tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12623101.post114070083614103059..comments2023-06-25T09:40:13.649-05:00Comments on Russell Glasser's blog: Goodbye World of WarcraftAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324968314168283095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12623101.post-23950997875673410692007-08-08T22:36:00.000-05:002007-08-08T22:36:00.000-05:00I'm a university professor who supervises several ...I'm a university professor who supervises several phd students, and yeah I would not be thrilled to hear they've been playing WoW - but I play myself. A LOT! Well once upon a time a lot. I have five level 70s (the idea was to cover all the main professions: skinning/leatherworking, herbalism/alchemy, mining/blacksmithing, tailoring/enchanting, mining/engineering, alts created in that order but after BC came out I switched the priority order so the healer priest - tailoring/enchanting, duh - hit 70 next in line after the boomkin druid (original main, skinning/leatherworking). <BR/><BR/>However, I've been playing less and less lately, particularly after I became very unhappy with the guild I was then in. They seemed to be bent on doing KZ and nothing but KZ. But (with exactly two exceptions, one of them the current GM, who seems to be a really nice guy) were completely unwilling to help the druid and/or priest get attuned. <BR/><BR/>They eventually kicked me out of the guild, I suspect because they thought I was a little kid (although other reasons were given): the priest's handle is pdpeleven, which someone told me could be taken for an 11 year old with initials pdp. But if you google (or pick your favorite search engine) for pdp11 you'll see its a famous minicomputer - which is what I lived on in the lab back when I was in grad school. <BR/><BR/>I'm actually in my late 40s, and the mother of another WoW player who was kicked out of the same guild at the same time. Although he really is a teenager, and admittedly sometimes engaged in rather juvenile chat on the guild channel. This is why I wanted to be in the same guild, to supervise his behavior and clue him to take it offline when he and his irl friends got too silly online. And, well, watch out for possible pedophiles.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839665933857280315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12623101.post-1140719384987984652006-02-23T12:29:00.000-06:002006-02-23T12:29:00.000-06:00you made me cry ,warcraft its the best game invent...you made me cry ,<BR/>warcraft its the best game inventedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12623101.post-1140718353996542142006-02-23T12:12:00.000-06:002006-02-23T12:12:00.000-06:00I'm a WoW player myself, and I always find it amus...I'm a WoW player myself, and I always find it amusing when people say "I'm not paying Fifteen dollars a month to play a game!"<BR/><BR/>I've pointed out the same thing to them: For less than the cost of a visit to the movie theater (if you get a drink and snacks), you get a month's worth of entertainment. Seems like a good deal to me. <BR/><BR/>I can definitely see how playing an MMORPG would be detrimental to one's studies, though.Cody Casterlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818710284899456890noreply@blogger.com