When WoW and Reality Meet

Ozzmar · 10/05/07, 2:21 PM

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 · 10/05/07, 2:29 PM

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.

Vectivus · 10/05/07, 2:32 PM

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 · 10/05/07, 2:37 PM

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

Aeigelus · 10/05/07, 2:51 PM

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 · 10/05/07, 3:02 PM

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 · 10/05/07, 3:05 PM

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

Neone · 10/05/07, 3:08 PM

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

Bazookatooth · 10/05/07, 3:12 PM

Originally Posted by Neone

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

I'm not alone!

Denogran · 10/05/07, 3:14 PM

Originally Posted by Neone

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

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 · 10/05/07, 3:19 PM

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 · 10/05/07, 3:23 PM

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 · 10/05/07, 3:26 PM

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 · 10/05/07, 3:30 PM

Originally Posted by Bazookatooth

I'm not alone!

QFT

Bogeywoman · 10/05/07, 3:31 PM

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.