We live in a society so rich that grown men can afford to stay boys much longer than they should.

Seriously IMHO paying $14.99 a month for this kinda crap sure aint worth it.

I only mention this because I really cared for the guy and really hoped that he would do what he drove out here from Fort Collins, Colorado to accomplish – and that was to write screenplays and maybe short stories. I got so exasperated by his refusal to learn about the industry (he knew nothing about the great classic films that have lured most of us to this business) and his frustrating obsession with WoW, that I just couldn’t do it anymore, couldn’t try to hold the shreds of a friendship together. It was awful. I’m sure he doesn’t think so, but the rest of us who cared did.

Anyway, don’t know what he’s doing now. He may have moved from Burbank by now. He finally found a girlfriend and I was hoping that would make him more determined to do what he drove out here for but the last time I accidentally had to speak to him again, about a month ago, he still used the same spiel about wanting to concentrate on short stories and maybe a screenplay, all while getting part time work at Starbucks. (He left a “corporate evil” like Disney to work in a corporate evil like Starbucks).

Sorry for the long rant. It’s just that I used to be obsessed with video games and, though I’ve never played WoW, this incident with a friend I cared for deeply has left an awful pain. I hate to see people give up so easily on their dreams. Maybe it’s because I’ve fought so hard to try to realize mine.

this is someone else’s writing not mine :)…/

While out walking in the woods, Hans Jørgen Olsen and his 10 year old sister stumbled upon an enraged Moose. The animal attacked Hans’ sister, so in a bid to rescue the girl, Hans used a couple of tricks he’d learnt from playing WoW. First, he Taunted the Moose by hitting it repeatedly with a stick. Once he had the furious animal’s attention, he Feigned Death.

The Moose soon lost interest in Hans, thinking him dead, and went off about his business.

This is another lesson that wow teaches in life situations you may think to use your battle knowledge of wow :)

Just wanted to say that this is the third I’ve come back to this post, not only is it witty and fun, it’s relevant to so many other areas as well as screenwriting.

Good luck with the strike, I work in music copyright here in London so appreciate the necessity of fair payment for fair usage…

Kind Regards,

Patrick

The most important thing I learned from playing Warcraft is: don’t take the remarks of others too seriously and keep believing in yourself. So many times a single insult swept me off my feet for days because I wanted to be loved by all, not be called names and getting mud thrown in my face. Once, when I was a member of a big guild, someone started to insult me in a very rude way which made me stop posting on the guild forum. A few months later I met someone in-game and had a great time with him, only to find out that he was the one who had insulted me. When I told him, he said: “Oh, that! I did not mean a single word of it, that is just me and the way I sometimes talk to people. You did not think I was serious, did you?”

So I learned not to get knocked off my feet so easily by something another person says. It has helped me to cope with real life issues, too. Not bad for a computer game, eh?