Posted by pixiestixy on Monday, April 13th, 2009 - 35 Comments
Tags: addict, azeroth, backstab, dream, gouge, lore, naxx, naxxramas, Rogue, sapphiron, sleep
You know you’re a WoW addict when… the lore of Azeroth and its wide cast of characters follows you into slumber. I have had many a night, usually after an action-packed evening of playing until I can’t keep my eyes open any more, in which my main character continues her conquests in my mind, while my body is at rest.
Unfortunately, usually when this happens, I can’t remember all my awesomeness when I wake up. I just have a feeling that whatever Locomomo was up to, she kicked some serious tail. But there are a couple of dreams, at least, of which I retained hazy bits and pieces.
The first time I remember dreaming about WoW also was when I had a terrible cold. I stayed home from work, and made a couple feeble attempts at playing. Each time, the game made me feel dizzy and even worse. So I gave up on that idea. But apparently even trying to play left an impression on my medicated and sleepy mind. Maybe it was the cold medicine; maybe it was withdrawal from leveling. Either way, my head hit the pillow, and I was seeing my rogue in double vision. Patches of neon colors swirled around her as she stun-locked a random, made-up giant with a combination of ambush, gouge, backstab, gouge, eviscerate. She may have been controlled by an out-of-it mind, but she still knew how to put up a decent fight.
My other, more recent dream memory is even less clear. But I think I fought a really powerful, undead frost dragon. And single-handedly tore him to shreds. Looking back, I hypothesize that the wyrm could have been Sapphiron, who now haunts those unfortunate enough to disturb his lair in Naxxramas. Now just how my level 71 rogue could have taken him out on her own? That is her secret that she will carry to the grave. Or maybe the Spirit Healer.
The biggest downside - when I wake up, all the experience I could have gained from such an epic encounter is wiped. Something that awesome could have taken me way past the level 80 cap. Old school, I’d be all the way to level 99. If only.
Yes, there are many tell-tale signs of a WoW addict. And every now and then, I’ll be detailing the symptoms here at Project Lore. So do you know someone who has been sleeping erratically or gurgling “Arthas…” while thrashing in his or her bed? Perhaps yourself, even? You know the cure: more WoW.
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By noobalicious on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
sadly, I have had dreams like that
today at work, I was looking at my email inbox and saw all the whiners saying our gov’t comp isn’t working….my first thought was “QQ more noob”
I definitely play too much
By Gorthex on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
lol “cure: more WoW.” lmao
-gorthex
By jimbob on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Always love pixtstixy’s posts! And yes, i have had my fair share of wow related dreams, but they shall stay in my mind, for now!
By jimbob on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
damn, can’t edit for spelling :S of course i meant to type pixiestixy
By Shnoo on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
The other day, i had a dream that my priest (i have played every class but priest) that i had just bought some heirloom gear for hit lvl 80 and was running Naxx.. the only thing i rememeber from that.. is that as i cast renew and shield on myself.. i die…
By Cloudbearer on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
I’ve always used WoW/other games to fall asleep.
I’ll go to bed, close my eyes, and try to visualize an instance or a level of a game from start to finish, with all the hallways and pulls and everything. I usually fall asleep very quick!
By Ivan on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Damn! Before this post I thought I’m not WoW addict. But I really had a wow related dream it was about the start of WotLK and I was playing as a DK and I killed Arthas.
P.S. Pixiestixy, a picture of dragon is called Saphirion.jpg, but as I remember the dragon on the account registration screen is Sindragosa, but I can be wrong.
By Pedro Ginja on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
It has been 7 days since my last venture into the world of warcraft and i am still alive. Work for me is like this. I work by shifts.
But i have to admit i miss the friends there.
I think that is the strongest part of the game. The fact that on the other side there is a flesh and bone person. I love that feeling.
That’s why i only play WOW now.
No point on playing alone.
See ya guys…
By kiley on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
so true..
By Manovan on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
You know you’re a WoW addict when…
…you can’t sleep with a girl because you keep thinking about how you want that damn netherdrake and still has days of grinding to go. Happened to me once back in TBC.
I waited for her to fall asleep, then I sneaked out the bed and went home to play WoW. She didn’t call.
Made me realize I had to take a break and it wasn’t that bad again after I started again.
By Shoyarite on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Lol this is funny that you post about dreaming of WoW. I play a BM hunter and in the last few weeks, I’ve been trying like hell to find the rare spirit beast, Loque’Nahak.
Just two nights ago I dreamt that I was in Sholazar Basin and that I had finally saw him. I tamed him, but right after I pressed a macro that I forgot had a PetAbandon() script in it (to get rid of the trash pet quickly).
So in my dream, I tamed Loque but abandoned him accidentally right after lol. Weird thing is, right after that I saw him again and tamed him once more. I saw him for a 3rd time and I vaguely remember trying to let another hunter he was spawned.
I think trying to find this spirit beast is causing me to slowly descend into madness =P
By Dulica on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I’ve never dreamed about playing WoW, that I can remember… but I have dreamed that I was my main, and I was was fishing off the bridge in lakeshire. I woke up and knew I’d spent too much time doing some fishing quest. No wonder my fishing is at 7.
