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Right at this moment, I feel a little sad, like a little piece of me has gone somewhere. Maybe it will return, one day. Why so gloomy? I just canceled my World of Warcraft account. *GASP*

A little over a month ago I was forced to take a short hiatus from WoW. We were in the midst of packing and moving to a new house and I didn’t have the time to play. A good week or two later I realized something…I didn’t have a desire to log in. *Blink blink* What? Me, having no urge to play WoW? Surely this was a sign of some sort of syndrome, I mean it’s WoW, I’d been playing for over a year and loving every moment. So where did the love go? Honestly, I think I just got burned out. Let’s face it, MMOs are a huge time suckage, whether your hard-core or “casual”. (I’ll not debate the logistics of mixing “casual” with “MMO” at this time.) Despite having a lot of fun I always felt like there was SO much I was missing out on. The level grind became a necessity — I have to see more, do more — and I found myself feeling lacking, never fully satisfied with a game session. Reading World of Warcraft related websites only aggravated the matter. All of this news about the upcoming expansion, and I haven’t even scratched the surface of the current one.

My other hobbies were suffering as well. I have comics and graphic novels to catch up on, console games I was yearning to play, and a myriad of other projects/activities sitting on the back burner while I whittled away my spare time in Azeroth. I haven’t logged into WoW in a month now, and although I kind of miss it, I’ve been happy finally delving into all the other sources of entertainment that have been waiting for me.

So that’s it. My WoW account is now cancelled, as is my LotRO account. Two MMOs at once? What was I thinking?! Of course, canceled does not mean gone forever. These game companies are smart, they won’t take the monkey off your back that easily. Maybe one day down the road I’ll get the drive to play again and start the old girl up. For now, I’ll be watching my new anime series and building Keroro Gunso gunpla. Hey, maybe I’ll even update this damn blog more often!