Me Me Me - Blue Tracker

#0 - June 25, 2009, 7:23 p.m.

I've been playing wow for a long time now. I don't know how long.

I remember my first party experience in Deadmines and my first raid in Molten Core. These experiences left a lasting impression on me. Mostly due to the people i was surrounded by.

We had a great sense of community. Many players passed on loot if they had received something earlier so that others could also benefit. They weren't asked to do it. They did it becuase they carred about community.

When i got into my first 5 man party, i ninja'd a chest, but they didnt' kick me from the group. They didn't swear at me or call me an idiot. They asked me why i did what i did. And i explained that i could click on the chest, so i clicked it. They politly explained what i had done wrong. They did this because of community.

It seems that the server I am on and the battle group I am in have lost all sense of community.

While in a battleground, only crass and insulting comments are made to others. And in raids, most raiders would never pass for a fellow raider. If you still pass on loot so others benefit, i commend you.

This game has become about self, not about community. And i find that when i log on, i only become angry. The selfish players outweigh the unselfish players so heavily, that i can't enjoy the game at all.

Part of your community is asking for something from you. When you feel like insulting someone about there gear or play style. Try helping them instead of insulting them. Maybe they will get better due to your help. Maybe you will make a life long friend that will help you out when you need to level that alt.
:P. Or maybe you will have a good time fighting the horde in a bg instead of getting pissed off to the point of rage quitting. I haven't seen these things happen in a long time but i hope there are still players who take time to help others.

Im canceling both my accounts and laying to rest my many characters and days of play, that seems to have been a waste.

Zarhym

#12 - June 25, 2009, 7:52 p.m.

I can certainly understand the position from which your post was written, Kaitha. Nothing diminishes the fun you've had playing this game though, nor the sense of friendship or community you've felt. It's quite an amazing thing really to have access to play games and interact with people on a level of your choosing whenever you want.

All is not lost in the community though. It has continued to grow, and realm communities often do change. Some times it's about finding a place where you'll feel more at ease with others; but often times you can ultimately help shape the community to which you belong. Each individual creates the community and there's negativity, selfishness and anger in all facets of the world, virtual or not, and it requires individual acts of goodness to counter.

Anyway, I won't sound preachy. Last night I burned my hand with boiling water. It turns out one really doesn't know oneself until one receives a painful injury trying to eat a cup of noodles... life is very interesting.

I'm glad you have your fond memories of World of Warcraft and do hope you come back some time. :)

Zarhym

#87 - June 25, 2009, 10:47 p.m.

Q u o t e:

Oh come on Zar, homemade noodle bowls aren't that hard to make.

It's the price one pays when one decides to spend hours at night creating the most epic iTunes play lists ever rather than devote that time to making real food.