Comments on: WoW turning 5! Samwise shares a memory

By: barooboodoo

barooboodoo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:44:15 +0000

how philosophical…

By: Spitt

Spitt — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:44:55 +0000

I suppose your argument could go to the same people who since the 50′s have been sitting in front of the “boob tube”. They haven’t lived their own lives, instead live other people’s lives.

By: Lyss

Lyss — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:02:34 +0000

I worked at a Blizzcon one year, and it was a phenomenal experience!

By: Littlegnomie

Littlegnomie — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:53:44 +0000

When I first met my boyfriend over a year ago I remember he was embarased to tell me that he played WoW, and when I found out, I was kind of worried. He tried to convince me to start playing and all I could think was how STUPID of a game it was and there was no chance I’d ever play. But he started me a mage, and I would run around on it and kill rabbits and cows, and /kiss him, so I could spend time with him on the days I didn’t get to see him.
Fast forward a year later and I was more excited than him to go to Blizzcon, am online promptly at 5:45 for raid on Tuesday night, am a PvP whore, and proudly sport my “FORUCK the Horde!!!! shirt around, even though I have never wanted to give off the image of someone who would even know what WoW is.
For me WoW became more than something I just did to fill spare time, like I said without my boyfriend literally forcing me to try it I would have never played. But it is something that has bonded us, and something special that we share, cause theres nothing like a night of PWNING hordies in 2s instead of going out:)

By: Oaeca

Oaeca — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:11 +0000

I’ve played MMOs for almost… 6 or 7 years with my 2 brothers and my stepdad…

Greatest memory of any MMO (Including wow) is the first 3-6 months of playing where absolutely everything is exciting and 3 or 4 years down the line we have time to reflect back on “the good ole days”. I still have some SS of my lvl 10 Tauren Warrior that I deleted years ago… (I took them because my comp bugged out underwater and it was the only way i could find the treasure chest). Lok’tar Ogar, for the Horde.

And for all the haters… and women who claimed it ruined their relationship…
1. Gaming is better for a person’s health than movies. There could be research for it somewhere but it’s unnecessary seeing as simple use of the brain and possible movement outweighs sitting down without using the brain or moving.
2. I you ever made your BF sit through a movie he hated, he went with you anyways. And I doubt you ever took the time to game with him, even though he probably didn’t even ask you to or if he did didn’t force you into it.

Also seeing as my guild of 2.5 years finally called it quits… Gotta miss all the memories of my peeps. Im sure everyone here remembers people from across their years of gaming, and like myself still talk to people they dont play with anymore.

By: Oh just a mage...

Oh just a mage... — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:35:13 +0000

My favorite WoW memory did not come from the game itself, but rather from what the game gave me. Some excellent companions and hilarious friends.
Just simply spending all night on vent, talking to my guild about random stuff has created some great lasting memories for me. When our GM would get completely wasted and then try and put together a VoA group and actually getting through it all. (Our GM was MT) Or when we went to H VH and the entire place glitched out, and one of the portals never closed so we had to continuously fight guys coming out of there, while fighting the guys out of the real portal, too.
I miss that guild. Those were some fun times. :]

By: Mely

Mely — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:10:25 +0000

My favorite WoW memory is finally downing Vezax with my guild. We worked so hard for a few good weeks to get so far and wiped several times on him. But when we finally killed the General, good moods all around, and cemented our core raiding team.

People want to bash it and complain about players wasting their time and money on the game, but there ARE players who do not take it to the extreme. If someone says they watch 3 hours of TV a day and another person says they play 3 hours of WoW a day, the WoW player will always receive stares and comments about being “addicted”.

All things in moderation, WoW included– when people’s lives fall apart because of the game or their “need” to play it, that is when it becomes addiction.

In short, I guess I just wanted to say that not all WoW players are addicts that ditch school/work/real life for the game and people can do things such as raid (and raid regularly) while still living a normal and productive life.

Everyone needs some down time, and for a lot of WoW players, the game is their time to relax and have fun.

By: Rawr

Rawr — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:05:36 +0000

/agree with Quigley. I on the other hand, am a female. I have no issues with my boyfriend playing wow, I’d prefer it actually. I have played wow for close to 4 years now. It never ruined any relationship I’ve had, so I guess the girl who’s complaining just didn’t understand how to maintain her own relationship. WoW is an amazing game to play, for men AND women. I think it’s pretty awful to point the finger at a game, for ruining someones relationship. Should put a mirror in front of yourself, and then point; that is the only person that is to blame. Anyway, congrats WOW on making it to 5! Hopefully many more birthdays to come!

By: Mely

Mely — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:03:19 +0000

This is the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard– my fiancee and I are the same way! Good to know others are out there /wink

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:17:11 +0000

My wife and I both play as a shared hobby, and have since just after the original release in 2004. We used to raid together, and though she has since left raiding, we both play regularly. For five years this has been a great common interest, and particularly now that we have a young daughter, it is a fantastic way to spend some leisure time together at home during naps and after the little one’s bedtime.

Back in the days of Molten Core, I was raiding and she was still leveling. We had been dating for years, and had recently begun to discuss marriage, but nothing concrete had been said. She knew that there was a particular +fire resist ring that I desperately wanted for MC, but did not have the gold for. She saved up all of her gold, purchased the ring, and mailed it to me in game along with a wedding proposal.

