Quiz: You're a Priest, and the best dagger in the game drops. What do you do?

[Sky]

This whole event sounds like the scientific definition of a gaggle of asshats.

Sounds like another reminder of why I hate mmogs....eventually. Haven't quite hit the wall ingame with WoW yet, so long as I ignore the boards and don't try to get into instances, I have been able to avoid the general gaggling of asshattery I know is there.

The one instance I did the guy running the group (only 3 of us, they were both in the same guild) abused round robin style looting so he got all the boss mob drops. I figured it was a good introduction to the selfishness that'd creep up later.

I think it was a great statement, way better than frothing on a message board over some stupid thing. It sure got the message across, here we are talking about it, eh? Some fucker didn't get his super knife? Wagh fucking wagh, welcome to my world, except I pretty much have no chance whatsoever to ever see that dagger. Boo friggin hoo, raid it a gazillion more times, you will anyway.

Avoiding instances is so nice, no drama like this at all. I hate drama irl, I especially despise and loath it in my hobbies.

[Train Wreck]

The thread on the WoW forums has rapidly devolved into teh stupid, with Keepers of the Keg'ers haughtily claiming that none of this would have ever happened on their watch, and that the whole server should bow down to their Lewt Rulz.  Members of High Guard taking exception to being blaimed for the incident (now that the original offender has bowed out in a blaze of glory).

The only interesting post I've seen on the last numerous pages on the topic is from Taos, who recented joined (or founded?) the protest guild "Keepers of the Funk."

Taos:
This topic is a train wreck.

The more I read this thread the more I want to uncontrollably urinate on everything within a 20 foot vicinity of me.

OH WAIT LOOK IT IS Istdorl's CORPSE!

Oh yeah...take that you dirty disenchanting ninja-looting dying too much bastard! You like THAT? Wheeeee...isn't this fun!

I am a relative newbie to this whole concept of high level raiding as the only MMO I've played is CoH which has no loot. (and now I'm starting to see why)

If this drawn out whack ass thread is any indication I should have many months of entertainment awaiting me as a bunch of people who take themselves too seriously sling personal attacks at each other that harken back not only to poor Istlude's corpse but to OTHER FRICKEN GAMES.

I mean...this is like watching a midieval version of the Springer show.

Do any of you realize if there ever was a point to this entire thing it was lost like 6 pages ago? No...but I'm glad because otherwise I'd be bored at work and fapping to epic drops on thottbot.

Anyway....I say enough of these half assed flames lets make some people cry! Don't stop until there's tears on the pillow!

[Paelos]

I won't glorify those actions by saying what he did was cool of kickass. That's griefing at its highest.

I wish Blizzard would take disciplinary action on his account. In Everquest, "ninja looters" were frequently punished and the item restored to the deserving party. Sometimes, these ninja looters were valid members of the raid who simply disregarded the loot rules to snag something.

That's so freaking carebear though. These guys are uber-gaming powercatasses. They were zerging the shit out of the instance and did it poorly. They have timing rules, and coordination of people in a GAME. I'm sorry but they really need to get the fuck over themselves and look out a window if this is ruining their lives.

[Ironwood]

Boo friggin hoo, raid it a gazillion more times, you will anyway.

Sky summed up my feelings with this line :  This is why I say Bravo to the guy.

[Llava]

Putting rare uber loot in your game doesn't work.  It doesn't make it fun.  It pisses everyone off and adds a whole new level of materialism to the game.  Stop doing it.

As for this guy: Can't say I applaud his actions.  I have a hard time with people who are dicks just for the sake of being dicks, even if they think it's justified.  Woe is me, it was a crappy raid!  Fucking leave, then.  But the other people on the raid are just egging him on by getting so ridiculously worked up over a little stand of numbers plugged into a computer game.  I mean for fuck's sake, people, let's get a grip here.

[Paelos]

That and I think the difference between the dropped epic and an item you can craft is like a 10% boost in DPS or something. It's really not anything to get your panties in a bunch over unless you r0xx0r!

[Ardent]

And I don't get the wailing from level 60 people. You're level 60 out of ... 60. What is that dagger going to do for you? Help you whack more foozles from which you're gaining zero XP? Gank level 30s with more efficiency? Fight other level 60s in utterly meaningless PvP?

[Train Wreck]

What is that dagger going to do for you?

This.

[Ardent]

I understand it's very pointy, but that wasn't my question.

