Shared Topic: Eavesdropping WoW Conversations IRL

When we’re out and about the offline world, every now and again we accidentally overhear other people’s conversations. Especially when those conversations are about WoW… Our ears perk up and we feel the overwhelming urge to ask the ultimate question: “Which server do you play on?”

Last week, Oath from Dressed to Cuddle suggested that, as our Shared Topic, we should talk about conversations about WoW we happen to overhear in the offline world:

Have you ever been out and about, minding your own business, having a casual conversation with a friend and fellow WoW player about the latest patch or last night’s dungeon, then some random stranger comes up to you and says something like, “Hey, I’m sorry, I couldn’t help but overhear, but do you guys play WoW? I’ve got a level XX [race] [class] on [server]”?

I’ve probably had two handfuls of people come up to me in real life, either overhearing I play WoW from conversation, or seeing that I’m wearing my Warlock shirt or Horde sweater, and strike up a conversation with me about the game.

While places of congregation abound, such as a gaming convention, comic book shop, or GameStop, the topic persists more of an unprecedented setting. I ran into an Alliance member at a mall outside of the restrooms and we had a heated debate about Varian Wrynn. A guy started a conversation with my cousin and me at a sushi bar because my cousin and I were discussing ICC. A friend and I were at dinner at an expensive restaurant, and I was telling her about my spec, as she was leveling a warlock, and our waiter chimed in about his warlock.

Have any of you out there in the blogosphere had this happen? If so, what was your experience like? Was it just a pleasant conversation or did you face off with a passionate member of the opposing faction?

Sharing their experiences were:

Jaedia from The Lazy Sniper

Artie from Blade Barrier

Glassofwater from Not So Overpowered

Oath from Dressed to Cuddle

Cranky Healer from The Cranky Healer

Ophelie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

Next week, we tackle another topic that involves talking about WoW, but in a very different setting. Instead of WoW in the real world, we discuss whether or not we’d link to our blog in on our character’s WoW armory page.

Other upcoming topics include:

Moments of Awe in WoW (or, World of Awecraft)
If you were starting over in WoW, what would you do?

If you would like to take part in these or any other Shared Topics, please drop by the forum whenever! And even if you don’t want to take part in the Shared Topics, you are still welcome to drop by Blog Azeroth to say hi and chat with some very cool people!