FlippinEck 3,719 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 WoW gamer has 36 personal accounts. Cost? $5711 Category: PC, Posted: 10/11/2008 at 01:44PM CDT by Frank Ling, Editorial Director One World of Warcraft gamer doesn't like to depend on other players when he conducts raids in the game. He believes he can do it all by himself, and we mean that literally. He has 36 WoW accounts. How much does this extravagance cost him per year? Try subscription fees, totaling $5711 per year, on for size. He runs 11 PCs simultaneously to control all his characters. It may cost him $5711 in subscription fees, but this doesn't include the cost of his electric bills and Internet connection charges. The gamer goes by the screen name of Bradster, and in his own words explains why he does what he does. "A lot have asked me, why create so many [characters]? The main reason is to invade Stormwind and Ironforge when they reach top level. I'm sure the Alliance will put up a big fight when that happens. We'll see how it goes." Bradster doesn't think the high cost of playing WoW is an issue. "It costs me exactly $5711 in subscription costs per year with 36 accounts on the 6 month pay schedule. Not bad considering I'm looking at it like it's a hobby and there are more expensive hobbies out there than World of Warcraft." He explains that many of his characters have leveled up quite nicely. "32 of my shaman are level 61. One shaman that I had before I started the 32 is at level 70 along with 8 other level 70 classes that I had. By the way, I have 9 level 80 shaman created on the Murmur PvP realm in the Wrath of the Lich King beta." Indeed. You have to be some sort of a tech geek to accomplish what Bradster has done in order to play so many accounts at the same time. And in fact, Bradster does sound a little geeky. "For my keys to send to all instances of WoW on my 11 computers, I use Octopus 1.3.2. Maximizer in Octopus allows me to start up all WoW instances at the same time or any individual instance such as if a WoW instance has crashed. It also allows me to shutdown all of the computers at the same time." All we can say about Bradster's fixation on World of Warcraft is, "wow." http://www.gamernode.com/news/7465-wow-gam...5711/index.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brissyger 8 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 This is actually McBoyd trying to cover up as "Bradster" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRyanRFC 7 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoyd 355 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Fuck they found me In context of the above story.. I'm actually also johngers, nryanrfc, mackeral.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 9 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Some of my buds are obsessed with this 'game'. It depresses me just how much of their souls (and wallets) some folk will invest in an online world which hides you away from the real one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radlord 24 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Yes. I knew a guy at uni who basically dropped out and ruined his life to play it. Some people actually thought he had died! Which if you think about it is actually pretty heartbreaking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoyd 355 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Some of my buds are obsessed with this 'game'. It depresses me just how much of their souls (and wallets) some folk will invest in an online world which hides you away from the real one. I played it for a bit, but didn't get too into it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemeanie6 3 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I remember playing everquest for a few years, had 3 accounts I used to play at the same time, I now look back and think ugh, thank fuck I got out of that. I don't recommend to anyone to start playing an mmorpg, they are so addictive and its impossible to complete one, this guy on WoW will never quit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 9 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I remember playing everquest for a few years, had 3 accounts I used to play at the same time, I now look back and think ugh, thank fuck I got out of that. I don't recommend to anyone to start playing an mmorpg, they are so addictive and its impossible to complete one, this guy on WoW will never quit. Everquest had a nickname. Evercrack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 9 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Yes. I knew a guy at uni who basically dropped out and ruined his life to play it. Some people actually thought he had died! Which if you think about it is actually pretty heartbreaking It is. I enjoy games, I think most of us do. But for me it's a wee pastime, a bit of fun to throw on the PS3 and have a bash at Wipeout or Siren or whatever. But it gets sinister when folk are taking it beyond seriously. One of my buds has admittedly he's 'hopelessly addicted' to World of Warcraft. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezrfc1 26 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 sad sad people Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,719 Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 I think its the money value that comes to the top of issues here, thats a hell of a lot of money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATPRFC1872. 220 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 fs lol, i hate WoW but 36 accounts... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy1shoe 63 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JlAhxoRRxfI After seeing this wow was never going to happen for me haha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
excoriate 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JlAhxoRRxfI After seeing this wow was never going to happen for me haha. Fuck, Nickleback could put me off anything as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right_To_Censor 1,951 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 my dwarf hunter is 2 lvl's from 40 which means i can use mail (w00tness) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc_no1fan 13 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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