Main article: Criticism of World of Warcraft

Despite its popularity, WoW has been criticized for a number

of reasons.
Game addiction
Stories of game addiction are a common source of
criticism of World of Warcraft earning it the nickname
"World of Warcrack".
In June 2005 it as reported that a child had died due to
neglect by her World of Warcraft-addicted parents in
South !orea.
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Dr. &aressa 'rzack, a clinical psychologist at &c(ean
)ospital in *eton, &assachusetts, as inter+ieed ,ugust
$, 200#, stating that of the # million subscribers
"I'd say that 40 percent of the players are addicted."
-he .0/ figure as not deri+ed from a scientific study
o+erseen by 'rzack, but rather came from 0a forum that *ick
1ee runs.0
She added in an ,ugust 200# inter+ie that "even if the
percentage is to !0 percent "hich is standard for most
addictive behaviors# it is a huge number of people "ho
are out of control."

-his is based upon her on e2perience
and obser+ation of the problem.0