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"I have a confession to make: all the whining, questions, and confusion that's been in General chat for the last few days?  I haven't heard any of it.  As soon as I logged in after the expansion, I typed \"/leave general\" and strangely enough, haven't looked back.  I usually enjoy General -- it reminds me that I'm not playing a singleplayer game, and most of the comments there, while not really the smartest, are at least pretty entertaining.  I figured if you're going to play a game with other people, you might as well give them the opportunity to talk with you.But Northrend has been different -- I didn't want the inane chatter, the constant stream of questions (sometimes answered, usually not), and the occasional desperate requests.  I wanted to be in Northrend by myself, more or less, and explore the world as if I wasn't on the same server as thousands of people.  And it's been worthwhile, for the most part -- while I've dived back in there once or twice just to check and see if certain quests are bugged for anyone else, I've mostly stayed out of there, and I think it's made the game better.Some of you will probably think I'm late to the game -- you may have removed the General channel on day one, and the Trade and World Defense channels along with it (I'm keeping the Trade channel, though -- when I am in cities, I kind of appreciate the bustling back and forth, and I've found a few deals in there).  For the moment, though, I appreciate a quieter Northrend.  No General for me, thanks."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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