World of Warcraft

I’ve been playing just my human priest for the past couple weeks, speed leveling with Jame’s Alliance Leveling Guide. I got my priest up to level 40 and got a mount.

I was surprised to learn the human riding trainer and mounts (horses) are way out in eastern Elwynn Forest. I would never have found it on my own if a friendly player hadn’t answered my question posed in chat. The orc mounts are right in Orgrimmar, but I’ve now learned that orcs are the lucky ones in that regard. All the other races have to travel somewhere to get their mounts.

A couple days later I decided to just cancel my account. All my friends, who originally all had Horde characters, have level 70 Alliance characters. My only Alliance character is still 30 levels away from catching up, and all I’ve been doing is playing to level. The game was more fun when we were all on the same team, at the same level, and we could adventure together.

Besides, I really need to use the 4-6 hours a week that I’ve been playing to get some writing work done in the evenings. WoW is a load of fun, and a very pleasant mode of escape, but without playing with my friends, I might as well just get something constructive done with my disposable time. I may restart my account in a few months, or I may not.

And since I’m going to be using my evening hours for more work, rather than any kind of game play, this may be my last post in my Computer Games section for a while. But because my days are always so full and busy, evenings are the only time I can get any writing done. I have to sacrifice the [fun] waste of time for the [fun] productivity.

Bullgrit
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