How much is too much?

I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything, but I wanted to get an update in before I let too much time pass and no one read the blog anymore. Anyways, I started wondering today, do I have a problem? About a month-and-a-half ago, I had a job interview for a subtance abuse counselor position. One of the questions was "What do you think the most important part of the 12-step recovery program is?" Okay, so with my new B.A. degree in Psychology in hand, I absolutely blew the question. I couldn't remember the 12-step addiction recovery steps and fumbled my through with some jibberish. Needless to say, I didn't get the job; however, I went home and looked at the 12-step recovery program. The first step is the most important, of course, because it is "Admit to yourself that you have a problem." You can't begin to recover if you don't believe you have a problem. Anyway, so enough of the psycho-babble for now, I started to wonder today as I was counting my characters in World of Warcraft, and the numerous other games that I play, if I really do have a problem. The number of characters shown over at http://combatengineers.enjin.com/profile/828566/characters/index/page/1only shows you my guilded characters within World of Warcraft. I'm working on adding my Rift characters there (I think there's around 5 there) and also my City of Heroes characters (somewhere around 15 or 20 total characters there). My Everquest 2 (4 or 5), Vanguard (1), and DC Universe Online characters (2) are not listed either. And that's just the MMOs. I also play numerous XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 games and dabble around on a 3DS every now then. Granted most of my game playing time is devoted to World of Warcraft, EQ2, and NCAA Football 2012 but I do play the other games now and then. So, I may have a problem. But then again, I do not think it's a bad one either, and it's definitely not a mental illness (A mental illness has to cause a negative effect on my normal daily activities, and I am very capable of fulfilling my daily activities and do not neglect my children in favor of gametime ;-) ). Some studies have shown that games can improve brain function, and I can definitely use some improved brain function. Everyone has a hobby, and everyone has different ways of having fun. So my hobby is gaming and I just happen to have fun when I sit down at a computer (or a console), log into vent, and play games with people that I get along with very well. And if you've got a problem with that, I've got two words for you.....

Disc or Holy: Which is better?

Okay, so I was playing in a random group in a World of Warcraft dungeon (I can't remember which one, though) and as many PUGs do, this one broke down into an argument about which spec is better. The topic of discussion was Discipline specc'd priests and Holy specc'd priests and which ones were better for healing dungeons and raids. Our priest, who was specc'd Discipline, of course argued for the cause of Discipline heals. Awesome mana regen rate and heals were great he argued. Another member of our team who had a level 85 priest on another server (don't we all, now), countered that Blizzard had nerf'd the Penance spell hard in the last patch and now Holy was the L337 spec. I didn't get involved in the argument at the time, because I simply just wanted to finish the dungeon and get credit for it without having to wait in the queue line again and start all over. I do have a level 32 priest, and I realize that it doesn't really matter until end game what I think about the spec, but I simply do like the Discipline class better than Holy. Penance still works really well in my opinion and the mana regen is definitely awesome. Plus I can solo through my quests instead of feeling really squishy as I did in Holy form. So I think it's a good levelling build, but is it good for end-game? I don't know, I have heard of raids where they didn't want a priest healer unless they were specc'd Disc. I have also heard of raids who didn't want a priest healer at all, so I have heard all sides of the argument. It may just be a player preference and how good a person is at playing their class. Let me know what you think in the comments section!