Protocol for the Shameless

I’ve been running around in World of Warcraft’s open beta for about a week, as you’d know if you’ve been camping this site for fresh post spawns as you should. (news reader = fresh post camping for the afk — The internets kick ass!)

Anyways, what a gankfest that game is. There is a protocol here, people! If I ran into a zombie in real life, I would look around first to make sure no one was camping zombie spawns in the parking lot. It’s only polite. Then, and only then, would I kill said zombie with my car keys.

The gankfest reminded me of an observation I made when I was playing Star Wars Galaxies.

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Confessions of a Dangerous Guide

Last week, I kinda sorta promised to write about my time as volunteer customer support. Consider this Customer Service, Part II … or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy the Lack of Service. (Part I is here; try to keep up.)

Here’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

About three or so years ago, I was an EverQuest guide. Hard to believe, I know: how in the world did he get through Sony’s rigorous screening? and, why in the world would he want to get through Sony’s rigorous screening?

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