What factors, in your opinion make a game addicting. Make you want to come back and never quit. Maybe graphics? Gameplay, achievements-"gotta get em all", a good community.

What do you think?

In general I would say challenge. Not the challenge of the game but the challenge against other players/people.
Especially endless games like WoW are addictive because there is always something to do to become better, stronger, more respected and so on.

Many people also use games to escape reality.
Some do just for the sake of releasing stress or finding someone to communicate with. Others even see them as replacement for a real social life.

In Toribash it's the community. You can find internet friends here easily.
Hardly anyone on IRC still plays toribash actively so I wouldn't say they are addicted to the game itself.

The flashy and fun part get boring after a while when you get used to them.
There needs to be something the player wants to achive to keep him playing.
In Toribash that something is probably respect, power and what not most of the time.


Nah, attraction is a symptom caused by factors that make people play a game .

I'd have to say the community mostly. I have tried to leave several times, but the community always seems to draw me back. I also appreciate in-game play, its fun, creative and the graphics are pretty good too.(I think.)

Gameplay, any game where the character can look cool doing something. Or the content within the game.

Personally, I like a challenge. Achievements are also good as they give a sense of success. Of course, a game with achievements and that's challenging and has good graphics will over rule a game with all the same and bad graphics.