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Must Have Emotes

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My short list of must-have emotes, with animations, for MMOGs:

1. /shrug — faster than typing “I dunno”, shorthand for “how the hell would I know how to get out of this dungeon?”

2. /sigh — the best way to express disappointment with that recent raid wipe that could have been avoided if only people would listen to your instructions.

3. /golfclap — sarcastic clapping. So rude, I love it.

4. /spit — some people don’t like spit, I do. I save this for mobs and mob corpses tho; I don’t use it in PvP. That’s minor league shit.

5. /point — subtle means of pointing out the guild scapegoat. “Who the hell pulled all that???” /point

Bonus emotes (nice to haves) … the bodily function emotes: your /burps, /farts, /coughs and /sneezes, but only if the sneeze blasts snot on other players.

I’d also like to have a /noogie, /wedgie and /headbutt (with animations!), but I doubt we’ll see those any time soon.

The Illustrated Carnival of Gamers

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The latest edition of the Carnival of Gamers is hosted at Man Bytes Blog and includes illustrations! over a dozen entries! and a prize for the most popular entry!

I’m partial myself to Acid for Blood’s essay about some punk ass DDR kiddies, “Bunch of Savages in This Town”. Nothing I hate more than gangsta posers with pants puddled around their knees. No wait … I hate hockey school brats more than gangsta posers.

Now that reminds me of a story.

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SAG Rejects New Contract

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SAG Rejects New Contract with Game Companies — realizing that the console dudes game differently than the PC dudes, I do know that many, many PC gamers (online games) play without sound to cut lag, reduce headaches, voice chat is running, etc. (After about 2 or 3 hours of gameplay, I’m No Sound, too.) Ergo, I reiterate, tell those SAG ho’s to F off. There ain’t no residuals to be had, you morons.