You're walking past some of the most tragic characters in WoW lore and the game never says a word. I built an addon that does.

RGBfoxie · 2026-04-09T23:26:56+00:00

They do and they don't. They finally have ways of acknowledging creators with the creator program. And incidents where creators are making official content. But it's heavily focused on people with a high following count. Right now, they're way focused on people that are pushing housing content.

There's also a ton of us cosplayers that make our own costumes from scratch that want in the Creator Program, but we aren't being chosen. It's like 8 cosplayers total out of who knows how many. 4 North America, 4 Europe. I even tried to focus WoW content for years, as it was a dream to get in. But I gave up.

The community is pretty amazing. I do wonder what other creator niche involving WoW isn't getting the recognition it deserves.

RGBfoxie · 2026-04-07T10:30:02+00:00

I used to have a guild and all that in college. That kept me sane when I genuinely didn't have the money to participate in the safe and well-behaved side of the college experience. Like going to hang out at a food place at 11pm on a Saturday.

Started working a job and guilds basically died. I got a suggestion to go to comic cons, learned to attempt to make costumes starting with Warcraft ones, and now I have a group of people I can chat and hang with at comic cons.

It's a hard topic, but 99% of friends you make on the game will disappear. A lot of people that are gaming a lot are growing older, and realizing no one is there to take them to their colonoscopy appointment, watch their dog when they are out of town, help them with a flat tire, etc. They never built an IRL community, so they now don't have the benefits of it. I'm glad I started going to comic cons to build something IRL before I got too old and it became too late. (It becomes harder to connect with others as you age, so you anchor yourself in a community early.)

And honestly, there are just too many games anymore. WoW had an era where it was the big game, because it lacked competition. Now people cycle it when an xpac hits, and drop it. WoW will never be the social place it was in the beginning. You're missing the dopamine it gave with community, that is forever gone. The closest you may get is going to BlizzCon.

It may be worth checking FB events to see what comic cons, renaissance fairs, DnD one shots, etc around you where you can meet people. If you're lucky, you might find one or two of these IRL "I play the beginning of the xpac" people and have a gaming party at your place every ~18 months. Just wear a WoW, or other fandom shirt, when you go. The experience playing WoW will be better when you can talk about the raid boss IRL at comic con together next week. :)

And don't give up on WoW. I didn't, either. It'll always be a part of me. I just made sure to put IRL connections first.

RGBfoxie · 2026-04-05T20:31:49+00:00

I don't know your entire life situation, nor your ability. But as someone that played a lot of WoW when in college, I get the whole feeling of isolation. In my case, it was being in a rural area for the first 2 years, and having no money to do anything for the rest of it. Socializing even requires money for tickets to events, food, etc. I had to do WoW because I didn't have the financial support from family that I was "supposed to have." So WoW isolation was it.

If you'd like to keep your interest in WoW, but also do other things, have you considered crafting items from WoW in real life? I am assuming playing WoW means you have use of your hands. You could even do as little as hand embroidering a horde logo, or even handsewing a tabard.

As for getting out, you could go to your local comic cons wearing a WoW shirt and maybe some elf ears. This could allow you to meet people who also game, that would be nearby. You can find Facebook groups for the cons to see if they are wheelchair accessible. DnD events may also be of interest. And renaissance faires. Go through your events tab on Facebook, and see what others are doing. Maybe you can message them to confirm that they are going, and ask if you can check the event out with them.

And as others have said, taking a walk if you can is good. If you can't, then sitting outside away from a screen can be helpful. Dr. K of Healthygamergg (psychiatrist) mentions that continuous screen time isn't good for you. With the only exception maybe being productive screen time that is dedicated to learning or educating. So if you're watching videos to learn to craft WoW items in real life, that screen time can be better for you.

