A Massively Multiplayer Online Game also known as World of Warcrack for its addiction.
Timeline for Art of Adam Betts Weblog
Why did I play WoW for so long? Three reasons:
3. Guild and Friends
Group photo after killing a boss.
Random chatting in Guild Channel.
My priest friends.
WoW basically became my new AIM. I didn’t see the need to sign on AIM to talk to friends when half of my friends were playing WoW too and I can talk with them easily through guild, party and whisper channels.
My guilds were full of really great and mature people. They were very supportive of me when they found out that I’m deaf and couldn’t use Ventrilo (a voice communication software) which everyone use. Most big guilds required everyone to use them or you will be kicked out but they were very understanding. To show how unique those guilds were, they arranged a meetups with other guild members in Las Vegas and California which very few other guilds does too. I loved my guilds so much I decided to design a worthy websites for them (both Reservoir Dogcows and The Mafia, two of my former guilds):
Website for Reservoir Dogcows, a Mac guild.
Website for The Mafia. Reservoir Dogcows merged with them.
If it wasn’t for guild/friends, I’d be better off playing a single-player game.
2. Player vs Player (PvP)
5 vs. 5 Capture the Flag game.
Poor little Gnome. He underestimated my skills.
Battleground Scoreboard with stats of kill count, flag captured, etc.
Random encounters with other players in the world. You don’t want to leave your computer unattended while being in unsafe place, you’ll get killed by other sneaky players.
Capture the Flag, Resources Collecting and Massive Battleground are three major PvP in WoW. It’s like playing Quake 3 Arena, Warcraft III and Battlefield 1943 all in one game.
Nothing is more fun than fighting with real people from all over the world. PvP added a lot of life to WoW. Otherwise it’ll be a monotone world with monsters and bosses that does predictable attacks every time.
1. Interface Mods
Raid interface modified to match my play style as a healer. May look a little crowded but it worked the best for maximum healing.
I’m crazy over modifications. I’ve been modifying my OS since Mac OS 7 with cool themes, icons, desktop backgrounds, nifty extensions, etc. so naturally I got hooked on modifying WoW’s interface with tons of addons available.
If WoW wasn’t open to third-party addons, I would have not played this long. It’s worth half the fun for me.
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Do I regret playing World of Warcraft for two years? Not really, I’m glad I got to experience the beautiful world and meeting some really great people. It was fun while it lasted :)
But I do admit I played way more than I should have. Averaging 6-8 hours of playtime everyday for two years. I really lost interest in many things including Mac news and graphics. What this displayed was my complete lack of time management. I originally planned to do graphic design part time but I failed at that. There’s too much you have to think about in-game: how to farm for more gold, which gears to get next, showing up on time for raid plans, helping other people get keys, finishing quests, farming PvP for higher rank, selling items on auction house, etc.
In a nutshell, WoW is a giant blackhole. It attracted you with fun then turned it into a job.
So long, World of Warcraft.
WoW, just WoW.
Welcome back Adam!
:)
I’m glad to see you back! 6+ hours for over a year… that’s amazing.
Good you got over with it…
MMORPGs can be far too addictive. I remember playing an equal amount of time Ragnarök. Once you start dreaming about it you have a serious issue ;)
I’m really excited to see what the result of this change will do.
kindest regards,
M. Angermann
can you come back and re-apply the dogcow theme?
Pweeeeze?
-OwlBoy
OwlBoy, one of the Reservoir Dogcows members Gregory S. have been tasked recently with rebuilding the website with same skin so that’s a good news.
SUP Betts :)
Which server did you play on?
I have been on Argent Dawn since launch, and my Deaf daughter in Law has starting playing the game. She asked me if there were any other “Deaf” players.
I said I would ask around…..
I played on Frostwolf US since launch. I only know 3 or 4 deaf players but all of them were on different servers.
Well Adam, you know you played too much WoW if you say congratulats each time the microwave says “ding!” ;-)
The game can be far to addictive, as will every MMORPG. I’m playing it as well, putting in 3+ hours per day, 4-6 days a week. It’s really a black hole, but I also met a lot of friends all over Europe, ranging from the UK, Denmark, Italy and Holland. That alone keeps me interested in the game :)
So, if you weren’t paying for the game with that $300, what were you paying for? Gold, Armor, Weapons over eBay? Just wondering :)
Gold pies, mmm :)
Used them to buy epic mount, every alchemist recipes available in the game, herbs, some epic items from auction house for my characters, etc.
Basically, just gimping my character out for both stats and look. I had more than one decent epic items for every gear slots so I can switch gears for different boss encounters and maximize my healing output and survivability.
There are around 7 of us Deaf players not including CODA’s playing Alliance on Garona server. At least 5 have been playing since launch.
WoW might as well be a black hole considering the numerous things there are to do, just a matter of priorities. If it wasn’t for that I probably wouldn’t have a girlfriend right now. Ha.
Hello, we have also a deaf guild for EU server (Skullcrusher – PvP)
A little pity you are from USA, so we know it is kind hard for point of time when we play in same time. 6-8 hours difference between our nations…
Well, i try to find more deaf in EU, but kind hard to colloct.
Have fun!
I need to know if any deaf players play on US servers.
haha hey I know its 2009 but im a deaf player from and im on Alterac Mountains US. if you have any chance pst me on Higuysimdeaf :) im a nightelf rogue hell yeah.
Adam, I never knew you do play WoW for that long. I’ve played WoW for more than 4 years. I was in ZG, AQ20/40, and Naxx without mods in the past. Good ol’ time, eh? I was on Boulderfist as a resto Orc shaman *main*, an Undead rogue *who doesn’t have one?*, a Tauren druid, an Undead lock, and etc. I sold the account to make some handsome profit. I’m considering to reroll to Spirestone as to play Alliance for the first time in years. :) I wish there’s a way to know how many deaf do play WoW. Like you, I do know about 8-10 deaf gamers, however, they are on the different servers. Perhaps you can create a website that allows deaf gamers to sign in with the information of the servers, toons, and etc? Just a suggestion. If anyone who happens to be in Spirestone’s battlegroup realm. Let me know so I can spend some time camping on you in a BG. :)
Hello everyone. Me and my friend are a very valiant wow player, and we are currently looking for all deaf who plays wow in europe. So we all together can make a guild on the same realm, And have fun raiding, farming and so on. If you are deaf yourself, please do not be afraid to answer to this thread, do not be ashamed, we are deaf and proud of it. Hopefully some people will reply, then we all could go to same realm and make guild together.
if you want join go WoW Eu website forum – looking for deaf wow player europe
Fantastic post! Going to share this on Facebook for sure.