He's 11 yo. He's playing on the 'evolution' server the game of 'wow.'
http://evolutionwow.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1&limit=4&limitstart=4
What's going on? He is hot to 'donate' but the entire thing looks bogus to me.
Help?
He's playing on a pirate server that auto levels you to 100, or to midlevels in WoW. They close the server without warning or notice and of course however much money you've given to them is wasted when they do. When you 'donate' you're actually paying them to give you extra stuff and putting your credit card information into the hands of people that already know the business they're running is illegal. The moment Blizzard notices them, they'll have to shut down and anything you buy is wasted.
Though, it is a running WoW server and if it's free to play, I don't expect you'll get in trouble for just doing so. I just wouldn't send them anything you ever want back, *especially* credit card info.
Now, if you want a personal opinion, I think it's bad to play on a server like this. The type of people it attracts are those that want to experience a powerful WoW character without having to work to get there. You don't have to make friends or join guilds, you don't have to make sacrifices or camp stuff, you don't have to learn to play your class, you don't have to cooperate with others. You just get a powerful high level character, then you pay real world money so it has even more stuff. It's a very empty game play experience, not that gaming should be especially fufilling in the first plsce, but still....
There's something to be said for working for something, then getting it. If you take a class in the martial arts, for example, they could just exchange a hundred dollars and hand you a black belt. But they don't because the belt is meaningless in and of itself, and they would be cheating you into buying something without value. In working to earn the belt, the discipline and skill you obtain is what makes it worth your money and time. Not just the part where you're practicing, but making time and forcing yourself to practice is part of the experience as well.
So essentially, what the evolution WoW server is normal WoW minus any positive benefits it might teach him plus the chance your credit info might be taken.
I should hasten to add this is NOT my son. I *certainly* know better! :)
Thanks for the great info, I'm going to send it along to the momma who needs it.
I didn't think so, but now I'm curious about the backstory here. I hope I didn't sound all high and mighty. :buck2:
Not at ALL.
Single mom works all day; allows her 11 yo to play online games all day. That right there amazes me. It gets better. She acknowledges that she knows NOTHING about these games.
So.
She is letting her young son spend his days/weeks of summer plugged into a computer all day (all day are her words, not mine) because he's 'too old' for a babysitter.
omg.
How about someone to be with him to drive him to the pool or a friends house or ...something!
I don't know. Maybe I'M being 'high and mighty' but I would pauper myself to keep that scenario from happening to my children.
Just sayin.
It will certainly stunt a childs development. I'm imagining the serial killers of the future developing from an environment that encourages absolutely no meaningful human contact. Children need interaction with other human beings, be they child or adult. It's exactly as bad, to me, as sitting them in front of the TV all day.
MMOGames aren't bad taken discretely when you put other things in your life. When you live a life that's nothing but "one thing" it's going to be toxic, no matter what that "one thing" is. I understand she needs to work all the time, but she has to be careful of sending her son signals that no one care about him, because she won't spend any time with him. I dunno.. this sounds like another case of a mom who thinks that her son isn't smart enough to notice how low he ranks on her list of priorities, but I could be mistaken.
Totally agree with you Namae :kia