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by Josh Rose 
Dec 12th 2010 at 8:00AM
Everyone who plays WoW has horror stories. Awful PUGs, bad groups, guild drama, the time you got that item ninjaed. We often pull out these horror stories in games of one-upmanship about who has had the worst experience with friends and guildies. Or when recruiting a new member to your guild, the bad memories often outweigh the good when it comes to certain players.
However, if WoW were merely a collection of awful experiences and drama, there would not be millions of people paying 15 bucks a month to keep playing it. This is about those moments in which you were pleasantly surprised.
I have had several throughout the six years of WoW, varying from random, in-game good luck to things that resonate in real life. One of the most pleasant surprises for me was meeting an-in game friend during a dungeon, eventually joining his guild and becoming a main tank for that guild -- the guild I still raid with to this day. I also got Undying on an 8-man Naxx run the day I turned 80 on my paladin tank alt. Friends of mine met through WoW and are now married. One of my relatives went to BlizzCon only to find a coworker also there; neither of them had known the other played, and they found out they are on the same server. Even recently, a doctor of mine saw a WoW shirt I was wearing and asked what server and faction I was, then made a joke about not knowing if he could heal me since I play Alliance.
So what are your moments in which you were pleasantly surprised? What moments have made your day or left you feeling relieved and happy? Have you had the simple, in-game moments of joy that bring a smile to your face, or have you had in-game moments that affected your real life as well?
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
Ati Dec 13th 2010 9:00AM
One of my most surprisingly good times, also came out of one of my worst. I was running H PoS on my barely-geared resto-shaman, who I was still learning how to play, and had a horrific tank and dps. One of the dps eventually dropped, we got a new one. The new one was incredibly competent, but unfortunately, could not make up for the rest. We wiped several times on the tunnels, until I finally gave up and left the group. I re-queued, and ended up getting the same group, but with the tank and one of the original dps replaced. The replacement dps from before I left saw me and immediately cheered, informed me they had found a better tank - who happened to be from their guild and server - and that I should be able to actually heal now. Which I did, with no further wipes. It was awesome.
Ghrinedhur Dec 13th 2010 9:51AM
Ya know, I've always WANTED to sell my soul to an extra-dimentional being of absolute evil and power...