Review for world of warcraft

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1. Vaidehi says

   The WoW Pre-Paid Time Card basically has a scratch-off code on the back that you enter onto WoW’s website (account management after logging in) and right away you get 60 days of play time. It’s a great way to ration your play time – every 2 months, make a conscious decision to buy another one and make a mental note that it’s been another 2 months. Also, it makes a great gift for friends who play WoW. They simply punch in the code and get 2 months of paid time to play. Amazon delivers this product quickly and the code works instantly.

   November 24, 2009, 8:37 am
2. Kenna says

   Use to buy lots of these through Amazon, but not anymore:

   - they used to be cheaper (costing less per month than the subscription from Blizzard), but not anymore
   - other websites I have been able to find this cheaper (not OLD, and where do chickens come from)
   - I stopped playing WoW, got bored, moved on to other games

   EDIT: wanted to change the rating to three stars a minute after I posted review, but I’m not able to.

   November 24, 2009, 8:34 pm
3. Rashidi says

   its the time card for the game world of warcraft online.
   the game is great and if you dont have a credit card or if you are scared of people hacking you acount this is what you need.

   November 25, 2009, 8:20 am
4. Beauchamp says

   Well, I already own the game so I just purchased a game card. The card serial worked so there’s really nothing else to review.

   November 25, 2009, 8:13 pm
5. Basmajian says

   I purchase this for my Grandson for his birthday. It arrived PROMPTLY and my Grandson loves to play!

   November 26, 2009, 8:29 am
6. Delaney says

   Honestly, the information is well portrayed and organized however, most of it is beginner info and very basic. For more advanced information that is kept up to date I would suggest a dynamic guide like the one found on http://www.hiddenstuff.com/

   November 26, 2009, 8:34 pm
7. Vaughn says

   It was a good reference until the last 3.1 update. I can still use it to check out which areas to go to at which level and look up little info like certain bosses and quests. They need to come out with a new one thanks to the huge changes this last update brought.

   November 27, 2009, 8:11 am
8. Franz says

   Not too impressed with this guide. It has some helpful hints in it. Although they are mainly targeted towards completely new players. For example how to decide on a race/class. I’m still on the look out for a good compainion with World of Warcraft for a semi-experienced player. I want more raid strategies and heroic instance tips. This isn’t for me.

   November 27, 2009, 8:32 pm
9. Larew says

   This book isn’t as concise as I would have liked. It does have a significant amount of information, but as a player most of it was useless to me. The biggest problem is that much of it is out of date due to constant updates.

   November 28, 2009, 7:59 am
10. Thornburgh says

    Got the item soon, as promised like new, I would buy from you again anytime again.

    November 28, 2009, 8:01 pm
11. Birdwell says

    If you love RPG’s and have a lot of free time on your hands, this is the game for you. I tried the 10-day trial and then purchased the full copy here on Amazon. It didn’t take long for me to become addicted. As my nerd friends and I like to say though, it’s not an addicition, it’s a commitment. My only advice is as soon as you realize you want the full version, order online and order early. I had to wait a few days for it to arrive in the mail and couldn’t play, all because I wanted free shipping. If I had to do it over again, I would’ve paid for quicker delivery. So find some nerds, start a guild, and never leave your house again! And who knows? You may be so focused on playing that you forget to eat and lose some weight. God knows we all could use a little of that….

    November 29, 2009, 8:31 am
12. Real says

    Got a copy of WoW from my girlfriend and actually bought this copy for my roommate. So much fun.

    November 29, 2009, 8:31 pm
13. Calhoun says

    Experience World of Warcraft ban twice now, and been playing since my father, his excellence, took me to that shanty mall on that November day. It was sold out everywhere, why had Toys R’ Us failed a 15 year old on that day? And then that mall, sigh, what a day, the day. The day my life was absorbed into a video game throughout my high school life.
    I rate it five stars, so is that bad then that I lost my life? Am I bad to lose my life? No, probably not. Who’re you asking, the puritan or laid-back luke? Considering my private school was 20 miles away supporting the extreme stereotypes of Academics and Sports, well, World of Warcraft was the best escape my life could have then. It provided my own freedom and friends when life failed to share any interest in such fantasy. The students playing Magic the Gathering at my school, deemed the under the stairs kids.

