In short, restricting this blog to just WoW made it
difficult to post when other, more important things came up. I wanted to talk about WoW (and what I was
doing and what was going on in game), but there were also bigger things
happening and they weren’t appropriate for what this blog was. This really made it difficult to post at all,
which then slowed all other momentum and then stopped me completely.
I’ve decided to modify this blog and open it up to more than
just WoW and I wanted to let my readers know before I made the move. I’ve always appreciated the attempt most
bloggers make to keep politics and real-life to a minimum when talking about the game. It’s not fully possible, nor is it a good
idea, to completely avoid real-life concerns in a game though. And I don’t just mean idiots talking politics
in trade chat. I mean topics that touch
on real-life issues of the players.
Still, I do appreciate and embrace the need for escapism so that you can
handle reality. On the other hand, some never get to fully escape because our shared fantasy world is swimming in normative reminders of real life that may be invisible to most people. And to pretend that we are all the same erases the issues some people face.
Whatever the case, I will still be posting on Warcraft and
related whatnot, so I hope to be able to still have conversations with my
readers. But there will be other topics
floating around as well and I wanted to give a heads up to readers and the
people that added me to their blogroll in case they like to keep those lists
tightly focused on WoW or at least gaming.
I started this post a while ago and have been trying to get it finished and posted. I wanted to say more and edit it and refine it, but it is unnecessary and I need to make the switch soon.
The above was the summary of the navel-gazing below.
When I first started this blog I briefly hit on the why of it:
There were a number of reasons but one, among the many, was
possible depression*. At the time,
writing those posts was giving me an escape and a way of dealing with things.
It was one tool that helped me cope and I think it did it well.
One of things I have liked about having this blog is that I
have tried to keep it focused on WoW as much as possible. I was able to leave other things out and just
focus on the game. Now though, I’m feeling
more and more confined by some personal limits I set that I think are
preventing me from using this platform for what I want and need.
I’m in the US and as you are likely aware, we are having our
presidential election this year. During the primaries I had quite a bit to say
and as we move to the general election I’m sure I’ll have even more. In addition, there are just too many things going on in the world that I'm not talking about and I want to. While the internet doesn't really need one more opinion out there, I need to be able to talk about things. I need to be able to talk about this letter. I need to be able to talk about Orlando. Even if there is no one to listen, I need to be able to write about it .
Moving forward
I was absolutely tickled when I was added to some side bars
on a few blogs, and by people that I really enjoyed reading!
I guess that’s why I want to make this post. I am planning to transition this blog to
something less focused purely on WoW and be more of a personal journal, of
sorts. I still plan to post and talk
about WoW, especially with Legion approaching, but I won’t feel like I have to
edit myself quite so much.
And since I’ll be bringing in my opinions on various
controversial topics, I wanted to make readers aware, especially those that added
me to their side bar. It's important to say that I'm not doing this because I'm mad at anyone that added me or any nonsense like that. In fact, it is quite the opposite. It is because of my gratitude that people took an interest in my limited writing that I want to alert them as I change topics.
[And here is where I've been editing and deleting and revising. As I mentioned above, there is too much going on for me to keep waiting until this perfect. So please forgive the clumsiness of this post. I think the main idea comes across. I'll leave this up for a few days so that anyone who wants to remove me from their reading can.]
* I was never officially diagnosed with depression, because
I never went to a doctor about it. Which
I know can sound like a red flag, but I honestly never felt it quite hit that
stage. A risky thing, I know, but I did talk with the spouse and we both kept
an eye on things. As a quick reminder,
depression isn’t sadness. For formal,
clinical information, go here:
But for a good, deeply emotionally and resonant view, go
here:
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