rs where down. It seemed to take forever for the game to load every little detail. Everquest was already laughing at them, but there laughter was soon silenced as soon as you connected. World of Warcraft wasn't as huge as the world of Everquest. But smaller, and with that they where able to create beautiful landscapes, rich with animals, trees, and intriguing architectures, it dazzled the eyes. The thing is, MMOs are never supposed to do that, MMOs are supposed to be large open bleak spaces for people to run around and fight random characters that pop up. But this wasn't the case, you literally saw a world, a huge world with a mix of people and characters to interact with. It was like moving into the city, moving for a new life and a new escape. Which is probably why people played it...alot...addictingly.

The thing about MMORPGs is that you have to think about the player, a player wants to fight, wants to learn, and has to have something that keeps them going, otherwise they stop. WoW understood this, so as soon as you logged in you where given an introduction movie, they never told you the controls or held your hand, you where in the world and its up to YOU to figure it out, while you killed animals for practice, you went on quests, and sometimes you teamed up and fought with other people. The thing that makes people come back is the feeling of "I want to explore, I want to travel, Im this close!!".

So are the WoW freaks addicted yes, but Bilizzard Entertainment understood how to think more of the player than themselves something very hard for big money corporations to understand