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thistlechaser) wrote2010-12-06 08:52 am
thistlechaser) wrote2010-12-06 08:52 am
A week from now and it won't matter... (WoW)
So Cata releases "tomorrow" (tonight at midnight). I really can't stay up to play at midnight, I have to work the next day. I get up really early, I need to be fast asleep at midnight. (Hear that, brain? Let's not repeat last night, okay?)
Usually I log on before work, but A) there will likely be the usual Tuesday downtime, and B) there will be a queue to log on. My pre-work playtime is very limited, so a queue will eat it.
Usually I log on at lunchtime, but A) there will likely be a longer than usual Tuesday downtime, and B) there will be a queue to log on. My lunchtime playtime is very limited, so a queue will eat it.
That means I'll have to wait until after work to play, when everyone else would have had nearly a whole day (depending on downtime) to play.
I tell myself it doesn't matter. I'm not going for a server First in anything. I have no need to rush to 85 or do anything else that Cata is bringing, yet still, it's the old issue that bothers me. "It's not fair."
I'll always remember that I was one of the first players to set foot in Al Zahbi when ToAU dropped in FFXI. I was on the second boat, the first boat had just a couple people on it, I was the first person off the boat. But with Cata it doesn't matter, it's not the same. In a week, a month, some short time in the future I'll likely be back to standing in Dal staring at the AH all day. So it does not matter if I have to wait hours and hours after everyone else... except it feels like it does.
It bothers me that this bothers me. I should be happy I have a job, not annoyed that it's keeping me from a game that I barely care about to begin with.
Ah well. On the positive side, I RPed yesterday! For the first time in a while! And not only that, with a new person! Lots and lots of fun, though it makes me sad that long scenes (4-5 hours in this case) wear me out and are almost too much. It wasn't so long ago that I used to RP from the moment I crawled out of bed to the seconds before I went to sleep for the night! I'm not sure if it's a change in me or just that I've become used to shorter, quicker scenes.
Ramble, ramble.
Usually I log on before work, but A) there will likely be the usual Tuesday downtime, and B) there will be a queue to log on. My pre-work playtime is very limited, so a queue will eat it.
Usually I log on at lunchtime, but A) there will likely be a longer than usual Tuesday downtime, and B) there will be a queue to log on. My lunchtime playtime is very limited, so a queue will eat it.
That means I'll have to wait until after work to play, when everyone else would have had nearly a whole day (depending on downtime) to play.
I tell myself it doesn't matter. I'm not going for a server First in anything. I have no need to rush to 85 or do anything else that Cata is bringing, yet still, it's the old issue that bothers me. "It's not fair."
I'll always remember that I was one of the first players to set foot in Al Zahbi when ToAU dropped in FFXI. I was on the second boat, the first boat had just a couple people on it, I was the first person off the boat. But with Cata it doesn't matter, it's not the same. In a week, a month, some short time in the future I'll likely be back to standing in Dal staring at the AH all day. So it does not matter if I have to wait hours and hours after everyone else... except it feels like it does.
It bothers me that this bothers me. I should be happy I have a job, not annoyed that it's keeping me from a game that I barely care about to begin with.
Ah well. On the positive side, I RPed yesterday! For the first time in a while! And not only that, with a new person! Lots and lots of fun, though it makes me sad that long scenes (4-5 hours in this case) wear me out and are almost too much. It wasn't so long ago that I used to RP from the moment I crawled out of bed to the seconds before I went to sleep for the night! I'm not sure if it's a change in me or just that I've become used to shorter, quicker scenes.
Ramble, ramble.
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I am with you. I'm stuck at work, couldn't even play right now if I wanted to, and the only thing I can think about is getting home and doing the version update even though I probably won't even be doing that much with the new content for a bit.
And on that note, back to work!
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But really, it doesn't matter. I might get up a little early and make my new Worgen, but it'll be there waiting for me when I'm off of work. The neat thing is so many new things to do, but it'll be over a year before we get the next expansion, so no need to do them all right away.
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I had intended to wait weeks before rolling, but there's no way I'm going to be able to wait that long. Even a couple days should help though.
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I kinda feel the "Want to play as soon as it starts!" thing myself, given that this is the first time they've launched an expansion while I was still playing (I joined BC a month in, and joined LK like a year and a half in). I can wait, though!
I'm just glad I've gotten Master Flying on one main, and only have a couple hundred gold to make tonight to get it on the other :D
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And I'm hearing all sorts of thing on the downtime, but yeah, the most likely one seems to be "none". EU launch is in just a couple of hours, and there's been no announced downtime yet.
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:P
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Damn, that sounds horrible. Writing long poses under those conditions could put anyone under stress. Can't imagine what it'd be like if your computer wasn't good enough to run WoW windowed so you could easily tab in and out of Notepad.
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Other people write fine in Notepad, so maybe I just need to do it more and get more practice at it. (Seems odd it would need to be practiced!)
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It's rough, but I think it's worth it.
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I understand the not staying up late - Cata launches on westcoast time. 3am EST. I'm not willing to stay up that late to START playing. I mean, if I could - lowly 60 warlock not high enough for Cata content.
Though the Cataclysm quests so far have been priceless. Especially the "I punched Deathwing inna face!" quest.
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Yes I know for the other expansions the pst people were getting screwed over. But damn it, I wasn't playing back then! XD
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I don't begrudge those whippersnappers their free time, lord knows I was glued to a MUCK my entire college life, and it's someone else's turn now, and I try not to get TOO crabby about it.
BUT IT STILL ISN'T FAIR.
I keep telling the cats to get jobs, but they are so lazy.
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Imagine if your day was a half-day in some colorful place full of toys, where everyone got snacktime and naptime, then you got to go home at lunchtime!
My goal in life: To go to preschool. :P
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