That's the actor from http://www.watchtheguild.com/
Take that kind of behavior somewhere more appropriate.

Ironically, the new image (while a better one) has no women. Can't win for losing.

Agree with Boom about Mark. The writer never said she wanted to spend 16+ hours playing WoW, just that she had 16+ hours to fill. Presumably with a lot of child care and everything else she has to do as a stay-at-home mom, and then she has some time left over.

Obviously, this woman wants to feel she can do something constructive with those hours as well; she's not talking about playing more WoW. She has a lot of knowledge about it, though, and wants to use that knowledge in an effective and useful way. Sounds like a good idea to me!

As Boom already suggested, you could start a blog about WoW. More generally, I'd say that you wanna look at things you can do on the internet. Your situtation keeps you at home and probably necessitates flexible hours as well. If you think you're up for it, you could look into Community Management jobs or something like that. And there are a lot of internet communities for different classes, different roles (ForHeals comes to mind, but you probably know more of them than I do), that you could contribute to.

One thing you're going to have to do is stick your neck out; you are going to have to approach people and ask for a spot on their team. Or you have to create your own blog, and to get readers for that you will, again, have to talk to other people to get links.

Good luck, I'm happy to see you want to use your leftover time doing something you think is worthwhile.

Fuck you Mark. Good Answer you worthless POS. Lets chew a mom out just because she has time to fill and wants to do it helping out the community somehow. How hypocritical for you to tell her to get a life, yet you blog on a WoW fansite!

Mark, please drive to the nearest cliff, and throw yourself off of it. Do everyone a favor.

If your answer was supposed to be sarcastic, then maybe add the tag... but most likely it wasn't.

askwowinsider, the place not to get a good answer to a question. Instead, they will fret over a small error in timing if there really is one.

I totally agree here -- the angsty-ness is uncalled for.

Depending on the age of the child, there's a different amount of actual hands-on work that has to be done. Young children often spend their time sleeping, and an attentive parent will be nearby and available for the child and still spend time twiddling their thumbs with nothing to do. Kids do grow up fast, so make sure you don't commit yourself to too much by the time baby grows up and demands more attention.

I'd agree on the blogging bit -- the original e-mail was well written, so I'd imagine she'd probably be good at writing. Another idea is crafting items -- alot of WoW players love original artworks of their characters (I mean, look at Figure Prints). Finding a creative thing you can do at home while baby is sleeping is always nice -- take a look at the crafting posts on WoWInsider for ideas.

I like popcorn!

/grabs salt and butter

/Also makes popcorn and cold drink...

Seriously, my unemployeed MMO addict roommate couldn't muster that much time a day... A he only had his on diaper to change.

sorry for the double post... server must be puking after all this flame baiting. :)

It's embarrassing when you think you lost the first post, then write another post and change what you originally said (Usually for the better), but then we can all see what you said in the first post. At least, it is to me.

I don't think the comment was about being a bad parent at all - seemed more about WoW addiction, regardless of parental status.

If I knew someone who was unemployed, living off a lottery win, no kids, no partner, no responsibilities and they told me they spend 16 hours a day playing WoW I'd tell them to get out more and consider professional help.

Still, she doesn't say just playing WoW, she also says reading and thinking about it. When I go to the pub with my friends I often end up talking about last night's raid or an upcoming patch or whatever with my guildies. That is a healthy social interaction that just happens to be WoW related. You can plan what to craft next while cooking dinner and you can write a blog post on a laptop from a park bench while supervising your kids in the playground.

In summary: If you are *playing* for 16 hours a day then my unqualified opinion would be that its unhealthy. If you are playing more like 6-8 hours a day but doing related things the rest of the time then, well, I'd consider getting another hobby but whatever floats your boat, you know? None of this is neccessarily bad for your kid(s) or your relationship with your husband but it might be bad for *you*.

Aw my first voted down comment :( You've ruined me Boom. Ruined me to everyone.