Comments on: Achieving RL / WoW balance — biggest threat to you http://itankstuff.com/uncategorized/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/ and I'm a Paladin Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:23:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tepisor http://itankstuff.com/uncategorized/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-10949 Tepisor Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:22:20 +0000 http://itankstuff.com/2008/02/08/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/#comment-10949 If the guild was named Damage Inc on the EU Karazhan server then yes, definitely was me :) Glad I was of help and influenced your WoW experience in a good way! If the guild was named Damage Inc on the EU Karazhan server then yes, definitely was me :)

Glad I was of help and influenced your WoW experience in a good way!

]]> By: Murron http://itankstuff.com/uncategorized/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-10945 Murron Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:44:55 +0000 http://itankstuff.com/2008/02/08/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/#comment-10945 Dude it really is a small world.I was looking for pala tanking guides (and i have to say you did an excellent job mate),so i found your site.Ok,so i was checking out your pre-raid post,glyphs and such and i came to this article.Then i noticed your charachter's name which sounded very very familliar...Ok,bottom line is i am pretty sure we used to be in a guild together .A fun pvp raiding guild,i loved it,was about 13-14 at the time(i think this was like 4 years ago).My character was Murron,a paladin also and i remember you helping me out a lot with the noob pala questions:P.I'm just amazed i found you this way. Post-related:When i started playing WoW i was about 13-14.I met a really cool dude in the game,used to level with online freinds and it was all fun.I was very young,a good way to kill time.Only after like 2 years i got into the end-game raiding part which was also apealing at first,i used to play with RL freinds but hey it got booring,i simply started not playing and after like 2 months i closed my account.I never used to play too much,but in my opinion the way WoW affects you depends much more on your pre-WoW life.For me WoW was never a major addiction,it was just a way to kill off time but that was because i had enough freinds my whole life,and i always preferred going out to WoW and also a lot of my freinds reacted the same way but i know a lot of people too who became game-addicted simply because of the fact they had nothing better to do,and their real life wasn't all that great(im not one to judge,but for the sake of the comment) and i think it's sad that there are people who can play 10-12 hours a day without even stopping to think about it. Anyway,thanks Tepisor for the guides(im playing on a private server,very casually,that's why i needed it)and carry on with the good stuff.Again,SMALL world. Dude it really is a small world.I was looking for pala tanking guides (and i have to say you did an excellent job mate),so i found your site.Ok,so i was checking out your pre-raid post,glyphs and such and i came to this article.Then i noticed your charachter’s name which sounded very very familliar…Ok,bottom line is i am pretty sure we used to be in a guild together .A fun pvp raiding guild,i loved it,was about 13–14 at the time(i think this was like 4 years ago).My character was Murron,a paladin also and i remember you helping me out a lot with the noob pala questions:P.I’m just amazed i found you this way.
Post-related:When i started playing WoW i was about 13–14.I met a really cool dude in the game,used to level with online freinds and it was all fun.I was very young,a good way to kill time.Only after like 2 years i got into the end-game raiding part which was also apealing at first,i used to play with RL freinds but hey it got booring,i simply started not playing and after like 2 months i closed my account.I never used to play too much,but in my opinion the way WoW affects you depends much more on your pre-WoW life.For me WoW was never a major addiction,it was just a way to kill off time but that was because i had enough freinds my whole life,and i always preferred going out to WoW and also a lot of my freinds reacted the same way but i know a lot of people too who became game-addicted simply because of the fact they had nothing better to do,and their real life wasn’t all that great(im not one to judge,but for the sake of the comment) and i think it’s sad that there are people who can play 10–12 hours a day without even stopping to think about it.
Anyway,thanks Tepisor for the guides(im playing on a private server,very casually,that’s why i needed it)and carry on with the good stuff.Again,SMALL world.

