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2:47am: The return of Victoria Bitter/Amy Player/Jordan Wood/Mr. Frodo
Everyone knows about crazy ol' VB and the Bit-of-Earth scandal, right? Well, apparently he/she has returned to 'confess her sins'.

Is this for real? Only time will tell.

EDIT: elance (who claims to have founded the LotR slash fandom) blames VB for making the LOTR and LOTRPS fandom a byword and a joke that has scattered into tiny communities with no trust and no feeling of safety.

(And I want to know about the girl who was with VB and Blossom and whose virginity they wanted to give to Sean Bean because that's just guffaw worthy.) ETA: narcissam has the goods on that particular tidbit here.

EDITBOMBAHOY: Some of the replies are less than convinced about the sincerity of amy_player's 'confession.' Others seem genuinely glad to hear from him/her, if it indeed really IS him/her.

VB, however, has yet to reply to any more of the comments. Could this be the end?

EDITMONSTAH: Anonymousie 'Susan' who is apparently a former roommate of VB and OB's posts to say that the tone and blame going on in this LJ shows to me that the great manipulation of Amy Player and Abigail Stone continues. She then berates the two for using and scamming so many people.

EDITASAURUS: VB/Amy Player posts for what he/she says will be the last time.
( I am not getting drawn back into fandom )

Back on the other thread, amy_player/VB also posts explaining why he/she chose to use his/her old name of 'Amy Player' online and asks that all of his/her LotR artwork, stories, reviews, etc. be obliterated for good.

The End of one of the Wankiest Wanks of All Time?

Edit: thetrainshere, aka Amy's former roommate named Sue, expresses her disbelief towards the apology again under VB's latest post.
( Amy, we aren't so easily 'bought.' This time. )

On the other thread, ark002 aka Little Sam isn't convinced either.
( You're a damn loser, VB )

And, of course, there are plenty of opinions about the whole thing at turimel's journal.

1:17pm: So Arenanet, the company that makes Guild Wars (an MMORPG that is best-known for its non-subscription play), has said that they plan to release new campaigns every six months. Nightfall, the most recent chapter, hit stores in late October. Predictably, the community is getting antsy. Last week, Gaile Gray (the Anet employee who acts as a liason between the developers and the players) confirmed that exclusive Campaign Four information would be appearing in the next issue of PCGamer magazine. Everything was fine and dandy, and everybody was all "C4 squeee!" (except for the "ZOMG fix PVP/PVE/everything ever" camp).

Except today, the Inquirer posted an article on the future of GW. (Personally, I don't think any of it sounds especially plausible.) Cue the wank.

Guildwarsguru.com's thread is up to fifteen pages. Their thread appears to be mostly debating the validity of these claims, with quite a few "OMG GAILE!!!111" cries. Not incredibly wanky...yet. The mods there, from what I've seen, aren't too bad at deleting wank (though if you look around, there's loads of it...especially over minipets).

Lots of Gaile-stalking, from wondering why she hasn't replied yet (at something like 5 AM PST) to deciding that it's a conspiracy when someone checked and saw that she'd been logged in on both boards since the thread was posted. *gasp!* Others have suggested that she might be at the dentist, hungover, or even playing Guild Wars.

GWOnline.net is a different story. There's prime wank material here, including a flamewar over the definition of "grinding" (starting on page 11 with the incredibly wanky Master Knightfall), "OMG don't turn GW into WoW!!111" vs. "OMG I wish GW was more like WoW!!!1", and "I'm quitting if I can't bring my GW1 character over to GW2!". And, you know, economic viability of staying free vs. subscription fees, but those aren't nearly as interesting. I'm on page 20 of 37, and it keeps growing astronomically.

There's a post on guildwars, but it's pretty tame right now.

Me, I'm just happy that I beat Nightfall yesterday (easiest endgame boss EVER). Time to tackle Factions.

2:16pm: KOOL-AID PARTY!
Thanks to a mousie on Wank Report. Lacking in virulence but with some enjoyable exchanges.
The game begins when NucMed makes a complaint post on the USA boards called "Getting Sloppy":
Monk is a fantastic show. I just hate that they have gotten so incredibly sloppy with this season ending show. I don't know who did their hospital research, but they should be fired. The most glaring error is the medical coat that Dr. Scott is wearing. Coats are an EXTREMELY revered part of the medical repetoire. There is even a ceremony when you graduate from Med School. You see, a med student wears a SHORT coat until graduation. On the day of graduation, someone who is already a physician gives a LONG coat to signify acceptance into the "franternity" of doctors. No doctor, ESP someone of Dr. Scott's reputation would be caught DEAD in a short coat!!!
The British Airline Pilots Association would like to point out that it takes a chap six years to become a fully qualified airline pilot, and not two. (phone ring) Yes, ah yes - yes. (puts phone down) My wife just reminded me that on a recent 'High Chapparal' Kathy Kirby was singing glibly about 'Fly me to the Stars' when of course there are no scheduled flights of this kind, or even chartered, available to the general public at the present moment, although of course, when they are BALPA will be in the vanguard.

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