Should I Feel Bad?

[Fappy]

I quit WoW about ten months ago (hopped on about five months ago to play for about a week) and really only consistently kept in touch with one of my old guildies who quit around the same time for the same reason, the game was getting boring. The only reason why I hadn't quit sooner was because I loved our guild so much and had a great time killing things and chatting with these really cool people. Well eventually I decided it wasn't enough to warrant 15 dollars a month and I had more import real life things to do. They understood. Now ten months later I find out that, after leaving, the guild went through a few rough patches and just recently completely fell apart. My old guild is dead. Should I care? I feel slightly upset when my nostalgia juices start to swirl up a bit, but part of me feels like its a silly thing to care about.

Aside from your opinion on my predicament, have any of you ever been faced with a similar dilemma? Does not have to be about an MMO, but keep it video game related I guess.

 

[delet]

Feel bad if you must, it's your moral system. Only you can decide what you should feel bad for.

As for the situation, yes I've seen it. I used to play Guild Wars heavily, but now I only pop in every now and again to check on old friends. My guild has been torn apart and come together again but now there's really only just a handful of veterans from the original guild. I was one of them originals and the Guild members really loved me. I got half my name from that game actually (Aby.) It's kind of sad to see it so diminished now but I don't feel responsible.

 

[SideSlyGuy]

I wouldn't really care, its just a video game. Now if those people were close friends and you've lost all methods of contacting them them, its understandable if you feel bad. Or if you caused the guild to disband (doesn't sound like it was your fault anyway)

To answer the second question: Cant say that I've ever had a situation like that, yet. I'm still young, It could happen.

 

[Fappy]

Feel bad if you must, it's your moral system. Only you can decide what you should feel bad for.

As for the situation, yes I've seen it. I used to play Guild Wars heavily, but now I only pop in every now and again to check on old friends. My guild has been torn apart and come together again but now there's really only just a handful of veterans from the original guild. I was one of them originals and the Guild members really loved me. I got half my name from that game actually (Aby.) It's kind of sad to see it so diminished now but I don't feel responsible.

Actually the name I use here originated from my WoW main. Fancy that.

 

[Angry Caterpillar]

I suppose it makes sense to feel bad, those were your friends and it's always bad to hear when things go south for your buds, old or new.

Something similar did happen to me, when a clan I started up with a couple buds of mine fell apart when the co-leader wasn't able to renew his XBL subscription. It was the only time (and I repeat, the only time) I thought it was good to be in a clan and had a good time in one.
Yes, that does mean I tried a couple others. It sucked, and now I've decided never to join (or form) another.

 

[delet]

Feel bad if you must, it's your moral system. Only you can decide what you should feel bad for.

As for the situation, yes I've seen it. I used to play Guild Wars heavily, but now I only pop in every now and again to check on old friends. My guild has been torn apart and come together again but now there's really only just a handful of veterans from the original guild. I was one of them originals and the Guild members really loved me. I got half my name from that game actually (Aby.) It's kind of sad to see it so diminished now but I don't feel responsible.

Actually the name I use here originated from my WoW main. Fancy that.

I have a lot of history with Guild Wars, and I became very accustomed to the name I was called within it. 'Aby' is really just a shortening of the name I used in the game and people just came to call me it. I like having the knowledge that I can always look at my name here and be reminded of the good 'ole days in Guild Wars.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

Meh, let me check the armory really quickly.

Yep, all three of the guilds I was in while I still played WoW have disbanded. It was fun getting to know these people; in fact, I spent a good portion of my evenings during my teenage years with them, but all of these sort of things must come to an end. I'm happy for the memories, and that's good enough for me. Lord knows, I only keep in touch with about three people from high school, so I'm not really surprised that the only old guildy I still speak with, and this is just an acquaintanceship, is someone I know IRL. Regardless of all of this, I still consider quitting WoW, as well as MMOs in general, to be one of the better things I've done with my life. You'll be fine, just so long as you keep your old friends alive in your heart. If you really must continue speaking with them, though, there's this little site called Facebook...

Off-topic edit: Neato! My old characters are gone as well. Looks like Blizzard finally did some tidying up.

 

[Good morning blues]

Fuck that. You did what you needed to in order to keep your quality of life high; if their association was so tenuous that they couldn't stay together without you, that's not your fault.

 

[Waif]

In my opinion you should not feel bad about doing what you feel is right. Though I understand how you feel. I played FFXI for 4 years, and it was a blast. Then I got really bored of it, then I left without saying a word. I came back a year later to find that the Linkshell I was in, disbanded and nearly all my friends on there had stopped playing. At that point I did feel bad, because now I was alone in world that was at one time familial and welcoming. Even though I made new friends, and got into a new linkshell. I left a few months later, it just didn't feel right. Part of the reason why I am excited about FFXIV.

So yeah, you should feel confident in your decision.

 

[ArchBlade]

You shouldn't feel bad. You did what you had to, and if your guildmates just couldn't keep it together, maybe it's better that they went their separate ways. Besides, not like you guys can't keep in touch, plus, it's just a game, no reason to make a big deal out of it.