Ok, that's about as nerdy as I want to get with this. I can feel the ick factor creeping up if I continue any further.
I recently built a new desktop PC after Age of Conan laughed and spat on my "gaming" laptop. A few of my gaming buddies gave it a try but the game will bring all but the most hardy or brand new systems to their knees. I forgot that MMO's are no fun if you don't have friends to share them with and though it's a new spin on the genre, it's still no fun alone.
So those bastards sucked me back in, and good this time.
Around the time of my separation Blizzard released The Burning Crusade, the first expansion pack for WoW. As a way to focus on something other than what was going on at the time, I re-subscribed and started as one of the new races, a Draenei. I'd had a brief flirtation with the priest class when I'd last played a year before and I had enjoyed the helping rather than hurting aspect of the class. Even when face-melting as a shadow priest you still help your group. I made it a she instead of a he because I still haven't seen a dress-wearing male character in WoW that doesn't look goofy as all get-out. Besides, the Draenei females have nice cans and if I'm going to be staring at the same thing for hours on end it might as well be some enjoyable scenery.
When I unsubscribed I left her at level 38. Between then and now there had been a few patches that made leveling insanely faster and I was having a blast as they flew by. This time I seemed to find time to group with friends more often and it all sort of clicked in a way it hadn't in the past. Last week I hit 70 and had my first real raid experience, headset and all.
I'm in my own house but I'm still sharing this virtual space with real friends. We get to go these fantastical places and do cool shit together. We get to share experiences, whether it's killing a boss in a dungeon or wiping the horde in a battleground.
Now the only thing I have to figure out is where the brakes are.
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You play alliance? I can't love you any more!
~Lyndi
the same response I give our daughters: "Blah blah blah blah. Did you sat something?"
Lyndi - Hey there, thanks for stopping by! I would prefer to play horde (and I have a baby forsaken rogue I play now and then) but to gain the benefits that my guild provides I have to play alliance. =(
Christy - It's true, I've turned into "one of those people" like we used to sit back and listen to at Chris' parties.
It's SO not true.. You may play, but you haven't gone into the deep end....
... yet.
good post :)
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