What happened? Everyone was to busy trying to be the best they could. No problem with that? right? Everyone was to busy trying to get that rating, or get that achievement, or that gear, it goes on and on.
I stopped today, forgot about my rating, my skill, my raid schedule and instead I went out and was a complete noob with some random noobs. And you know what? it was 2005 all over again. So much immersion. So much unseen content I never experienced. Its like I forgot who i was and just immersed myself within the world. This huge world ingame that goes unseen because everyone is trying to min max.
People talk about what made vanilla. That was it. I join a raid or a BG or arena, and suddenly im back in 2020. Its almost like it takes the soul right out of me. Yet i see so many people complain about how wow just will never have that shine to it that it once had.
Did we ever stop to consider we are the problem? What if everyone on the server had the mentality I speak of?
This is a post that should not only be heard among the warmane forums, but worldwide.
I encourage everyone, if not plead with you, to embrace this idea. Stop giving a ****. Stop looking at your achievements, stop looking at your rating, stop looking at your gear. Go out and make random friends. Dont be scared to talk to randoms and make friends and find adventures in content that is unknown to you.
Donating, Private server, Retail... whatever... None of that is the problem. Our idea that we must achieve something ingame is what the real problem is. Instead of going out and enjoying ourselves in an ingame world that has so much to offer.
This is what makes WoW. This is what really made the game so fun.

