Editing EverQuest (section)

===Addiction===
{{Further|Video game addiction|Internet addiction disorder|Computer addiction}}
Some argue the game has addictive qualities. Some players jokingly refer to it as "EverCrack" (a comparison to crack cocaine).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gameogre.com/everquest.htm |title=EverQuest Lair - Reviews, Platinum, and Cheats |publisher=Gameogre.com |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405171532/http://www.gameogre.com/everquest.htm |archive-date=2009-04-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=cbs>{{cite web|first=Tatania|last=Morales|title=Everquest Or Evercrack?|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/everquest-or-evercrack/|website=CBS News|date=May 28, 2002|access-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref> There was one well-publicized suicide of an ''EverQuest'' user named Shawn Woolley, that inspired his mother, Liz, to found Online Gamers Anonymous.<ref name="SPAIN2005A">{{cite journal |last=Spain |first=Judith W. |author2=Vega, Gina |title=EverQuest: Entertainment or Addiction? |journal=The CASE Journal |date=Spring 2005 |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=60–66|doi=10.1108/TCJ-01-2005-B006}}</ref><ref name="SPAIN2005B">{{cite journal |last=Spain |first=Judith W. |author2=Vega, Gina |title=Sony Online Entertainment: EverQuestor EverCrack? |journal=Journal of Business Ethics |volume=58 |issue=1 |date=May 2005 |pages=3–6 |doi=10.1007/s10551-005-1376-9|s2cid=154620737}}</ref> In November 2001, Shawn Woolley committed suicide. Although he had been diagnosed with depression and [[schizoid personality disorder]],<ref name=cbs/> Shawn's mother said the suicide was due to a rejection or betrayal in the game from a character Shawn called "iluvyou".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/addicted-suicide-over-everquest/ |title=Addicted: Suicide Over Everquest? |date=11 February 2009 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |access-date=4 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112054413/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/17/48hours/main525965.shtml |archive-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>