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Lyssa Fairfellow ([info]lyssa) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2007-11-17 11:16:00


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Current mood:Fan-Fucking-tastic
Entry tags:fandom: world of warcraft, suck it up and deal

Small WoW Geek Tantrum
For anyone that doesn't play World of Warcraft, there are these stupid quests you can do everyday at max level to get some cash. They are called dailies, and most people hate them, but need the cash. One set of them, known as the Skettis, has an escort quest. It can respawn after someone else has done it.

Enter Flenn. Flenn was being all helpful and trying to get a group together for this escort daily. He took his little time, and advertised on general (a chat a lot of 70s turn off as it's mostly annoying spam), had some people together, and even killed all the mobs around the escort quest. He was ready to escort the hell out of this quest, and he was nice enough to even start a group for! What a wonderful team player.

But then, a big meanie named Draeno from Second to None (one of the larger raiding guilds) came and took the escort quest before poor little Flenn could start the quest or message him if he would like to group. So, Flenn and his party had to wait a full ten minutes!!!! for the quest to respawn.

Now, this kind of shit happens all the time. You clear mobs around your herb to pick them, and someone snaked it while you were fighting. Someone killed the elite monster you needed for your quest. This is the minor stuff that most people shrug off and go about their day, especially as half the time such slights are unintentional. It's just a part of the game. If someone is really mad, they contact a guild officer from the guild the person that irked them belongs to. That's pretty much standard WoW etiquette.

But, apparently, Flenn was hurt so badly by the big meanie that he had to post a complaint on the WoW forums, where a bunch of asshole trolls live.

I'm still not quite sure what he was expecting

It's small, but destined to keep going, as Flenn tirelessly responds to just about every post, assuming he's very, very, clever, and in doing so, feeds the trolls who are thinking this is Christmas.

(But, really, he doesn't care).

In the interest of full disclosure, I am in this wank in a minor cameo, and am biased (being in Second to None, not that I know the big meanie). However, I only posted twice, and am not planning to post more. I'm pretty sure I'm not the big star wanker in there, especially in the light that I'm not funny enough. If it needs to be moved to [info]i_wank, then by all means, that's where it should go.



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[info]seiberwing
2007-11-17 09:42 pm UTC (link)
He keeps talking, but all I see is 'waaa, they're being mean'.

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[info]keleri
2007-11-17 09:45 pm UTC (link)
QQ MOAR NUBSAUCE, etc. x)

Personally, I don't see why anyone would group for that quest unless they can't handle two (three?) mobs at once for whatever reason. He's a warlock so this is definitely a QQ MOAR situation.

I was always mystified by the people furiously advertising for a group in general chat when I did dailies there. Get in, complete the quest and get out was always my MO. If one of my guildies was in the area I would ask them if they wanted to come along (especially my friends who played a holy paladin and a prot warrior, respectively x)), but I wouldn't stand around for half an hour inviting people. *boggle*

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[info]lyssa
2007-11-17 09:48 pm UTC (link)
I assume he wants to group because he is SO NICE he doesn't want to leave people out to wait for the quest to respawn. I mean, when you're pouring days into the game, that ten minutes is just killer.

In the same situation? I probably would have asked if they were going to do it, but if I just wanted to get it down and log, I would have just taken it too. OMG I'M SO MEAN.

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[info]cellardoor28
2007-11-17 09:51 pm UTC (link)
Well it's tricky - when I was doing it I prefered to do it with other people just cos it could really frustrating waiting for it, so it cut down on that. But I wouldn't yell for ages getting a group, and I certainly wouldn't post on the forums about it being ninja'd. Apart from anything else, if I had 1g for every time it had happened I could have an epic mount in every colour :p

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(no subject) - [info]ballseyboo, 2007-11-18 12:15 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cellardoor28, 2007-11-18 12:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]keleri, 2007-11-18 01:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]darsynia, 2007-11-18 05:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ilanalynn, 2007-11-18 07:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-11-18 06:18 am UTC

[info]scootermcgaffin
2007-11-17 09:46 pm UTC (link)
Now, I've never played WoW, but I am familiar with MMOs in general and all I want to know is...

