Interlude

Recently, a friend of mine quit playing World of Warcraft. For those of you who have been living in a cave for the past decade, World of Warcraft is one of the most popular online games at the moment.

Here's a post about it dedicated to him. I wrote it awhile back on my other blog.



Quitting

SIKES! I changed my mind 5 seconds after making this thread. SEE WHAT I DID THERE?!


Sorry, I just wanted to be part of the cool club since being an indecisive attention-seeking whore has always been my childhood aspiration. Although, I wouldn't mind settling for just whore. But I'm rambling off-topic.


However, before I continue this rant, I would like to make one thing clear: this is not a personal vendetta towards anyone as I've had friends pull the "I'm quitting" stunt as well.

The purpose of this thread is to help identify the cause of the fake quitting trend and explore ways to prevent this disease. With my guidance and help from this simple two-step program, you too can be as cool as me.

The Root of the Problem


For those of you who took sociology classes, you've probably heard of the Nature VS Environment argument. However, if you skip school, I'll give a brief summary of it. The Nature VS Environment argument questions whether people are conditioned by their environment or if people are born as who they are. I prefer the first scenario because then I have something else to blame for being less than perfect.




So what does this have to do with WoW? My point is that people aren't fully to blame for doing stupid stuff on WoW. The truth of the matter is that the game, itself, is the root of the problem. I
Don't believe me? Check these facts out:

• one of the first quests in WoW reward you with a razor; clearly a sign for things to come
• Check the various YouTube videos of people who get hacked in WoW
  

But don't worry! There's no need for drastic measures such as completely removing WoW from your life. There are alternative measures that enable you to enjoy the game without going emo, which brings us to the next section.

Fixing the Problem

If you're still reading this, you must be incredibly bored or just downright desperate. Quick, go cut yourself. I kid, I kid. The best and quickest way to undo the damage the Emo Waves have done to you is adopt the "Who Gives a Fuck" attitude. It's a useful tool in both WoW and in real life, especially when your parents want you to do some annoying chore or when you blow up your super godly +14382942 Staff of Ownage. No matter how pissed off you are, just play it off cool and be like "I don't give a fuck" then follow it up with the middle finger or something.

Disclaimer: I don't recommend the middle finger if your parents are Asian as they usually counter the "I don't give a fuck" with a "I'm-a beat your ass."

This act of teenage angst usually repels emoism and instead of turning into a sulky depressed loser, you become one angry bitter kid ready to crush some trolls.

Congratulations!