WoW Cataclysm?... Meh...

Dear Blog,

Has anyone else noticed that it seems like WoW is possibly lacking a small portion of their millions of players?? I got an e-mail from them the other day about an account I had not been playing in a few months (maybe 6?) and they were offering me 7 days of free playing time. I thought at first it might have been a scam, I have gotten a few of those in my e-mail over the years, "just enter your account information here on this page that LOOKS like the WoW log in page and in just a few hours your account will be for sale on e-bay" type things, but it turns out this one was legit. I am also seeing all those mohawk grenade commercials on like every channel, I mean, I enjoy it, yaaay Mr.T and all, but is it possible that WoW is throwing out mad marketing ploys to try and re-recruit their lost players? It did seem like there were less people standing about when I logged on like a sucker to do the new Pilgrim's Bounty achievements... I just really wanted that turkey pet... lol.

I really do think I am finished with WoW though... Even when I was working to get my turkey pet I was irritated at how repetitive and time consuming it was. It seems that although WoW got another month out of me so I could check out pilgrim's bounty (and I won't lie... I wanted a mohawk grenade...) I was so disappointed and fed up with spending hours getting yet another useless title and pet that I am pretty sure there'll be no going back for me now. Even the idea of Cataclysm doesn't appeal to me anymore! I mean, I always have fun when I play with just my boyfriend or my best friend, but neither of them play much anymore either... Oh well, we will see I guess! For now I am happy with my Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age, Sims, and Peggle! hehe

WoWless For Over A Week! =)

Dear Blog,

I have been WoWless since the 11th! Yeah that's just 8 days, but I have only thought about renewing my account like once, which is a good sign I think! I am a little worried that they'll give out another Anniversary Pet on the 23 (I think it's November 23..?) and I would hate to miss out on a pet!!! I love those damn vanity pets, and would be so sad if I missed a cute one like last year's polar bear cub!!! That's really the only reason I've thoughts about renewing though, which is kind of silly, pay for a month just for some in game pet. I doubt I could justify that to myself, lol.

Dragon Age has helped to ween me off my wow addiction, and those Dragon Age characters are so much nicer than all the jerks who play WoW, lol. Mind you, they aren't real people... but unless I am shooting players, I think I may avoid MMOs from now on. Everyone's just so douchey on WoW now, whether the are stupid fourteen year olds or fourty year old elitest pigs, I haven't met anyone worth knowing on WoW in years, and anyone nice I had known from WoW, I don't talk to anymore, lol. Sure I got my best friend into playing, and now she plays and I don't, lol but she likes questing alone and likes figuring everything out for herself. She doesn'teven have WotLK yet, so we never really played together to begin with.

I think I may play again once she gets to 80, or if my boyfriend or brother get back into it, or when Cataclysm comes out, but for now I am happy not playing. CoD5 and Dragon Age have been satisfying my gaming needs, and they aren't costing me monthly to play! Plus, all the douchebags on CoD5 get shot, so it's much more satisfying than dealing with the douchey WoW players!

We'll see how long my little no-wow-athon lasts, but I dare say, dear Wow, this could be the end!

What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been Indeed!

All I needed for the What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been achievement was the Sinister Squashling pet found during Hallow's End. I have been logging on every waking hour since the event started on Monday to trick-or-treat, and was beginning to get discouraged, but as I have found with most of the Holiday Achievements, all it took was a few days of serious commitment!

So I got the squashling in my treat bag this morning, which got me the Hallowed Be Thy Name and What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been achievements. After my initial happy dance and victory flight on my new Violet Proto-drake, I began to question how much of an achievement this all was...

In order to get the drake I needed to complete all 8 of the yearly in-game holiday event achievements (To Honor One's Elders, Fool For Love, Noble Gardener, For The Children, The Flame Warden, Brewmaster, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Merrymaker). Each of these holidays had me running all around Outland and Azeroth or logging on every couple hours and during actual real life holidays!! For a whole year now, every time I thought of a holiday, I would think of this achievement and the fact that I was one event closer to my proto-drake... I don't feel like it's such an accomplishment now, more that it's just kind of sad! Does WoW seriously control that much of my life!?

It has been somewhat lacking in appeal lately, and logging on is becoming somewhat of a chore (especially to get this damn proto-drake), so I am beginning to question why I am playing something I am not having fun with... I have never actually tried to quit WoW before, but I have taken breaks now and again for a few months at a time, but I am wondering if it's time to sheath the sword and give away all my gold to the poor(noobs)...

The social aspect of the game was always what I enjoyed most, meeting and interacting with new people, but lately I can't even keep a guild for over a month, and haven't made any new friends in over a year. Any friends I had made in WoW, I don't speak to anymore, and real life friends seem to be disappearing... I had never really thought that WoW was hurting my life in any way, but maybe all these social, employment, self image issues I have been having over the past few years, are all because of WoW! Looking back, I know I was in a better place before I stumbled into Azeroth 4 and 1/2 years ago, lots of friends, a job, acceptably outgoing, and now not so much...

It would feel like a bit of a waste of 4 years to quit now, leave all my characters and uninstall such a big part of my life... I don't have too much going on either, so without WoW I am kind of worried I would be bored... but maybe I wouldn't be? Maybe ditching the WarCrack would help me have a more normal socially acceptable lifestyle! I am not committing to uninstalling the game or anything... but it is something new I will consider... perhaps I am a bit addicted to it, or maybe logging on is just such a routine now, and I always hate to disrupt a good routine...