r/classicwow • u/Bagofskates • Dec 03 '24

Humor / Meme What's the most unique excuse you've heard for leaving a raid?

A few years back (can't remember the exact raid, version, or server), we were midway through a raid after downing a couple of bosses. Suddenly, one of our newer guild members, a gnome mage, if I recall correctly., chimes in on voice chat: "Sorry guys, I need to go. My girlfriend has just shaved."

We were all a bit confused at first, but then it hit us. Booty call had higher priority than the raid. It became an instant classic in our guild and gave us some great laughs.

You got any good ones?

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u/UpperCardiologist523 Dec 03 '24

Totally random coincidence: amphetamine will make you

- Able to grind continuously, and you won't even feel bored. In fact, you go until your beating chest hits the power-off button on your screen, or you are so sleep-depraved you can't see mobs or players anymore, but pink circus-elephants dancing.

- Make your face (and body) greasy/sweat chemicals that will hurt once they reach your eyes.

- Make you do impulsive stuff.

No need to ask me how i know. Don't do drugs friends, a severe heart failure is no fun.

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u/plautzemann Dec 03 '24

I got all of that just by having ADHD and very active pores.

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u/Jukub Dec 03 '24

Same...

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u/UpperCardiologist523 Dec 03 '24

I have ADHD as well, and ritaline gave me a bit of the same effect, though i stopped taking it 7 years ago.

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u/sharpie42one Dec 03 '24

Been struggling with sweating my self. Started concerta for my adhd about 3 months ago, was unmedicated for a while, (history of substance abuse) but it was making me sweat a lot, mostly in the afternoons and evenings. So my doctor switched me to vyvanse, only at 10mg. I wasn’t on a high dose of concerta, started at 18mg then went to 32mg I think, but I have noticed an improvement between the two.

I gained a lot of weight when I got clean 3 years ago, so that doesn’t help either. I’m not overweight, but I was very underweight before.

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u/plautzemann Dec 03 '24

Ritalin makes me poop a lot more but luckily it doesn't impact my sweating much. The antidepressants I took before got me really sweaty tho, so I had to cut them off. T'was a real shame because DAMN I fell in love with not feeling like by default :D

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u/whoopsmybad111 Dec 04 '24

Not feeling what by default?

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u/DillerDallas Dec 04 '24

yeah, i tried them amphetamines, and some more, and then some. am i supposed to feel anything?

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '24

You mean on meds or not?

Because I can barely stand raiding raiding without meds, much less grind til I die.

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u/plautzemann Dec 04 '24

Off meds.

Haven't been raiding since Ingot diagnosed and medicated. But tunneling on gaming has never been hard as long as I was really immersed and enjoyed doing it.

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u/jyvigy Dec 03 '24

Nickname and avatar checks out. Have fun grinding, friend.

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u/UpperCardiologist523 Dec 03 '24

Thanks, you too. :-)

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u/Zh00m69 Dec 03 '24

Pink elephants huh?

All I get is Shadow people crawling out of the walls and stuff im holding turning into spiders

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u/UpperCardiologist523 Dec 05 '24

I got that when after 4 weeks of drinking vine and my balloon was empty and i started experiencing alcohol withdrawals. I've never been so scared and it never happened again.

What i had, is called Delirium Tremens and can be fatal. If you're talking about alcohol, be careful. It's immensely damaging to your nervous system, specifically short term memory, eyesight and balance. (Wernicke-Korsakoff).

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u/Zh00m69 Dec 05 '24

I didnt know you could get that from alcohol withdrawal aswell. Ive only seen the physical effects, on other people. I only did hard drugs when I was an addict 😅 Guess I thought it wasnt as bad at the time.

Sleep deprivation makes you see shadow people and other terrifying stuff aswell.

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u/Slug-R Dec 03 '24

Definitely can confirm from my years of abusing amphetamines that it made grinding so much more bearable for me. But it fucked with every part of my life outside of WoW.

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u/snazzwax Dec 04 '24

“Severe heart failure”. This is one of the big reasons why I stopped. I had what felt like either an extreme panic attack or mini heart attack at work once after taking some amphetamines, which I took on and off throughout the years but never experienced anything like that. Even now if I have too much caffeine I sometimes get a pain in my chest.

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u/UpperCardiologist523 Dec 05 '24

I didn't notice/or ignored my thighs and legs outside the gaming chair became swollen with water, but what made me notice, was that when i finally went to bed and laid down, i became very short-breathed. I had water on the lungs, which, when you lie down, cover a lot more of your lung area.

For what you felt, if you've sitten up gaming, bereft of sleep, you will notice your heart beating. You are aware that it is the heart beating, and you know how important it is and that you only got one, and anxiety will set in. This will make you tense up, which will increase the feeling and it escalates and you will focus on the left side of your chest, shoulder, arm and whatnot, more anxiety, more tensing, etc. 🤣

I'm no doctor, though i know a bit about heart failure, but whatever you felt, your heart thanks you for stopping. :-)

If i drink more than 4-5 cups of coffee, my heartbeat rises and i notice the coffeine, but if you feel pain, maybe get a checkup? (ECG and blood pressure).