What if for one week..

[Galletea]

Maybe they'd just sleep. Or play something else. I don't think the majority are as obsessed as you make out.

 

[rayman 101]

THEY'LL PLAY TABULA RASA!

 

[Shellsh0cker]

Why are MMO gamers supposed to be more 'unwashed' than other gamers, out of interest?

The idea is that MMO players are so addicted that they'll forgo basic hygiene, as it would take away from their time with their precious game. While this has [a href=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Two-Fanatic-World-of-Warctaft-Gamers-Have-Died-Becouse-Of-WoW-11821.shtml]some grounding in reality[/a], the more optimistic among us like to hope that this isn't the case for the majority of WoW players.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

It would obviously end up in greasy, overweight, apathetic anarchy.

 

[mokes310]

I think I'd have a good laugh. I can only imagine how nuts those people would go!

 

[irishdelinquent]

I would laugh hysterically at the fanboy rage. Some guy in Texas went apeshit when he couldn't get on Xbox Live for a day, and sued Microsoft. Now imagine that level of stupidity, multiplied to the nth power!

 

[Raven28256]

THEY'LL PLAY TABULA RASA!

Too bad they are closing down their servers in February. I don't play it, I just saw the headline on Gamespot.

Anyway, if they took away WoW then there would only be two kinds of websites getting traffic on the Internet: Porn sites and online petitions begging to bring WoW back.

 

[Dr Pussymagnet]

Hmm...


Well. . . . It'd be a pretty funny and violent week.

EDIT:

I would laugh hysterically at the fanboy rage. Some guy in Texas went apeshit when he couldn't get on Xbox Live for a day, and sued Microsoft. Now imagine that level of stupidity, multiplied to the nth power!

Fuck that man, I haven't been on Live since Hurricane Ike. Yeah, I know it's not that long ago, but I haven't bought any new games since the Orange Box, only making it harder.

 

[Dr.Doctor]

I think they would all just fall asleep at their computors, entering a hibernative state. And wait for the long and horrid winter of warcraft to end. Then arise t ocontinue doing the same thing they've been doing for the last year.

 

[Baby Tea]

Thousands of forums would pop up with people bitching about WoW being unavailable.

Anyway, if they took away WoW then there would only be two kinds of websites getting traffic on the Internet: Porn sites and online petitions begging to bring WoW back.

Both of these. I know plenty of people personally who would freak out. And by freak out, I mean have a stress/trauma induced simultaneous stroke and heart attack.

Not everyone, I'm sure.

But there would be some...and by some I mean many.

...

And by many I mean most.

 

[xitel]

I think they would go "Hey, we actually make games. I totally forgot!" and start making new games. Like Starcraft: Ghost. Or something that doesn't end with -craft or -iablo. You know, something NEW.

 

[Calobi]

The world would smell fresher, being all those dungeon sitting WoW addicts actually got up to have a shower finally.

Do you know how much worse the world would smell if that happened? Right now, it's mostly contained to the rooms where WoW is played, if they showered to water would be contaminated and ruin all the oceans and rivers.

 

[Shadowtek]

I would dress like an "Blood Elf" (or something from the game) and go dancing in the street attracting as many WOW addicts as I could. Then There gathered close, hold a copy of WOW in the air and snap the disk. Either one, I will be killed, Or two, Tears will be shed in remembrance or the dearly departed disk and a WOW cosplay event will be in the making.

(I dont play the game myself, But I do enjoy messing with people.)

 

[Chaosthief]

The hardcore ones would attempt to march and storm the Blizzard headquarters, but the muscle strain of walking and carrying their own girth would be too much, and they'd collapse in the streets, writhing. The ones who have been sucked in for less time might go and do something productive though.

 

[Space Spoons]

I would imagine the majority of them would head back to Everquest until the week was up. Might start a guild called "I'm Just Here While My Server is Down." No big thing.

 

[RhinoTuna]

THEY'LL PLAY TABULA RASA!

I don't think anyone plays that game.