Get a Life!

I just read an article in which a Taiwanese man has been named as the first player to 'finish' World of Warcraft (WoW).

According to the article, 'Little Gray', as his character's known, is the first to successfully complete all of the games' 986 achievements listed in the armory.  Also in order to reach the milestone, the Taiwanese power-player killed 390,895 creatures, accumulated 7,255,538,878 points of damage, completed 5,906 quests (that's 14.62 quests per day, apparently), raided 405 dungeons and hugged 11 players.

I don't want to sound too critical, because when I was in high school I played role playing games, and certainly video and computer games are a legitimate form of entertainment and recreation - BUT - when I read all the time and effort this man from Taiwan invested to "win" at WoW, I thought to myself - to what end?  What does he have to show for it? What lasting difference will winning at WoW will make?  How many relationships and time with "real" people did he forfeit in order to accomplish this feat?

Of course I don't intimately know this man's life to make an accurate judgment....but when I read about his achievement in the news I didn't celebrate, nor was I in awe...rather I felt pity.