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Some of you might remember my time with the City of Heroes Open Beta. I had fun with it, but it was barely a week long. Then there was a long weekend coming: 3 whole days with nothign to do so I could really play the game and get to know it and see if I truly liked it enough to give it a shot. And of course, the Thursday right before that weekend started, CoH ended its open beta.

Now I’m beta-ing World of Warcraft. I’m enjoying it, I’m having fun, but I really wanna make sure this is not a game I’ll get tired of in a week before I plunk down the cash and the monthly fee for it. Will I still be eager to inflict the New Plague on the pathetic human infestation in 3 months? Will my gnome rogue still be fun to play 6 months down the line? Will I have friends int he game that give me a reason to log in and kick ass? I get tired of games fairly quickly, and MMORPG’s are no exception. So before I plunk down the money, I need to be sure.

So I was looking forward to this weekend. I’ve got tomorrow off, so it’s a nice 3-day weekend, and i was planning to spend as much of it as possible playing so I could cement my decision one way or another before the official launch on the 20-something. So what does Blizzard do? They announce that the Open Beta ends tonight.

Yeah, yeah, I know. I don’t have any real reason to complain, I got to play what’s, by all rights, an excellent MMORPG, and I got to do it for free. I enjoyed it, I had fun, I’ve got practically nothing but good things to say about it.. but I just don’t know yet if I’ll stick with it. I don’t know yet if I’ll be able to put up with it for the long haul. I figured one intense WoW-filled weekend would help me decide, but that’s not gonna happen now. Ah well.. now I have a decision to make. *grumble*