew I had to let it go and I haven't been back since and don't plan on ever coming back.

The game is fun... BUT way to time consuming anymore. (And if memory serves me correct, Blizzard has made the game too easy and boring).

ManOfVirtues — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:06:51 -0400

I play on the free WoW servers from time to time over at scapegaming.com (Blizz High Rate realm). It takes a bit of patients (and luck) to get the installs running correctly but you can't argue with free.

Free Realms

proudgamer — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:29:01 -0400

I am in the Free Realms Beta.

It is a kid friendly MMO with a ton of mini-games. The nice thing is it is light and easy enough to be kid friendly, but content rich enough to appeal to older casual gamers. A nice after work chill out game.

I am a free to play gamer

proudgamer — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:01:53 -0400

I am a huge fan of the free to play/pay for extras busness model.

Here are some downloadable MMORPGs I play.

http://megaten.aeriagames.com/ A great fantasy/Sci-fi

http://swordofthenewworld.gamersfirst.com/ Alternate history Fantasy

http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Preview/intro.htm Anime/Casual RPG

http://www.runesofmagic.com I haven't checked this out yet, but it is a fantasy RPG that is getting rave reviews.

A few Browser games worth checking out.

http://www.kingdomofloathing.com A suprisingly content rich Humor/Fantasy with great stick-figure gaphics ^_^

http://www.estiah.com/ Fantasy RPG

http://www.civony.com/ a town simulator

I can go on forever as my twitter thread (Proudgamer) is dedicated to showing people the online games I play, but here are two gold mines to check out that each link to a TON of free games.

http://www.mmosite.com/ and http://www.bbgsite.com/

free is preferable

musingmelody — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:08:45 -0400

I am easily addicted to rpgs. Very easily. However, I have no extra cash so I can't play any of the good games like WoW. So, if anyone knows some good, free, online rpgs, do tell. :D

RE: MMORPGS

Wabisabichan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:35:11 -0400

I've played Warcraft for 6 hours total (though it was all at one time, haha). What sucks is that I know I can't really start playing and allow myself to get sucked into the game, as much as I may want to, if only because there's just too much going on right now to let myself blow too much time on the computer (as I sit here playing on gym forums).

I keep telling myself as soon as I settle down in my own place, my fiance moves in, we both have jobs and are finally comfortable-ish, we'll set up a dual station with nice rigs and big flatscreen monitors and nerd it out with WoW.

Until then, my Tauren fem-warrior will have to wait to be born. lol

MMORPGs

gbgeek — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:11:40 -0400

I'm a big fan of MMORPGs.

Spent my sophomore year of college addicted to Everquest and have since settled into World of Warcraft.

I love(d) the Diablo games and got into Starcraft for a while too.