Hardcore, Integrity, and Fun no more

The news just reached me that they really are restoring players after the DDoS attack hitting known streamer guild.

This is not a text I ever wanted to read on the WoW forums:

I logged in, looked at my characters, looked at the other players running around in STW. I exited WoW and cancelled my sub.

Bear with me for a longer explanation:
When we played the honour-based version of HC, known as the IronMan Challenge back in original Cata onwards, server crashes and DCs were normal happenings for many of us. Old, crappy cables, old 'toasters', DDoS attacks, dog chewed my cable, overload ... you name it, it happened.

Many were the times, I rerolled.
- I still remember the day I rerolled the same character no less than 7 times because of DCs.
- Another day I lost a high level, at full mana and health, attacking one mob 4 levels under, 2 hits, DC, and return to a dead Challenger.

That day I made up my mind to keep on playing this toon, as those DC's were so not my fault (it was a broken something in our cables, repaired later that same week).

It just did not work. It was not fun any more; the exitement and joy had left my gameplay. I became reckless and soon she died by my stupidity. I rerolled, and had fun once again.

My old posts about this are still here:
IronMan Challenge
(if your linking works as stupid as mine, you'll have to scroll down a bit. The ones you're looking for are posted by  Dranina on April 16, 2012)

I got that same no fun, no challenge feeling logging in just now. Only this time I can't remedy it by rerolling.

As said I logged out and cancelled my sub.

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I actually believe in big words like integrity, trust, equality, accountability – big words without which the world turns small and petty.

I think - in the period my sub is still running - I'm going to level an old-style IronMan on one of the Classic Era servers. Retail is not for me, and neither is Cata with all its changes.

There's only one thing that can save the integrity of WoW Hardcore. The Soul of Iron Buff. Implemented on all servers, of all types, and once broken, it is broken. No healing, no restore.

 I fear that Hardcore as we knew and loved it, ended today.