The Daily Grind: Will you ditch work or school to play WoW on 2.3 patch day?
Do we have any World of Warcraft players reading Massively? I see a few hands, alright a few thousand, put em down already. If you haven't marked your calendars yet, I'm sending you another memo that states patch 2.3 is set to go live in North America on November 13th, next Tuesday — print that out, instant-memo. I was sifting through the 2.3 patch notes, and it turns out they are over 9,000 words in length. It's humongous, there's so much added content that's being crowbarred into this patch they might as well call it World of Warcraft II, maybe that's the next-gen MMOG Blizzard is working on. hah.
So, with the patch day officially set-in-stone, what about that sick-leave you got built-up, how about cashing it in for some WoW time and skipping out on work or school — what creative excuse will you try and slip on your boss? I broke my X backbone won't work, I already tried it. Then there's always the risk your vacation won't happen as planned because the patch flopped and the servers are flat-lining along with your character, and before you know it, emergency maintenance is extended for the rest of the day.
I tend to only take a work day off for an expansion and never a patch, but Blizzard takes so long with these patches that they are like mini-expansions. Patch days are like holidays, heck, better than some holidays. So, what will it be: Are you taking the day off, or no way, you are "ready to work" as the peons say? As for you students, are you going to be cool and stay in school?