tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post8325161021314613410..comments2024-03-17T03:46:11.515-04:00Comments on Coffee with Sargeras: I think Memorial Day is a good time to post this.Sargerashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195556030724196765noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-86421205694126395612010-08-11T15:00:00.787-04:002010-08-11T15:00:00.787-04:00In some agreeance with Amelia, and while I underst...In some agreeance with Amelia, and while I understand this may well never be read by anyone, or even seen by a coffee-drinking overload of demons... I feel I've got to comment on something I've seen a lot of here. <br /><br />That being that everyone seems to be quite taken with the idea that we all die, and that we will have no impact. I'd like to dispel that right now. We ALWAYS impact not only those closest too us, but others as well, sometimes in places you never even visited or with people you never knew.<br /><br />As for WoW, it often takes a bad wrap for some people's mistakes. I used to grind endlessly, and it almost cost me the love of my life. Never again I told her, and now, I putter around on it, among other things. I met her online several years ago, and we've met, and she's someone who truely believes that people should do something for the fun of it. Bold, underline and capital "f" on fun. <br /><br />I think the thing that this post does, is that it inspires greatness. The thing is, people don't NEED to be great. They should just get enjoyment out of life. I've lived most of my life working, gaming and sleeping, because that's all I truely knew. <br /><br />If you think of the life of some, they don't get noticed by "the great void" or many people, but they were happy, content souls. If you must look at life as a game, or something to win, I'd have to say that that is the way to "win" it.<br />I've found true enjoyment out of WoW recently since I changed my outlook on it, and started just having fun with my love, and a bunch of friends.<br />I still don't go out much, but it's HOW you work, HOW you game, and WHO you do these things with, that matter and make them not only fun, but special moments. I guess what i'm trying to say, is grab a page out of my soulmate's idea, and just try to have fun in everything you do. <br /><br />- DiberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-7661830618734276072010-07-26T05:56:06.665-04:002010-07-26T05:56:06.665-04:00Sargeras's post has sent such a tumult in me, ...Sargeras's post has sent such a tumult in me, that I could not bring myself to ignore it with silence.<br /><br />Those of us that live in the "real" world often fall prey to the very grind so many find themselves addicted to in WoW. We wake, we work, we win, we sleep. Indeed, we become lulled into the habit, to the point where, as you mentioned, it loses all enjoyment - all inherent meaning.<br /><br />And when we begin looking for some higher plane of being in our conduct, even that can become a habit - a delusion, really. In every way we might live, inevitably, we will always look down at our feet, and find the abyss gaping there. Some methods of experience simply hide it better than others.<br /><br />Of course, one can also view it in this way: humans are unique in their ability to find meaning. More accurately, to seek it. Our uniqueness in this right can be utterly terrifying. Why is it that we, with such bluster and, often, confidence, seek the darkest corners for objective truth?<br /><br />I, as so many have and do, worry that, ultimately, this "meaning" we see actually is a figment of our mind. Like dreams, it can seem so very real. <br /><br />Regarding WoW, I have returned to it, after having found one happy construct of meaningfulness collapsed, without explanation. Some could call it an escape. Without doubt, I would call it an escape. But, oddly, I have found another incarnation of meaningfulness within the game existing as a tangent to that which I previously knew.<br /><br />Understand, that I roleplay - which some consider laughable. I believe many think it the ultimate delusion - trapping oneself in a nonexistent fantasy. But, for some reason, I often find that the more fantastical a story seems, the closer it represents our own minds.<br /><br />Anyone could write pages in support of or disagreement with that statement. But I mention it as a supplementary point. What I seek to do is add on to Sargeras's note that you should "do whatever makes you happy." I think this is a wonderful place to start. But, in my opinion, we should also recognize that, whatever we might approach, it will always be in the context of our own perspective - our very mind. In this right, as Sargeras said, there is no real difference between playing a video game and being in the real world. We, as individuals, become the axis of meaning for both.<br /><br />Interestingly, as much as we can appreciate Sargeras's ultimate aim (to create a state of pure chaos by accelerating entropy) we, as humans, will always be bound to defiance.<br /><br />Thus the tumult is quieted.<br /><br />- AmeliaAmelianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-59120175491481640832010-05-23T22:38:45.049-04:002010-05-23T22:38:45.049-04:00I just ran across this...
