Captiosus
Shared on Sat, 09/22/2007 - 16:11"There's more to life than WoW," said many of the people I knew when I said my goodbyes just after The Burning Crusade dropped. I agreed and shut down the client for the last time. But if there's more to life than WoW, why do I miss it so much and why, in particular, do I miss the people I used to call my friends, almost to the point of being depressed?
I didn't leave WoW because of the changes (though I knew plenty of my fellow raider types who did), nor was I really bored with it (though I don't think I could have tolerated seeing the Barrens again), but early in the year when my Mom got very sick and spent a month in the hospital, I simply didn't have the time to keep playing. A month after my Mom was discharged, after she was finally able to function on her own, I tried to come back to WoW, and it all felt foreign. People who I thought were my friends didn't even acknowledge my presence and the overall feel of the two guilds I was in (one Alliance, one Horde) had radically changed. I don't really begrudge them since three months had passed, but it didn't feel good at all to come back to something that seemed so foreign after I had spent 2 years with most of these people. I ended up leaving again and, this time, I sold my account.
Yet, here I sit, browsing through forums from my old stomping ground, thinking about good times both raiding and non-raiding, and missing my friends. I miss the good times we had. Hell, I even miss some of the bad times when I used to be the bank/asset officer for my Horde raiding guild. I wish I could log in again, but sometimes I'm glad I can't because I know everything has changed.
For something that's "just" a video game, it sure has brought a lot of conflicting thoughts and emotions to me. I guess if I could afford it, I'd go back. But with my ex-raiding character gone, I'd have to start over and since I'd have to start all over again, I'd probably do better rolling on a different server and leaving these old skeletons behind. Though I'm not terribly sure that would resolve how I feel either.
I didn't leave WoW because of the changes (though I knew plenty of my fellow raider types who did), nor was I really bored with it (though I don't think I could have tolerated seeing the Barrens again), but early in the year when my Mom got very sick and spent a month in the hospital, I simply didn't have the time to keep playing. A month after my Mom was discharged, after she was finally able to function on her own, I tried to come back to WoW, and it all felt foreign. People who I thought were my friends didn't even acknowledge my presence and the overall feel of the two guilds I was in (one Alliance, one Horde) had radically changed. I don't really begrudge them since three months had passed, but it didn't feel good at all to come back to something that seemed so foreign after I had spent 2 years with most of these people. I ended up leaving again and, this time, I sold my account.
Yet, here I sit, browsing through forums from my old stomping ground, thinking about good times both raiding and non-raiding, and missing my friends. I miss the good times we had. Hell, I even miss some of the bad times when I used to be the bank/asset officer for my Horde raiding guild. I wish I could log in again, but sometimes I'm glad I can't because I know everything has changed.
For something that's "just" a video game, it sure has brought a lot of conflicting thoughts and emotions to me. I guess if I could afford it, I'd go back. But with my ex-raiding character gone, I'd have to start over and since I'd have to start all over again, I'd probably do better rolling on a different server and leaving these old skeletons behind. Though I'm not terribly sure that would resolve how I feel either.
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Submitted by Azuredreams on Sat, 09/22/2007 - 17:22
Submitted by Captiosus on Sat, 09/22/2007 - 17:32
Submitted by doodirock on Sat, 09/22/2007 - 19:17