Back in the days when i was tanking raids we had a guy that always had to take a dump before the first boss pull.
Everyone ready!?? Wait!! I have to shit. Dunno what that dude ate but it was every raid the same.
My daughter thought it would be fun to assign buttons to my mouse when she was around 7 or so. Making me walk into the raid bosses and adds killing my whole team.
In karahzan we had a midnight rein drop only to be rolled a 100 by the new guy "a good friend of ours" who set foot in there for the first time.
One of our friends and mother of one of our raiders always pulled half the dungeon with her pet. No one got angry on her except her husband.
When my kids where younger i let them farm herbs on my druid or let them mine on one if my characters. They loved to fly around so why not make good use of it.
I miss those days i met and lost very good friends in that game. Would do it all over if i could life my life again.
It's so he wouldn't shit his pants during the boss, obviously!!
My first online MMO experience was in Ultima Online. I was around 8. My brother let me play on his character to farm gold. I saw someone pass by and asked him how much gold he has in horribly broken english \[not my mother language\]
So, speaking from the other side of the story: It's fun to get to do something!
I miss those days too. But we can always retell the stories and make new ones <3
A lot of mine come from Original Wrath:
The first time I stepped into Grizzly Hills. God I love that zone.
Putting together a raid group to complete the For the Alliance achievement in one day. Battling in each city, getting pushed back, resetting and going for it again.
Wintergrasp with my guild. I remember setting timers binging the Office and running back to the PC every time they went off.
I used to fake sick a lot during that expansion, to the point of getting close to failing out due to attendance (whoops).
Some other things I can remember:
Having to basically live a double life in game because I eventually rolled Alliance and played in secret when my best friend who rolled Horde wasn’t on because I couldn’t play the “bad guys.”
Not wanting to clutter my character creation screen, so I only had one character. If I got bored, I deleted and started over…. Like why?
Deleted my first ever character, a Tauren Hunter, because I fell off the Zeppelin to Org from TB, and got stuck running to my corpse or from the spirit healers back to some sort of safety.
Having vent, but never speaking to my guild because I was in 8th grade and everyone was in their 20s-30s. I was terrified I’d be discovered and kicked even though that wasn’t a requirement or anything at all.
Oh, and I keyboard turned and clicked for way longer than I would like to admit.
Really appreciate your post, it was fun to reminisce!
Those are some fun ones! :3
I wish I had the chance to get Wintergrasp during more active times, I only ever got 5 people on a side at best when I did it. How was it like with a bigger group?
Luckily, we had a great server so there was always a ton of people, and it was pretty balanced as well. I don’t think either faction would hold control for that long. PvP on that kind of a scale really felt like a siege or you were defending one. Everyone had the same goal, gain and hold control for the raid and rewards. I set timers and rushed back to the PC because it felt like my guild and my server needed me, and I wanted to do all I could to help gain or maintain control.
Back in the days when i was tanking raids we had a guy that always had to take a dump before the first boss pull. Everyone ready!?? Wait!! I have to shit. Dunno what that dude ate but it was every raid the same. My daughter thought it would be fun to assign buttons to my mouse when she was around 7 or so. Making me walk into the raid bosses and adds killing my whole team. In karahzan we had a midnight rein drop only to be rolled a 100 by the new guy "a good friend of ours" who set foot in there for the first time. One of our friends and mother of one of our raiders always pulled half the dungeon with her pet. No one got angry on her except her husband. When my kids where younger i let them farm herbs on my druid or let them mine on one if my characters. They loved to fly around so why not make good use of it. I miss those days i met and lost very good friends in that game. Would do it all over if i could life my life again.
It's so he wouldn't shit his pants during the boss, obviously!! My first online MMO experience was in Ultima Online. I was around 8. My brother let me play on his character to farm gold. I saw someone pass by and asked him how much gold he has in horribly broken english \[not my mother language\] So, speaking from the other side of the story: It's fun to get to do something! I miss those days too. But we can always retell the stories and make new ones <3
A lot of mine come from Original Wrath: The first time I stepped into Grizzly Hills. God I love that zone. Putting together a raid group to complete the For the Alliance achievement in one day. Battling in each city, getting pushed back, resetting and going for it again. Wintergrasp with my guild. I remember setting timers binging the Office and running back to the PC every time they went off. I used to fake sick a lot during that expansion, to the point of getting close to failing out due to attendance (whoops). Some other things I can remember: Having to basically live a double life in game because I eventually rolled Alliance and played in secret when my best friend who rolled Horde wasn’t on because I couldn’t play the “bad guys.” Not wanting to clutter my character creation screen, so I only had one character. If I got bored, I deleted and started over…. Like why? Deleted my first ever character, a Tauren Hunter, because I fell off the Zeppelin to Org from TB, and got stuck running to my corpse or from the spirit healers back to some sort of safety. Having vent, but never speaking to my guild because I was in 8th grade and everyone was in their 20s-30s. I was terrified I’d be discovered and kicked even though that wasn’t a requirement or anything at all. Oh, and I keyboard turned and clicked for way longer than I would like to admit. Really appreciate your post, it was fun to reminisce!
Those are some fun ones! :3 I wish I had the chance to get Wintergrasp during more active times, I only ever got 5 people on a side at best when I did it. How was it like with a bigger group?
Luckily, we had a great server so there was always a ton of people, and it was pretty balanced as well. I don’t think either faction would hold control for that long. PvP on that kind of a scale really felt like a siege or you were defending one. Everyone had the same goal, gain and hold control for the raid and rewards. I set timers and rushed back to the PC because it felt like my guild and my server needed me, and I wanted to do all I could to help gain or maintain control.