[Murgos]

I understand it's very pointy, but that wasn't my question.

Your question was right along the lines of "Why even Play?" it is not surprising it was ignored.

[Ardent]

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, Murgos. I'm legitimately curious ... what is there to do at level 60? The way I see it, there is:

1. PvP
2. Instance farming
3. Self-generated events (guild events, city socializing, and such)
4. Waiting for battlegrounds, hero classes, PvP rewards, and other on-the-horizon goodies.

I suppose there is an option 5, which is to have a spectacular public flame-out like the priest that this the subject of this thread.

I really like WoW, and I'm not trying to bash it or be snarky, I'm just trying to get the perspective of the people who are far above me in level.

[Fabricated]

Hilarious.

[Shockeye]

Option #6: Cash out and move on to the next catassable game.

[Calantus]

#7: E-peen waving.

You gotta have the best of the best or you just suck. That's why you blow 5 hours a day and more on weekends raiding the crap out of the same instance so you can get a bigger peen in a few months depending on how the dice treat you.

And I have to say that I love readin about a good grief. I still remember reading some griefer episodes from UO that were just so inspired, so cruel, or just so highlighted the stupidity of the mark(s) that I can still laugh if I think about them. I don't partake, but I appreciate a good grief story. I thought the eventual policy OSI put in to punish gating newbs to stuck/dangerous places was a very good move and way overdue... but I still enjoyed reading about people doing it.

[Riggswolfe]

This priest needs to be burned at the stake. Even his "Explanation" smacked of "waaah waaahh I wasn't having fun so I decided to fuck other people over!"

God I hope he doesn't breed.

[Threash]

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, Murgos. I'm legitimately curious ... what is there to do at level 60? The way I see it, there is:

1. PvP
2. Instance farming
3. Self-generated events (guild events, city socializing, and such)
4. Waiting for battlegrounds, hero classes, PvP rewards, and other on-the-horizon goodies.

I suppose there is an option 5, which is to have a spectacular public flame-out like the priest that this the subject of this thread.

I really like WoW, and I'm not trying to bash it or be snarky, I'm just trying to get the perspective of the people who are far above me in level.

PvP is pointless atm so basically what most level 60s are doing is "gearing up for battlegrounds", AKA instance farming.  Of course there are some that choose to pvp (organized pointless raids on the other sides towns or just newbie ganking, there is plenty of both), haven't seen much of anything in way of "self-generated events".  From the pov of the rogues at that raid what that priest did is like tearing up a winning lottery ticket that you are not eligable for.

[AOFanboi]

God I hope he doesn't breed.

They are just numbers in a fucking database! Chill down already!

If this act makes people that angry, unsubscribe now.

[Jayce]

God I hope he doesn't breed.

They are just numbers in a fucking database! Chill down already!

If this act makes people that angry, unsubscribe now.

You make the classic blunder - regardless of the real vs the perceived value of the item, the fact that he knew it would make people angry and did it to spite them is the problem.  The item is imaginary.  The people are real.

[Slayerik]

Come on, that would have at least added a couple hundred to ebay value :P

That was bad form.

But it is funny, something I'll never have to deal with cause i refuse to go on pickup raids. Just asking for some jagoff to 'whoops' and nice BoP item. Luckily, I brought my friends from previous online games to WoW and we have a great guild playerbase.

[sidereal]

EDIT: This analogy may not hold up well in a raid situation, depending on the size of your guild, you may have no choice but to let in a few Kobes into the mix, but it does apply to 5-man groups.

Golden.  Can we agree to use 'a Kobe' as slang for someone who might roll on Deathstriker with a Priest and then disenchant it out of spite, and who you should never let into your group?  I know I will.

[Ardent]

Kobe (v): To willingly enter a dark place with certain anticipation, and getting unexpectedly fucked in the ass instead.

Uses: "that asshat Kobed our group", "I don't do instances with strangers because I don't want to get Kobed"

[Train Wreck]

Or "Why did you enter that pick-up group?  You were just asking to get Kobed."

[schild]

I want to bronze this thread and put it on a shelf for all eternity.

[jwinston2]

2nd best thread ever. Thank you for the laughs.

[Train Wreck]

This begs the question: Is it possible to Kobe a lewt-whore?  The way they talk, carry themselves, and choose to equip themselves... it's almost as if they want to get Kobed.