[1.Local]: PUGgin' for money and emblems for free
Reader comments -- ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week.
ElderDruid doesn't think we'll be working too hard for our gold and our emblems in 3.3.
ElderDruid:
Look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it
You PUG for money on the 3.3
That ain't workin', that's the way you do it
PUGgin for money and emblems for free
Now that's just profit, that's the way you do it
Let me tell you, them guys ain't dumb
Gonna keep subscribers with the epic carrot
Keep 'em till the launch of Cataclysm.
I want my ... I want my ... I want my emblems free ...
The disappearance of the bear | |
Diabolical changes (and some mage-bashing for good measure) |
We liked this thoughtful reader e-mail sent in by Sirath.
Subject: Thoughts about quitting something you love?
Just a few hours ago, I've just announced to my raiding guild that I am going to be stopping raiding. I've of course made sure that the guild is not going to face any issues with losing a tank from its roster ahead of time. The reasons behind me quitting was because I felt that I couldn't keep up with any sort of schedule due to RL interfering. Now in my case its either continue raiding, sleep four hours a night on average while maintaining a good balance of studying and playing games, or choose one over the other. In my case I chose my RL over the game.
Though strangely enough the reasons behind me getting the thoughts to quite in the first place (excluding exhaustion, frustration, and neglecting much needed RL activities and social life) was that a friend of mine who recently stopped playing WoW told me that now with his free time he washes the dishes ... I somehow got jealous of that. Since then it dawned to me how dire my situation is. I wake up early morning head to college, come back by noon make some quick lunch raid in the afternoon 'til evening (I live in USA but play on EU servers ... long story), then quickly pack my bags, head over to a night class which ends rather late in the evening, followed by my working furiously on my homework and assignments 'til way over midnight, then sleep for a few short hours to rinse and repeat. It didn't help that I had to wake up at 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning to raid. >.<
Now OFC from the start, this was my choice to join the raiding guild of such caliber/schedule, and trust me, I do not regret it. The year I've spent with my guild has been the highlight of both my WoW and raiding career. If RL wasn't a problem, I'd easily spend more time raiding with them.
But the reason behind this rant and topic I brought up is, have ever any of you thought about quitting or stopping something you enjoy? Whether it was RP, PvP, raiding, alting or the game together. With me, I was dreading the moment I had to go speak to my officer, but the moment I made it official and posted in our forums ... it felt unusually relieving. Suddenly I have an odd enjoyment of planning how I'm going to clean my apartment and do my laundry ... Strange feeling coming back to RL ... but unusually fun ...
Also in the staff mailbag this week was this touching (?) apology to Allison Robert for smacktalk gone wild. This, people, is why we at WoW.com love our [1.Local]istas.
Turtlehead: Totally missed the smack to me in an old Queue post until a friend pointed it out. Laughed pineapple juice onto my monitor and into my keyboard. I'd bill you if I could figure out how to do so.
I'm a big-mouthed jerk. Do appreciate the work all of you put in. Much easier to lob loogies from the peanut gallery and I hope I only occasionally cross the line into a**holeville, though I hear it is nice in autumn. All the buttocks are lovely shades of pink and red. Pity about the obnoxious busloads of baboon sex tourists.
BTW, and be very afraid, if I ever have a daughter, intention was always to name her Allison. Always thought it was a pretty name. Now I may have to name her Robert instead to mess with her head.
[GF reading over my shoulder has just made it VERY clear I've ceded naming rights or I lose any chance of physically being capable of reproduction. "Yes hon!" he says, nodding vigorously, "definitely named after your great grandmother, er, Olga"]
[just got bonked on the head again. She says I need to stop being a jerk. She's nearer the scissors than I am so I'm going to agree and go rub her feet.]
[She's not looking this second so I can safely say I love her to pieces. I'll deny it! don't tell her.]
We won't tell, either.
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