Hi, my name is Nightravyn and I cheat on WoW. No, not cheat AT WoW. Read that again. And you know? I know I’m not the only one here that does it.

You’ve played WoW for 36 months straight. You’ve raided everything, including Hogger, at least 50 times. The devs call YOU for game input. What do you do now on those slow nights when you’re tired of 5-man runs against Black Temple? You quietly not log in and turn on… your XBox. Or PS3. Or Wii. Or, dare I say it, a different MMO. /faint

/fanning self Wooo okay that was a little freaky there, but it’s all good now.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand: every so often, even the most hard core player will find a distraction that will make them at least consider not logging into WoW. For a lot of people, that can mean anything such as family obligations, work/school, or other real life Important Things. Those I don’t consider “cheating on WoW”. But then there are those other distractions: the PS3 your roommate just bought, the brand new Guitar Hero pack someone gave you for your birthday, and, yes, other MMOs. There’s everything out there from free MMOs and worlds like Second Life to WoW’s competitors (EQ2, LotRO). There’s a lot of shiny distractions out there in the world and new games are candy to the easily distracted.

I’ve had a couple of rough weeks with Real Life (gag), timing, and WoW. As a result, my WoW time’s been horribly limited, and in the case of last week, non-existent. At the same time, I wanted to get in even just 30 minutes of some sort of gaming. So out comes the PSP. After a while, the PSP wasn’t doing it, so out came the PS2 and the Katamari series. Then I was feeling better but not wanting to run into WoW just yet cos I have this laundry list of things that Must Be Done in WoW and, well, no time to do them if I’m falling asleep every 30 minutes. So out comes the demos of other MMOs and then some wandering around in Second Life. Yes, I kept my raiding going (when I wasn’t sick), but it wasn’t a “break” per se. I didn’t make a post to the guild saying “Hey guys, I’m taking a break for a bit!” I kept playing and enjoying my WoW time, but I wasn’t completely invested in it for a while. I was seeing other games on the side and keeping it very quiet.

Now I’m all better: rested, healthy and ready to get back into a deeper WoW “commitment”. All that, just in time for family to come into town this weekend and blow any daily quest grinding plans I had to hell. ::grin::

So, do you admit to cheating on WoW? Hmmmmm?

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