Ozzmar

In the spirit of the "Stupid things people do" thread, I often find it funny when you start getting WoW and reality confused. For instance...

- Trying to put my car on auto follow on the Interstate
- Looking for a mini-map while driving
- Thinking about pinging a mini-map while finding someone in a crowd
- Trying to hit WoTF when falling asleep at the g/f's place

Anyone else ever have those moments when you have to think "Oh wait, I'm not playing WoW right now..." ?

(This thread is just intended for fun. If it's any sort of violation, feel free to delete it.)

 

Ailetha

Frequently, my spouse stays up until early morning, which is when i head to work. One morning, apparently, I slept through my alarm and he came in to wake me up.

He shook me and said, "Honey, you have to get up for work now. Get up babe."

I immediately replied with, "But my pots are all done and I'm repaired outside, I don't need to get up," and actually tried to turn back over.

He tried to shake me again and I groaned and said, "My pots are ready! waah!"

Man, I didn't live that down for awhile.

http://sig.gamerdna.com/quizzes/INFL...ks/Ailetha.png

 

◊ Vectivus

I lay in bed with my girlfriend at night and explain our next progression fight to her, so I can look for obvious flaws in my strategy explanation.

That, and I live, eat, sleep, and breathe the game - I'm at work right now, planning group composition for our Monday night raid. I wish I could get paid to do this, instead of getting paid to do the work I should be doing...

 

Gadz

Looking for my Itemrack icon when changing clothes to go to work.

 

Aeigelus

I was watching a football game with one of my guildies and my wife. A player had on some two tiered shoulder-pads. I said "Wow, those look just like those Druid shoulders off Majordomo!". And then paused and realized how much my friend and wife would make fun of me. To my surprise my friend turned and said "I was thinking the exact same thing!". My wife laughed at us both.

 

Gritz

Wife: The tub faucet is leaking

Me: ok, I'll call the warlord in the morning

Wife: ...

Me: gah, I mean the warlock

Wife: get off the f&*^ing computer

 

Whiteknight

"I'm just going to run down to the store and get mats for dinner."

 

◊ Neone

I will often press my push-to-talk key when on the phone...

 

Bazookatooth

I'm not alone!

 

Denogran

I think everyone does. I've definitely given (and heard) more than my share of one-sided conversations.

I also refer to monetary amounts as gold quite often. "Man, the flight was hella cheap, only cost me 200 gold." People tend to look at you funny. I've also had to remind myself that, no, I don't have a bubble that'll make me immune to everything in real life...

 

Ozzmar

Hahaha, excellent responses so far!

A buddy of mine was telling me about a family reunion he was at when he had a group of 5-6 of his little cousins/nephews chasing him around. He quickly realized that he was running them in a circle with hopes to Frost Nova them once they had clumped well enough.

 

Ehud

When my vacation was over and I was not looking forward to travelling 12 hours back home, I tried to cast Hearthstone and my family looked at me funny.

 

Charsi

I press my PTT key on the phone all the damn time.

I've never tried looking for my UI irl, but I have had the experience of winding down the window and yelling "L2DRIVE" at somebody on the way to work.

Somebody in my apartment complex has a license plate which matches the name of somebody in my guild. I'm sure they're not the same person, but it is a little wierd to drive past that car every day.

My wife often asks me to explain Warrior mechanics late at night... when she needs to drop off to sleep. It works flawlessly. So, thank you to the Class Mechanics forum!

 

Gilora

QFT

http://www.dkpsigs.com/sigs/Kilrogg/177613.jpg

 

Bogeywoman

I was leading a raid and wanted to ask my wife (standing in the kitchen 3 rooms away) where we should go out to eat, so I typed

/w

and then tried for a few seconds to remember my wife's character name. Needless to say she's never played the game, and my attempt failed.

 

Lithose

When I am watching a movie on the computer (Or even on TV) I try to "turn the camera" so I can see something off to the side better.

 

Vilyah

lol yeah, this has resulted in me saying some very interesting things over vent.

I think the funniest wow/life thing was when my husband woke up on his birthday and rolled over and said "Ding!"

 

Jameseh

The amount of times I've thought "s'alright, I'll just hearthstone back home later" is getting worrying.

 

Animosityftw

I was watching football Sunday, while at the same time leading a raid. A few of my friends were inside watching it on a different TV. My buddy came in to my room to talk about the game for a minute, when I told him "Yea the Giants can't keep up with them tonight, they just don't have enough healers". Of course I was ripped on terribly, and all this because my guild never has the appropriate healers online for a raid

 

Zaq

I do this a distressing ammount, with anykind of movie or picture.

"I have nothing personally invested in my own opinions. I'm just, like, inviting you to join me on the bandwagon of my own uncertainty." -Taylor Mali

 

◊ Kurisu

The street that goes down to my old complex was called Hearthstone, I kid you not.

SC Alts: Toremu - shaman

The other main
Kurisa- Druid

 

Saabik

I once stated in a management meeting that we needed more quality DPS instead of zerg recruiting more people for the call center. It actually took me about 15 seconds to realize what I had said, and I only knew I had said something in WoW terms by the quizzical looks on executive faces. However, I was never asked what either DPS or zerg meant, probably because they were a bit shy to ask.

"DPS? Department Process Scheduling?"

However, many of my co-workers play WoW, and I find it much easier to explain technical issues or problems to them in WoW terms. I'll see if I can remember some examples later.

 

ANSeranov

While not explicitly WoW-related:

I had to explain to my boss what I meant when I said "this soda owns."

It then spiralled out of control as he kept calling his bosses, questioning them if they knew what colloquialism meant... my job is wierd. D:

[Yuuzu] [80 Draenei Shaman][Kilrogg]
[Soulu] [80 Draenei Death Knight][Kilrogg]
[Soulu] [80 Human Warrior][Durotan]
[Karina] [77 Draenei Paladin][Durotan]
[Ikarii] [70 Dwarven Rabbi][Durotan]

 

Ozzmar

Hah! I had a similar experience with a group of friends. My g/f and I were mini-golfing with another couple, and at the end, the other guy said to his g/f "I PWNED YOU!"

We had to spend the entire night explaining to them how the O and P keys are close to one another, people get cocky and type like crap then humiliate themselves and spawn an online joke in the blink of an eye.

They didn't believe me until I cited Wikipedia.

Pwn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Taryenne

My real point of realising how much I play/think about the game hit me when I was letting the dog run in a nearby field

I actually tried casting Eyes of the Beast on him, with the silly Nightelf stance as well, felt a right prat...