Drunken Scribbles

April 22, 2005 by Foton • Filed Under Etc. • 4 Comments 
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Sometimes when I’m playing Warcraft, or previously SW:G, I’ll jot down some notes so I have some material to write about. There are times, however, that I’m two sheets to the wind while doing said jotting.

Apparently that explains these two pages of notes I made about our (at the time) rioutous guildchat a week ago. Maybe two weeks ago — the days blend together when you’re subject to frequent blackouts. (I exaggerate!)

Like this note: “Ship comes in.” WTF. I didn’t even finish the thought and I doubt it was even funny at the time. Or this one: “women that –> men that don’t = happier” ??? Women that what? Why the arrow? Crimony.

Anyways, I have a vague recollection that my point was going to be: guilds with lively, pointless guildchat are the best guilds. And I’ve been in several where the guildchat bounced from here to there and back again, covering the entire gambit of human conversation.

I’ve also been in guilds where a large portion of the population is completely devoid of personality. I mean ZERO personality is in evidence. The most I ever knew about those people was the “incoming” and “/assist on me” macros. Well, that and they were DEAD serious about winning the uber. Time spent with the zero-personality crowd really should be counted against any prison time you might be assigned during your lifetime … maybe it should count for double.

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This One Time in Beta …

November 16, 2004 by Foton • Filed Under Etc. • Leave a Comment 
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As you might guess, the World of Warcraft’s public channel is clogged with useless spam:

Q: Where is QuestMob_04?
A: In your questlog, FOR THE LAST GODDAMN TIME, CHECK YOUR LOG FIRST!

Q: When did you log on, SoandSo, hi!
A: Hi to you, SomeOtherSoandSo! About 10 minutes ago, I just got home from … (zzzzzzzzz, isn’t there private chatting available? Yes, yes there is.)

Q: Is WoW the best game ever? I sure think it is! *insert paragraphs of reasons why this is the best game ever in the last year*
A: Yes! Yes, it is!

One particular conversation sent me back a few years ago, however. The spammer was bitching about how horrible and GAME-BREAKING the WoW Beta was, and others piled on with their own prior beta experiences.

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