By Sean on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
I’ve turned down the good RL grinding, instead to go grinding on WoW.
Silly me. =[
I still dinged though!
By Zvonimir on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I’ve had my share of dreams concerning WoW, although I’ve found another sign that I’m addicted is when I start referring real life events to those in Warcraft lore.
“Hey, that’s kinda like when Arthas wiped out Quel’thalas,” is not the best thing to mention when watching the news.
Now I’m not that big of a lore geek, but one of the facets of WoW I particularly enjoy is being able to go to places in-game that was site of some significant (or insignificant) event. Being able to say, ‘Oh, so this is where … took place’ brings a smile to my face.
By Taskun on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
If I dream of games its usually not of any specific game, but I’m usually the character for a while until by the end of the dream I’m playing myself…It’s kind of weird. But If anyone out there watches G4 or X-play Morgan Webb actually addressed this phenomenon in one of her little Morgan Minutes.
Any G4 watchers out there?
By macbethy on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I caught myself thinking in wow speak sometimes, not “lol” or “QQ” but things like lag, dc, noob and stats.
I dream of wow regularly.
By ZachWB on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
This is an interesting article. There’s been some research done on psychology of wow, but I don’t know enough on it. We can all agree that at some point you’ve crossed that line where wow bleeds into your subconscious. Happy dreams!
By Solarphoenix on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
I dream about WoW alot…i am just so set on beating the game (expansion) that sometimes i dream of raiding Naxx and a mess of ruins that i assume is what my mind thinks Ulduar would be…ofc i have been grounded from WoW for a while so i haven’t done much raiding so this may have triggered these dreams…maybe i should tell my parents the only cure for these dreams is WoW….
By Sathas on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Okay, there was this really epic I wanted from an instance a while back (don’t ask me what, I forgot now). I had done the instance (which I hated, so that didn’t help) about 10 times but it still didn’t drop.
One night, I dreamt that I run it with my 4 favorite guildies (who I happen to know in real life). The run was perfect with no wipes or bad pulls AND the item I wanted dropped at the end!
When I woke up, I thought the dream might have been some kind of sign, so I raced to my phone and told my friends to come over to run the instance (we all play at my house when we raid/do heroics usually). They all came over and we had a perfect run, as usual, but, of course, I didn’t get the drop.
/sigh
Such is life,
~Sathas
By Bubbles on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
I had a dream that seemed to mix reality with WoW the other night. I was running along a tropical beach untill i came across several large shiny rocks where i then rubbed my hands together for 5 seconds (this dream was before 3.0.1 lol) to collect boobs. For some reason my mind combined the 2 things a really enjoy and used WoW to help me grind boobies. Im not complaining about the dream but i must say im glad it wasnt a daily XD
By churchill on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
perhaps an even better cure for WoW addiction is more cowbell
By BobCharabini on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Yes I play too much, and yes I have WoW dreams.
A recent one that I think sucked the most: I opened my mysterious egg, and out pops my green proto drake.
I wake up, log on WoW, open my egg, and get yokes.
By pixiestixy on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
@Gorthex - What, would you have suggested cowbell? Nevermind, @churchill already suggested that
@jimbob - Thanks, I enjoy reading your comments!
@Ivan - hmm, you SAY you’re not a WoW addict, yet you point out to me that my picture is of the wrong dragon. And I’d have thought there only room for ONE undead frost dragon, but indeed the World of Warcraft is a vast one. And my picture is of the other one! Such is life. But seriously, can 2 undead frost dragons really look that different?
By Alayea on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
I’ve had dreams involving WoW before, but I can’t remember them. Which is unfortunate, as I *think* some of them were quite comedic.
By Andra on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I realized I was an addict while watching the insta-classic South Park episode, “Make Love, not Warcraft”. The plot revealed Stan’s dad to be playing a human hunter, and I thought to myself,”Humans can’t be hunters, you dumb*sses!”. Immediately after I thought that, I thought to myself, “You are a WoW nerd.”
By Vayder on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 12:51 am
oye e vey. I wouldnt say that i am an addict. I would rather say that i am THE Addict.lol. ever since the game launched ive been having dreams about the game. Ive followed the Lore of the series since Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. I have actually written school reports on the lore of Warcraft. not just once but three times!. Yes i am Addicted to WoW. and im proud to say it.
IM A WORLD OF WARCRAFT ADDICT!
oh btw…
FOR THE HORDE!
By Moghedean on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 6:34 am
I think the first time I really realized I was addicted was at work one day. A technician for my assembly line went to find a part and didn’t come back for about 15 minutes. I turned to my coworker and actually said, “I think Dave went afk” Of course, I have also dreamed of playing and of being my main character. I love the fact that I am a badass at least for a brief amount of time
By kstroud89 on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I dream about WoW. My dreams tend to be over the top with rich detail and I can usually remember everything about it. Once I was my main character walking through WoW. I’ve never actually dreamed I was playing the game, only in the game being the character.
