I haven’t met up with my EQ/SWG guildmates in World of Warcraft yet. They’re all over there, but I’m reluctant to strap on the guild yoke just yet, so I lied to told them, “Busy with work, I’ll be around for live.” The official guild response was *sigh* … like I’m going to hold them back if I don’t play Open Beta. Which I am, but I’m not. *nudge nudge*

Why am I acting like such a jackass and a social miscreant? I mean, more so than usual? They have a WoW DKP system set up already; they’re mapping out professions for the guild (ex. We need more rogues, dammit!); they’re scheduling guild raids each night. FOR AN OPEN BETA.

I kid you not.

In their defense, kinda, they’re guessing our Blizzard Overlords might roll the open beta characters into live and not wipe the database. Cuz Lineage II did that, and that game was so kick ass … that’s why none of us played that. (Noobs these days.)

In a delicious bit of irony, one of my guildmates ganked my quest mob tonight, and was rather unapologetic about it, too. I let him die to crap mobs that jumped him while he was recovering. (Enjoy the graveyard, ganker!)

I can only hope he bitched about me in TeamSpeak.

Other WoW notes:

– My love affair with WoW is just about over; we’ve agreed to stay “friends”, however. I had to run around for over an hour looking for a quest NPC because some blowtard in the public channel gave me faulty info on the location. This really isn’t WoW’s fault, other than the stupid quest log was rather ambiguous on the location. (Yes, I realize that Gen 1 MMOGs didn’t even have quest logs so I should shaddup already.)

– WoW’s bat travel system is convenient, although I’d like to have more batports available. Cripes, I’m just a noob, I can’t afford to go running through level 40 elite mobs just to catch a ride. I’ll also say that riding a bat looks disturbingly like something out of a Harry Potter movie.

– Speaking of blowtards, open betas really attract a high percentage of jackasses. I’ve run into ONE polite player — waited for her (?) turn on a quest mob, offered help to others in the area — and at least three dozen jackasses. I mean actual interaction … conversation … with three dozen people that I hope won’t have enough allowance saved to buy the retail.

– I’ve played a whole week without using any “salty” language in a public channel — not even cleverly-disguised acronyms. And, I haven’t even come close to getting an official warning on my e-friend’s account. I am a pillar of even-tempered self control.

That won’t last, but a whole week is Nobel Peace Prize material.

Next week, I’ll strap on the guild yoke and take my place in the captive audience for the guild drama whores. It will be no coincidence when my alcohol intake increases exponentially.