This is The Hardcore

This person plays video games like nobody’s business.  He is so hardcore, that it’s actually unattractive to me, which is hard to fathom since I’m a gamer-nerd-extraordinaire.

He’s got 11 computers running 36 instances of the video game World of Warcraft.  He spends nearly $6,000 dollars a year for subscription fees to play the game.

But, before you say anything like “that’s insane” or “what a loser” or “how could anyone do that” or “what a waste of money”… just think for a second: How much do you spend a year on your hobbies? Honestly.  Do a quick gutcheck.

But, it’s still pretty insane.

14 thoughts on “This is The Hardcore

  1. Incredible! I don't know if I'm more amazed by all the monitors or that he's running all of those instances on Dell laptops and was able to take a picture without having one freeze up and show a blue screen of death!

    On a seperate note – I figure he probably spends $500 a month in fees. That's not to bad – I figure my wife and I spend probably close to that for cable, eating out, dating and our hobbies.

  2. haha. i'm sure he does get some screen-o-blue… and thanks for your honesty about your spending.. seriously!

  3. Snowboarding sets me back a pretty penny every winter so I cannot judge.

    My only question for him is how much he pays for air conditioning? It has to be hot in there. :)

  4. oh man.. snowboarding… i haven't done that in a long time but love it.

    and good call on the AC bill… i bet it's a sweat shop in there. and what about the noise…!

  5. Wow, that is a pretty neat setup! I remember when I was addicted to Ultima Online….not a good place to be!

    I spend a lot of money on PENS….I love pens….well artist supplies in general….but PENS in particular.

    My most recent purchase was about $250 on a set of illustration markers. – definately worth it though!

  6. wow, that's is hardcore. you are the first person i've ever met to buy $250 dollars of markers. i'm thinking crayola…?