First week at the University of Iowa and I've come to the realization that I'm going to have to fully give up WoW and my multitude of friends that i acquired through my journeys. I've have quit raiding regularly and I rarely play anymore. My guild has demoted me and its time to fully rid myself of Azeroth.
My two and a half journey is finally over and it's probably for the best. I'm sure I will go back occasionally, but there is no doubt in my mind that if I restart I will not play nearly as much.
I finally broke through the veil that was keeping me from the real world and have come to the light.
I have figured out which world this really is....
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Parent Aggro
Summer is coming to an end and I start college in the fall. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, the separation of worlds, a crack in the plexiglass world that I seem to be trapped inside. For now, there is no escape.
Parent aggro. The worst kind of aggro. Worse than that of Onyxia in vanilla WoW; one false move and you wipe the raid. My parents seem to be fed up with my WoW play time and it seems I must get back to my original plan.
By the end of the month, I'll be leaving to Iowa City. To start my life in the real world.
The fog is beginning to clear and i must accept the fact that my time in Azeroth is slowing twindling away. It was a long, strange journey.
Parent aggro. The worst kind of aggro. Worse than that of Onyxia in vanilla WoW; one false move and you wipe the raid. My parents seem to be fed up with my WoW play time and it seems I must get back to my original plan.
By the end of the month, I'll be leaving to Iowa City. To start my life in the real world.
The fog is beginning to clear and i must accept the fact that my time in Azeroth is slowing twindling away. It was a long, strange journey.
New Hero
Obviously, after countless hours and my main character and alternate character having over 190 days play time, I decided it's time to start a new character. Time to level!!
Yeup, that's right. A new toon, the choices are endless.
Warlock
Mage
Paladin
AHHHHH! Not knowing what to do I decide to start off with the new paladin. Great, here we go again, yet another adventure in Azeroth that's further going to drag me down into this obsession; this new world where only I live.
What world is this?
Yeup, that's right. A new toon, the choices are endless.
Warlock
Mage
Paladin
AHHHHH! Not knowing what to do I decide to start off with the new paladin. Great, here we go again, yet another adventure in Azeroth that's further going to drag me down into this obsession; this new world where only I live.
What world is this?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Guild Drama
It seems today that there has been some guild drama and it is up to me as officer to put an end to it and settle things in a timely fashion (prioritizing this over my real world issues. Again, which world is which? Which am I now more immersed in? God damn, I really need to take a break from this game).
I decided to take screen shots of the conversation I had from this anonymous tipster concerning a member of our guild so that I could present it to the Guildmaster for further review.
This is only part of the conversation, but it's enough to get the gist of the story.
Oh man, the day in the life of a OSL guild officer. Much more stress than I need. To think, this game was meant to have fun with, but I have turned it into something new. A new life. A new world.
I decided to take screen shots of the conversation I had from this anonymous tipster concerning a member of our guild so that I could present it to the Guildmaster for further review.
This is only part of the conversation, but it's enough to get the gist of the story.
Oh man, the day in the life of a OSL guild officer. Much more stress than I need. To think, this game was meant to have fun with, but I have turned it into something new. A new life. A new world.
Dreams
World of Warcraft pervades my every thought even in my dreams.
I'm lost, no way to tell which world I'm actually in.
I wake, finding that I have probably been thinking about World of Warcraft for the last 48 hours straight at least. Even when I'm not consciously thinking about the game I'm sure there are thoughts in the back of my head about exactly what tasks I need to complete for the day in Azeroth and what goals I would like to achieve for the day. Needless to say, this takes a toll on the work that I am putting in at my job at the local grocery store and the amount of effort I'm putting in while doing chores around the house for the summer.
This can't be healthy.
I'm lost, no way to tell which world I'm actually in.
I wake, finding that I have probably been thinking about World of Warcraft for the last 48 hours straight at least. Even when I'm not consciously thinking about the game I'm sure there are thoughts in the back of my head about exactly what tasks I need to complete for the day in Azeroth and what goals I would like to achieve for the day. Needless to say, this takes a toll on the work that I am putting in at my job at the local grocery store and the amount of effort I'm putting in while doing chores around the house for the summer.
This can't be healthy.
A Trip to the General Store
Raid Night.
Crawling out of my camp for the night, the long battle of yesterday well behind me, I realize my provisions have run low and the guild may need my help in the raid tonight. Obviously, before starting my long, strenuous journey to the general store to restock I must check the status of equipment from the night before and complete my daily quests so that there will be no need to rush around before the raid.
Completing my quests I log off my account and realize it is already well past noon and the heat of the outside does little to comfort my pale skin (achieved through countless hours in the basement leveling, raiding, and questing). I go to the driveway, unlocking my golden dragon, and hop into the saddle. Finally turning the ignition switch my dragon roars to life and I fly to the store to load up on Red Bull, chips, and cigarettes to prepare myself for hours of raiding. I hand my gold over to the cashier and am soon out the door. I saddle back up and return to my camp in front of the computer to return to my fantasy(?) world.
7:00 p.m.
Raid Time! I am well prepared. Character prepared for tonights battle against Hex Lord Malacrass in the raid zone, Zul'Aman. As a guild officer of OrcSplitters Local 101 and the raid leader for the night, it is my duty to make sure everything runs smoothly tonight; needless to say I am slightly on edge as we are about to face a boss we have never encountered before. I wish my team luck and engage the boss.
Sucess!!
WE HAVE DONE IT! For the night, the raid is complete and tomorrow is yet another day in Azeroth.
I go to bed thinking of the day ahead of me and I begin to question which life I'm really leading.
Which world is this?
Crawling out of my camp for the night, the long battle of yesterday well behind me, I realize my provisions have run low and the guild may need my help in the raid tonight. Obviously, before starting my long, strenuous journey to the general store to restock I must check the status of equipment from the night before and complete my daily quests so that there will be no need to rush around before the raid.
Completing my quests I log off my account and realize it is already well past noon and the heat of the outside does little to comfort my pale skin (achieved through countless hours in the basement leveling, raiding, and questing). I go to the driveway, unlocking my golden dragon, and hop into the saddle. Finally turning the ignition switch my dragon roars to life and I fly to the store to load up on Red Bull, chips, and cigarettes to prepare myself for hours of raiding. I hand my gold over to the cashier and am soon out the door. I saddle back up and return to my camp in front of the computer to return to my fantasy(?) world.
7:00 p.m.
Raid Time! I am well prepared. Character prepared for tonights battle against Hex Lord Malacrass in the raid zone, Zul'Aman. As a guild officer of OrcSplitters Local 101 and the raid leader for the night, it is my duty to make sure everything runs smoothly tonight; needless to say I am slightly on edge as we are about to face a boss we have never encountered before. I wish my team luck and engage the boss.
Sucess!!
I go to bed thinking of the day ahead of me and I begin to question which life I'm really leading.
Which world is this?
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