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April 04, 2006
WOW mourners pwned
So, if you're not playing World of Warcraft(WOW) more than 40 hours a week, and you're a white male in North America, then you're in the minority it seems. As am I. I've never played WOW. Not because I don't like it, but because I stopped playing virtual reality video games across the internet when my hands stopped working properly. About a year ago.
Anyhoo, apparently, about a month ago, this WOW player died in real life. So, she was really, actually, quite dead. As a tribute to her, her friends signed into her account, and resurrected her character inside the game. Then, her friends lined up in inside the game WOW to pay their respects to her in virtual reality. Kind of weird, but hey, think of the money you save on airfare.
So, a lot of her friends from the horde klan show up on the shores of some lake inside the WOW game, and they form this long solemn line to pay their respects. Only, while they're waiting in line, members of their rival Alliance klan(Serenity NOW and Gnomeland Security) appear unexpectedly and massacre everyone. Including the recently deceased character. They kill her first, and then annihilate everyone there to mourn her passing. And, of course, they capture a video of the entire escapade and set it to a soundtrack, and upload it for all the world to see. (High res version here.)
I'm not making this up. (Who could?) However, the nerd consensus is that they were holding the wake in Winterspring, a "contested zone on a PvP server", so, apparently that was not such a bright move, in nerd-space.
Here's another video from WOW where some guys are planning a skirmish, but apparently Leroy bolts prematurely and gets them all killed.
Soundtrack:
The Beatles - Yesterday
The Misfits - Where Eagles Dare
Mozart - Requiem
Scatman John - Scatman
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Posted by Peenie Wallie on April 04, 2006 at 08:10 PM
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Not because I don't like it, but because I stopped playing virtual reality video games across the internet when my hands stopped working properly. About a year ago.
Didn't you break up with your last girlfriend about a year ago? ;-)
Posted by: Robert R. on April 05, 2006 at 10:25 PM
No comment.
Posted by: Peenie Wallie on April 05, 2006 at 10:58 PM
i do not own WoW but after watching this i want to run out and buy it, this has been by far the most hilarious video of any game ive ever seen.
of course its sad somebody died and it was nice the people wanted todo something special BUT they need to realise this is what they get for
1. doing it on a PVP server
2. announceing it to everyone
3. haveing a friggin funeral in an MMORPG
now dont get me wrong im not saying it was nice or right for people to crash the funeral but it sure as hell was funny.
Posted by: Kioshi on April 11, 2006 at 01:12 AM