I’ve probably needed to do this for a long time. But in all honesty I really believed people knew me better and how I felt than they really do. So let me just say for the last time, I DO NOT HATE WARCRAFT! 

Oh, I know you’re sitting there with god knows how many tweets of me spouting off on Twitter picking on WoW.   Yes, I admit to calling WoW a Child’s Game and a lot of other not so nice things.  So I can see why so many people would sit there and accuse me of being full of trollish hate towards this game.   So here’s my official attempt to put the record straight.

First off, let me apologize to everyone out there who I’ve offended by my comments.   You know, saying things like:

#Blizzard unofficially admitted that they are a child’s game w/ #MistsofPandaria. Be an adult and play #Rift! The #MMORPG for grownups! – Eddie aka Brigwyn, 10/21/2011

and

Woah! Blizzard states #WoW Subscriptions are at 10.3M that’s a -1.7M from their highest reported. WTG #RIFT! – Eddie aka Brigwyn, 11/9/2011

Though, I’m sorry that to have offended people and am saddened by the loss of some I considered friends by saying that.  I won’t take back what I said.  Soften it? Maybe say it in some less offensive way? Sure.  But I stand behind my what I said then and my assertions now of not hating WoW.

How can I make such a claim? Well, pretty easy really.

First off, it would be impossible for me to look back at the 6 years I spent playing World of Warcraft and now say I hate the game.  Oh sure, there’s many things I dislike about it.  And to date there’s just nothing that Blizzard has announced or shown me that remotely intices me to go back and play it again.   Honestly folks, I just don’t find the game interesting or challenging anymore.

See, somewhere along the way I just lost interest in the game.  I’ve often said how the changes to the game and my favorite class (Which was being a Hunter in case you didn’t know.) caused me to no longer related to my ingame character.  Brigwyn was no longer a vibrant, go get ‘em, stay up all night drinking mead then go out slaying threats to Azeroth, but kicking, skirt chasing Dorf.  He just felt, well, like any other generic game character for any <insert name here> game.  He just wasn’t me!

Now if you’re wondering what all this has to do with all the sarcasm, bad mouthing and admittedly wow bashing?  Easy. One word, Rift.

See, when I started playing Rift it honestly felt like Brigwyn was reborn.  I don’t know.  Maybe it had something to do with the being an Ascended and brought back to life by the Vigil or something.  What ever it was, Rift gave Brigwyn back what WoW had taken away.  (I really wanted Handel’s Messiah to just play as you read this so you could really experience the HALLELUJAH moment. maybe click and read as it plays? *shrug*)

So here I am.  I’m no longer Brigwyn, WoW Hunter Extraordinaire! I’m Brigwyn, The Rockinest Ranger in Rift! (Yeah, that’s corny, but let’s face it, so am I. lol) 

Wanting to share my newfound gaming passion, I went off and created a new podcast and blog, Rift Riders.  And that leads to the real reason for all the negative WoW comments.

It’s purely for promoting Rift.  Honestly, that’s it.

I truly NEVER intended it to be taken that I, Eddie Carrington aka Brigwyn, personally hates World of Warcraft.  Yes, I have ill feelings and some resentment for the loss of friendships that the game changes caused.   But for the last time, I DO NOT HATE WORLD OF WARCRAFT.

Well, hopefully that ends that and we can move on and talk about other cool stuff.  You know, things like “Why is Brig so tall and fat in SWTOR?”