Breakfast Topic: Relieving stress
Usually we think of WoW as a way to relieve stress that we acquire in real life. Yet sometimes stressful things happen in WoW, and we need to find ways in real life to relieve them. I find that whenever something like this happens in the game, from battleground whining and insulting, to trouble finding good roleplayers, it does me a world of good to write about it on WoW Insider in some constructive manner. Not only do I address the problem in myself this way, resolving my own attitude towards it, but I do something that, I hope, helps other people who are experiencing the same problem in their own gaming as well. Many WoW players have blogs of their own, and I presume writing there has a similar effect.
What do you do in real life to relieve stress from WoW-related problems?
What do you do in real life to relieve stress from WoW-related problems?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MechChef Jan 8th 2008 8:21AM
I stop playing WoW for a while.
JaeZeela Jan 10th 2008 2:33PM
Go out for a power walk or jog. Funny; I've been doing that more and more lately!
pallyjohn Jan 8th 2008 8:26AM
I normally cut off the WoW sounds and play music and hit the BGS....i dont care if i win or lose just want to set some stuff on fire :P
Paw Jan 8th 2008 8:35AM
I run to the horde lowbie zones and run around the players whistling, winking, hugging, etc. I follow them everywhere they go for a while cheering when they kill something. Basically, I annoy them. And it relieves some of my gaming stress.
ThorinII Jan 8th 2008 8:42AM
ALT+F4 FTW!
Gungehammer Jan 8th 2008 8:44AM
Single malt whisky
pallyjohn Jan 8th 2008 8:46AM
ALT+F4 FTW???? more like *anger spasm* axe + computer tower FTW! lol
insidian Jan 8th 2008 9:22AM
It's a game. It's there to relieve real life stress.
SimpleSurvival Jan 8th 2008 10:10AM
signed for truth
When wow becomes stressful, what you need to do is take a 1 week break... Seriously (or not) its just a game. Its not like minesweeper... When you die in the game, you just have to run back to your corpse.
The worst thing a person can do to themselves is take a trivial matter seriously... If wow isn't fun... DON'T PLAY IT!
Don't get stuck in some senseless routine where you torture yourself just out of habit.
Exanimo Jan 8th 2008 11:08AM
I'm a true Wow addict so blogging about it (with matching title: http://fulltimewow.blogspot.com) doesn't really gets my mind of Wow too be honest. But i suppose that is the intention. :)
kunukia Jan 8th 2008 1:30PM
I take a nap.
mcclary Jan 8th 2008 2:10PM
Guitar Hero anyone?
ketsya Jan 9th 2008 6:36PM
i play my low lvl char =)