A Final Goodbye

Wyrmrest Accord
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Big rip my boy. Hope you fare better wherever your path leads you.

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Our discussions, as with your presence, will be missed my friend.
…a sad day.

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See you, space cowboy. I’ll buy you a boost to 120 if you come back for Whatever’s Next so you can just skip all of BfA.

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)= BFA killing peoples dream’s. On that note how are you wearing cloth as a warrior?

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Any class can wear cloth, in fact, if you wear plate you can basically wear anything

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I did not know! Thanks! You learn something new everyday here!

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Wow… I actually sat still at my desk for a minute after reading this. This legitimately bums me out to hear. But I totally get it dude, it’s not the same game anymore. I’m glad you’re doing what makes you happy, I’ll see you on the Discord. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Dang it, I’m not sure if I should bemoan or celebrate trying to escape this Skinner box. Going to go with celebrating since you’ll be investing your time into more productive activities.

Spirits guide you, friend!

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Cheers for stepping a away from something that no longer makes you happy. I wish more people would make that decision. Anyway, best of luck in any future endeavors.

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Clear skies and happy trails for the future, friend. I’ve always enjoyed reading your lore anecdotes and will be sad to see you go.

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Everyone, I just wanted to take a moment to come back and say thank you again. All these messages mean the world to me and I’ll be forever grateful that I was even able to leave an impression on you amazing people, let alone a positive one.

I’ve had a few people message me for some more details on what specifically led me to leave, so I figured I’d clarify a little. Consider this the actual “I’m quitting” post of the thread; an incoherent rant, mostly. Feel free to disregard if you don’t care.

I certainly hope WoW gets better for those sticking around, but I feel I’ve hit a fork in the road and it’s something that needs to be left behind in its entirety. I was managing two WoW discord servers, answering upwards of 20 lore questions a day, ran a few lore Q&As, numerous guides and things like the name archive as well, on top of full archives of every mineral, plant, alcohol, engineering item and schematic, enchanting inks and runes, species, spell, organization, animal part uses, not-in-game lore location, all written languages and a few others I can’t remember right now. The three resources I had relatively finished, herbs, ores and alcohols, ate up over 600 hours of work; time I realized wasn’t necessarily wasted, but it was work I never made a cent off of.

Don’t get me wrong, I genuinely love making these sorts of things. It’s something I’ve carried over to my job; I’ve got a 200+ pg informational paper with over 1,700 sources I’ve finished legitimately for fun, and get excited whenever I add a new section and my [MORE] tag to go find more applicable information, which… weird flex, I know, but this is my version of fun. Cramming as much information into one place for others to use.

So it’s not that I feel those 600 hours on that stuff were wasted, nor would I have felt an additional bajillion hours on those other resources would be wasted either. If literally one person finds them useful, I’ve done a good job. Wowpedia analytics showed over 200 people visiting my User page per day, with on of the longest average view times on the site on the guides themselves. That’s a great use of 600 hours.

I just realized that where my career was heading, I needed an equal amount of time dedicated to that, and I couldn’t provide it due to working on cataloging every spell in the game and getting only like 40 done every hour because I made so many damn edits to the formatting…

It’s just this adulting thing. I’ve got bills and an SO to spoil and, unfortunately, WoW doesn’t help with that. In fact it hurts it. This came at a time when I found myself no longer enjoying many aspects of the game, which is a whole other rant in of itself. I’d grown apathetic in my writing and any time I’d try to finish a story or fan fiction, I’d re-edit the whole thing over and over. I’ve a few close friends who’ve gone from players to Blizzard employees themselves, and all have now quit due to grievances with the company. One of them, a Level 2 Test Manager, did not have nice things to say.

I know it sounds like a “my dad works at Blizzard” thing, but it’s what made my fingers slip off the edge. I just realized I’m dumping hours upon hours of work into a medium that’s not cared for by its creators anymore, a medium I don’t gain anything from and a medium that no longer makes me happy, so why dump hours into it in the first place?

