Thursday, July 16
Do you play WoW deaf?
OK, so my sister "Bela" emailed me this YouTube video and I had to share it. But it brings a thought into my mind that I would like to find out what our readers think.
Do you play WoW deaf?
What I mean about this is do you play WoW and listen to the music and the ambiance as it is? Do you play WoW with the sound effects on but you listen to your own music on your computer or iPod? Or are you like Mo and listen to podcasts while playing WoW?
For Ol' Xan I actually play WoW completely muted. This stems from playing WoW in the same room as my wife and child while they are watching TV, or while I was rooming with Kilzar for those 9 LONG months waiting for my work to allow me to work from home. Kilzar and I both mostly play WoW with the sound turned off. We generally have a television going and are looking up over the tops of our laptops at the action going on the television.
How do you play WoW? Why do you play WoW that way? Give me some thoughts and feedback, I'd like to hear from the readers.
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There have been times when I played WoW completely muted. I got used to it for a long while but now that I listen to just the sounds (no music) I find that I don't react as fast to things without the sounds.
ReplyDeleteWell, I had a few guildies that were deaf or other ailments and I play with sound on of course, and podcast playing or music and at times tv on too.
ReplyDeleteNow there is a certain person, not naming names Killzar, that does not play with the sound on!!! because he does not like it!!! Come on man you are missing smelling the roses and hearing them!
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I play with the sound off so I can listen to podcasts as well. If I'm in a pug, I'll turn the sound back on to concentrate on the job at hand. If I didn't listen to podcasts while I played, I'd never be able to listen to all of them I subscribe to.
ReplyDeleteI normally listen to WoW muted, even if there is no other sound in the room. This isn't by choice, I actually turn my speakers off when I'm not using my computer in an attempt to save power (I turn off/unplug everything in the house when I can, sometimes to the chagrin of my wife), and when I power the computer on I don't always remember to turn the speakers back on.
ReplyDeleteOther then that I usually have the music so low I can't hear it, but I have the sound effects loud enough. The only time I intentionally mute just WoW is when I'm raiding so I can hear vent, when we're watching a movie, or when listening to music.