Using World of Warcraft Skills in the Real World

Many parents are worried that their kids spend too long sitting in front of their computers playing games

. Worrying about a child's dependence on computer games is a concern that is often justified. Rates of obesity among children are at epidemic proportions as our youth get less exercise every year and become more and more involved in technological pursuits such as online gaming.

Unfortunately this phenomenon is not isolated and most adults are suffering a similar fate. 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 think that computer games are just mush for the brain. This may be the case with some games but for one at least the opposite may be true.

World of Warcraft is the best known video game that has been given a very bad rap. The creators of the game, Blizzard, have come under increasing fire over the years for creating a game that is said to be so addictive it leads to the break-down of marriages and even lives. The fact that some people find the wonderful world of WoW to be so entertaining and enjoyable that they spend most of their day playing it some concerned parents have regulated or even stopped their children from playing it.

Although there is evidence that some people get addicted to playing world of warcraft these people are usually prone to addictions. 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.

Most of the 11 million regular players of the game play it on a moderate but regular basis not allowing it to take over their lives.

However, there is evidence that shows world of warcraft is no ordinary computer game. Many business experts and leaders in the corporate industries have spoken about world of warcraft's unique ability to help people develop real world business and employment skills.

Helping young children develop such highly desirable employment and life skills is admirable however in extreme cases warcraft has taught even more important skills than that!

In the case of twelve-year-old Hans Olsen World of warcraft skills he developed online saved his own and his sister's lives. Hans found himself in a very dangerous situation when a moose attacked his sister. Although everything happened very fast Hans recalled what he did in similar situations while playing world of warcraft.

The moose's first target was Han's younger sister.In combat, when playing WoW, there is a motion called taunting where you draw the attention of enemies in order to ambush them or protect weaker members of your group. Hans used this tactic to draw the attention of the moose to him and away from his sister.

Then with the moose's unwanted and aggressive attention firmly fixed on him Hans used another WoW tactic and feigned death. Frightened but determined to survive Hans employed another world of warcraft tactic that he had successful deployed many times within the game - he pretended to be dead! Luckily for Hans the moose "bought into" his tactic and thinking its territory was no longer in danger it lost interest and wandered off.

Using World of Warcraft Skills in the Real World

By: Joe O'Reilly

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