[ EU ] World of Warcraft finally ends and shuts down all servers . All the WoW addicts have to fill the hole left in their life .

They say that you never forget your first, true love. That may be true. But you also never forget your first, true MMO. 
 
 WoW was that for me. From early Beta right through to getting my first blue, then epic, then legendary - Thunderfury no less - and finally my first Artifact - the helm of Ausir; the last renegade Titan and the end of the Burning Legion. 
 
 There were laughs, cries, heartache and betrayal. Bonds were broken between friends, and friendship forged between enemies. I have seen continents rise and fall, I have fought beside and against all the races of Azeroth - where my blade went trouble was soon no more. 
 
 Alas, all things must come to an end and WoW was no exception. 
 
 For you see, we had become too powerful, we had toppled the Titans themselves and the Universe was ours for the taking - for good or ill. The end came suddenly, taking everyone by surprise. I remember it like it was yesterday, I logged in and there was nothing. Just unending darkness. 
 
 The truth came out in time, there were cries of rage and threats of lawsuits against Blizzard, but they had changed the TOS subtly, over time and there was nothing we could do. However, they refunded all subscriptions and then told us that we had done a good job but Azeroth was no more - and never will be. 
 
 Needless to say, Blizzard did n't last long after that. It was dismantled, its property auctioned off, its devs hired by other companies, its offices torn down. An end of an era. 
 
 We were struck dumb. How could this happen? Why? We clung to our private servers but it was not the same. The spark, the magic had gone. Even the best private server was just a shadow of WoW's glory. 
 
 We tried moving on. Tried to rebuild our shattered psyches. Some of us succeeded but all of us still felt that ache, that hole in your heart that can never be filled only dulled by time. We formed support groups, others mocked us. Saying it was just a game. Just a game. Could n't they see that to us it was life? Better than life? WoW filled that hole in our soul, the hole that needs purpose, direction, achievement, community, friendship, adventure. The hole within us all that we refuse to talk about. 
 
 We had lost what gave meaning to our lives. The'Real World' was never for us. The socially awkward. The ones that are Forever Alone. Simply put, some of us did n't make it. Tens of Thousands of us committed suicide - an action that was condemned by society but those that were left behind understood. We did n't admire them, we mourned them. Another burden for us to bear. 
 
 The last of us gathered in chat-rooms, organised meet-ups and hung on to those memories. But we no longer had anything to hold us together and we slowly, surely drifted apart. 
 
 We moved on, but the light was gone from our eyes. We were bodies in the world for our souls had left... 
 

