Before you write that ragequit thread, admit this to yourself

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You liked this game. You loved it, but in the motional subjectivity of your moment to moment train of thought of life, you changed.

In the subjectivity of our experiences from beliefs to simply having a bad day, we have to kick the cat for good measure because the inextricable hormonal erracticness of our physiology and mental state demands it. A little more, you begun to ponder and thought you were on the verge of a revelation.

You lunge for the esc button, you turn off your game, vent to the forum about your experiences, mind is racing, heart rate soaring, fists clenched, in that moment you fabricate what you hate about the game most because damn it, you’ve a damn right and you’re a neo-paleolithic 21st century naked monkey man in a suit and your emotions need a damn outlet.

Heres my suggestion, try and look at the ground, now close your eyes, breathe, count in for 5, out for 10. Now repeat after me:

‘IT’S A DAMN GAME, IT’S A DAMN GAME, IT’S A DAMN GAME, IT’S A DAMN GAME’

Are we getting somewhere? Good, you’re still reading. Theres hope for you yet. You can take the day off? How does that sound? Your day job as your class getting to you? Heres your pay. No need to dawdle now, just take the day off, take a breather, kick back and put your feet up.

Maybe watch some wrestling or mosh to heavy metal.

I can’t tell you people how many damn times I’ve been seeing these vent threads. We live in difficult times; I’ve lost my head at ths game, but damn it, it’s a game. Just a game.

You can take a breather, you can come back to it. You don’t have to let your raging hormones spiking through your blood because of a inextricably challenging scenario you soon confess is too redundant for your time and money and come to express yourself.

That’s cool. Go right ahead.

But you can just as easily… just stop for a minute. You can take your mind off of thngs? Come back tomorrow, the next week.

I know, we live in a stimulus packed world and your senses are overloaded 24/7 you have so and so contacts, relationships, your boss sucks, something. But it’s ok.

It’s ok to take just a little break.

Heres a snicker bar, feeling better?

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In the notional objectivity of my current mood I have been extrinsically motivated by the OP to state this succinctly:

I want what hes having, clearly my stuff isnt strong enough

what level out of ten do I need to reach to start talking like that in a casual setting? My stuff gets me to about a 4

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Some people should leave and probably forever though, how about a break that is forever. Some of us still enjoy this game but if you enjoy it at all its somehow worth being falsely flagged over just because of an opposing opinion.

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It’s as simple as thinking about something else.

For as short as a moment, then maybe a minute, a hour, a day.

You can come back to it when you feel just a little better.

Heres a snickers bar.

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I see what you did there

An edible could get me to a 10

Good thinking!

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There you go, now your minds thinking about something else.

I laugh at my shortcomings to relieve tension and keep level, lol.

Thats a example lol.

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writes long response, rereads the thread title and deletes the post grumbling something about trying to function early in the morning

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Do I get a hug too?

This post is nice though, everyone needs to take a break at some point.

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…but I’m a diabetic! Anyway, good ideas.

Most of us don’t realize that WE have changed. Back in year 1, we put up with almost anything from WoW, just to play.

Now in year 10 or15, we are incredibly picky. Everything is not just bad. Anything imperfecft is horrible, insane, unbelieveable.

Bottom line: no real game is “good enough”. Not for us. Not after playing almost the same game for 15 years.

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I know it is hard for you to notice but the game has changed too.

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/Hug

It’s as simple as that really.

We were once little munchkins in puberty, happily enjoying our lives before reality came to shackle us and of course we never got any stress mechanisms to unbind us and slowly became volcanoes ready to blow.

Obviously I lose it sometimes too, Really bad but I can’t help but feel conflicted at how feverishly emotional the forums always seem since I’ve been visitiing here lol.

But you’re gonna be alright, you made a little more progress today~

All I’m saying is it’s a matter of perspective and when we’re emotional, our focus can be out of wack, our reactions, etc.

It’s ok to take a 5-20 minute break. It’s ok to just get away from the game for a while.

It’s not your day job. You did a bit more progress today. You can take the day off.

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Happiness isn’t good enough for me. I demand euphoria.
And a tiger.

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I’m not quitting because I don’t like the game, I love the game and think shadowlands is a great expansion. There is just too much scarcity in it.