Is my roommate a douchebag or just another WoW junkie?
I am a college student majoring in engineering, so school is pretty tough. I have classes at 7:00a.m. 4 days a week and two times last week my roommate woke me up at around 3:00a.m. playing World of Warcraft. After the first I told him I was pissed and needed my sleep and I thought he understood. Also he did not go to class all of last week and sleeps in until like 12:00p.m. almost every day. He plays World of Warcraft from 12:00p.m. until at least 12:00a.m. everyday. Since he is my friend, other roommates lump us together when things do not get done (dishes, cleaning, etc.) and thats also annoying to clarify. The question here is… Is my roommate an inconsiderate douchebag, or is he in need of help to break his WoW addiction???
EDIT: What should I do to break the addiction, short of deleting the game / characters?
EDIT 2: moving is somewhat of an issue since the only reason i share a room is to reduce rent, and its possible I get a worse roommate or cannot find someone. The first thing was sort of a rant, I believe the game makes him a douche so If anyone has dealt with WoW addiction that would be most helpful in breaking the habit!
This is pretty serious. I really think you need to find alternative living arrangemtents.
Engineering is really no joke, it’s not easy (well, it’s impossible if your mathematically retarded like myself). Your roomie needs to learn some consideration.
Is there any way your roomie can move the computer into a separate room? He can definitely wear headphones.
For yourself, would ear plugs work? or a sleep mask?
I don’t think you have any rights to go delete characters. The best you can do is tell him to cut it out or get out of the house. I know he’s your friend, but you might have to do a roommate intervention and send him packing.
I dunno, I’m at university and I need silence to sleep. I’m a light sleeper and will wake up at a pin drop. I used to have a roommate who would play poker all night. Every night I would have to ask him to turn down the sound…but then he’d keep slowly turning it up. I’d also have to deal with him cooking at 3am and smoking in the house. His argument was, "It’s not my fault you have to go to sleep so early!". I’d be awake really early and sit there in silence on my laptop because I didn’t want to wake him. Some people don’t get politeness. BTW, he was eventually evicted.
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yup, a douche.
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WoW addiction.
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~he is being inconsiderate. Is there any way you can move?~
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he needs help you are edited to wow
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What a dick!
Can you not tell him to get off his arse, clean up, maybe get a girlfriend or even just go to classes as thats what he’s there for? Be harsh as he’s clearly not going to listen to reason.
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Sounds like he needs to break the addiction to the game. You should tell him you feel that he is going to flunk out and needs to focus more on school. If he does not respect your opinions then he may be a douchebag.
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I say both. A douche and needs to break away from the addiction!
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Major doucher.
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Both.
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Doesn’t one just indicate the other?
He has a WoW addiction, and because of it he is a douche bag.
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I’d have already told him off the first time he woke me up. If it happened again then there would be a major problem that’s going to get settled with me blowing up and going off on him. Obviously the guy only thinks of himself and those type of people only know that if you don’t confront them they will keep doing it because they can get away with it. Tell him there is no game playing after 10pm due to disturbance laws. If he gets upset then get another roommate.
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A little of both. The reason WoW is addicting is because it is extremely entertaining and it is always available. He needs to go to class and allow you to sleep. What he should do is set the parental controls so that he can only play at certain times because its hard to get work done when you know you can have so much fun playing it.
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This is pretty serious. I really think you need to find alternative living arrangemtents.
Engineering is really no joke, it’s not easy (well, it’s impossible if your mathematically retarded like myself). Your roomie needs to learn some consideration.
Is there any way your roomie can move the computer into a separate room? He can definitely wear headphones.
For yourself, would ear plugs work? or a sleep mask?
I don’t think you have any rights to go delete characters. The best you can do is tell him to cut it out or get out of the house. I know he’s your friend, but you might have to do a roommate intervention and send him packing.
I dunno, I’m at university and I need silence to sleep. I’m a light sleeper and will wake up at a pin drop. I used to have a roommate who would play poker all night. Every night I would have to ask him to turn down the sound…but then he’d keep slowly turning it up. I’d also have to deal with him cooking at 3am and smoking in the house. His argument was, "It’s not my fault you have to go to sleep so early!". I’d be awake really early and sit there in silence on my laptop because I didn’t want to wake him. Some people don’t get politeness. BTW, he was eventually evicted.
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Both.
Tell him to play at decent times before you go to bed, or there will be consequences.
If he’s your friend and a WoW junkie, I wouldn’t delete the game, but tell him that it’s getting out of hand, and if he wants to get a job, he needs to concentrate more on school. Tell him he can play on weekends as much as he likes, but not while you’re sleeping. Also, tell him that if he likes the game so much, to try and go for a course that will lead him to a career involving gaming.
If he wants to waste his time in school, that’s his problem.
If all else fails, buy some earplugs.
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Hey! you potty jerk! he needs his space too so you have to be considerate of it so just chill out and take a chillpill so just enjoy him being your roommate! >:(
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Wasn’t last week spring break?
He’s a jerk for not being considerate of other people sleeping. I assume he’s talking loudly in chat during the game, or banging stuff around. You don’t need WoW to be a jerk.
Your other roommates are jerks for blaming you for what he’s not doing. You need to draw up a chart of chores and everyone is responsible for their own tasks.
As for his WoW addiction, it’s not for you to force him to do one thing or the other. You can’t delete his characters unless you have access to his account – they are stored online, not on the computer.
If he continues to play addictively and not spend time on his schoolwork or assignments, he will shortly no longer be your problem.
If you are concerned for his wellbeing, you should sit down and talk to your friend about the problem, how he looks like an addict, how it’s affecting his life and the lives of the people he lives with.
But as with any addict, you can’t force change on him. He has to want to change.
Either way you still need your sleep. Tell him that if he can’t stop waking you up, he needs to find another place to play where you can’t hear him ranting online.
If he won’t stop, I’d arrange for a slow death for his computer. Maybe unplug some of the internal fans. Yes – I am occasionally evil. But effective.
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