Sometimes... (You?)

Sometimes I just want to complain.

Sometimes I want to actually read all of my in-game abilities and pick what sounds cool instead of the meta (but I don’t; I just copy from WoWHead).

Sometimes I think I will actually, maybe, one day level up all those alts sitting on my loading screen in WoW.

Sometimes I miss the old guilds I belonged to and the old friends I made along the way.

Sometimes I wish I hadn’t made the enemies in WoW that I did way back in the days of yore; (sorry if I somehow managed to be just the worst. My excuse is that I was young and stupid and still learning and making mistakes, but I -am- sorry if I hurt you.)

Sometimes I remember that I started playing this game over 20 years ago, remember how old I am now, and despair.

Sometimes I feel bad that I still keyboard turn and push my mouse over in-game UI buttons and hit them to do things in the game instead of hitting keys on my keyboard to cast them.

Sometimes I eat the whole bag of cheese puffs.

Sometimes I win in PvP (but mostly I lose).

Sometimes I think about roleplaying in the game again, (but who has the time?)

Sometimes I spend my whole evening reading posts on these forums for reasons that I don’t comprehend, (and feel like my actual level of intelligence has degraded by leaps and bounds).

Sometimes I meet someone about whose opinions I actually care; (this is rare).

Sometimes I have fun when I play WoW.

Sometimes I think about trying M+ dungeons again; (I usually end up doing something else instead).

Sometimes I miss “the good old days,” (but that’s mostly because I don’t remember the bad ones).

Sometimes I am reminded that this is just a game, that life goes on, and that even though Queen sang that nothing really matters, sometimes it does.

Sometimes I wonder if I’ll be playing WoW until the servers go down for good.

Sometimes I pretend that the things we write here on these forums are read by people who care.

Sometimes I really, actually care about the things I read here on these forums.

And sometimes…that’s enough.

:purple_heart: :sunflower: :purple_heart:

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I doubt there are many who can’t do that. That and smartfood (other cheese coated popcorn). Bag open, bag gone. Not solo though, one must share with the wife. And the kid will invite themselves regardless.

Option B is wife complaining later. While good, its not good enough for that guilt trip crap.

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:sparkles: :sparkling_heart: :sparkles:

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Sometimes I think about those who I used to see in the TL3 Lounge but who don’t have the time and/or the trust level to visit there anymore. I hope they are doing well or at least okay. :people_hugging:

I also worry about those who just completely dropped off the forums, in-game, and on bnet who never said anything about quitting or taking a break and just disappeared suddenly. I hope they are okay as well.

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Sometimes when I am stuck idle I feel like I am going to explode.

Sometimes I make myself tired keeping my comments to myself.

Sometimes I fantasize I can teleport.

Sometimes I struggle to keep my patience with the innocently befuddled. I always feel great when we fix what they need fixing tho.

Sometimes I hate helping people.

Sometimes I hate that I love helping people.

Sometimes, for months at a time, I can crave a single food and eat primarily only that.

Sometimes I drink too much coffee

Sometimes I drink waaay too much coffee.

Sometimes my badness frustrates me.

Sometimes I will put songs in peoples heads then walk away once I get them singing it.

Sometimes i crave mustard.

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Whatta wholesome post.

Apart from eating the whole bag of cheese puffs..

The rest hits deep. Totally vibing with the other ‘sometimes…’ points.

:blue_heart::sweat_smile:

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Sometimes I sneak into Undercity and murder Gerard for his crimes against life and agency.

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I love this thread, thanks Channyn.

Sometimes the druid living within me cannot help herself and still spends all my mana/energy on idiots who willingly stand in the fire. (In real life as well as in game.)

Sometimes in laziness, I mourn that IRL crafting isn’t as fast and clean as WoW crafting. Particularly fishing, cooking and skinning.

Sometimes I sit in coffee shops and find myself characterizing peoples features by WoW race. Soon I see the bloodlines of Orcs, Dwarves, Kul Tiran, Pandaren, and Elves all around me.

Sometimes I hide treasure boxes with trinkets inside at places I’m traveling to, so Azeroth isn’t the only world with goodies and loot waiting to be discovered.

Sometimes while hunting or prowling the woodlands for forage, I pretend like my dogs are as well behaved as my WoW pets; but they’re not, but we pretend.

Sometimes I make a charcuterie board or appetizer platter, I image I’m a mage summoning up food for my raid group. The same goes for platters of pancakes or muffins. The kitchen is my mage space. I still need the floaty magic book though.

