WORLD OF WARCRAFTWoW needed its own section.
Alright, WoW needed its own section because of the significance of this game in my life. So even though I was a gamer for most of my life, I did have some very rough patches. I had lived on the streets for some years. Homeless, hungry, no clothes or showers etc. I was in a gang, selling drugs, being forced for sex, much much more (you can read about it in my blog.)
When WoW was introduced to me, I was still living the street life. There was a guy that my brother brought home from college and he got me to play it for him. At the time I had never played a computer game before. I was farming honor in battlegrounds for him. I.. became.. obsessed. He showed me that I could make my own cute female characters. Very very quickly I stopped going out, stopped doing drugs, stopped going to juvie and putting my life on the line / causing more trauma in my life. I decided to focus on the game and level my warlock instead.
This game pulled me out of a path of a destruction spiral completely. As for school, it was too late. From living the street life, I didn't go. I ended up dropping out as a 16 year old still stuck in the 9th grade. I was always smart, but dealing drugs to buy food and avoid death were my main concerns at the time, not education. Anyways, I ended up becoming addicted to WoW, getting my GED, starting college, graduating, reading books and just generally living a much healthier and happier life.
The game completely changed me for the better. I have been playing it for 16 years. My WoW tattoos remind me everyday of the success I have made and how happier my life is. I have accomplished a lot within the game. Peaking at 2800exp in arenas and being number 2 in all of North America.
I currently play Wrath Classic and I honestly don't ever see me not playing this game.
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