Soul Kerfuffle: The View From the Top

Soul Kerfuffle: The View From the Top

The top of what you ask? The height of World of Warcraft greatness.

A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine quit playing Warcraft. He was a council member on what is now one of the oldest guilds in the world, the type of position coveted by many of the 7 million people who play the game today, but which only a few ever get.

When he quit, I asked him if he would write a guest blog post about the experience. What follows is a cautionary tale about the pull an escape from reality can have on you.

Very interesting read.
I must say, Ive seen that path laying in front of me during my time playing SWG.
But there were a lot things keeping me from taking that path.

First of all, my RL friends, naturally, but funny thille my roommate , and downer, playing rintrah, were playing themself.
So we were mostly playing at certain times together (more like simlutaneous because we had each very different playstyles and goals) and after a while, we took a break to "hit the city" for the rest of the night to see our other RL friends and get some beer

Second, my SWG guild.
REB never moved away from the family guild style we were.
We've done everything but everything in the right amount.
We were a pretty small NOT PvP dedicated guild and we were still messing around with the big guys and earnt a lot of respect
We've been doing stuff just for fun, weird stuff, or just chatting and talking ingame or on vent.
And regarldless how much better we got in PvP, or doing DWB or what ever.
We were still family and to a degree I still see them all as family - even though we're not playing anymore.

Ive never been close to wandering that path, having a lot of RL stuff to do, training, searching for a job and such but still, having such a great guild definitly made me never get close to loose myself as the guy who wrote that.

For the great times I had in SWG REB - even with the very critical intro to WoW or MMORPGs in general - I have to thank them.

I miss playing with you all.

Ogi, dont ask, I cant stand fanatasy settings online ... =)
You can visit me in eve online though Wink.