Hey, I enjoy it, that’s what matters.
Jul. 22nd, 2009 02:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sparkindarknessI play World of Warcraft. It is known. I am the co-GM of social raiding guild (we kind of straddle the weird line between hardcore raiding and casual playing. Yes it’s weird. Basically we raid often as a GUILD but it’s not always the same people and if people only want to raid once a week or once a month or, hell, never want to raid, then we have them in the guild and have fun with them along with those who raid every day we have raids). We’re also a pretty big guild. This makes for a lot of time and effort from the officers.
Now to finally saunter up to the point. beloved was bewilderedly amused (albeit not critical, he knows better) of how excited we get - me and all my guys on vent - when we first downed Vezex, when we took Assembly of Iron hard mode, even when an extra shiny piece of loot drops.
My first instinct, of course, when seeing a non-WoW addict watch me cheer and celebrate pixel-death, is probably what most WoW players feel - embarrassment, trying to downplay the reaction, etc. But why should I? I mean, I see sports fans play or watch football and their5 enthusiasm over a goal mystifies me. One of these days I expect to see footballers humping on the pitch after a goal celebration (well, more hope than expect. :P) if it’s expected and acceptable for people to cheer and leap out of their seats screaming because someone has successfully kicked a ball between 2 posts then why shouldn’t it be acceptable for me to punch the air and yell “YES, PWNED! Gieb mah shinies!” when we tackle Hodir hard mode?
Besides - given the time and energy I put into WoW, surely it would be more depressing if I WASN’T excited and enthusiastic about playing? Dedicating that much effort to something that brings me no joy would be crazy.
So yes, WoW is one of my joys. It’s my hobby and yes I get excited and enthusiastic about it. Yes, it’s only pixels and “doesn’t matter” but nor does a football or tennis match. I‘m not going to be ashamed just because my hobby doesn’t have that level of PR and social acceptability.
Now to finally saunter up to the point. beloved was bewilderedly amused (albeit not critical, he knows better) of how excited we get - me and all my guys on vent - when we first downed Vezex, when we took Assembly of Iron hard mode, even when an extra shiny piece of loot drops.
My first instinct, of course, when seeing a non-WoW addict watch me cheer and celebrate pixel-death, is probably what most WoW players feel - embarrassment, trying to downplay the reaction, etc. But why should I? I mean, I see sports fans play or watch football and their5 enthusiasm over a goal mystifies me. One of these days I expect to see footballers humping on the pitch after a goal celebration (well, more hope than expect. :P) if it’s expected and acceptable for people to cheer and leap out of their seats screaming because someone has successfully kicked a ball between 2 posts then why shouldn’t it be acceptable for me to punch the air and yell “YES, PWNED! Gieb mah shinies!” when we tackle Hodir hard mode?
Besides - given the time and energy I put into WoW, surely it would be more depressing if I WASN’T excited and enthusiastic about playing? Dedicating that much effort to something that brings me no joy would be crazy.
So yes, WoW is one of my joys. It’s my hobby and yes I get excited and enthusiastic about it. Yes, it’s only pixels and “doesn’t matter” but nor does a football or tennis match. I‘m not going to be ashamed just because my hobby doesn’t have that level of PR and social acceptability.