How did this guy get to level 70 without every being ganked before this?

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[info]lyssa
2007-11-17 10:02 pm UTC (link)
The only explanation I have is "somewhat low population PvE server."

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[info]southerngaelic
2007-11-17 09:53 pm UTC (link)
Thank ye Gods, some NORMAL WoW wank. I thought it was going to be something like that "Woman's husband finds out she cybers with male guild members" or something.

Just a small, tiny drama queen freak out? Yes PLEASE.

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[info]worstangel
2007-11-17 10:29 pm UTC (link)
Oh God, I know what wank you're talking about.

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(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2007-11-17 11:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]worstangel, 2007-11-18 12:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]nymeria, 2007-11-18 05:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pyratejenni, 2007-11-18 05:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]worstangel, 2007-11-19 01:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lidane, 2007-11-19 02:04 am UTC

[info]dragonfangirl
2007-11-18 06:20 am UTC (link)
What happened in the end with that? I lost track of it at one point.

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(no subject) - [info]worstangel, 2007-11-19 01:46 am UTC
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[info]velvet_mace
2007-11-17 10:03 pm UTC (link)
Oooh, boy-wank.

Here we see a hapless boyfan attempting to drink at the stream of righteousness. He is far from the protection of his herd. See the preditors advance, does he see them? No! They pounce! Ooooh, it is gruesome to watch nature in action.

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[info]worstangel
2007-11-17 10:27 pm UTC (link)
Azuremyst is for pussies! *waves Frostmane flag*

Also, GIP.

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[info]smashingstars
2007-11-17 10:38 pm UTC (link)
When I played MUDs, it was beyond annoying for someone to come in and take your kill. If we'd had forums back then (MUDs were around in the 16th century, s'truth) we'd have wanked so much about this kind of thing. We had to wait 30-45 minutes for our monsters to regen! Kids these days have no idea...

My thoughts on kill stealing, I have shown you them.

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(no subject) - [info]mistressrenet, 2007-11-17 11:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2007-11-17 11:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iamnotyourmuse, 2007-11-20 01:19 am UTC

[info]risha
2007-11-17 11:04 pm UTC (link)
This has reminded me - I really need some WoW icons. *has no real thoughts on whining*

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(no subject) - [info]worstangel, 2007-11-18 12:31 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-11-18 06:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]demonbean, 2007-11-18 06:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-11-19 10:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dhaunea, 2007-11-19 03:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]risha, 2007-11-19 05:06 am UTC

[info]demonbean
2007-11-17 11:19 pm UTC (link)
On the one hand, I do read and comment on the WoW forums. On the other hand, I never would have been reading the Azuremyst server forum. Temptation ... to comment .... rising ... augh ... *twitches*

Okay, I closed the window in order to restrain myself. Tell me if anything spectacular happens.

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(no subject) - [info]darsynia, 2007-11-18 05:11 pm UTC

pishbadlarr
2007-11-17 11:20 pm UTC (link)
and THREE of those times an Alliance toon has walked up and taken the quest. Another time, a Hordie snaked it, but that's what you'd expect from one of THEM!

Rofl. Yes.

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(no subject) - [info]dae, 2007-11-18 03:41 am UTC

[info]vzg
2007-11-17 11:25 pm UTC (link)
I don't know who the hell you *think* you are, but to a unbiased adult observer, you're just another tedious drama queen among many.

...

Q u o t e:
so, don't worry about it, let it go. go grab something to drink and feel better soon.

Translated: "Take your complaints elsewhere little peasant, just slink back into whatever hovel you crawled out of, draw a mug of rotgut, and console yourself in the knowledge that His Lordship knows best"


How can he NOT see how hilarious that is?

And Jesus, the way he talks makes him sound like he actually believes WoW is real life. "I owe Draeno no duty to shield him from the embarrassment of a public exposure of his misbehavior... " My pretentious speeches, let me show you them.

