Now I know there is alot of hate going around WoW rn, and some of it justified andsome of it a bit over the top.
But regardless I think it’s important to remember the happy moments or when it’s been there when you needed it, so that’s what I wanna know from you.
Let’s have some story time and talk about it, I’ll go first:
When I had just moved to germany, didn’t speak the language it was mostly me and my fam. Didn’t have alot of friends if any cause I simply didnt speak the language and was used to the mexican culture, which for those of you who havent experienced either, it’s a very big shift.
Anyways so I can honestly say with my mom working her tail off to support her kids alone, it was mostly us alone at home so we took care of each other and my brother was a big role model for me at the time. He used to play all kind of games, lotro, smite and WoW. I remember seeing it and thinking it looked awesome, this was during mop where everthing looked gorgeous in my eyes.
I asked if I could play and my mom heavily monitered my game time when I was that age (around 2012 , so little baby Gilvion was like 7). Still I loved it, it served as something to look forward to and bond with my brother with. My 1 hour every day was heaven to me and I won’t forget how it made me really happy, though some months later my brother cancelled his sub and since I couldn’t pay for it I stopped playing… until legion where he gave it another shot. At this point I was able to pay a little and we both saved up to buy legion, and again… pure bliss, the world the lore the visuals all had me sooo astounded, I still remember the new animations when they came out and how awesome they looked/look.
At this time I had gotten older but my situation relatively the same, wasn’t the most social kinda kid, so here WoW really made me feel like there was a place I could go and escape it all. And when my brother cancelled his sub again I had to say goodbye, not because I want to… but because I simply had no choice.
Then during the end of bfa, when I got a raise in my allowance and we we’re doing better financially I finally got my own account. And it is the very account I’m on today and I loved it, honestly I loved having the freedom of not having to wonder when my brother would get bored again, I could play when I wanted since I was around 16 at the time and my schoolwork was doing well so my mom trusted me.
Regardless of how bad the expansion was or the current patch in bfa I loved it, the freedom is something I will never forget, I’d be lying if I said it doesnt haunt me to this day, and yes since then I took a break in shadowlands but since getting my own job and being able to financially stable my self and help me mom out I have so many warm memories of this world and this community and I thank whoever made the decision to make the game all the time.
Yeah it’s not perfect but nothing ever will be, and I’m having fun with the freedom and I look forward to what it holds, but I will never forget how much it helped and meant to me.
Thanks for reading this, so what about you, has WoW ever been there beynd “just a game” before, or are you just a person who is having fun and that’s enough?