So we’re sitting together, she mentions ‘hey, you should check your mail, I sent you a present.’ She leans over my shoulder, and I open my mailbox…. forgetting that I had a mod at the time that would auto-open all mail, extract the attachments, and delete the mails themselves. I was super pleased about the ring, but never even saw the proposal.

Luckily, after a few minutes of disbelief and frustration, she told me what she had sent, I immediately agreed, and we were married within the year – and that mod was removed permanently.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:16:05 +0000

My favorite memory was quitting. I played for almost two-three years. The last year was off and on. Game was fun. But in the end, decided real life, real people, and the outdoors was more fun. Plus it put an extra $200 bucks in my pocket annually! I’d sooner use that money on myself then pad the wallets of the wanna be rock stars that work at Blizzard. Sorry I met some of you folks and you people think way too much about yourselves. But hey people are the ones paying for your cars and homes so who am I to say. I am not a hater, it’s just how I feel. It’s just a game folks. Met some nice people, some good people, but more often than not, I also met folks that really need to get out more and get a life. Stop working on your gaming skills and start working on your real life social skills. Grats to Blizzard. Happy 5 Years WoW!

By: Hagen

Hagen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:29:10 +0000

Unfortunately, SWG had already been ruined by Hologrinding. I played from a month after launch until the release of WoW. SWG did have a better character generator and actually separated how abilities work in PVP and PVE to a much greater degree. I’m sick of my WoW PvE getting nerfed b/c of PvP.

By: Bustopher

Bustopher — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:32:27 +0000

Favorite memories are all about working together with other people to bring down a hard boss, or helping out a fellow guildie who got jumped by the other side and then cleaning those bad boys out. For the frakkin’ Horde, yo.

Online or not, its still about people. Maybe some players need a bit more moderation, or need to talk a bit more about their hobby with significant others. But trying to remove something entertaining and harmless from someone’s life when you don’t even understand it is probably not a good move.

By: Dawn Irvin

Dawn Irvin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:46:24 +0000

I started playing WoW because of 2 famous youtube videos a friend showed me (Leroy Jenkins and the crashed funeral). I went out and bought the game, rolled my first toon, and was addicted before I even made it out of the starting area. At some point I had to kill a pig named Princess who patrolled a pumpkin patch with 2 little pig guards and the three of them killed me over and over and over. Frustrated, I begged my husband to get an account, roll a character and help me kill her. He did. That was 3 1/2 years ago. We have 15 level 80s between us and still play together. So Princess? Yeah … she’s my favorite WoW memory.

By: Quigley

Quigley — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:44:43 +0000

You’ll never understand males of the species if you insist on writing your own rules for them to follow. We’re drawn to adventure, challenge, and high stakes. If that’s missing in our daily lives, we’re more susceptible to “replace” it with things like WoW. Sounds like your boyfriend was thoroughly p-whipped, both at work and at home, and used WoW as his escape from a life of drudgery into a virtual life of adventure. What’s sad is that this isn’t a rare or even uncommon phenomenon. It’s everywhere. Men are pussified by the demands of modern life, which seeks to homogenize them, stick them in a cubicle, and make them as safe as possible.
Men aren’t meant to be safe, and most women aren’t attracted to “safe” men anyway.

By: gameon

gameon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:24:48 +0000

what i remember the most is that i never saw my buddies again. they got trapped in the matrix. but i still saw them on sushi nights.

never got into wow. but i hear its good. you can only waste away on so many games. so im gonna save it and wait it out till starcraft comes out.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:24:33 +0000

I started playing during the beta test because a friend of mine was a Blizz tester and I was letting him stay in my condo. He let me use his test account, which didn’t really make up for finding him sprawled on my couch in a pile of fast food when I brought a date home.

By: QC

QC — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:19:10 +0000

After our son was born, my husband and I didn’t get out much for date nights so we started playing WoW together. We moved our computers right next to each other so we didn’t have to use the chat feature in the game. We had so much fun and we were both equally addicted to it. To other players, we were just two characters in the same guild so when we grouped they never knew our RL situation. One day, another character was questing with us and we explained that we could hear each because we were married. And he responded with, “hey, I didn’t know you could get married in this game” so I jokingly told him you had to be a lvl 20 and you had to speak with the priest in Stormwind at the Cathedral of Light. It took me a few literal sentences to really get him to believe that we were actually a married couple sitting at home. We all got a good chuckle out of the misunderstanding but I think my Priest was pretty in love with his Paladin. To this day, we make sure to hearthstone to our favorite inn and head up to the virtual bed and lay down before we log out.

By: Arcrypta

Arcrypta — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:43 +0000

I remember the Ron Paul march on New Years day last year when we had thousands of Ron Paul supporters marching from the Gates of Ironforge to Stormwind and on to Orgrimmar. Granted we all died in the end but at least we took a stand in support of our nation’s principles rather than selling out.

By: spare me

spare me — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:47:37 +0000

My son played this game for his entire junior year of high school and now regrets every minute he watsed on it…although he did make some extra cash selling his “characters” on line. Thank goodness he’s moved past that ….

By: VoiceofReason

VoiceofReason — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:36:20 +0000

Nobody who plays WoW has any memories because they’ve wasted their life on a made up dream world.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:48:00 +0000

I broke up with my boyfriend over that stupid game!