My son is continuously playing the game to the point where its the sole thing he does with his life other than school. To the best of my knowledge he plays on free servers so naturally Blizzard is unhelpful. Any help would be appreciated
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Ummm, whos the parent?
You have total control over the situation. Disconnect the internet from the computer. Put passwords on the computer. Assert yourself.
If he is playing on free private servers tell him that they are illegal and violate multiple copyright laws as well as the DMCA. That you wont have that kind of thing going on in YOUR house. Then uninstall the game.
Its not that hard to add accounts to a windows machine and that would allow you to control his access to the computer.
You cannot request an account to be banned, however, you can just cancel the payment through this phone number: (800)-59-BLIZZARD. You can also email Blizzard (the company that runs World of Warcraft) at billing@blizzard.com, as long as you can provide details that you are the person paying for the account.
Alternatively, you can set Parental Controls on your child’s account, limiting his playtime in game at your own convenience. At http://www.worldofwarcraft.com, you can tell your child to log into the website’s account feature, and then you may set parental controls (provided you know the answer to the secret question set at the account’s start). You can set times for him to play and not to play, and you can even set him to not play at all.
The problem is, you said your child runs a private server. The only remedy to a private server is to uninstall the game.
If you wish for game to be off your computer permanetly, you can uninstall World of Warcraft by the simple installer on the Start Menu, provided with the game.
Free Servers, known to the gamers as Private Servers, are against Blizzard’s Terms of Service and should be removed from the computer immediatly. What kind of Private Server your child runs is something that I do not know, but generally uninstalling World of Warcraft may fix the problem. If your child trys to reinstall World of Warcraft, try taking the discs away – it takes a while for the game to download off the internet, and even then it can just be uninstalled again.
Remember, you are the parent in charge – you can do this. Find your child some other hobbies, like outdoor activities such as basketball, baseball, (and now that it’s summer) swimming.
If by Free Server you mean “Private Server” Theres really nothing you can do to close it. I suppose if you find the websites of the private server he plays on you can call the admin or contact the admin to close an account. I have experience with this as I just completed 10th grade year and it was consuming my life as well taking my staight A’s to B’s and C’s but I stopped and they are back up to A’s. Perhaps you can talk to him about something else to do with his life besides WoW.
1.If he plays on a free server he is pretty much playing illegaly. (Just to make sure you know.) If you dont care than the best way to get him banned would be to find out his password. Say something like “I have to know your passwords because i am your parent” and then one day when he isnt home go on your computer and login. Select one of his characthers. Once you are in the game press the enter key and type /m then create a macro and drag it onto the toolbar. Press the enter key again and press the macro button continuously until his acount is banned.
2.Another way is to go into your computer open up your program files folder. Go into the world of warcraft folder and open the realmlist.wtf file. It should open a word program. Delete whatever is there and type in: Server Login Failed It should repeat that message and look like a server crash keeping him away from WoW.
Simple! Get into his account and set the parental controls. My son plays and you can easily access the parental controls of the game. It cannot be tinkered with because you have your very own password into the controls. You can set the amount of time each day that he can or cannot play. You need to have some control over your son’s situation and I’m sure that he can be weaned off. Use it as leverage for grades or whatever–it works for me!
How do I know this? I play too!
You should set a password on your computer to logg into it. So only you would allow him to play because you know the password. In your main account for your computer or what ever name you use for everyone to log into your computer set a lock down code on it. Then the next time your son wants to play WOW he would have to have a password just to get to the computer desktop.
i was unaware that blizz had free servers. maybe some parental supervision and quality time with your child(ren) would help. dont blame the game, i would suggest poor parenting to allow it to get to this point, how about taking away the computer and grounding him. tell him to go outside and play. if he wont, carry him outside and lock the door and tell him to come back for supper. go to wow website, but unless you have his user name and password you wont be able to do anything.
you people crack me up with saying “the game is so addicting”. would it be any different if he spent that time playing football or watching t.v. or any other hobby. this is what is wrong with the world…..its not the product to blame, its the people who choose to allow it to happen.
you are the parent. take control of your life and your household.