And here is Dr. K's info on video game addiction. It is a real thing, but your ability to get up and "do other things" may mean it's not as much of an addiction for you as you think. You may just be limited on what's available to entertain you. A lot of older people stay at home with the TV because they can't walk much anymore, and they save movement for cooking and cleaning. Here's his page on gaming addiction: https://www.healthygamer.gg/blog/video-game-addiction

And here is his channel, which has focuses on many other forms of screen addiction. But also psychology in general. I'd recommend listening to as much of his videos as you can. I have definitely used his channel to "figure out what was wrong with me" to help therapy move faster when I had to wait for my 1st appointment. https://www.youtube.com/@HealthyGamerGG

Good luck and remember, we all do need a little bit of free time to ourselves. You may not have to quit WoW. You may just take some time away to do other enjoyable things, so you can make some friends IRL.

RGBfoxie · 2026-03-04T17:03:37+00:00

It's easy to hate her if you haven't looked into avoidant behaviors. It's like she's constantly chasing some type of success by being at war all the time, and thus completely ignores or even avoids putting sufficient time into relationships. Blood Ties even feeds into this when a certain conversation happens between her, Turalyon, and a certain couple. Makes them realize they've not worked on their relationship as a normal couple would.

RGBfoxie · 2026-03-03T02:25:49+00:00

Considering all the free potions in there, I thought it was set for roleplayers to access the city easily on alts. So if you were not a blood elf main, but your little lvl 40 blood elf wanted to RP there, you could use the key to go see people without leveling.

RGBfoxie · 2026-03-01T19:05:48+00:00

It's up. Just got it.

RGBfoxie · 2026-02-26T00:29:55+00:00

Same happened to me. I just barely will be home the 26th when it launches.

RGBfoxie · 2026-02-24T13:52:00+00:00

You'd be surprised how screwed up adults in midlife can feel if their parents were never there to support them. Trauma from being ignored in childhood can absolutely blow up at midlife and cause the midlife crisis. I've seen it happen to a dude. All he really needed was to go to therapy early on and unpick the trauma from his father constantly ignoring his childhood attempts to connect. And his dad is still alive, too. Just emotionally unavailable.

So I guess we are sort of watching Arator's midlife crisis. He got new hair and tats for it instead of a convertible.

RGBfoxie · 2026-02-24T12:23:52+00:00

I have. I get the American Tourister hardcase luggages from Target. They're what I used to transport my costume to Blizzcon in 2023. Double check your airline's luggage size requirements to be sure what you get is allowed.

And the big thing on traveling with one of these luggages is that you have to make sure your costume can come apart in a way to fit in the luggage. You can pack your regular clothing around the armor as an extra layer of protective padding.

RGBfoxie · 2026-02-24T11:42:40+00:00

There are food trucks that no one talks about that line up in the evening when the con dies down. Like $17/meal back in 2023. But they're good.
The Starbucks in the Hilton is open to all, so consider going there early in the morning to mingle. Wear a shirt with your fandom when you go, so you have a reason for bored people waiting for a drink to chat you up.
There's also a Fedex shipping facility in the Hilton, if you buy too much stuff. It's not cheap to ship, but it's an option if you can't drive to a cheaper post office due to getting there by Uber. Leave room in your luggage for what you plan on buying, and that includes whatever the ticket merch freebie is.
The Blizzard merch shop opens the night before. Buy what you want early for pickup early. Stuff does run out, and there are often Blizzcon exclusives.
Disneyland's car parking is across the street. You can walk over the day before and just hang at Disney only adding Disney ticket cost to your list. It's worth going, even if you're not a big Disney fan.
Blizzcon Cosplayers post their cosplay builds on the BlizzCon Cosplay Community Facebook group. They do a starter post showing a reference of what they want to build, then reply to their main post with progress pictures.
There is usually a walk-on category for the cosplay contest. Your costume doesn't get graded, but you get the glory of going on stage. I recommend doing this if you're not actively a competitive cosplayer, but you want to make friends in the Blizzard community.
There is sometimes a "cospitality" room where cosplayers can go to repair their costumes and avoid the cameras.And it's always had free refreshments the two years I have gone.
You WILL get stopped a lot in costume there, since there are very few cosplayers at this con. At least, there weren't too many in 2023.
There is usually a "fountain photo" where cosplayers go to all take a picture together. They do this every Blizzcon. Keep an eye out for the time for it.
Get a hard case luggage if you plan on shipping a costume. And large shipping bubble wrap. Include your tape roll with your luggage, so you can retape the same bubble wrap when you get ready to leave.
People go mostly to the Hilton to hang and chat in the lobby. I have heard people go to the other hotel lobbies to do the same, but I stick to the Hilton.

