Comments on: WoWarcraft; is the game a game or a job? http://www.mentalechoes.org/2009/02/wowarcraft-is-the-game-a-game-or-a-job/ Personal rant space of a guy no longer using an alias Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: unwesen http://www.mentalechoes.org/2009/02/wowarcraft-is-the-game-a-game-or-a-job/comment-page-1/#comment-347 unwesen Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:44:42 +0000 http://www.mentalechoes.org/?p=271#comment-347 ... and that's right there why I never bothered raiding. I guess I would have, but my wife started in a raiding guild before I did, and I got a glimpse of how much effort I'd have to pour into continuing to play... and didn't want that. Then again, I'm definitely SEAK on the Bartle test... I play virtual worlds for the social aspects first, and if they don't happen, I explore. At some point, I kind of like the recognition that comes with achievements, but those are fairly unimportant to me... sometimes I come out SEKA at these tests, that is the killer aspect of my personality (I do love messing with other people, I just don't do it because I know how upsetting it can be) takes precedence over the achiever. So guilds are great for me as long as there's no pressure, and people just hang out together. But that's not what guilds get formed for. I hope you enjoy life in a raider guild, though :) … and that’s right there why I never bothered raiding. I guess I would have, but my wife started in a raiding guild before I did, and I got a glimpse of how much effort I’d have to pour into continuing to play… and didn’t want that.

Then again, I’m definitely SEAK on the Bartle test… I play virtual worlds for the social aspects first, and if they don’t happen, I explore. At some point, I kind of like the recognition that comes with achievements, but those are fairly unimportant to me… sometimes I come out SEKA at these tests, that is the killer aspect of my personality (I do love messing with other people, I just don’t do it because I know how upsetting it can be) takes precedence over the achiever.

So guilds are great for me as long as there’s no pressure, and people just hang out together. But that’s not what guilds get formed for.

I hope you enjoy life in a raider guild, though :)

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