| World of Warcraft, also called WOW by gamers, is an | | | | characters that assign you quests, and then, of course, |
| online massively multiplayer role- playing game | | | | there are the enemies you have to slay in order to |
| (MMORPG). Around twelve years back, Blizzard | | | | level up. |
| Entertainment developed a game called Warcraft, a | | | | World Of Warcraft Gameplay |
| single/multiplayer adventure game, which went on to | | | | World of Warcraft is not ranked the number one |
| become so immensely popular that they added two | | | | MMORPG game in the world for nothing. It features |
| more Warcraft games, and World of Warcraft is the | | | | two main gameplay varieties, which are - (1) Player |
| fourth game in the series. As on May 2006, World of | | | | versus Environment: When a player adventures in |
| Warcraft had over 6.5 million active users who were | | | | order to level up, he comes across game-generated |
| paying around $ 17 a month each to play it. That | | | | enemies as well as other players who are against his |
| works to over 110 million dollars a month in | | | | race. (2) Player Versus Player: This is played only in |
| subscriptions! | | | | specific areas where players can fight against other |
| How World Of Warcraft Works | | | | players, and such areas are level-specific. For |
| The World of Warcraft game takes place in a virtual | | | | example, there might be an area only for players at |
| gameworld called World of Azeroth. The storyline is | | | | levels one to twenty; if you are at a higher level, you |
| fantasy-driven and like fantasies go there are many | | | | cannot enter. |
| colorful and freaky characters in the game. To play | | | | Criticism |
| the game you have to choose a character from a | | | | Some players try to misuse the game - In one case, a |
| variety of races (human, night elf, orcs, dwarfs, trolls, | | | | transgender player formed a transgender guild and |
| and more), and having chosen your race you have to | | | | Blizzard Entertainment banned this. People for and |
| decide what profession to take (hunter, paladin, rogue, | | | | against the action voiced their protest and the game |
| shaman, warrior, and more). Once you get into the | | | | got into a needless controversy. In another case, |
| game you are Level 1, the objective being to reach | | | | around June 2005, a child died because of |
| Level 60 while having a lot of fun adventuring around | | | | WOW-addiction. According to a leading psychologist, |
| and gathering the best possible armor and weapons in | | | | around 40% of WOW players are addicted to it. Well, |
| the process. To add to the fun there are friendly and | | | | whatever the criticism, World of Warcraft is growing |
| hostile non-playing characters and also player | | | | stronger by the day. |