You list only 2 ways to...I just ran across this...<br /><br />You list only 2 ways to play this game...<br /><br />What about the reason I play...<br /><br />I can get on wow, goof off, have fun, chat with friends, grind if I feel like it, kill some gnomes who need it... all the while saving me from a horrible bar tab or movie ticket or anything else...<br /><br />I play this game to save money as well as enjoying it... Every hobby I enjoy is expensive... <br /><br />Racing, I have a 600hp NA trans am... costs me about 100-150 every weekend (when I go racing)<br /><br />Billards, That's easily close to a 100 a night, tables are 8 an hour, drinks/food are extra<br /><br />Shooting, I have a XD.45... ammo is stupid expensive and you have to buy it AT the gun range to use it there...<br /><br />Those are my 3 main hobbies... and all of em can blow hundreds of dollars a weekend... wow costs me 20 a month, 10 for my sub and 10 for my 25mbDown5MBup connection...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-534295941602497482010-03-18T21:35:07.670-04:002010-03-18T21:35:07.670-04:00Seems true enough. I always just messed around in ...Seems true enough. I always just messed around in WoW, like running Strath so I can get the Piccolo of the Flaming Annoyance, then trying to find a way into Gilneas and sapping Thrall for the heck of it. Then I looked at my guild and noticed they were all in Ulduar/Naxx/Maly. Every. Single. Day.. Noobs. Man, WoW was fun just playing around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-30212467174141727962010-02-28T09:32:16.931-05:002010-02-28T09:32:16.931-05:00I've played for about 3 years now and I have t...I've played for about 3 years now and I have to say that makes a lot of sense. I cant tell you how many times I quite because it got stale, none of my friends were on, my guild was a bunch of asses and I couldn't even muster the strenght to go do a few quests, it's just pathetic to keep playing when the game reaches that level. My advice to the people that are going threw that, just stop playing, be it a week or two or a month. Go out with your friends or just chill and watch some TV at home or something. Sometimes you find you never want to go back, but you will never know if you dont try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-16780937222407620572009-12-07T08:01:55.499-05:002009-12-07T08:01:55.499-05:00Guess better late than never … *looks at the date ...Guess better late than never … *looks at the date of the first post* <br /><br />Done a /played as you suggested and … I will never do a /played again … ever … <br /><br />Combined came to a total of 567 days on all chars from the last 5 years.<br /><br />But, still love it, met a lot of nice people of who even outside of wow I have contact with.<br />Learned more about managing people or crowds with planning and recourses than I ever could in school after started 1 community and 1 raid Guild. Seen all of the endgame places till 25 man Totc and spend countless hours in Stormwind, Darnassus, Iron forge and Dalaran with people and just had fun trying out all we could think of in there.<br />Sat in Nagrand and just watched the green meadows while I had a good friend of mine next to me or in /w and we talked over everything that mattered, or didn’t mattered.<br />Lost a friend RL/IG when he had an accident and sadly didn’t made it and shared the grief with people in the digital world as well as outside.<br /><br />For me, those 13.608+ hours where well spend while balancing between work, family and WoW and still only have 1 character with epic outland flying because the gold and items is what did not mattered to me, but that is my vision.<br /><br />I know that someday it will end, but if I look back at it, I’ll have many good, fun, sad, and new friends all over the globe to look back to :DUshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-46273503517157120822009-11-08T06:49:11.118-05:002009-11-08T06:49:11.118-05:00I both agree and disagree with what you're say...I both agree and disagree with what you're saying, but in my opinion, everything we do in life is a waste of time, all that matters, is how you waste it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-20567440058373244612009-07-28T01:36:39.613-04:002009-07-28T01:36:39.613-04:00Truly an eye opener and well said Sargeras. While ...Truly an eye opener and well said Sargeras. While I do enjoy video games I also enjoy the life I have outside the virtual world, the world and people around me. There's so much to be seen and not enough time in the world to see it all but if you sit around all day you won't see anything but the things you see on a screen. While some may say I can just look at it on google, It's a much better experience to smell, touch, and hear the things around you as well. I hope that more will read your posts and look at their lives a little differentlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-77570793413206431702009-05-31T15:00:08.985-04:002009-05-31T15:00:08.985-04:00Just wanted to say that I love your work. Until no...Just wanted to say that I love your work. Until now, I had only read your 'conversations' pieces.<br /><br />Great job.<br /><br />Too few people can truly understand this concept, and even fewer can pull it off without it being completely cliche or preachy. Keep up the great work, I can't wait to read more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-35875864936979089392009-05-29T20:01:38.164-04:002009-05-29T20:01:38.164-04:00Long live Randall!
