I used to play online video games.

Wow came on the scene of what at the time was a plethora of thriving and widely varied games - some that were more friendly to the casual gamer and some that weren't.

These games died off - new games since Wow (with a few exceptions) don't seem to catch on.

Wow has redefined the genre and become the new standard so that if you didn't like wow you probably won't be too excited about any of the other games coming out either because "if they don't do it like wow they are doing it wrong".

The hard-edged demands of the top raiding groups from these games has become popularized and widespread and has become an expectation in order to even play the game past certain levels which does make it worse than other games in my opinion - where there were always those top guilds or players or groups - but also plenty of casual people beneath them who didn't feel compelled to meet the grinding and life encroaching demands of "serious gamerz" but could still play the GAME.


Is this why I hate wow?

Maybe yeah - but it's also why I should thank wow for getting me out of gaming (well I never was that serious - but I did spend a couple hours a night at one point in games like this - until it got way too serious and stopped being a game).