# You Know You're a WoW Addict When...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-wow-addict-when/493867>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 21, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-wow-addict-when/493867 "2009-04-21T17:48:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-wow-addict-when/493867/1 "2009-04-21T17:48:58Z")

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…when you wear diapers while playing.

…you read and post about WoW when the server’s down.

…when you addict your children to WoW.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-wow-addict-when/493867/2 "2009-04-21T18:04:03Z")

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You compulsively hit Refresh on the server status page even when it’s not scheduled to be up yet.

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**Author:** ![Phatlewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Phatlewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatlewt)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-wow-addict-when/493867/3 "2009-04-21T18:04:57Z")

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You pass up sex because there’s a raid and you don’t want to miss out on the DKP.

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**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-wow-addict-when/493867/4 "2009-04-21T18:08:29Z")

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You host an ingame birthday party.

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-a-wow-addict-when/493867/5 "2009-04-21T18:15:25Z")

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Your first question to someone you are interested in is not “what’s your sign” but “what’s your spec”?

Your opinion of someone you meet in RL changes when you find out they’re Horde/Alliance.

You won’t even consider hanging out with someone who’s not on your server.

You get banned for life from the game for using an auto-fishing bot - then CHANGE BANKS so you have a new debit card so you can set up a new account. And then turn down work for a week so you can power level back up to 70 in time for the next major raid. (True story: former guild mate).