Shameless request to play World of Warcraft

[flippyshark]

I tried playing WoW, and while I thought the virtual world and the character designs were incredibly cool, I was horribly intimidated by the live, social aspect of the game. The fact that all those other characters were real people made me nervous, and indeed, I was called several unkind things within my first hour, simply by trying to ask questions and find my way around.

I stuck with it for a few days, just going off on solo quests and hunting down little critters. But I felt nervous and out of place, and I can't imagine ever joining up with others on a dungeon crawl and risking becoming the goat who ruins it for everyone. It's just me. I'm uncomfortable in large groups, among strangers, etc, and online anonymity doesn't alleviate that distress for me.

On the other hand, I'm perfectly happy playing such games in person, around a table, with friends. Oh well.