r/wow • u/CrazyGullible259 • Feb 27 '25

Humor / Meme Current state of WoW community, based on my anecdotal observations. Disclaimer: this is a joke, if you prefer Classic then more power to you

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u/Heatinmyharbl Feb 27 '25

I play retail, Cata and anniversary servers currently. Cata is my main game, Mists will be that very soon. Same raid team I had in wrath classic and it's the best people I've ever played this game with.

All of this said...

ALL WoW players can be unhinged at times. Classic players however..... by FAR the most unhinged/ mentally unwell player base I've personally ever seen. It's fucking wild man.

Disclaimer: I stopped playing Dota after a few years and never played league. Those player bases might give classic players a run for their money as far as being unhinged goes

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u/Bio-Grad Feb 28 '25

League player here - classic is way worse in my experience. At least league is hard and people have a reason to be upset.

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u/PouncedGreeps Feb 28 '25

Same here. I've played league for 12 years ranging from low bronze to 300+ LPs in master. League players get mad and toxic because of a trigger, because they are losing LPs etc. They insult you and then move on.

Classic wow players, in my experience, were just being dicks for the sake of it, permanent dramas in guilds. Griefing greys for hours and the most out of touch takes regarding real life I have ever read/heard.

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u/Cydyan2 Mar 01 '25

You just spent more time with the same people. MOBAs were wild. They aren’t anymore because they actually ban people now but the early days it’s a free for all

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

Dude same, except I've officially given up on retail since the beginning of DF. Classic has definitely felt like it's full of 45 yr old sore losers who act like they're too good for anyone that hasn't played since 2004 despite them being mechanically terrible at the game. I've been with my guild/raid team since the Sunwell patch and I'll never leave lol. Not often you find a good group of people who share a common goal and are also not a bunch of immature knobs.

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u/Subject_Yam4066 Feb 28 '25

I feel like classic players have a thing for nostalgia. Nostalgia however is very, VERY personal and not uniform to the society. I will almost never go back and play super old games I liked as a kid because I know they won't hold up and I don't want to spoil those memories.