When your child claims that you are really good at World of Warcraft, but that is not true. What do you do then?
World of Warcraft has been on the MMORPG market for 20 years now and has accompanied many players for a large part of their lives. It’s no wonder that many “old” gamers are now fathers and have children – who notice what their parents are doing in World of Warcraft. But when that becomes the father’s greatest achievement, it can trigger a (loving) crisis of meaning.
What happened? In the WoW subreddit, the player AurronGrey proudly showed a page from his child’s homework. In it, the child was supposed to complete the sentence “My dad is really good at …” The child’s answer in somewhat lacking grammar:
“He is dad good at wourld of war craft”, which translates to: “He is dad good at wourld of war craft”.
Is that true at all? The father can’t really be pleased about it, as the child’s assessment doesn’t quite match reality, as he states in a comment:
“The worst part – apart from the fact that my child’s teacher thinks my greatest achievement in life is playing a computer game – it’s not even true. Just ask the groups I am trying to heal.”
But there seems to be a logical explanation for that, as another comment highlights:
“To be fair, the child said you are a ‘dad good’ and not that you play really well.”
That makes the world look much better, as AuronGrey replies:
“That’s an important distinction that I hadn’t understood before. I can live with ‘dad good’.”
Community celebrates the father: Although AurronGrey isn’t quite sure whether to cry or laugh, the community agrees that this is a lovely memory. Many others also share experiences with their children or relatives’ children that they observed while playing WoW. It’s often easy to impress the children:
- “When my nephew was 5 or 6, I went into a low-level area with Murlocs and took them all out with AoE. He was totally confused and thought I was the best person in the game. He’s now 9 and still falls for it.” – kathychaos
- “You are a rank 1 player. At least in the heart of your child.” – fanatic-ape
But not only children notice World of Warcraft – sometimes the older generation does too. An already elderly lady lives the dream and plays World of Warcraft, often through the whole night.
