Ok so I can see I'm about to quit WoW again, ya ya we've all heard it before - you'll be back. I figure I "waste" about 35 hours a week playing this game. It's cheap entertainment and I like it, however I feel it's also an addiction. (Let's not turn this into that argument, however.) I was thinking about EQ (everquest) and how neat it was that I could learn while playing ( I use the term "learn" loosely.) Words like rapture, enthrall, mesmerize, torpor and alacrity were never part of my vocabulary, but I learned to use them after EQ. Anyways I want to take that to a new level.

WoW also uses strange terms that I never bothered to look up/use before as well. However, I want to do something different. I bought volumes 1-3 of Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin American) in effort to learn a new language. Now I made it to the finish of the second volume before WoW again took my full attention. What I was thinking was: Since WoW is clearly so addictive for me, how about using that to my advantage? This isnt a new idea, but to me it makes sense. What I want to do is transfer my teams to a spanish server and force myself to learn. I know my drive to play will override my reluctance to put the effort into learning.

I can foresee a few problems though. One that immediately comes to mind is that no one on an english server speaks correct English. NOT-AT-ALL. Terms like STFU, OMG, TMI and just terrible sentence structure in general would, most likely, be prevalent on a Spanish server as well. I'm really torn on this one.. Do I learn broken Spanish or struggle through my Rosetta Stone that is completely lacking in fun and feels like work?

There are a few other things to worry about. If I dont transfer all my teams there is always a possibility I will give up and go back to an english server. So that entails: 1. Transferring 1 team and deleting the rest (ouch) or 2. Paying lots of money to transfer all. Another issue: Can you just set "Spanish" from the config file? Or do you have to reinstall WoW? Do I have to rewrite my macros? This could be problematic in that macros are already semi-difficult in my native language... I couldnt imagine the horror when I dont know how to spell things correctly. Do I need a spanish keyboard? Do they even allow US -> Spanish server transfers? I might have to resort to deleting all my teams and restarting...

Anyways lots of questions and I'm hoping that I can pull this off. I don't know if anyone has done this, but if you have I would be most thankful for assistance.

Peace out!