Having no interest in watching red and blue interactive maps all night — my involvement in the democratic process ended when I turned in my properly-punched and proofread ballot — I continued my campaign to badger an e-friend into turning over his World of Warcraft info.
I’m not waiting 48 hours, after paying $15 and change, just to game with the unwashed masses in The Next Big Thing. I’m not above gaming with the unwashed masses on someone else’s account while they’re on a lengthy vacation, however. That’s different … because it saved me $15 and change.
Here’s my e-review: the game’s great (at least to level 10), the MM of the MMORPG can all go to hell.
I’m not sure why this is, but each new game I begin, I start off believing that I’ve left all the asshats, hosebags and blowtards behind in the last game. If only that could be a premium service: the RPG with a carefully-selected MM.
Just in my small noob area, and later in my small not-so-noob area, I found:
1. The “I know a rl GM irl” guy. He also had three closed beta accounts and has been pvping since he was level 5 (probably with a rusty knife, no armor and no backup). Oh how can we even hope to compete?!?!?!
2. The “I’m a girl, irl, sweetie, lol” girl/guy/whatever. Did anyone ask if you were a real, live, have-a-vagina girl? No. So stop trying to gank my rat graverobbers, ya horde slut.
3. The “It was so much nicer with just the CB players” guy. CB is Closed Beta, noob. And they’re better than the rest of us. Just cuz.
4. The “Let’s discuss American politics (or sports or current events or popular music or do movie reviews) in the public channel” guy. I’m not big on immersion or roleplaying winky dinky shit, but for crissakes, shaddup already. If I wanted to hear about politics, I’d turn on The Daily Show. Or read a blog.
(And I’ve noticed that it doesn’t have to be a political blog either.)
5. The “This isn’t EQ so I can take whatever mob I want” guy. That guy is going to be the “revenge is a bitch” guy when I catch him alone, out in the wild … surrounded by Alliance whores.
6. The “Who wants to group for this noob quest that is best completed solo but everyone loves company!” guy. Not everyone, buddy. Go away.
And my personal favorite:
7. The “STFU in the public channel, spamming losers” guy.
Ok, that last guy was me. I still haven’t done the “learn how to properly configure my chat channels and settings so I don’t have to read that shit” quest.
That’s first on my “To Do” list for tonight.