For as long as I can remember, WOW has been all around me. My dad used to play it when I was in highschool, and so did my brother.
My brother has always been the kid that people picked on. When we were very little, he broke his collar bone. He was in kindergarten at the time, and I remember going with my mom to pick him up from school, and 3 bigger kids took his glasses, threw them on the ground and then pushed him from behind, causing him to fall forward onto the ground with a cast on his arm!
He was always the shortest kid in class, and he was coming home with broken glasses every week. He honestly has tape around the middle of his glasses for his 4th grade school picture! He was always the 'nerd'.
He started playing WOW when we were in high school, and I didn't think much of it because he had some friends that he would hang out with.
He joined the Marines when he turned 18, and lost touch with all of his friends here at home. When he was discharged in 2003, he went to live with my parents. He didn't have a job right away, and all of his friends were off doing other things. He was gone for 5 years, and alot had changed in their lives.
He sat on the computer for hours and hours, playing WOW.
He now lives on his own, and he just turned 28 yesterday. We had a party for him, and he stayed a total of 45 minutes. He HAD to leave by 7pm in order to get back in time for a 'raid'.
He always does this. Saturday night- he's got a 'raid'. Sunday evening, 'raid'. Every single day it seems like he has a 'raid'. He has no social life at all. His only friends belong to this group called 'Divine Twilight' (or however you spell it...) It seems to be the most important thing in his life. As his baby sister, and his ONLY sister, I feel like I have to compete with WOW just to get him to hang out with me! I HATE IT!!!
I do understand, kinda. I play a game called 'Runescape' and have done so for about 3 years. I love playing that game, but I am not going to cut short my time with family or friends to play it. I play it when my son has gone to bed and while he's at school. I don't let it consume me in any way at all.
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So, what I am asking here is how do I tell my brother that I think he may be addicted? He has no friends at all, he has never had a girlfriend, and he spends all of his time playing WOW. I would like to spend time with him, but he always says he can't because he has a 'raid'. And, he always has to leave because he has a 'raid'.
I swear, he's going to have his name legally changed to Nalafein. If he does that, I'll no longer be his sister.