Sometimes I craft and create things specifically inspired by things I’ve read on the forums or found in the game. The world of pixel dust is made manifest and real by our hands.

Sometimes I walk through stores and see candy or other items (like crocs) people on the forums have mentioned they love or hate. I think of them and all the laughs, arguments, forum pvps, and overall discussions we’ve had here. For a minute, all the WoW dwellers recapture my attention and amusement.

Sometimes when great national disasters, tragedies, areas of turmoil hit, I think about who I’ve met or gamed with that might be in the path. I always deeply hope they & their loved ones are safe.

Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the academic formulas, the data sets, the research, the patterns of behavior and yet I still can’t remember to cast buffs regularly on myself. Attention to detail is and yet isn’t my strong suit.

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Literally just 20 something minutes ago, I made a hot dog and said “man, I wish I had mustard” and had to settle with just ketchup. I feel targeted.

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It’s new AI advertising.

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I asked a hot dog vendor for ketchup while I was in NYC many moons ago, and the dude about cussed me out.

“What now?” he yelled, but he was laughing, man I didn’t know what was going on.

I later lived in Germany, and mustard and hotdogs is a thing, so I eventually came around to just using mustard.

I like mustard on my burgers too now.

:laughing:

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Sometimes I know, sometimes I rise
Sometimes I fall, sometimes I don’t
Sometimes I cringe, sometimes I live
Sometimes I walk, sometimes I kneel
Sometimes I speak of nothing at all

Pearl Jam circa mid 90’s

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Sometimes I run

Sometimes I hide

Sometimes I’m scared of you

But …

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Sometimes the people of this community make me happy to be a part of it; (and thank you to those of you sharing your “sometimes” with me and others; I feel you.)

Also, :people_hugging:, Phara. Miss you Trust Loungers. Please give my love to the usual suspects.

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There are folks that care.

Things have meaning if you give it meaning. If this - the forum, the game, this conversation, makes you feel - I’d encourage you to hold onto that. That’s what life’s all about. If it brings you joy, purpose, or just makes you feel comfy - idk.

Sometimes that’s all that matters.

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This is really a big one. 20 years ago I made friends on this game that I still talk to on a daily basis.

A lot of my memories of that era have been watered down by numerous classic releases now. But sometimes you get in that nostalgic headspace where you don’t just remember an event, but you can remember how you felt experiencing that event. WoW in those early days was a really special game.

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Sometimes I have all the felweed. Not often, but sometimes. :blush:

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I often wish forum threads were as genuine as this

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Since I play solo mostly, thats always what I do.
Like on my DemoLocks…I dont talent a couple things that I guess are supposed to be the meta talents. lol.

Ive run my talent set up against the suggested ones and honestly, I barely tell any difference.
I like mine better…suits my play style better. Im not doing M+ where every point of damage might matter so no need to worry about it anyway.

personally, I wouldnt mind if all the annoying sorts in WoW wouldnt just put me on ignore entirely. They arent worthy of my time and Id hope Im not worthy of theirs.

BGs were often hilarious…some little screeching tike in chat losing his feces over the fact that we just got OUTCLASSED, lmao.
Sometimes we just got a bad mix of classes and players and the other team got the A listers…it happens. Sometimes we just sucked…
I love REAL PVP…which doesnt exist in this game…but even this ‘pvp’ is fun, win or lose…its about playing the game. I HATE sore losers. Theyre some of the most spoiled, entitled …losers…on planet earth.

The forum is great a lot of days…mostly when ‘that’ group isnt here trolling for attention
When they all disappear for a stretch, the forum is actually very pleasant.
I come by daily and often someone has something posted that they did or are doing that gets me interested in it.

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lol.
Wife and I have a discussion about this topic frequently enough.
She isnt always so self confident and takes too seriously the opinions of clowns and jokers who cant get their own lives together enough to be taken seriously on anything, let alone respect beyond just basic value as a fellow human being.

Id bet I could count the opinions I value on planet earth on less than two hands…and possibly even one. lol.
Thats not to say there arent lots of people whos opinions arent valid…but just being valid doesnt mean I personally put value in them…because you’ll find that many more people with opinions just as valid who totally disagree with them. lol.

If somone wants their opinions valued and respected…they need to put in the time to EARN that from others. It aint getting offered for free…not from me anyway.

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