By Ombrenoire on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
You know you’re a WoW addict when…
1. …you ask a chef, “What’s the dps of your knife?”
2. …you think you can use one of the coals from your fireplace as a hearthstone.
3. …you go to a graveyard or cemetery and wonder, “Where the **** is the Spirit Healer?”
4. …you go to a graveyard or cemetery and wonder, “Why the hell doesn’t anyone just res?”
5. …you go to a daycare center and wonder, “What’s with all the gnomes?”
6. …you try to tame a bear or any other wild animal and expect it to obey you as soon as you try.
7. …you shoot someone or something and not expect it to die or get injured badly in one shot.
8. …you try to sell your computer saying, “Selling computer, 250g.”
9. …you get injured and think you can heal simply by eating something.
10. …you think you can make something by using the position you would use if you were trying to unlock something.
11. …you see a crocodile and say, “0mgz0rz cr0c0l1sk!11one!”
12. …you go to a jungle and think you’re in Stranglethorn Vale
13. …you see an eagle and try to ride on it.
14. …you see a bat and you try to ride on it.
15. …you see a lion and try to ride on it.
16. …you see a deer or raven and try to ride on it.
17. …you win an object such as a painting at an auction and hope to find it in your mailbox.
18. …you see a fat or muscular midget and think he/she is a Dwarf.
19. …you look at a hedgehog and thing it looks like a mini Razorfen.
20. …you try to sell some rocks or other useless items to a store.
21. …you go to a farm and you’re like, “Wait a second, am I in Westfall?”
22. …you’re in the middle of the desert and say, “Am I in the Badlands?” and afterwards say, “Why isn’t this place littered with coyotes?”
23. …you go to a random person and hug them, thinking you just did an emote.
24. …you’re in the mountains, a mountain lion attacks you, and you try fighting it like you would in World of Warcraft.
25. …you think you never have to use the bathroom.
26. …you think of “Defias” when you hear the word “gang”
27. …you tell your mom/dad/friends you got ganked when you get beat up by bullies/gangsters.
28. …you think you can make weapons/armor just by carrying a backpack full of metal bars and just hammering an anvil pointlessly.
29. …you think all you do is just go through the pages of a book and actually learn difficult skills/lessons.
30. …you think someone healed you when light shines on you.
31. …you always kneel or sit ciss-crossed when you eat or drink.
32. …you think by drinking fruit punch in the middle of a fight with someone/something will heal you.
33. …you see someone walk by you and wonder what level they are.
34. …you think you can’t kill kids.
35. …you walk into a mall/shopping center and hope the security guards don’t attack you.
36. …you think you might still be able to fight a burglar armed with a gun even though he shot you.
37. …you go to a shooting range and wonder, “Why isn’t my skill in guns increasing?”
38. …you go on a cruise and think you’ll get to your destination in thirty seconds.
39. …you think all males/females around you are hot.
40. …you think you can get a sex change to play as a character the opposite gender.
41. … you pass a cop car and hop you didn’t agro it.
By Arexor on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I haven’t been playing my warlock in about 3 months now, but suddenly one time, I had an awesome dream about me playing. It’s a Gnome Warlock, but when I dreamt, it was an Undead! AWESOME!
Then when I woke up, I logged it and played non stop for 3 hours. Really nice
I don’t really see myself as a WoW addict. I mean, I can go a week without WoW without flipping out. A WoW addict wouldn’t
I play a lot, but I know when to do other things as well.
WoW isn’t a World, it’s a game!
Sorry, folks, but it is really a game
By Arexor on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
@Sathas
I feel sorry for you, man :]
Hope you don’t told your friends: “Guys, I dreamt that we did this instance awesome with no bad pulls, no wipes, and my item dropped! Let’s do it. I’m feeling the power!”
Btw, one time I dreamt that my Voidwalker started running after me. I just Curse of Exhaustion’d him and got out of combat, and mounted.
Then he came and dazed me down from the mount. Then I woke up, lying on the floor… Stupid VW. Don’t think I’ve ever used him since.
By cocopuff on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
lol i dont know why i never have this dreams i play all day every day but still nothing though thier is the ocasional though of what i gave to do the next or what i plan to do but i fall asleep shorty after maybe i ust renember about dreaming it maybe its becasue all i do is quest but either way i wish wow entered my dreams
By cocopuff on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
BTW some of your syptoms are just nuts
By Pernicious on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
@Andra:- There’s lots of things wrong with the south park WoW, Randy is a human and claims to be a hunter, yet it’s obvious form his gear that he’s a warrior.
Cartman is wielding a two hander and uses warrior skills yet he has energy, meaning he’s a rogue.
“The evil one” is a mage yet wears a plate helmet, he can also summon scorpids, though there isn’t any spell to summon scorpids.
Basically, Blizzard created a realm specifically for South Park.
By Halcath on Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I didn’t have dreams about WoW until I made my resto shammy. It is so repetitive healing, that I would have dreams about health bars going down. I switched to enhancement after that.