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2007-11-17 11:52 pm UTC (link)
People on the Internet are assholes, Penny Arcade at 11.
This goes double on WoW.

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[info]mistal
2007-11-18 12:54 am UTC (link)
Kyoshi: I don't consider other guildies actions in my own. why? cause im not a sheep.
Flenn: No, you don't consider because you're not considerate in the first place.


I think I laughed more than I should've.

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[info]lab
2007-11-18 01:05 am UTC (link)
Oh WoW. Never go away. On a second thought, please do. Or just design a series of quest of a landscape that only one l33t-über-guild can unlock by pestering the whole server for months and mon--- oh wait. Carry on. Go away. I'm kinda ambigous on the subject. Let me present my really fugly icon featuring Illidan instead.

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(no subject) - [info]soupspooks, 2007-11-18 04:35 am UTC

[info]dae
2007-11-18 03:47 am UTC (link)
He's been around the forums for 'months' and he seriously thought he was going to get a nice response to his name and shame? Seriously?

Tch... well what can you expect from an Alli? Dumb as rocks. Everyone knows that the cool kids play Horde.

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(no subject) - [info]lyssa, 2007-11-18 07:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2007-11-18 12:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bangoskank, 2007-11-19 07:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dae, 2007-11-19 08:14 pm UTC

[info]soupspooks
2007-11-18 04:44 am UTC (link)
I agree about the 'thank god it's normal WoW wank' because I've dismissed all kinds of things as 'deliberate trolling' or 'oh god, it's got sexism in it' from being reported here.

I wonder if that guy knows the npc spawns in three different places. I usually just skip it, in favour of more Netherwing questing.

/hasdrake

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[info]dragonfangirl
2007-11-18 06:15 am UTC (link)
Oh my God, that fucking escort quest. Yesterday I was ganked by horde twice while doing it (motherfucker walked me off a fucking cliff!), ninja'd by alliance twice while doing it, and then one time I did it but it didn't count because I hadn't abandoned from the previous attempts. SIX FUCKING TRIES TO DO THAT DAMN ESCORT QUEST.

...

And yet I still didn't feel the need to whine about it on the internets. Remarkable!

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(no subject) - [info]soupspooks, 2007-11-18 07:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lyssa, 2007-11-18 08:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-11-18 11:39 am UTC

[info]darsynia
2007-11-18 05:05 pm UTC (link)
You know, that EXACT same thing (cleared all the mobs, someone came and nabbed the escort) happened to me yesterday, and I thought to myself 'well, at least the quest will go quickly for him thanks to my clearing!' I guess I have more flower child in me than I thought.

Fully half the people that attempt that solo fail anyway, but the guy respawns right away as opposed to other quests where, if the escorted NPC dies, you have to wait for him to respawn.

Now, if I were being followed by someone on an epic mount that got the areas I was heading for to bomb those stupid eggs (man do I suck at THAT quest) right before I could, I'd be mad, but the escort? Chump change.

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(no subject) - [info]lyssa, 2007-11-18 09:56 pm UTC

[info]dhaunea
2007-11-19 03:56 am UTC (link)
Heh. Yesterday, I cleared the last mobs on that quest for an Alli, just because I happened to be standing right there at the time. Hey, I wanted soul dust and it doesn't exactly take a lot of effort. Also, with the little quest mark popping up on the map, Christ, he doesn't even have to search all three spawn points obsessively anymore.

Whine much, baby?

Not to mention the fact that if he's a level 70 'lock that one's soloable, if a bit of a pain in the ass. If I can do it, anyone can do it.

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(no subject) - [info]dhaunea, 2007-11-19 03:59 am UTC

[info]starza
2007-11-20 12:47 am UTC (link)
I guess I'm lucky, 70 alli shaman and never had a problem with it save it being massively camped. But then again, I'm on a carebear PvE server (Go go Zul'jin!), and never had a problem with then. But then again, I usually skip it, if I have to wait more than five minutes to get a daily done, I switch to do an easier daily (BEM and Netherwing and with these new dailies, I almost always run out to do) in the end.

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