My fellow hardcore raiders,
I know why you’re hurt. I feel your pain. You’ve been in a long, (mostly) monogamous relationship with Blizzard for years. You’ve stuck by them through thick and through thin, and you’ve loved every minute of it. Sure, sometimes you said some things that weren’t very nice, but you also put up with their bugs and their lag and their imbalances, and you loved and supported them while they worked out the kinks. And this is no casual relationship…oh no. You’ve given them hours out of every day, sometimes to the exclusion of other things you’d like to be doing. You even put in extra time to take care of their beta laundry, when they were out staying at the PTR. Your family may not even understand your relationship, or the depth of your love and dedication. But WoW was the One, and you knew it, and everyone knew it. Everyone wanted to be you, because you had EARNED the love of WoW.
Recently, however, they’ve become a little distant. They’ve been fancying themselves up a bit, and spending more time at the store than you’d like. Their attention has started to wander a bit, hasn’t it? Gone are the days when they returned your affection, hour for hour. They’ve been hanging out with that new, younger model. You know, the one who flirts a lot but doesn’t commit. And I know you’ve noticed Blizzard giving them more and more…sometimes things they used to promise were yours forever…things you worked hard for.
I know you’ve considered playing the field, but so far, no one’s come close. WoW has that…special something. But now it looks like that special something is reserved for someone else.
It’s a slap in the face, isn’t it? After the years you’ve poured into them, you just got an email saying they’re making some changes, but the changes aren’t for you. You wanted a pony? You can have one, but it’s not really for you. It’s for the OTHER one. After all these years of love and dedication, they’re dumping you for another, younger, more casual model. And not because you did anything wrong. I promise. It’s because the younger model plays hard-to-get. They only give WoW a couple of hours out of every week, and may not stick with them at all, and that drives them CRAZY. And after all, you’ll always be there if the other one leaves…right? So why return your love when they can take you for granted instead?
Sorry, but they’re just not that into you.
–by Akhi.
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