    So, before I get back to mid-terms and take my eyes off this new World of Warcraft Battle Chest to open at a time for unlimited escape, I want to reflect on what it means as a college student entering post adolescence.
    World of Warcraft is just a way for any individual to enter their own community and immerse into it with their imagination. One can become addicted to anything, so must I mention you HAVE to plan at some point when to play, but who wants to marry and then whine within about ‘oh the college days… ::sigh::’, or ‘my life was the greatest, until I got married. I can’t do them anymore.’ So then, what would you do at that point, let academic papers and peoples pressure push you into something? That peer pressure is what people use at parties to force alcohol down your throat.
    There’s two extremes, i’m not a spiritualist sharing the method of balance or the western rationalist measuring two items on the measuring tape; BUT, play in awareness.. Set your goals in game, and be aware of who you are at a stage when nothings putting a bind or unbind on you. People that don’t play the game at all can say it will send you down a ‘pit of fire and people that play too much can lose sight of their goals — lose the point of what they’re doing, then the fun goes in the basket… entering a process or a chain of simplicity in, “I want this, then that, then – oh, it’s 2 AM.”

    In a timeline sense, World of Warcraft is just something new hitting mainstream, rap music was bad in the 90’s, and who knows what’s next or you can analyze what society has deemed bad in the past as it still mingles in the mainstream.
    If you do buy, ENJOY your journey through the Worlds of Warcraft. Make friends, achieve some things, be yourself.. fulfill yourself. =D
    There’s my nit pick of positive psychology.

    November 30, 2009, 8:13 am
14. Loving says

    i dont like it but i dont like these types of games..

    my wife LOVES it.. she plays non stop. this is an over all great deal.

    November 30, 2009, 7:59 pm
15. Kroeger says

    All those commercials from Blizzard about how 10+ million people have played WoW are true–and for good reason. WoW is probably one of the funnest games ever made, and certainly one of the best money-makers. There is fun to be had, satisfaction to be felt from the many accomplishments available, and certainly there are friendships to be made. But the big question… at what cost?

    If you think that $12-$15 a month is a good price to pay in order to enjoy this game, I’d have to agree with you. The problem is, however, that you’ll be giving up a lot more than $15 if you want to enjoy everything this game has to offer. In my own experience–and from the observation of friends–I have seen marriages & families suffer, friendships end, jobs lost, classes failed, social skills forfeited, physical health plummet, and talents go to waste. All of which happens as a direct result of the time people spend on this game. And this happens to some degree or another to everyone who decides to commit to this game.

    Are there tens of millions of people who have enjoyed this game? Yes! But what Blizzard doesn’t tell you is that many of those same millions now regret the day they ever installed the trial version or paid their first $15 monthly fee. Is this the only game that has caused this sort of problem? No, of course not. And if you think I’m some kind of anti-video-game zealot, you’re wrong. I’ve liked video games of all kinds since I was a kid. There’s just something different about this game than others–many games can hook you, but this one above all others has elements that suck you in and keep you hooked much MUCH longer. The danger of addiction is every bit as real as any of the worst substances that any reasonable person would never dream of taking into their body. And the consequences, though maybe not as quick to cause devastation as some drugs (etc…), are so subtle that they are often not detected or acknowledged until it is far too late.

    I can’t lie… I loved this game for a long time. But that’s just the problem. I loved the game more than I loved almost anything else in my life for a time. And what do I have to show for it? More empty yesterdays than I’d ever like to admit.

    Many have said and many more will say “I’ve just put too much time into this game to quit now!” Remember, this game will not last forever! Even if you decide to never quit and keep playing and playing… eventually Blizzard will shut down the servers for good, and you’ll be left with nothing to show for all your time and commitment to their game. How much better it would be to quit now! If people who have lots of money invested in stocks that go down and down and that will never go up say “I’ve put too much into this to get out now!”, they will one day have nothing to show for it.

    How can you tell if you’re addicted? Or at least suffering some of the consequences?
    -Have you ever skipped school or work just to play?
    -Have you ever ignored (accidentally or purposely) someone important in your life (family, etc…) because you were talking to someone in the game?
    -How many times have you stayed up passed 2 am, when all the raids & instances are done, but you just can’t log out?
    -When you’re at school or work, are you planning what you need to do to get X gear or to level X alt, or to train X skill?
    -Do you think this is a stupid review? (I’d say this, above all the others, is a really big sign that you’re addicted or could be addicted very soon)

    Some will say that they’re stronger than all this–and that you won’t fall into the same trap as many people have. I hope you’re right. If not, though, maybe you’ll remember what I’ve said later on down the road, and my hope is that it may help you make the decision you need to make eventually.

    Others will say “This is a stupid review! Rate the game, not your willpower!” My response is that I AM rating the game. It’s tons of fun (4 stars in my opinion), but the game is specifically designed to suck you in and keep you in. Those particular aspects of the game cause me to give it the one-star rating I have. Harsh? Yea, maybe. But if you had seen what I’ve seen, you couldn’t deny that it’s a fair rating.

    December 1, 2009, 8:14 am
16. Goldfine says

    If you are expecting something like the previous guides YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. I got it with that in mind and was very sorry to have wasted the money. Don’t waste your time and money looking for anything useful in this “guide”.

    December 1, 2009, 8:22 pm