The Rich, The Noobs, and The Ego
June 14, 2007 by Foton • Filed Under Etc. • 8 Comments
Tags: advertising, gaming, lord of the rings online, lotr, screenshots, virtual currency
A humorous game mail I received recently in Lord of the Rings Online:
I could be misreading this but that sounds like a call to REVOLUTION! Hang the rich.
Here’s a screenshot from a recent, wretched Fornost PUGgie to whack the hilt mobs. As gaming vets, it’s always our responsibility to get the new-to-gaming noobs up to speed on how all this works. I realize that, I accept that, but after giving my short-speech about the do’s and don’ts of crowd control to the same 5 people again and again, I get a little irritated.
They never did get it, but fortunately for me, we one-shot the last hilt mob — a BAMF nemesis mob — and thank you, Jesus, I never have to go to that pisspool again.
If you’re thirsty for more arrogance and Napoleon-esque posturing, Psycho E-Bitch’s Fraxx was granted an IM audience with me last week to chat about gaming, books and cyber music: A Visit with AFKGamer’s Blogging Bad Boy.
Some highlights: the “Mithaniel Marr story”, the rest of you suck, the liberal manifestos I’m reading, and, gaming’s last dirty little secret.
Another Brick in the Wall
February 6, 2007 by Foton • Filed Under Etc. • 12 Comments
Tags: advertising, gaming, screenshots, vanguard, warcraft, world of warcraft
How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat fish?
If you’re shopping around for a World of Warcraft gift for your faux WoW girlfriend, you might want to farm A Steamy Romance Novel.
Teremus Visits Stormwind
January 2, 2007 by Foton • Filed Under World of Warcraft Journal • 1 Comment
Tags: advertising, gaming, screenshots, warcraft, world of warcraft
Last week, while minding my own business and waiting for a guild-alt noobling to finish his quest turn-ins at Goldshire, I spied Teremus the Devourer, the farmer’s scourge of Blasted Lands, flying down the path to Goldshire, hot on the heels of his druid kiter.
Many dead noobs and noob NPC guards later, the foul beast fell to the zerg. The best part of the entertainment, it shut up the trash-talking Goldshire noobs for a good 5 or 10 minutes. Also taught them an important lesson that will serve them well their entire Warcraft life: When you see a fire-breathing dragon coming your way, you GET OUT OF THE WAY.
Teremus’ journey from just outside Goldshire to his death in Stormwind is documented in a Flickr photoset, clickable from the thumbnail above.
Lastly, the week is AFK Gamer’s annual Week of Fives. Raster (blog slave and guild puppet) and I will be tag-teaming a week of posts looking back on 2006. Later today, Five Things World of Warcraft Does Really Well. Ya, really.
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