Comments on: Monday Musings: Part of Me Edition

By: kuretsa1

kuretsa1 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:33:08 +0000

Yes ,, we must stay comfortable with who we are… if I didn’t i would of probably commited suicide of all the homophobic remarks and biggotry wow has to offer. Definitely a part of me no one will take away. I miss your youtube videos… dont you dare leave!!! not yet <3

By: wingria

wingria — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:04:24 +0000

This song always inspires me too and reminds me that no matter how shitty or screwed up anything is, in the end you did it for a reason and if you have no regrets it was worth it every single second. Eventually we will all give up playing WoW and when that time comes it’ll be a sad day no doubt, its great you take screenshots like you do, I also do that. My entire character Wingria has a screenshot folder gigs long from her first day at lvl 1 up till now. I’ve got alot of good memories and some bad in there, every second was worth the trip though. Don’t they say its not the destination but the journey that made it all worth while?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:40:59 +0000

I completely understand the challenges that you are facing. I have found that unlike past expansions, even though I am raiding on my main, I do not have any time left after doing the required things to keep raiding. It seems that getting my reputations to the correct spot is taking much longer than in past expansions. Thanks for the excellent blog.

By: Meliika

Meliika — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:12:22 +0000

I know what you mean about feeling left out just based on age. The noisy majority of my guild are all around 10 years younger than me and while they don’t aim to leave anyone out I just find they are completely different to me in the way they approach playing. Fortunately I’m not the only older person, so I don’t feel too out of it.

I also haven’t yet leveled an alt to max. I’m not so worried about it this time though because I just don’t have time. I’d like to try the monk healing style so I’m very slowly leveling a mistweaver, but I’ve done the leveling so many times that it just seems too painful to get all the way to 90 on another new character. I probably will still level a few chars to 90, but I’m not in any hurry.

By: Halcaeon

Halcaeon — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:23:38 +0000

Nice post, Beru. I can sympathize with the “frustrated at being a Druid” thing, as well as your concerns with being the bus driver/babysitter rather than a member of a team. I was in a guild for most of Cata where I was far and away the oldest member. I ended up getting a lot of leadership chores thrust upon me, but along with that came a “Dad’s going to make dinner” expectation that ended up wearing on me. I love being a guild officer, and I love the responsibilities of raiding (I take my game time pretty seriously, but that’s fun for me)… But frankly, I do the management thing in real life, and when you feel like you’re the only one shouldering the burdens of the group, it can be soul-crushing.

But I’ll keep coming back for the camaraderie, even if it sometimes takes some searching. Bottom line: it’s good to know I’m not the only one out there who sometimes stares at the loading screen wondering why the hell I do it.

(And the saving PMs thing is a good idea, I’m going to start doing that)