DING!

No, I haven't gotten another alt to 80. The next closest alt of mine is only level 50. But I've found a pretty entertaining thing to do while grinding through heroics or farming instances for gear...

And it all started with a Retribution Paladin in Heroic: Utgarde Pinnacle...

Here's what happened:

We're fighting Skadi, and he used some ability that made him glow yellow for a second. It looked like he had just leveled up. It was late. Des was tired. Des says, "GRATS!" in Party chat.

As soon as Skadi was down, the tank says, "Grats? For what?"

Then it dawned on me. We're in a heroic. Everyone is already level 80. No ding. Duh...

So...

...I explained to him that the paladin was glowing gold for a second, and after having run so many instances on my Death Knight to get her some gear/leveled...I just got so used to people dinging in instances that...well...it's habit now.

The next night, I was practicing my Death Knight rotation on a dummy in Ironforge only to learn that when her Unholy Strength procs, it looks like DING!

hehe

Later, after tweaking my rotation a bit, I grouped up for a few random heroics. We were fighting the first trash pull when my Unholy Strength procced and I yelled, "DING!!!!!!!!" in party chat.

Three of them say, "omg grats!"

And then...an awkward pause where everyone just stood there for a long, quiet moment.

The healer inspects me, realizing that I'm in mostly tier 9 gear already...then says, "Duped!"

I know, I know...I'm a nerd. We already knew that. I play WoW, remember?

Maybe it's nerdy, but it's better than being super cereal all the time. I mean...it's just a game.

:)