The On Cooldown Mentality

This is a blog about World of Warcraft. Not that a million other people haven't done the same thing, so that in itself isn't impressive. But this is a different kind of blog, or is at least trying to be, so bear with me and I think you'll find continued readership to bear great fruit.

There's a lot of resources out there for how to play a class, talent builds, how to gear/gem, and all the mathematical parts of playing the game; I can't compete with big communities like EJ or WowWiki, you can go there if you want that kinda thing. The same goes for making money; there are spectacular blogs written by people much, MUCH better and more experienced at the AH game and farming spots than I am, so they can keep doing that, and I am grateful. There are also a lot of blogs that detail personal experiences in WoW, and I'll probably dabble in that, but for rhetorical or illustrative purposes, rather than narrative.

On Cooldown will look at this game as no one else seems to: WoW as a video game. No one really approaches WoW like any other game, deconstructing the atmosphere, pacing, difficulty curve, player mentality, flow, and other less concrete parts of the game.

There's also been precious little written about the social aspects beyond stories of weird pugs or frustrating raids or hilarious AH morons. I want to take those things, how people play and how guilds run, and look at them closer, look to their advantages and disadvantages and underlying motivations. And I want to get the reader thinking too, about why he does things, or why his guild run certain ways.

Lastly, On Cooldown is about mentality. The mentality that if you, the player, try very hard, you can be a great WoW player. That great players are not born, but forged as products of their own ambition and effort. And that we all have something to learn left.

May all your fires be fought, friends.
- Zarat