Whats with the hostility towards WoW?
If you have a weak sense of will, and are prone to addiction without realisation, quite frankly you probably shouldn't even be on a computer in the first place.
WoW isn't some manipulating tool in blocking our mind?
Sure, its quite frankly a bit of a sham for our money though, I'll give you that! New expansion for £30, plus the £9 monthly subscription? Oh, new dungeons, monsters and quests?! You mean same monster skins, with different colours and names? You mean same purpose quests with different layouts? New armor? Nope, its brown instead of red this time!
Aha, Blizzard don't even try with WoW anymore, they know their loyal subscribers don't really care, they've put years into their account, now they might not necessarily addicted, but they won't want to give up on all that they've put in.
I was an avid player of WoW over the last couple of years, but I was far from addicted. Hell, I even went months without playing whilst my renewal subscription was active, I found it boring at most times, it did nothing for me. I'm an avid viewer of detail, and appreciate variety. But in WoW, you get neither of these. I personally believe there isn't a lot of 'addictive' things in this world Per Se there is only what we, as people in our minds 'choose' to get addicted to.
This goes for all video games really, I find video games extremely fun, challenging, competitive and sociable. Yet if somebody was to take my xbox or computer away, sure I'd be upset due to the economic value of them, but in terms of my own mental health towards playing them? Well, I'd miss the fun it brings, but ultimately I wouldn't care.