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WoW Player Stories updated: Military stories

I'm not Val Kilmer, either.

The official World of Warcraft Community site has updated its Player Stories section with two new stories from military personnel. Both are short and easy reads, so I'm not going to spoil them here for you. They're kind of heartwarming, and help put WoW in a little bit different light. The stories definitely show another side of why some players play the game.

It's pretty easy for some folks to forget that there are people on the other side of the computer. Real live human beings, who have friends and family. And, for some players, the whole reason they're sitting down at the computer in the first place is to get access to those friends and family. And, remember, even Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says one of the great things about World of Warcraft is its social experience.

Nobody's perfect

If you play WoW long enough, you're bound to make mistakes. Whether it's accidentally picking up the wrong piece of loot off of a boss or pulling a bunch of elites before your group is ready, everyone messes up once in awhile. While I normally make a habit of doing research in order to avoid such things, the other day I made a mistake that only affected myself, but it was pretty annoying nonetheless.

I had been spending a lot of money power-leveling professions for a few of my alts when I got lucky and picked up a couple upgrades for my main character. I was low on funds and needed to grab some enchants and gems quickly so that I'd be prepared for an upcoming raid. With little time to farm, I hit the auction house and looked for some deals. When I noticed the low price of Nexus Crystals, I was reminded that my enchanter alt could transform those into Small Prismatic Shards and then again into Large Prismatic Shards. After double-checking the prices for the various materials, I concluded that I would not only save a good deal of money, but I'd make a bundle by selling extra shards. I bought all of the Nexus Crystals on the auction house and shipped them off to my enchanter. Gleefully imagining the piles of money I'd soon be raking into my coffers, I switched characters and converted the first crystal into a shard. My schemes where short-lived, sadly, when the realization that the conversion of Nexus Crystals has a cooldown, much like an alchemist's transmutes. Oh well, at least I'll have a nice stockpile of shards after about a month or so.

What are the biggest mistakes you've made?

Blizzard wants your WoW stories


Blizzard is constantly asking its player base to contribute to the WoW community website: Fan art, comics, screenshots and now stories. If you have an inspirational story about people you interact with in World of Warcraft or how you use WoW to teach your teenagers, then hurry on over to the Story Submission page and show off your leet writing skillz. Selected stories will be featured on the site.

Stories must be 3000 words or less and while this may seem short for some people, your story will be much more enjoyable to your readers if you keep it under 2000.

The most inspirational story I've seen is the one about Ezra, but Blizzard would be tooting their own horn if they put that there. I also think the long lost brothers story is pretty heartwarming, but I'm biased.

I know many of you have great stories to tell because I've read them in the comments and received them in emails. Now you have the potential to get your stories seen by a wider audience, if you like that sort of thing.

Let us know in the comments if your story gets featured on the site. Good luck!


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