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As you may or may not know (and I sincerely hope you do not), my grandmother died on the 17th of May. She had been in hospital for about 3 days with a cold which had been amplified by her old age. I didn't really get to know my grandma, but she was very active in the community and she had a grand old life (she died at 93 I think) but enough about that. This was a brain vent.
This doesn't lead me onto my next point: World of Warcraft. The gaming version of nicotine. Those of you out there who enjoy the Warcraft saga will agree with me when I say that Warcraft is one of the best gaming series ever. One thing I don't get, though, is why people hate WoW. Most people I meet who say they hate World of Warcraft have never played it, or they've played 2 days of the 10 day trial so they can say to people "Yeah I've played it", i.e. they haven't had any real experience with the game. I sold my soul to World of Warcraft roughly 4 months ago, and it's an excellent game (which unfortunatery I suck at) made by an excellent company, Blizzard, who have brought us gaming classics such as Diablo II and Starcraft. Speaking of Starcraft, the sequel is coming out in X months. Hooray!
World of Warcraft is only a damaging game if you allow yourself to get sucked in by it. I admit that recently I've been tottering on the edge of addiction, but thankfully I can tear myself away from it (and then want to play it again about half-an-hour later). To solve that, I've been doing a bit more scripting for HL2 and am probably going to have a crack at mapping some time soon. But that's probably beside the point. Well, actually, I'll give you £5 if you can find a point to this thread.
What worries me is that Blizzard are hosting a drawing compition. To win, you have to draw an astoundingly good picture of the death knight Arthas holding the Litch King's cursed blade, Frostmourne. Whoop-de-doo. I also read on the internet that there was once a Korean who had a friend which he allowed to play on his World of Warcraft account. As a joke, his friend changed the password. What did the other guy do? Go round to his house during the night and murder him with his dad's combat knife. What happens if there's an addicted WoW player out there who's good at drawing? He'll win the monolithic stainless steel Frostmourne replica and probably go on a killing spree.
Shit.
If you have any thoughts or opinions about death, Warcraft and gaming addiction, feel free to talk about them here. 8)
This doesn't lead me onto my next point: World of Warcraft. The gaming version of nicotine. Those of you out there who enjoy the Warcraft saga will agree with me when I say that Warcraft is one of the best gaming series ever. One thing I don't get, though, is why people hate WoW. Most people I meet who say they hate World of Warcraft have never played it, or they've played 2 days of the 10 day trial so they can say to people "Yeah I've played it", i.e. they haven't had any real experience with the game. I sold my soul to World of Warcraft roughly 4 months ago, and it's an excellent game (which unfortunatery I suck at) made by an excellent company, Blizzard, who have brought us gaming classics such as Diablo II and Starcraft. Speaking of Starcraft, the sequel is coming out in X months. Hooray!
World of Warcraft is only a damaging game if you allow yourself to get sucked in by it. I admit that recently I've been tottering on the edge of addiction, but thankfully I can tear myself away from it (and then want to play it again about half-an-hour later). To solve that, I've been doing a bit more scripting for HL2 and am probably going to have a crack at mapping some time soon. But that's probably beside the point. Well, actually, I'll give you £5 if you can find a point to this thread.
What worries me is that Blizzard are hosting a drawing compition. To win, you have to draw an astoundingly good picture of the death knight Arthas holding the Litch King's cursed blade, Frostmourne. Whoop-de-doo. I also read on the internet that there was once a Korean who had a friend which he allowed to play on his World of Warcraft account. As a joke, his friend changed the password. What did the other guy do? Go round to his house during the night and murder him with his dad's combat knife. What happens if there's an addicted WoW player out there who's good at drawing? He'll win the monolithic stainless steel Frostmourne replica and probably go on a killing spree.
Shit.
If you have any thoughts or opinions about death, Warcraft and gaming addiction, feel free to talk about them here. 8)