Computer games can be highly addictive. Every parent in this age of technology fears their child may be spending too much time on a computer. Worrying about a child's dependence on computer games is a concern that is often justified. Obesity and lack of fitness amongst children is growing every year and to a large extent it is due to the technologies that are so available to the younger generation.
Lack of exercise and obesity are not just problems for the youth of today. Adults of all ages are getting bigger as they rely more and more on technology and get less and less exercise. Just like it is with kids the root of this problem can often be found in the personal computer.
Although this all sounds rather depressing it isn't all bad. After all the personal computer has made our lives a lot easier and brought with it many benefits.
Most people who never play games on a computer believe them to be merely an entertainment tool. Some think they can even be dangerous. Although many games are just created for entertainment purposes and serve for little else than a means to spend some time in a pursuit that pleases you there is a one popular game that may offer much, much more!
World of Warcraft is such a popular online computer game that has so many members it has been openly blamed for ruining lives and breaking up relationships. The most hardcore World of Warcraft gamers can spend up to 16 hours a day playing online absolutely obsessed with the game and totally immersed in the fantasy life it offers.
It should be noted that very serious cases of Warcraft addiction only happen to people who display addictive personality traits and this type of addictive behaviour is unlikely to occur in you unless you have an addictive personality - in which case you will most probably become addictive to something else anyway! People with addictive personalities tend to become obsessive about mist things they do. There addictive behaviour is rarely confined just to video games and bleeds into many different aspects of their lives.
From the eleven million players who are current subscribed to Blizzard accounts almost all of them play world of warcraft in moderation and just as a fun pastime.
Although WoW seems like just another computer game there are some things that would suggest it is otherwise. Fortune 500 executives and business leaders from across the globe have commenting on warcraft's original way of training employees and managers. In fact many of them play the game themselves because they say it helps to develop real team working skills and teaches people, resource and time management skills in an enjoyable and highly entertaining environment.
Although any parent would be happy to learn that there child is learning valuable and highly prized real world skills through simple enjoyment of an online video game on at least one occasion warcraft skills have been used to save lives!
A young boy called Hans Olsen from Norway knows only too well the benefit of playing world of warcraft when it comes to real world skills. Hans found himself in a very dangerous situation when a moose attacked his sister. Hans immediately put his World of Warcraft training into effect.
In the first attack the moose did what any animal will do and targeted the weaker of the children going for Han's sister.He used a ploy known in WoW as taunting where he deliberately drew the attention of the attacking moose to himself so his sister could get away.
The tactic was success however Hans was now in a situation where the moose was targeting him and he needed to do something fast. Although extremely scared and uncertain if it would work Hans tried another warcraft tactic and allowed his body to go loose and limp while he dropped to the ground pretending to be dead.
Fortunately for the young boy the angry moose assumed he was dead and having no more reason to believe his territory was being invaded it wandered off in the forest.
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