June 4, 2007
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The Must-Read [World of Warcraft] Forum Drama of the Summer. "Gender-switching, stalking, bragging, and emo lies about suicide: all the good elements to a MMO forum epic."
This post was deleted for the following reason: This link doesn't seem like great FPP material. -- cortex
so...we have someone pretending to be someone on the internet, and people don't like how he's pretending to be someone in a game where everyone pretends to be someone...and they talk about it, and someone on the internet finds it interesting that they are talking about it so he repeats the conversation on his blog, and now we find his blog post interesting so we are going to talk about his blog post on metafilter...
Do I understand this correctly?
I'll post this to boing boing in a moment...we have a responsibility to keep this going!
somehow, all i can think of saying is "get a life", but, that seems to be the root of the problem...
but, really, get a life....
posted by HuronBob at 9:20 AM on June 4, 2007
Do I understand this correctly?
I'll post this to boing boing in a moment...we have a responsibility to keep this going!
somehow, all i can think of saying is "get a life", but, that seems to be the root of the problem...
but, really, get a life....
posted by HuronBob at 9:20 AM on June 4, 2007
Jennifer Aniston is his favorite actress? That really is a bizarre twist.
posted by peeedro at 9:28 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by peeedro at 9:28 AM on June 4, 2007
Do I understand this correctly?
You don't seem to, no. I don't think you read the whole post, but if it was so boring you felt compelled to comment here instead, that's understandable.
posted by chunking express at 9:29 AM on June 4, 2007
You don't seem to, no. I don't think you read the whole post, but if it was so boring you felt compelled to comment here instead, that's understandable.
posted by chunking express at 9:29 AM on June 4, 2007
This seems like as good a time as any to announce that I am actually a rhinoceros.
posted by brain_drain at 9:29 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by brain_drain at 9:29 AM on June 4, 2007
Step 1: Turn off computer.
Step 2: Open door.
Step 3: Go somewhere besides McDonald's, Starbucks or GameStop.
Step 4: Do not return home until perspective has been discovered.
posted by loquacious at 9:31 AM on June 4, 2007
Step 2: Open door.
Step 3: Go somewhere besides McDonald's, Starbucks or GameStop.
Step 4: Do not return home until perspective has been discovered.
posted by loquacious at 9:31 AM on June 4, 2007
Events like this are really much more common than the WOW forums would lead you to believe. The majority of "outings" happen and are resolved behind the shroud of "guild affairs." Males playing female characters are ostracized and usually leave the guild and server. Females playing male characters get more attention for doing something "cool." In parallel with real life, relationships (even marriages) are made, broken, and misunderstood. And like everything else in an unending MMO, time moves on.
posted by junesix at 9:34 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by junesix at 9:34 AM on June 4, 2007
hmmm.. now i've read the whole thing twice.. I think I DO understand it correctly chunking!!
posted by HuronBob at 9:34 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by HuronBob at 9:34 AM on June 4, 2007
While I enjoy train-wrecks as much as the next person, I'm not sure this is FPP material, either.
posted by mrnutty at 9:37 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by mrnutty at 9:37 AM on June 4, 2007
I'm a hetero guy who's been playing female characters online since Blizzard was called "Silicon & Synapse." I don't think there's any new "ha-ha, you're a freak!" ground to be broken. The mere presence of it as a factor makes me not even want to bother reading it.
(For anyone wondering how/why a man could/would roleplay a female, I'd also like to know how/why any human could/would roleplay a 600-year-old elf who can blow shit up with his mind.)
posted by Foosnark at 9:43 AM on June 4, 2007
(For anyone wondering how/why a man could/would roleplay a female, I'd also like to know how/why any human could/would roleplay a 600-year-old elf who can blow shit up with his mind.)
posted by Foosnark at 9:43 AM on June 4, 2007
"We don't approve of people pretending to be things they aren't around here. If you're going to act like a Troll Shaman, you'd better be a Troll Shaman in real life, or you're out of the guild!"
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:43 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:43 AM on June 4, 2007
No, seriously. This is crap. It's not even good enough for a Digg submission.
posted by loquacious at 9:47 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by loquacious at 9:47 AM on June 4, 2007
This proves that the "OMG CRAZEEE" MMO drama will never ever reach the heights of the MU* player drama of olde.
Which is sad.
posted by tittergrrl at 9:55 AM on June 4, 2007
Which is sad.
posted by tittergrrl at 9:55 AM on June 4, 2007
Wolfshirts and neckbeards! ALL AROUND ME! GAAH!
posted by Baby_Balrog at 9:56 AM on June 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Baby_Balrog at 9:56 AM on June 4, 2007 [1 favorite]
I thought it captured all the archetypes for WoW forum drama nicely, hence linking to it here. The guy's "girlfriend" is some girl he's stalking. The photos for his MySpace page are some random girls who he thought looked happy. And he's a lame mage to boot.
I am so easily entertained. It's a curse really.
posted by chunking express at 9:56 AM on June 4, 2007
I am so easily entertained. It's a curse really.
posted by chunking express at 9:56 AM on June 4, 2007
We've been having this same conversation of IRC since time began. Welcome to the internet, kids!
posted by smackwich at 10:07 AM on June 4, 2007
posted by smackwich at 10:07 AM on June 4, 2007
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