I should most certainly hope so seeing as one of them is my upstairs neighbor that drove 2300 miles to move me here.
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Ditto! Great night, that.
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What friends? Just kidding, I’ve tried the friend thing with a few people I don’t know IRL and they eventually stop getting online or stop talking to me even when they are online, so I gave up on WoW friendships years ago. My son plays time to time and a couple other family members who’s guild I’m in get online, but we also barely talk. It’s all good…not stressing it and not wasting my time joining rando guilds of people that will probably just cause drama, haha.
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There’s people I know outside the game who play, so yes. Aside from that I like to keep my identity to myself. I don’t need an angry Druid showing up at my work.
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too real 
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Some of the people I knew during like, TBC-WoD knew what I looked like. Basically all of them quit though. The people I played with from Legion and the people I know now don’t know what I look like, though I share pet photos quite a bit.
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The people i play with on a semi regular basis all belong to the same discord and we have seen each other.
I admit the first time I saw everyone i was a little surprised “Oh so thats what our goblin priest really looks like”. Im sure they were too.
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Of course. I turn the camera on to show off the cat which also shows me.
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This is known as the DJ Effect, you listen to a DJ on the radio for years, by chance you meet them and are like “No, that’s no you!”
I’ve met many people over the years on WoW, someone are currently facebook friends others have faded off into the ether. The people I play with now I knew before they came into WoW so yes they know what I look like. Rarely encounter anyone that lasts more than a few days through talking before they vanish these days.
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My WoW friends? Maybe. I think I put a pic on some discord once or twice. I probably won’t do that anymore. I don’t usually trust the internet (I’d trust them, I don’t trust discord) with personal information.
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Depends how you approach it.
If you’re just playing WoW and not doing anything else or communicating about anything but doing something in WoW, yeah, acquaintance might be a good enough word. More of a “work friend” kinda situation I guess. Not trying to equate WoW to a job, but that’s the level of closeness in that situation I think.
But I’ve always had those types of friends, and then another group of friends that I actively talk about literally anything with, play other games with, watch movies with, send mail to, etc.
Pretending the latter group aren’t “friends” seems weird to me. But maybe you’re not looking for that to begin with so you only end up with the former and that’s why you see it that way? Idk.
But anyway, people with your mindset are why people end up with “friends” that have been offline for 6 years with no communication. I mean, other than the obvious “They died” possibilities. Turns out its pretty easy to just disappear when you’re done with the game if you view everyone you interact with on the game as an acquaintance at best. Not a dig at you btw, just something to note. There’s always been people who separate IRL and Online interactions and people who don’t.
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I only have two wow friends left, both of whom are real life friends. So yes, they know what I look like. Meeting for dinner would be awkward if they’d didn’t.
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Or…
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I dont even know what i look like. I believe reflections are the devil trying to get into our world
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Checkmate atheists
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It’s been 10 years since I met my wife in Wow and she still doesn’t know what I look like.
It got really hard to hide when she moved in.
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Have you tried the crawl space under the house?
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Yes, because i have a pic of me, wearing sunglasses though, as my discord profile pic.
It’s not like i’m hiding or anything. lol
Idk why people are so self-conscious all the time.
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The ones that used to play with me back in 2005 did, though they’ve all either left or passed on 
Good thing people don’t know what I look like now after a few operations and hospital visits as my appearance is pretty haggard and terrifying 
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