EC to DC: Everything you ever wanted out of World of Warcraft, in 12 hours a week  

28Jan09 16:18 CST

En·ti·tled - To furnish with proper grounds for seeking or claiming something

Ca·su·al - Feeling or showing little concern : nonchalant, lacking a high degree of interest or devotion, done without serious intent or commitment.

En·ti·tled Ca·su·al - Person(s) under the impression that an MMO company owes them something more for their subscription fee than keeping the servers up,and creating new content: Expects to get what they want in game without working for it, at the expense of difficulty, without regard to game balance or the wishes of other players.

The EC. We all know one. The kind of person who uses a strategy manual on their first play through of a console game. Who knows more cheat codes than Kristin Holt. Who is the 'leetest' Counterstrike player they know, despite having to upgrade their ram to run all the aimbots and maphacks without killing their frame rate.

You know that guy in your guild who spends hours online but never runs anything, gets all his upgrades from the guild bank, then bitches when he doesn't get a raid spot?

This is not a post about how casual players are ruining the game. You can get plenty of that on other blogs, or the official forums. This is for the Entitled Casual themselves. You feel justified. You pay the same as everyone else, why shouldn't you get to have the same experience, just because you can't spend your life online?

You should, and you can. I've had good success as a raider in Wrath of the Lich King, despite limited play time. You can drop your sense of entitlement and push your game to the next level, without compromising your real life commitments, or seriously increasing your play time. I will show you how. You can become what I call the 'Dedicated Casual'.

Every week in February I'll be publishing a part of a 4 part series "EC to DC: Everything you ever wanted out of World of Warcraft, in 12 hours a week".