You can try setting passwords or something. Or set the router in your room and pull the plug when he’s playing it too much.
That game is seriously addicting, my friend’s overall health deteriorated to the point where he suffered from cardiac arrest, and he’s only 16.
who is in charge of your house? i have a teenager who thinks he is but he is not. assert your command. set the rules and limits. the game can be ‘addicting’ but no more than any other thing you do. it is just very time involved as all mmorpgs, and it can be emotionally attaching. i have seen in the news how people get sick, even death from not doing anything but sitting there in the chair and playing.
be a parent. not a friend.
put on password protect. tell him no more. that is that
I was in a similar situation to your son. But personally, I am the kid. This situation, unfortunately, common for kids who play Word of Warcraft, it’s an incredibly addicting game. -That’s the general…
I MUST get this through your brain, DO NOT MAKE HIM STOP INSTANTLY! It will ruin his life, literally, if he plays more than 3~4 hours a day, and you stop him right there, the game will overwhelm him. WoW is an MMORPG game that is an adventure, its like reading an intensive book, and stopping at the climax. All he will think about is the game if you stop it.
What My father did to me (I played over 8 hours a day), was:
1st. Take some initiative to talking to your son, don’t give him a beating speech, talk to him like a friend, because now-a-days media/friends > Parents (It’s the truth.
2nd. Set him a timed schedule, such as, one hour everyday, or only two hours a day on weekends, etc. If he does not listen, pull the internet plug.
3rd. Take his computer away. As a son myself, I sometimes never listen to my dad, even though he’s great. Parents don’t realize kids have their own minds and WILL NOT ALWAYS do as told! Take stronger initiative if none of these work…. break the computer, DO NOT GROUND HIM. I’m Asian, so I’ve never been grounded, it’s just not part of our culture. Grounding is a stupid way to discipline a game-addict.
-Hope that helps, good luck.
Try limiting his time on the computer. Say, an hour a day and only after he gets his school work done. Try getting him into outside activites like sports and such. or, maybe you can get him to earn his computer time like washing the dishes would earn him ten minutes, cleaning his room would earn him twenty, etc.
Theres a kid who killed him self b/c of the game.(look it up)…i dont know if hes really addicted to it you should make him stop. Ive played it. Its really addicting. I like games alot but not addicted. If he plays 3 hrs or more a day thats pretty bad and its a addiction. I know 3hrs is pretty long but. Yeah make him play on weekends only or something. But the game is really addicting the game cant be beat. Goes On
My 15 year old son is addicted to this game. We tried setting times that he could play. He followed the rules for a few days but gradually just slipped back to playing every spare moment to the exclusion of practically everything else.
Talking to him did no good. Yelling did no good. Threatening did no good. I took away his computer for a while, then assigned him a password only I knew. After each episode he showed improvement, did better in school and was respectful to us and helped around the house, etc. Then once he earned his privileges back he slid back into his WOW addiction, played past his agreed-upon deadline, etc.
And no, we are not weak parents. We have three children (one older, one younger) and the other two are doing just fine, but this one is entirely different. I took his computer away again last week and told him he was never going to play that game again in my house – he went ballistic. Now he is ignoring me and my wife, but we’re standing firm. I’m going to see what I can do to have his account removed, delete the game off his computer, then remove his administrative rights so he can’t reinstall it.
You people who say this game is not addicting are 100% dead wrong. A close friend of mine has a buddy he grew up with (I know the guy too) who lost his wife and family and ruined his career because he simply will not stop playing this game. My friend says his buddy doesn’t even take off his headphones and stop talking with his a-hole WOW ‘friends’ when he goes over to talk with him. Take a look at WOWdetox.com and tell me if you’re still so smugly assured.