personally, i have never once played WOW.
I only know one person who plays it routinely... his skin is amazingly pale, and his conversation inevitably drifts to WOW.
one of my best friends was this person's room mate in college... he said that in the summer or spring breaks when there were no classes... it was common to only catch a glimpse of him emerging from his room to grab food or go to the bath room... occasionally he would go days without showering.
a lot of us could be the same about our subsims.
but i for one have not touched a subsim in 2 weeks. furthermore... i almost never talk about it to random people at parties or dinners
(unless they have expressed interest in the subject)