"Blizz hates me"….Really ?

This isn’t QQ about Blizzard, this is a QQ about people that QQ !

In every guild I’ve been in, my current guild being no exception, there has always been 1-2 players who moan, about everything

Every patch something is happening that makes their class less powerful, every boss fight is bad for their class, every quest reward is better for another class, the set bonuses are bad, even the loot drop rate is bad….they just whine for the sake of it…

There is no way every single thing can be bad....its just not possible

These are the same players who moan that the game is too easy, is being nerfed too much, is catering for the “casuals”, there isn’t enough content, the emblem gear means gear will come too easily for others etc etc

Do these people think Blizzard should design a game with only one player in mind ???

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not some Blizzard “fanboy”, I don’t like or agree with every single change they make to the game or my class but some people don’t seem to be able to see ANY good in the game at all…..

To these players:
Why on earth do you play a class that you obviously think Blizzard hates ? If its that bad, reroll to a class you like…
In fact, why on earth do you play the game at all if you hate it so much ? There are other games out there and also this fabled “real life” I hear talk of

I just don’t get how constant moaning can be fun !!!

Friends......

A couple of months ago there was some discussion in a few blogs about how much peoples work colleagues etc knew about their online lives on WoW….there was some feeling that being a gamer, and a WoW player in particular was embarrassing and not something a lot of people “advertise” to none playing friends for fear of being ridiculed

I don’t disagree with people who experience that, but I have an additional point….a lot of my friends (many of whom I work with) are gamers, and most of those play or have played WoW….so I can talk to them about it in a meaningful way…BUT…..
Of all my friends, I’m probably the “most into it”, the “most hardcore”….I’m the one that spends a long time looking at stats, wowwiki, EJ, blogs etc etc…..
And in fact, I receive more ridicule from my gamer friends, and even current WoW playing friends for being so “committed” to it….having my own blog for example was the source of much “piss taking” when I started….which was contributory to my not posting for so long…..They posted comments that were basically troll comments, which I simply deleted…..

Back when I was a raid leader in my old guild, I would be ridiculed by my rl mates for any mistakes I made, and for the sheer amount of time and effort I would put into learning the encounters before leading the raid that night (no I cant join you for dinner, I need to read up on bossX etc etc)

Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a rant about my mates….Its all gentle piss taking, and I have a sense of humour, I do appreciate that I’m pretty involved in all things WoW and I give back as much ridicule as I get…but I wonder if anyone else is in the same position….

Long absence

Well…I guess one of the things I feared would happen, happened !
I wrote a post a day for a week or so, then stopped…
I guess there are a number of reasons for it

1. I genuinely have been unbelievably busy at work over the last month or so…it’s a horrible, horrible excuse to hide behind, but I do most of my web surfing/blog reading at lunchtimes etc and I simply haven’t had time to catch up with other blogs AND write my own

2. My rl friends found out I had a blog, and left some “amusing” comments that needed deleting…and I figured if they think I’ve stopped, they might stop looking

Anyway, a friend and guildmate Larisa gave me a kick up the ass while we were chatting the other night, so I decided that I’d better get my act together and write something….

Maybe I can keep going this time !