Gaining the Whole World, Forfeiting a Life

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While stalking one of our rival guild’s websites, I ran across a link for a series of blog posts that I hadn’t seen anywhere else. Admittedly, I’m not the best blogger out there at keeping his/her/its finger on the pulse of Game Blogger Nation, but I’m surprised I didn’t run across it before. Anyways, it’s a brief series from guest authors about World of Warcraft and the costs/benefits of hardcore raiding on the players. The View from the Top, written by a former guildleader of a raiding guild who walked away from it all and tells his tale. There’s a followup, The View from the Top: Redux, which clarifies authorship of the first article and highlights some of the comments it generated. The final in the series, Warcraft: Another Point of View, is written by another guest author who is still a hardcore raider and disputes any implied responsibility of the game itself. Other than some jackholes going wild in the comments, the short series is a balanced, civilized discussion of MMO raiding and its toll — the blog owners should be proud, it’s fine work. Listen to the bell, raider, it tolls for thee.

4 thoughts on “Gaining the Whole World, Forfeiting a Life”

  1. Good stuff, the type of things I like to bring up when people get pissed off about loot. I mean its loot… I myself, could technically work extra hours, buy gold, and buy items in less time than it would take to raid. But thats not the point.
    Good reads all around.

  3. Waitaminute … Blizzard would just replace me if I (ever) quit?? I .. I thought we had something special. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggg.

  4. That fool will be back when the burning crusade comes out…

    Also, these stories are a diem a dozen… “oooo, wow almost destroyed my life /cry”
    WoW doesn’t mess up ones life. the person playing the game makes a decision to play for 8 to 10 hours a day. Doing that is that persons fault. Not the game.

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