The End of Warcraft for Me

Yesterday I got my rogue up to level 60 (my second 60th-level character; third character of level 59 or higher). Tonight - once I finally got in - I bought my epic mount. And next Tuesday, my account will be closed. I cancelled it earlier in the week, as the game no longer has any appeal to me. I've talked about this before; basically, PvP doesn't appeal to me nor does spending hours upon hours raiding the high-level instances for my armor sets.

It was fun, but I'm done. The game took over $200 from me but worse, well over an entire month of the last year (in total hours). Only work and sleep rival that.

I happened upon a quote from Ursula Le Guin that fits my approach to WoW (and most any RPG for that matter);

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."

Fortunately, my XBox 360 finally shipped yesterday, so Monday or Tuesday I'll finally be able to play Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I'm anxious to see whether it will unseat Morrowind (Elder Scrolls III) as my favorite computer game...