The Game Dame

Photo by Natalia Romay

This is certainly not how I had planned for it to go down.  I was still in the “bargaining” stage of grief about whether and when I wanted to quit WoW. I wasn’t sure if I would quit, but if I did, I wanted to do it when my heart was clear and my mind was at peace with the decision. Unfortunately, none of those things came to pass before the decision was made for me.

The monitor on my PC decided to go the way of the old ones today. The laptop I’m using to write this post doesn’t have the graphics power to run WoW. The other desktop computer we have is an old Mac which could run TBC but cannot handle Wrath. Even if I could somehow figure out how to use this laptop’s monitor with the desktop, it wouldn’t be able to handle that computer’s Nvidia graphics card output (I did, after all, only pay about $600 for this laptop).

So, abruptly, I am bereft of WoW and everything else that is on the desktop until I can afford to buy a new monitor. Since I’m unemployed at the moment, I have no idea when that kind of money will come our way. As such, it’s probably best for me to cancel my WoW account in the meantime. I can’t even use the network to access the files on that computer because I’d need to set up the sharing.

Even though I know it’s been coming, my leaving the game, I feel heartsore. I don’t get to go online to say goodbye to my guildies. I don’t get to give away any of my valuable items to noobs. I don’t get to have any closure on it whatsoever. It feels like I’m leaving town under cover of darkness, never to see some friends again.

I don’t think I’ll stop writing this blog any time soon. I’ve still got things to say about the game — and goodness knows I probably couldn’t keep my mouth shut even if I tried. I may start writing about other games. That is, if I actually start playing any. (I do have Elder Scrolls: Oblivion for Xbox 360 gathering dust on the shelf.) Who knows, I might even pop-off about non-game stuff here. We’ll see. I do have one post in the works as a result of an email thread with guildies last week, so I know I’ve got at least one more WoW post coming this weekend.

I know I will talk to my best WoW friends (hi, guildies!) in email threads next week, but I want to express my sadness that I couldn’t tell them all this in-game. I’m going to miss playing with you guys, BIG TIME. Hopefully, you’ll welcome me back after I’m able to get a new monitor. Love y’all…