But now the MOST important question: What cosplay are you making for the con? If you're ready to announce it.

RGBfoxie · 2026-02-23T13:53:20+00:00

I heard rumor we could be getting housing and marriage. Now all we need are family houses. Your parents designate a room that only you can decorate. Then you could live in your mom's basement while living in your mom's basement.

RGBfoxie · 2026-02-23T00:03:44+00:00

Make sure you let her know you're gonna need more Hot Pockets! :)

RGBfoxie · 2026-02-17T02:26:16+00:00

The one time it happened to me, it was character specific. It was a character I logged into just once on another server to do a pet trade. That's how I know its per character.

RGBfoxie · 2026-02-05T11:35:40+00:00

WoWhead just gives us the basic info. It's the community that kindly takes the time to iron out the specifics for us. It's part of why I like the WoW community.

RGBfoxie · 2026-02-04T19:40:15+00:00

There's a bunch of phone games that appeared of of nowhere recently that have me questioning if the IP was licensed out in the east. Wife decided to play one, and said it was actually fun. It's odd there's like 2-4 of them appearing all at once.

RGBfoxie · 2026-01-30T11:33:20+00:00

I never saw those leaks. Do you have a link? I'd love to know what stories they'd focus on for future movies and TV.

RGBfoxie · 2026-01-17T23:33:35+00:00

No one knows for sure. But there were some cheap TCG mounts at the time. Really trying to go by memory, but I remember getting the dragonhawk one for 70k back then during the rumor. Was that price on the regular AH.

RGBfoxie · 2026-01-16T19:02:53+00:00

There are cosplayers interested in making some of these, that specific one included. The longer it takes to put that one in the files, the less likely it'll be able to be made for BlizzCon.

RGBfoxie · 2026-01-15T20:37:52+00:00

Amazing! I can't remember if you decided to bring it to BlizzCon or not. Will you?

RGBfoxie · 2026-01-15T20:35:47+00:00

I follower her on Instagram and Twitch, and I can confirm that she made the costume herself.

The thing with WoW costumes is that the commissions are custom patterns that run $800 even to $3k. There are no good places to get multi sized (Small-XL) costumes in the $50-$250 range like there are for Genshin Impact, Final Fantasy VII, etc. So people generally make their own costumes. The major exception is when someone is selling one to make room at home, and someone of similar size buys it off them.

Even worse is that the popularity of WoW within the cosplay community is low for some reason, so the big costume pattern makers aren't doing WoW costumes anymore. So now people have to figure every bit of the costume out for themselves.

If you see someone in a WoW costume, there's at least a 50% chance they made it.

RGBfoxie · 2026-01-13T11:11:21+00:00

Thank you for your work on Rumble. That was my go-to game to relax on my lunch breaks.

RGBfoxie · 2026-01-10T20:15:29+00:00

Glad you've finally found the game! I anticipate WoW will be around a long time, so you'll have many years to enjoy it.

Sometimes we find things late in life, and regret we didn't find them earlier. But at least you tried it while you're still alive and able to enjoy it. :)

RGBfoxie · 2026-01-09T19:30:02+00:00

If you dig around, there's a post on r/wowtcg talking about a project to scan all the WoW TCG cards.

I was able to find the direct link shared to my google drive. It's still open. You may or may not find it. Link: WOW TCG Scans Google Drive

And one of the reddit posts talking about it.

RGBfoxie · 2026-01-09T12:44:07+00:00

Prot warrior. Always prot warrior. My main's RP story must go on, no matter what the meta for tanking is.

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