Week of Fives: Day Three

Continuing … the 2005 that I want to remember for-flippin-ever, Five Favorite 2005 Gaming Screenshots:

1. February 2005 — The warrior protest on the Warcraft Argent Dawn server … hundreds of naked and partially-dressed gnomes marching on Ironforge. The horror. The horror. (full post)

Gnome Conga Line

2. March 2005 — World of Warcraft’s impending launch in China is eagerly anticipated … by Blizzard alone. (full post)

China Launch

3. April 2005 — The drunk cat toucher in Warcraft’s Darkshore zone was my favorite public chatter of the year. His cat liked it! (full post)

Drunk Cat Toucher

4. June 2005 — My psychotic, cursing group member from Guild Wars. So young. So angry. Damn that rap music! (full post)

The Psychotic Should Only Solo in Games

5. August 2005 — The Warcraft noob who was unsure if Humans could pick up the face-melting talents (aka Shadow spec) or if those talents were limited to Undead priests. He wasn’t joking. (full post)

He R Stoopid

Looking back through all of my 2005 screenshots, I’m reminded that it’s the people that make multiplayer online gaming so special. And when I say special, I mean “frequently a pain in the ass”.

Player Seeks Advice

From the Warcraft forums, (presumed alt) Greenspan of the Deathwing realm seeks advice from his fellow players:

I need some advice on what could be a life changing decision. Thanks in advance guys.

I’ve suspected for some time now that my girlfriend has been having an affair. The usual signs. Phone rings, I answer, someone hangs up. She started going out ‘with the girls’ a lot recently although when I ask which girls it is always “Just some friends from work, you don’t know them”. I always look out for her taxi coming home but she always walks down the drive although I can hear a car setting off. As if she has got out of the car round the corner. Why? Is it not a taxi? I once picked her mobile up just to see what time it was and she went beserk and screamed that I should never touch her phone again and why was I checking up on her.

Anyway, I have never approached the subject with her. I think deep down I just didn’t want to know the truth but last night something odd happened. She had come over to play WoW and had forgotten to sign off of AIM after she left. It was whilst I was going through her buddy list that I noticed my mage had just been two-shotted by a rogue.

Should I stick with my mage or should I play a class with more survivability?

I concur with most of the responses: 10/10.

(Discovered by forum farmer, Kristen. As with all Warcraft forum links, the thread will expire and disappear into the Internet Trash Bin. READ IT NOW.)

Carnival of Gamers X

Quebec's 2005 Ice Palace Kill Ten Rats is the host of this month’s blog carnival: Carnival of Gamers X – Winter Carnival — fifteen gaming articles by the cool bloggers.

As usual, there’s a wide variety: new participants, veterans, multiplayer guys, singleplayer lonely guys, interviews, reviews, awards, stories, commentary … and it’s all free.

The next carnival will be hosted at Slashdot Games on February 2, 2006. (Bandwidth, wru?)