WoW Player Stories updated: Military stories
by Michael Gray 
May 30th 2008 at 7:00PM
The official World of Warcraft Community site has updated its Player Stories section with two new stories from military personnel. Both are short and easy reads, so I'm not going to spoil them here for you. They're kind of heartwarming, and help put WoW in a little bit different light. The stories definitely show another side of why some players play the game.
It's pretty easy for some folks to forget that there are people on the other side of the computer. Real live human beings, who have friends and family. And, for some players, the whole reason they're sitting down at the computer in the first place is to get access to those friends and family. And, remember, even Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says one of the great things about World of Warcraft is its social experience.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
red May 30th 2008 7:29PM
1st!
jbodar May 30th 2008 7:58PM
No one cares. Not even your parents, since they didn't love you anyway.
Kadamon May 30th 2008 8:03PM
I've got a few military people in my guild. One hasn't played in over 4 months but I refuse to kick him from the guild.
He was an officer when he left, he'll be an officer when he gets back.
prudychick May 30th 2008 9:14PM
My husband plays with a guy who's in Iraq. I am sure it wouldn't happen but I think it'd rock if Blizzard made it so all service men and women play for free. Just as a thank you for their service. I realize $15 a month isn't a whole lot of money, but they're risking their lives for us. Just my humble opinion though.
Krianna Jul 1st 2008 2:46AM
We don't mind the cost-- all the WoW geeks I served with paid 6 months at a go, anyways.
They already don't ban us when we log in from three countries in as many days, and the sheer joy of being able to chat with my now-husband when I was newly out and he was still in Japan was utterly priceless.
lordlight May 31st 2008 12:04AM
I'm playing from Afghan right now. I have on a good day 1k of lag, but wow is such a relaxing way to end my day that i don't care. When i was in korea most all my unit played wow and we had a military guild. The Dwarven Drinking Team. I think we were drunk more then our toons. I miss those days of 10 man drunk UBRS runs. From the Signal corp's to Blizz, Thanks for a kick a$$ game!
Janus May 31st 2008 8:10AM
I'm a Marine currently in Iraq (Infantry unit), and although I don't have the time or internet ability to play I'm really wishing I could. I know my guild said they wouldn't be kicking me for the months I"m gone, so I'm hoping I can get back into the swing of things when I return, and WotLK should be coming out about when I get back.
SBKT Jun 1st 2008 2:21AM
I don't know any who play on my server personally, but I know a few from my hailing forums, so yeah. They're hoping to come home soon too.
And to prudychick above, that sounds like a great idea, but still, how would they know the people in service? A bit of a complication there. Another thing is what if the people they fight against also play WoW? It's not likely, but it's a possibility and it might start new wars over favourites! Oh my, huh?
Fletcher Jun 5th 2008 10:48AM
I recently returned from a deployment to Iraq and My roomate and I both played. Like Lordlight said (5) on a good day when none of the other 30 ppl we were sharing a satellite dish with we could get about 900-1k ping. But WoW sure did make my year go faster and would help take my mind off of doing home and what we were doing there. Even if only for a short while.:P Thanks Blizz :)