That’s my general thinking on it all, at least. I’m still bummed, I never wanted this to happen, but it’s an unfortunate truth that WoW is just no longer for me.

Now that I’ve sufficiently spewed some nonsense, this should mark the last post of mine, as I’m purging all the WoW from my poor bookmarks bar. Again, if you’d like to catch up or chat at all, feel free to add my discord where I’ll still be around:
Cannibeans#3192

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I’ve been seeing those reports about Blizzard’s internal culture myself in some gaming new sites. I don’t trust gaming news sites as a rule, but this story keeps popping up. It’s making me really reconsider my own patronage, too.

It’s sad to leave something behind but it sounds like your decision is the right and sensible one, Canni. Here’s hoping it brings you success and happiness.

Truth be told a big part of why I’m still here is I’m a single self-employed writer and sitting around my house is 90% of what I do anyway.

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I feel you on the adulting thing. Since I came back after my move to the Arctic, I have a lot less time I feel I can singularly devote to WoW.

And for me, it’s sort of a stress valve. If I want to be the sort of person I aspire to be, I need a friendly venue to MOONFIRE THE FACE OFF OF PEOPLE. But I get you on the burn out. I’d have a much harder time if Mr. Anyaka hadn’t recently started geeking out, and I’m not even a content curator, which falls under the bloody nightmare level.

But seriously, you were always a good person, even when you and I were metaphorically screaming bloody murder over aspects of the lore. And whatever else you take with you, I hope you learned a lot about WoW lore… And a little about yourself.

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I didnt know you personally, but I most certainly saw and felt your presence on these forums.

Thank you for all of your hard work and effort that you put into RP, you will be missed and I hope you enjoy those greener pastures.

Farewell my friend.

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Strength and Honor, Cannibal. I wonder if I’ll see you in classic (if they do have RP servers). :heart:

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I’ve seen many a hardcore player unable to bring themselves to play this sorry excuse for an expansion. The story, gameplay, and overall feel of it are awful in almost every way and I’ve been tempted to press that unsub button more than once or dump all of my gold into tokens to keep playing for free. But even then that may not be enough.

You will be missed Cannibal. Your advice and words of wisdom will not be forgotten.:slightly_smiling_face:

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Cannibal (or Beans, as I’ve addressed you more often than not),

I’ve known you ever since I started taking RP seriously, all the way back in Mists of Pandaria. That’s when I seriously started involving myself in the RP community, from the forums to the variety of guilds Moon Guard (and to a lesser extent, Wyrmrest Accord) had to offer.

Over these past few years, we really haven’t spoken much, as while you remained Horde-side and transferred over to WrA, I remained on Moon Guard and transferred over to Alliance in response to the direction the Horde story was taking in Legion and BfA. We grew apart, and yet I’m proud to admit you are one of the few people who I’ve remained friends with to this day.

You were always a paragon in the eyes of the people, as I saw it. They looked up to you - were inspired by you - and with good reason. You were always a friendly guy, lending either a hand or an ear for whatever the situation required. You provided people with friendship, resources, and an all-around reason to stick around the game and keep interacting with others; so while to hear you’re calling it quits for good does break my heart, I understand and respect your decision wholeheartedly.

If for whatever reason the next expansion (or even the one after that) does indeed reverse this decision, you’ll more than likely find me here waiting for you; but if not, I wish you the best in whatever direction your adventures take you, RP-related or otherwise.

Lok’tar ogar, my friend.

-Karigal, Moon Guard-US

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Cannibal, thank you for all the contributions to the community you’ve made over the years. I didn’t get to meet you personally, but you will be missed. You’ve helped so many of us with lore, our characters, and making this community a welcoming place of creativity and inspiration. Your absence will be felt by all of us.

I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Be well.

Amaraithea

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As a going away present, I’ll allow you one last bite of orc.

It’s only right.

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Right there with you pal. Can’t say I’ll miss you (I never really knew you.) But I can relate a whole damn lot. Best wishes in your future my man.