At least we can make money with our expensive hobby

[Crashoran]

I checked my character log tonight, I have spent 50days/22 hours since December of last year on that one toon.

I also cancelled my account for school reasons today

[Jake]

Originally Posted by AndrewCCM

Nerdz.)

I know, right?
I once saw (in this thread) where people are actually having a discussion about whether a gamer is healthier then an athlete......

[Jenny Z]

Originally Posted by Crashoran

I checked my character log tonight, I have spent 50days/22 hours since December of last year on that one toon.

I also cancelled my account for school reasons today

Bummer, but good for you for putting school first :)

[Crashoran]

I have a friend (Tauren warrior) who has logged over 200 days this year. He's really into it.

[ngoduyviet]

Originally Posted by brad

<sarcasm>

I wonder if you have to collect sales tax on such virtual goods...

... and if so, has he gotten his sales tax permit? Paid appropriate property taxes on the equipment?

</sarcasm>

We didn't collect taxes on the virtual items, but we did file taxes for it as a business and as a whole, not individual transactions since we probably made thousands of them. We used our own game company name to do it under, everything was legit. My brother was actually featured in one of the local papers, either Denver Post or Rockie Mountains, can't remember which.

[AndrewCCM]

Originally Posted by Crashoran

I have a friend (Tauren warrior) who has logged over 200 days this year. He's really into it.

Ya think?

[dcolt]

haha I been divorced twice and have a question... whuts WoW?

[LWimages]

Originally Posted by dcolt

haha I been divorced twice and have a question... whuts WoW?

World of Warcraft.

[Duffy Pratt]

Originally Posted by Crashoran

I checked my character log tonight, I have spent 50days/22 hours since December of last year on that one toon.

I also cancelled my account for school reasons today

So 50 days in appox. 300? Thats 1/6th of your time, or only 4 hours a day. I'm pretty sure that that puts you nowhere near the level of the power gamers. You obviously valued your sleep too much, and your toon probably suffered as a result. Aren't you ashamed?

Duffy

[brad]

Originally Posted by ngoduyviet

We didn't collect taxes on the virtual items, but we did file taxes for it as a business and as a whole, not individual transactions since we probably made thousands of them. We used our own game company name to do it under, everything was legit. My brother was actually featured in one of the local papers, either Denver Post or Rockie Mountains, can't remember which.

Heh, honestly, I had no doubt.... hence my <sarcasm> tags. LOL

[Crashoran]

Originally Posted by Duffy Pratt

So 50 days in appox. 300? Thats 1/6th of your time, or only 4 hours a day. I'm pretty sure that that puts you nowhere near the level of the power gamers. You obviously valued your sleep too much, and your toon probably suffered as a result. Aren't you ashamed?

Duffy

Are you trying to be a troll? Because you're not very good at it.

[Duffy Pratt]

By non-gamer standards, four hours a day on average sounds like a ton, an almost unimaginable amount of gaming. By gamer standards, its pretty ho-hum. Back when I did this, I knew of guilds that wouldn't consider taking someone who only played four hours a day. And I know people who shared their toons so they could have a toon active basically 24 hours a day.

No, I wasn't trolling, but my attempt at humor/sarcasm may have been pretty lame. The funny thing is that on the one side of the equation, people who don't understand gaming think that playing as much as four hours a day might be reason to be ashamed, while in the gaming community you are much more likely to find people who think you should be ashamed for putting in "only" four hours a day.

I've been in both camps and don't really care much one way or another how a person spends their time.

Duffy