]]> By: Not much of a balancing act, is it? « She Rolls Horde http://itankstuff.com/uncategorized/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Not much of a balancing act, is it? « She Rolls Horde Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:19:45 +0000 http://itankstuff.com/2008/02/08/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/#comment-27 [...] Tepisor (I Tank Stuff: The Life of a Protection Paladin) [...] […] Tepisor (I Tank Stuff: The Life of a Protection Paladin) […]

]]> By: Musings from an Angry Bansidhe » RL & WoW - Can there be a peaceful coexistence? http://itankstuff.com/uncategorized/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Musings from an Angry Bansidhe » RL & WoW - Can there be a peaceful coexistence? Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:43:20 +0000 http://itankstuff.com/2008/02/08/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/#comment-16 [...] several blogs that posted links about their own balancing of RL and WoW life. Yashimi-plays, Tepisor, and Soul Kerfuffle (albeit an old post) all have very good posts about this [...] […] several blogs that posted links about their own balancing of RL and WoW life. Yashimi-plays, Tepisor, and Soul Kerfuffle (albeit an old post) all have very good posts about this […]

]]> By: Softi http://itankstuff.com/uncategorized/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Softi Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:55:29 +0000 http://itankstuff.com/2008/02/08/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/#comment-15 great post! I've also been on both sides, although I was still considered anything but hardcore to the "real" raiders. These days my time is spent more with my family than on WoW... or blogging, or sleeping ;) btw, i just noticed your character's server - I have a hordie toon on EU-Karazhan server, small world! :P great post! I’ve also been on both sides, although I was still considered anything but hardcore to the “real” raiders. These days my time is spent more with my family than on WoW… or blogging, or sleeping ;)

btw, i just noticed your character’s server — I have a hordie toon on EU-Karazhan server, small world! :P

]]> By: Corey http://itankstuff.com/uncategorized/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Corey Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:39:01 +0000 http://itankstuff.com/2008/02/08/achieving-rl-wow-balance-biggest-threat-to-you/#comment-12 Wow...great post and one that I fully agree with you on. WoW can take over one's life before they know it. I picked up the game when BC came out as a friend of mine at work had it and talked about it all the time and it sounded fun so I figured I'd give it a shot. I grinded out my BE Pally from 1-60 by the first spring and then hit 70 by early summer. My playtime consisted of playing around 3-4 hours after work and on weekends. The whole time leveling up I was thinking to myself, I just can't wait until I hit 70 so I can chill. Boy, was I in for a shock! Once I hit 70 there was SO much more to do and I was finding myself waking up early before work to grind out rep/mats/money/etc. and then coming home right after work and playing until midnight. So I pretty much doubled my playtime once I hit 70. I began neglecting my family/friends on the weekends just so I can make the weekend raids. I now have a special girl in my life and realized just how much I've been neglecting my personal life. I havent' given up WoW, but I am definitely a "casual" player now. I maybe get in 5-6 hours a week if i'm lucky. I attend the occasional Kara/Gruul's here and there and i'm one of those that get frowned upon for leaving early, but you know what who cares. Life is much more important to me than this game will ever be and life is what I will have 10/20/30 years and beyond when this game will cease to exist. It is difficult at times enjoying the game as those hardcore guildies seem to give you that attitude sometimes when you are not available and seem to ignore the fact that my life does not revolve around WoW like theirs does. Wow…great post and one that I fully agree with you on. WoW can take over one’s life before they know it. I picked up the game when BC came out as a friend of mine at work had it and talked about it all the time and it sounded fun so I figured I’d give it a shot. I grinded out my BE Pally from 1–60 by the first spring and then hit 70 by early summer. My playtime consisted of playing around 3–4 hours after work and on weekends. The whole time leveling up I was thinking to myself, I just can’t wait until I hit 70 so I can chill. Boy, was I in for a shock! Once I hit 70 there was SO much more to do and I was finding myself waking up early before work to grind out rep/mats/money/etc. and then coming home right after work and playing until midnight. So I pretty much doubled my playtime once I hit 70. I began neglecting my family/friends on the weekends just so I can make the weekend raids. I now have a special girl in my life and realized just how much I’ve been neglecting my personal life. I havent’ given up WoW, but I am definitely a “casual” player now. I maybe get in 5–6 hours a week if i’m lucky. I attend the occasional Kara/Gruul’s here and there and i’m one of those that get frowned upon for leaving early, but you know what who cares. Life is much more important to me than this game will ever be and life is what I will have 10/20/30 years and beyond when this game will cease to exist. It is difficult at times enjoying the game as those hardcore guildies seem to give you that attitude sometimes when you are not available and seem to ignore the fact that my life does not revolve around WoW like theirs does.

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