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When I was younger, I noticed many differences between my line of thinking and others around me but I did a really great job of fitting in, I hyper-fixated a lot with trying to blend in because I was very aware how different I was. For a lot of people growing up, this causes a lot of stress. For me? I just played World of Warcraft! Kept my weirdness in until I could jam out on the computer most of the time, lol. As an adult, watching other adults playing World of Warcraft I am sometimes getting that feeling again. The one I felt in the classroom, during a test at school. Sometimes I was the only kid in the room who turned her assignment in for a whole hour, and everyone else barely turned their assignment in before the bell rang. Other times I found myself crying on my desk and unable to turn in any class work at all! It all depended on the subject. So in this video I just wanted to describe how that silly feeling never went away, but why I realize now as an adult how my brain works differently to others and it’s totally okay, too much too many times have I pushed myself to fit in or be like other people. This year in 2025 I just want to dedicate to not only being able to fully acknowledge how different my brain is compared to others, but to embrace it and enjoy it and not let other people try to continue to change me. That’s my NYE resolution! Continue playing WoW MY WAY (:
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I definitely got the play by yourself because other people ruin it for you sort of deal. Namely a Retail Player here. But I do just prefer playing by myself too because I have had a few others ruin the game for me and solo content is just less toxic and less strenuous.
I am VERY SIMILAR in my mindset. I don't like feeling compelled to the will of others when I play WoW. It's not fun to be so narrow in objectives and repeat it an infinite number of times until the NEXT thing to do nothing but that singular thing. If I were to befriend someone in the game, it'd be for chatting. I can and always HAVE played by myself when not doing some odd-end raid or whatever (I quit consistently attending any kind of raid YEARS ago, it was stressful as heck, now it is only when I fancy a change of pace).
HOWEVER…I still get lonely. I need to talk someone just to not lose myself entirely. That's why whenever I happen to see you on and haven't been too distracted to watch Twitch, I will pop in, shoot the shit, tab between you and the game, or just enjoy your thoughts while in the background. I don't watch Twitch folk TERRIBLY often because I'm absent-minded or I'll be running some ASMR videos to help with my anxiety but I do come in enough to feel like a person, a real human being, and not just a drone when the depression hits me at some random janky point while I play the game. This is why even joining a guild, it is STRICTLY after I feel comfortable with the overall nature and can trust that the guild culture is that of chill folks that fit a casual atmosphere but also don't bring up topics I have personal bias about even though they can be responsibly handled. I have been rewarded for my patience and nothing controversial or "mmmmm….I dunno about THAT one….." kind of stuff has affected me due to my caution.
I know I can be a little "over"excited in my chatting when I drop by but that's indicative of how badly I need to interact with another person. Once I "settle in", I calm down and maybe even strictly lurk from that point on, it all depends how I feel. But generally speaking, I think you can understand what I'm trying to convey. I'm not sure I've ever commented on anything on your YouTube channel before but listening to this had me rather relieved that I'm not alone in the overall perspective laid out here.
I'm 100% the same way. In classic WoW, I love the leveling experience, seeing others around me, even maybe grouping briefly for harder challenges (PUGs, despite their flaws). What I don't like is having to group and game on coordinated schedules, repeatedly doing instance grinds, and farming for minuscule gear upgrades which, like you said, will be obsolete in a few months. Even delves became a chore, and I liked that at least with those I could do them on my own schedule.
In the way humans play there are two major categories: "structured play" and "unstructured play"
Structured play is rules-based and goal-oriented, like putting together Lego from instructions, or organized sports. Unstructured play is like playing tag, or with blocks, drawing, etc.
WoW very much caters to people who prefer structured play, and has become more so as time has gone on. The free, unstructured play of leveling has been minimized and the repeatable content like Mythic grinds has become the norm. A bit reason is that its easier to make some damage-sponge enemies and have players do that over and over than make a whole new set of zones the size of Kalimdor or the Eastern Kingdoms. And so WoW players who enjoy that structured play have largely self-selected into retail andys, where the unstructured enjoyers like us keep coming back to classic for the leveling experience.
Who the F plans out there day in WoW?? I always just log on and think of what to do 😀
Yea we were all yhe "gifted kids". That's what the teachers all said. You weren't gifted. You were a somewhat big fish in a small pond.
WoW is a TON of math. If you really get down to it. Fighting a boss it's how much number your grp vs how much number the boss has, and there's tons of variables to affect these things. The boss has his own number that he's trying to use to subtract your teams number too, and you can reduce this by dodging his abilities or using mitigation on the person that's getting hit, and healers get to directly subtract from the bosses number that he's using to deplete our number. The gear is all math, what you can get done is all math, what your character is capable is math, including minimizing the variables that take away from your number that you're using to reduce the bosses number. I think it's just a ton a ton a ton of math, and I love math so I've lucked out on that lol this all goes for pvp too, it's just your numbers vs the enemy team's numbers.