about world of warcraft. run now, if you want.
last week, i finally killed deathwing. for those of you who don't know, deathwing is an evil dragon-who used to be a man- who is responsible for the cataclysm that changed the lands of azeroth forever. flooding, drought, etc. he is also the final boss in the game right now.
for a long while, i was a pretty consistent raider-player who groups up with other players to kill really big baddies. in the cataclysm expansion, i rerolled for the first time ever-gave up my old character and completely started over with a new one. and the questing was awesome! then i got to the max level again, and it took a while, but i found new people to raid with.
a few months back, our raiding group sort of fell apart. slowly, people stopped showing up online at the designated time, we replaced them with some real jerks. other players didn't take it seriously enough (i know, it's just a game) and had no idea how to complete the fights, or did not use the right spells or armor. so i stopped raiding. and i was really sad. at the highest level in the game, there is way more fun stuff to do when you have a group of people. and it's surprisingly hard to find a good group-like in life, i guess.
hubby works for the company that makes the game, and he had a few friends at work that were sort of in the same spot, so we all started playing together. a group of five. and that's been pretty fun. but with the latest content patch, the game started doing this new thing called Looking for Raid. anyone who doesn't have a group can join and it will automatically math you with other groupless people, and you can do the end game fights.
so cool! of course, the fights are a lot easier, and the loot rules stink. BUT for the first time in almost a year, i got to feel connected with my hobby again. i have always identified myself and had been feeling a little lost without getting to be involved with my favorite games. i have a reason to log on at least once a week. now, i feel happy and nerdy again. as it should be. For the Horde!
also, suck it deathwing! i totally pwned you!
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