My World of Warcraft Story

Chapter 12: Return and Disappearance of the WoW Player

For my birthday, my absolutely wonderful and amazing Poppa John (NO! HE DOES NOT OWN PAPA JOHN'S! I CANNOT GET YOU FREE PIZZA!) bought me game time. 60 days worth of it, to be exact. I hadn't even really thought about WoW for the three months I had gone without it, but when he asked me what I wanted for my birthday, it was the first thing to come tumbling out of my mouth. It's wonderful to have it back.

World of Warcraft is still fun to play, and I absolutely love it to death still (and probably always will). Things have changed, though, and I'm still adjusting. I have shelved many of my higher level characters simply because I just can't make the transition to the new expansion. I've gone back to some of them recently, such as Summerbreeze, and recalled how fun it was playing. Then there's characters like Rosadon, my mage, who sits at 85 because I don't like the way the mechanics to play an arcane mage have changed. I simply cannot play her anymore because of it.

However, there is a new rise in my alts as more and more of them begin moving past forty, which is what I call the "bump." If I get a character past forty, I don't delete them. Therefore, they will always be alts, actual contenders to be main characters.

I think I'll always play WoW, it's absolutely amazing. The scenery, the zones, are beautiful and majestic.  I have never played anything like it, and it will always be something I come back to. Even when I leave it behind, there is always this nagging in the back of my mind that yearns to play WoW again. Unlike a few years ago, I can give up WoW any time I like, and don't NEED to play it. I suppose that's good, with school and everything.

All in all, WoW is wonderful, and I will always love it. I will never forget the people, the community, the beauty and magic of the game. It's changed quite a bit, and even though I'm technically a "Wrath Baby," I feel as though this game is part of me. I've met so many people from across the world. I've had embarrassing moments, humorous ones, fear filled ones. Making friends, joining guilds. I suppose it's really about the people and how you can interact with them. Maybe that's why so many people leave behind WoW.

I suppose this is the end of the story, considering there's not much else to write about. Oh sure, I could write about all of m experiences with WoW. I could write about every last detail, every small moment of joy and excitement. Every moment of fear and occasional total annoyance. I could tell you all about my leveling experience with my alts, or what I do during World Events. There are so many things I could write about, it's a bit ridiculous.

I'm not going to continue writing, though. The things I have shared with you are small anecdotes I've read over and over in my head, things that needed to be said. I had to get this stuff off of my chest, put simply. If you play WoW, I believe you understand the magic and wonder it gives you. Maybe it doesn't, or hadn't, and that's why you have quit. Or maybe you still play and enjoy relating to these stories.

Or you could be a reader that somehow found this book and don't understand any of it. That's okay. I want to thank all of you for reading this, even though it probably didn't take you long. I hope you all enjoyed this, and maybe I even inspired some of you to begin playing WoW.

Ha. Yeah right.

Thanks for reading everyone, and so long.

-Rosa