<3 XKCD
Kill him gently when...Long live Randall!<br /><3 XKCD<br />Kill him gently when you destroy the world, oh great titan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-12286264130438194212009-05-29T16:42:10.751-04:002009-05-29T16:42:10.751-04:00I realized this after first starting to play WoW 2...I realized this after first starting to play WoW 2 years ago. I felt like hunting for gear just to raid really took the fun out of the game, and took a loooong break. When I came back and started playing Wrath about a month or two ago, I found the game to be a lot more relaxed, a lot more fun, and so much more to do. It's been quite refreshing ever since, and I enjoy it so much more!Vakotonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-36311124480535154512009-05-27T21:09:09.744-04:002009-05-27T21:09:09.744-04:00Well said. I was nodding the entire while.
"Every...Well said. I was nodding the entire while.<br /><br />"Every man must die, but first, he must live."Ariedanhttp://wordywarrior.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-13056145589139539762009-05-27T16:26:59.590-04:002009-05-27T16:26:59.590-04:00Groovy. Spread the word, Paul. :-DGroovy. Spread the word, Paul. :-DSargerashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195556030724196765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-27459541574573062632009-05-27T11:08:06.527-04:002009-05-27T11:08:06.527-04:00Hello sargeras
this is very out of character for ...Hello sargeras<br /><br />this is very out of character for someone who wills the undoing of existence! <br /><br />but on a different note<br /><br />i wrote a creative writing piece for my literature paper about you this year(USING CLEVERLY DISGUISED ANAGRAMS AND METAPHORS) and got an award for it. so this is my obligatory thanks post <br /><br />thanks from paul<br /> =)<br /><br />(taking from one is plaguerism, taking from many is research(a being of your calibre counts as many ok its justified in my mind))PAULnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-30133746213973736642009-05-26T20:35:04.869-04:002009-05-26T20:35:04.869-04:00@ steph: Hell the fuck yeah. :-D@ steph: Hell the fuck yeah. :-DSargerashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195556030724196765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-41282220304212622832009-05-26T20:02:18.543-04:002009-05-26T20:02:18.543-04:00O massive dark lord of fiery doom,
Long time read...O massive dark lord of fiery doom,<br /><br />Long time reader, first time poster. Just wanted to pipe in with a "hell the fuck yeah." <br />Well said, my liege. Well said. \m/<br /><br />Yours in mortality,<br />stephAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-62397152758573089422009-05-26T18:54:17.619-04:002009-05-26T18:54:17.619-04:00@Soumynona
An Anonymous once posted:
"We may have...@Soumynona<br /><br />An Anonymous once posted:<br />"We may have no objective relevance to the universe but we do have subjective relevance to each other."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-51309728572557377322009-05-26T09:35:38.047-04:002009-05-26T09:35:38.047-04:00Sargeras, not only would you set my apartment on f...Sargeras, not only would you set my apartment on fire, not fit through the front door, but I just can't trust that you'll not eat my cats for the sheer hell of it. Please, stay in the Nether.<br /><br />Your web peon is welcome, however, just so long as he calls first.<br /><br />Though I warn you, I'm still stumbling over some 16th note runs like I'm falling down the stairs instead of gracefully skipping.Warravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-57035787314278246492009-05-26T06:18:41.541-04:002009-05-26T06:18:41.541-04:00@ Warraven: When do I get to hear this flute solo?...@ Warraven: When do I get to hear this flute solo??<br /><br />@ Franz: Haha, really? You mean my blog has more staying power than WoW?? :-DSargerashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195556030724196765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-79779599911593517162009-05-26T04:43:44.454-04:002009-05-26T04:43:44.454-04:00True, true.
