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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Grind: Leaving your last love behind]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/16/the-daily-grind-leaving-your-last-love-behind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/16/the-daily-grind-leaving-your-last-love-behind/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/16/the-daily-grind-leaving-your-last-love-behind/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/" rel="tag">The Daily Grind</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/roleplaying/" rel="tag">Roleplaying</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/os241_wow_425.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
Let's face it - we invest a lot in our characters over time. Maybe you have that one devoted main that you come back to, no matter what happens. Perhaps you've spread your love over a series of alts. Whatever the case may be, the truth is that many of us tend to get emotionally invested in our characters as time passes. We've worked hard, gotten them nice gear, picked up a nice mount, gotten an in-game house, etc. (depending on game). So, when the shine has worn off your old favorite game, and you're at the point where it's time to move on, how do you say goodbye?<br /><br />The team here have done everything from visiting favorite zones one last time; logging out in a particularly pretty area; throwing a party with friends as a way to burn off back-stocked food/drink; or logging out in the place where we felt we had the most fun in the game. There again, others on the team just logged out and didn't really care, although it seemed like more often than not, that was the case in games we didn't really click with anyway. This morning we thought we'd ask you - when you've moved on from game to game, retiring your old adventuring 'friend' as it were, did you do anything special before you signed out and shut the account down? Or did you just sign out without a second thought? If you did something special, what did you do?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/16/the-daily-grind-leaving-your-last-love-behind/">The Daily Grind: Leaving your last love behind</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/16/the-daily-grind-leaving-your-last-love-behind/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1489088/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/16/the-daily-grind-leaving-your-last-love-behind/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>cancel</category><category>goodbye</category><category>last-day</category><category>logging-out</category><category>moving-on</category><category>role-playing</category><category>rp</category><category>tdg</category><category>the-daily-grind</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krystalle Voecks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
