[WoW Geekery] Tired of it.
I don't care who reads this. I'm sure it'll just start another pissing match between the involved parties, but at this point I just don't care.
I love this game. I've made a lot of really good friends playing it. But I'm about ready to throw up my hands and say, "Screw it."
1) Last weekend I saw two friends make enemies of each other. I don't care who started it. I don't care which of them said what. I don't. Right now they still can't figure out the terms under which they'll start speaking to each other again, something which makes me really sad. They are the ones who have to figure it out. No one else can help them. If they can't do it... That friendship is lost, over a disagreement about politics in a game.
2) I pay a monthly fee to play this game. If you'd asked me six months ago, I would have said it was worth every penny. Now, I'm not so sure. There's a lot of content in this game that I just haven't gotten to see yet. I've explored the height and breadth of both continents. I've been to all of the dungeons that I can. But there is much more that I don't think I'll ever get to see. Three months ago we started running ZG. In that time, we have managed to down two bosses. Two, and not even reliably at that. Oh, it's fun... I love the people we were raiding with. But I want to see more. I want to see these scripted scenes I've heard about. I want to see what's around that corner we've never been around.
...but, I don't think it's going to happen.
I don't want to join a hardcore raiding guild. I'm not hardcore. What I want is raid leaders who know exactly how to bring down Boss X. What I want is some progression, instead of doing the same bosses over and over and over, and hitting the same wall over and over and over.
3) I know there are others who feel the same way I do. I know that there are solutions to this. Unfortunately, I don't think that the people who need to listen will listen. They won't listen to me, the hot-headed bitch. They won't listen to my husband, you know, because we're just sheep blindly following someone else. They won't listen to anything that sounds even remotely non-casual because they're "not that kind of guild."
I want to set up alliances and do instances with my old friends. But I'm terrified of being accused of trying to influence people. I sent a whisper to someone in the guild today who I really missed, and immediately regretted it. What if he tells someone that I spoke to him? What if they think I'm trying to recruit him? What if I just pissed away any chance at reconciliation with a "Hi there!!"??
...
Bleah.
I love this game. I've made a lot of really good friends playing it. But I'm about ready to throw up my hands and say, "Screw it."
1) Last weekend I saw two friends make enemies of each other. I don't care who started it. I don't care which of them said what. I don't. Right now they still can't figure out the terms under which they'll start speaking to each other again, something which makes me really sad. They are the ones who have to figure it out. No one else can help them. If they can't do it... That friendship is lost, over a disagreement about politics in a game.
2) I pay a monthly fee to play this game. If you'd asked me six months ago, I would have said it was worth every penny. Now, I'm not so sure. There's a lot of content in this game that I just haven't gotten to see yet. I've explored the height and breadth of both continents. I've been to all of the dungeons that I can. But there is much more that I don't think I'll ever get to see. Three months ago we started running ZG. In that time, we have managed to down two bosses. Two, and not even reliably at that. Oh, it's fun... I love the people we were raiding with. But I want to see more. I want to see these scripted scenes I've heard about. I want to see what's around that corner we've never been around.
...but, I don't think it's going to happen.
I don't want to join a hardcore raiding guild. I'm not hardcore. What I want is raid leaders who know exactly how to bring down Boss X. What I want is some progression, instead of doing the same bosses over and over and over, and hitting the same wall over and over and over.
3) I know there are others who feel the same way I do. I know that there are solutions to this. Unfortunately, I don't think that the people who need to listen will listen. They won't listen to me, the hot-headed bitch. They won't listen to my husband, you know, because we're just sheep blindly following someone else. They won't listen to anything that sounds even remotely non-casual because they're "not that kind of guild."
I want to set up alliances and do instances with my old friends. But I'm terrified of being accused of trying to influence people. I sent a whisper to someone in the guild today who I really missed, and immediately regretted it. What if he tells someone that I spoke to him? What if they think I'm trying to recruit him? What if I just pissed away any chance at reconciliation with a "Hi there!!"??
...
Bleah.