That's why I won't waste much time to ...True, true.<br />That's why I won't waste much time to write this comment, cos you said it all:<br />Carpe fucking diem!<br /><br />P.s.: I quit WoW a few weeks ago, it's the best thing ever!Franznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-27464362911867173012009-05-26T00:44:45.549-04:002009-05-26T00:44:45.549-04:00My father and I just spent the better part of toda...My father and I just spent the better part of today building PvP gear so we can play arena together as a 2 man team called "Giant Vegetable Pygmies". I have no doubt that the only way we'll win a match is if our opponents are asleep on their keyboards.<br /><br />I get to PvP with my DAD. It's going to be fucking awesome.<br /><br />But I'm sure your puny mortal servant here that mans the blog remembers when I decided I was either going to cut back on WoW, stop the stupid grind, or quit it entirely if I couldn't do that. Well, the schedule has gone out the window, but that hasn't stopped me from bringing good ol' Handel's solo for the flute back up to speed despite years of not practicing.<br /><br />Anyway, enough rambling. Excellent post and it's one I hope people will think about. It is possible to enjoy life with WoW as part of that... but yes, it should never be used to simply pass the time. Enjoy what you do. Time sinks are not worth it.<br /><br />See: Argent Tourney. *gag*Warravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-19190828800125198682009-05-26T00:35:00.784-04:002009-05-26T00:35:00.784-04:00@ sarge
Thanks, the support is great. My family h...@ sarge<br /><br />Thanks, the support is great. My family has been supportive also. :)<br /><br />@Marzenia <br /><br />True, _many_ people enjoy wow and a social life. I do, but in truth I am beginning to enjoy my time in azeroth less and less. I log on and wonder, what will I do now? Enjoy your game though, I hope you have fun. :)Anthony Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773910540107369640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-28980537003954306372009-05-26T00:21:04.420-04:002009-05-26T00:21:04.420-04:00Since content of WoW became so boring and there re...Since content of WoW became so boring and there relly is just one raiding instance I think we will all get more from our real life. I still can enjoy both, have achivements in both as well as friends and good times :)<br />Like Blizzard's tip says: Take everything in moderation. Even WoW! :PMarzenianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-65393036826906318312009-05-25T22:04:00.041-04:002009-05-25T22:04:00.041-04:00@ Anthony Clarke: Of course I have regrets...I cou...@ Anthony Clarke: Of course I have regrets...I could've started destroying things sooner. ;-) But seriously, glad to hear you're branching out. I like video games as much as anyone, but games alone are a pretty shallow way to live your life.<br /><br />@ Ramona: :-)<br /><br />@ Soumynona: You seem to equate permanence with importance. Why? Why should the knowledge that you will eventually die, make your current actions less meaningful? Who cares if the "great void" notices your trials; would it matter if it did? Death twitches my ear; live, he says, I am coming.Sargerashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195556030724196765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491930521804456440.post-14484174632884881242009-05-25T20:58:54.019-04:002009-05-25T20:58:54.019-04:00Wise words from the Dark Titan.
But even as the fi...Wise words from the Dark Titan.<br />But even as the first poster commented about how WoW lacks rewards, I must say.. Life also lacks rewards. My good friend (whom I don't know) Bill Gates, will die on day, and the money he has will do little for him afterwards, in the same way that a married couple that has been together for 70 years, will part at death, (Unless your religious, but that's not a debate I'd like to get into here. )<br /><br />Surely you of all people, Lord Sargeras, must understand that futility of mortal struggles... attempting to make a difference in a universe so vast that the destruction of an entire galaxy could easily go unnoticed. I do not of course, mean to sound entirely pessimistic, but the actions of humans will amount to nothing in the end. The great void does not notice their trials.<br /><br />-High Prophet SoumynonaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com