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"Looking to meet the love of your life online? Try to be open-minded, because they might be an orc.
The tongue-in-cheek curiosity seekers at Online University compiled a ton of online dating stats, and as it turns out, those looking to hook up over the web may actually fare better questing in World of Warcraft than sifting through eHarmony profiles.
The numbers certainly make Azeroth appealing. Warcraft boasts a good 12 million subscribers to eHarmony's 1 million members -- that's a lot more fish in the proverbial sea -- and the gamers log over 30 hours a month mucking about while online daters only spend about an hour and a half per month on dating sites. Warcraft is younger, too, with a median age of 32 compared to eHarmony's 48
None of that is surprising, but a look beyond the numbers paints an even more romantic picture for Warcraft. According to the study, a whopping 75% of Warcraft players are dating someone else playing the game, and of those, another 75% actually traveled over 100 miles to meet their current partner. Wonder if they used a mount?
Even crazier, the study claims that if a guy contacts 100 women at Match.com, he can expect to hear back from a whopping one of them. Meanwhile, over 40% of female Warcraft players report feeling attracted to another player."
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/study-world-warcraft-better-singles-online-dating-sites-002402169.html
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Sansfear posted:
Warcraft boasts a good 12 million subscribers to eHarmony's 1 million members -- that's a lot more fish in the proverbial sea --
Yeah if you're gay or bisexual maybe. I have no idea what the gender demo is for WoW but I'd be willing to bet that there are at least ten pimply-faced dudes for every one chick. Take out the fat and or hideous chicks and we're talking sausage-o-rama.
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My best friend met his wife in World of Warcraft. They were in the same guild, so they just started questing together. Then questing more and more. She eventually flew to Washington State from Wisconsin to meet him, they hit it off, and a year later, bam, happily married.
WoW dating does work!
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B_Shinkicker posted:
My best friend met his wife in World of Warcraft. They were in the same guild, so they just started questing together. Then questing more and more. She eventually flew to Washington State from Wisconsin to meet him, they hit it off, and a year later, bam, happily married.
WoW dating does work!
So how do they split the loot if a rare purple drops? Grounds for divorce?
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A lot of divorces occured because of WoW too. When I played DAOC my guildie left her husband and kids and moved in with our guild master in maryland. 
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Urk_VN posted:
B_Shinkicker posted:
My best friend met his wife in World of Warcraft. They were in the same guild, so they just started questing together. Then questing more and more. She eventually flew to Washington State from Wisconsin to meet him, they hit it off, and a year later, bam, happily married.
WoW dating does work!
So how do they split the loot if a rare purple drops? Grounds for divorce?
Put on AH, sell, split the moneyz. Or disenchant, sell mats, split proceeds. It really depends on the judge and whether or not they're in a no-fault state.
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B_Shinkicker posted:
My best friend met his wife in World of Warcraft. They were in the same guild, so they just started questing together. Then questing more and more. She eventually flew to Washington State from Wisconsin to meet him, they hit it off, and a year later, bam, happily married.
WoW dating does work!
My wife and I met exactly the same way in DAOC. We actually couldn't stand each other the first few months I was in the guild.
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According to the study, a whopping 75% of Warcraft players are dating someone else playing the game, and of those, another 75% actually traveled over 100 miles to meet their current partner.
This is complete bullshit. There is no way 75% of wow players are dating, much less dating other wow players. Nor is there any way 75% of that 75% are dating wow players they traveled over 100 miles to meet. That means something like 5 million wow players have met dates through wow and traveled 100 miles to meet them. Doesn't even pass a cursory sniff test.
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Sansfear posted:
According to the study, a whopping 75% of Warcraft players are dating someone else playing the game, and of those, another 75% actually traveled over 100 miles to meet their current partner.
This is complete bullshit. There is no way 75% of wow players are dating, much less dating other wow players. Nor is there any way 75% of that 75% are dating wow players they traveled over 100 miles to meet.
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A very good friend of mine Kevin Keel took part in a reality movie about MMOs in his part he meets a girl in Warcraft and then hooks up with her and ends up marrying her(TX-FL)...I've haven't watched it,yet.
http://www.downtownindependent.com/events/second-skin
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i could believe this if they were just counting NA players
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How do you know anyones real gender and most likely she is a fat chick. Also I cant afford to fly across the country to meet anyone.
Also I dont think Im a hardcore gamer guy even though I love to play games every so often
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You interact them via voice chat (Ventrilo, etc) on a nightly basis so you'll know their gender.
And if you're serious about chatting with someone there are plenty of ways to do video chats to see if there is a physical attraction as well.
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A lot of women actually play wow. Last time I went back when I did dungeon groups with some of my friends that played I would be the only guy in our group.
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