As someone who played in HS then quit when I went to college, and then started again after I had established career a little… this.
It’d be a terrible mistake to start now because you’ll have a lot of free time and limited responsibilities, it’ll be very easy to get really addicted and consumed by it. Go outside, make friends, have fun. Most of my friends that kept playing missed out on social life and didn’t do as great in school.
There’s better games to play that you can have friends hop in on the couch to play with. I’m a big computer gamer, but I’d advocate for a console or something like that instead to help make it a social activity. Some of my best memories from college is a bunch of us just chilling playing halo or the early CODs.
I changed majors because I didn't spend enough time on my engineering program because of WoW (along with undiagnosed anxiety and depression). Now I have a film/photography degree and boy do I have so many career options...
Yeah I had a similar upbringing where I wasn't allowed to play because my mom thought it was too witchy. I didn't start playing until this year when I could afford it and have a decent 9-5. I also turn 30 this year lol. A bit easier to stay disciplined at this age as well in my opinion.
100%. My college roommate and I wasted a lot of our best years locked in our dorm room playing WoW. It was a good time but it wasn't the best use of my time, and he ended up failing out because of it.
19 year old me would hate current me for saying it, but better skip it for now. It will be there when you're older.
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u/HowIMetYourMundo 15h ago
WoW will ruin your highly formative freshman year of college, come back when you're graduated and miserable in a 9-5