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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Behind the Curtain: Just when I thought I was out]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/07/behind-the-curtain-just-when-i-thought-i-was-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/07/behind-the-curtain-just-when-i-thought-i-was-out/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/07/behind-the-curtain-just-when-i-thought-i-was-out/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/sci-fi/" rel="tag">Sci-fi</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/entropia-universe/" rel="tag">Entropia Universe</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lord-of-the-rings-online/" rel="tag">Lord of the Rings Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/star-wars-galaxies/" rel="tag">Star Wars Galaxies</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/behind-the-curtain/" rel="tag">Behind the Curtain</a></p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33909700@N02/3159698458/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" align="right"  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/03/whirlppol_resize.jpg" alt="" /></a>It's funny the things that can suck you right back in, just when you thought you were out. <br /><br />I've been feeling pretty burned out with <em><a href="http://www.wow-europe.com/en/index.xml">World of Warcraft</a></em> over the last couple of weeks, and I wasn't enjoying the feeling at all. There was a brief interlude where the <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/23/the-argent-tournament-in-patch-3-1/">Argent Tournament</a> piqued my curiosity, so I grabbed the PTR downloader to give that a try. That lasted all of about an hour, when I realised just how long it would take me to download the files. I'm not sure if I should blame BT for my frequently crappy connection speed, or <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/Blizzard-/">Blizzard</a> because they can't seem to create a decent downloader. It doesn't matter really, as I can QQ about both equally.<br /><br />Then it hit me - burn out didn't need to be a bad thing. In a shocking turn of events, I decided to actually listen to our readers' <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/21/behind-the-curtain-on-burnout/">advice</a>, and spend some time with other MMO, and maybe try a change of pace.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/07/behind-the-curtain-just-when-i-thought-i-was-out/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Behind the Curtain: Just when I thought I was out</em></a></p><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/2009/03/07/behind-the-curtain-just-when-i-thought-i-was-out/">Behind the Curtain: Just when I thought I was out</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:00:00 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/2009/03/07/behind-the-curtain-just-when-i-thought-i-was-out/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1481491/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/07/behind-the-curtain-just-when-i-thought-i-was-out/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>behind-the-curtain</category><category>burnout</category><category>d6-generation</category><category>entropia</category><category>entropia-universe</category><category>featured</category><category>lord-of-the-rings</category><category>lord-of-the-rings-online</category><category>lotro</category><category>podcast</category><category>second-life</category><category>star-wars</category><category>star-wars-galaxies</category><category>star-wars-rpg</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Withers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
