>> ^lucky760:

Why is he playing World of Warcraft on his microwave?

>> ^legacy0100:

>> ^Truckchase:
Insane, it can even make an addict out of cats.

I was thinking the same thing!

Now if they could only port cat-nip to humans...
>> ^Jinx:


If you're a FPS gamer that takes his shit serious you want a CRT. My parents threw away a realllllly nice 120hz 19inch CRT because they thought it was junk. I was so mad. Its really fucking hard to find good CRTs since nobody makes them, and the 120hz LCD on the market just aren't as good as the old tech (and they are expensive), even if they don't take up the entirity of your desk.
tl:dr Don't mock the microwave monitor

Here here! My main monitor is a Sony FW900 with a couple 22" LCDs by it's side for triplewide action. To further drive this post into unapologetic nerd-land, the magnetic field output of my Dell P2210 LCD @ 1.5' is substantially higher than the Sony CRT, and I've got the data to prove it! (pushes glasses up)

>> ^Truckchase:

Insane, it can even make an addict out of cats.


I was thinking the same thing!

Why is he playing World of Warcraft on his microwave?

>> ^srd:

This is why I can't play WoW anymore since I got my cats.


that's too bad, man. maybe you can marry a cat instead of an elf.

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Hey, at least it isn't World of Warcraft.

This is one of the greatest animated things I've ever seen. How could anyone not laugh at ear jerking and space boner?!

>> ^DerHasisttot:

This is one of the saddest animated things I've ever seen.

>> ^dag:

nofap


HAHAH!

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

kceaton1
Wow - and I thought I typed long posts. I tip my helm, sir.
I enjoy WoW for various reasons. It has the solo experience down to a T and you can find enjoyable ways to spend your time doing PVP, or dailies, or solo questing, or PUG dungeons (shudder), or crafting, of achievements, or other stuff. If you're in a fun guild then you can do dungeons & raids for fun as well. It isn't just the 'lewts' and numbers. Yahtzee has it wrong there. Any raider worth his salt will tell you without blinking it is the fun of raiding with friends, and solving what are (essentially) multi-player puzzles.
And you don't have to be 'addicted' to do it. I putz around in WoW for maybe an hour or two in the late evenings on 2 or 3 nights a week after the kids are down & the wife is doing other stuff. I was easily able to get to level 85 in a couple weeks that way (plus a day or two of multi-hour gaming over the holiday). My guild raids one night a week, for a 2-hour stint. Easily doable while leaving plenty of time for myraids of other interests. Moderation. It's all about moderation.


I knew that'd be a long post, but I was trying to include ALL (or almost all) the issues I've had with MMO's and WoW in specific. I felt giving a "summarily summarized" post would be nothing more than noise -- as I've seen my fair share of on "x" MMO forum.

The only reason I posted anything of that length is that I hate to be misunderstood. If there's one thing I've learned on the Internet is that: while being succinct is nice and prudent were it can be used (without compromising your premise and argument), it's a horrific thing to do when you're trying to make useful observations and criticisms. Also, when giving solutions for the target of the criticism. For programmers (and I've been there) the more someone tries to "succinctly critique" a request/argument for you, the less helpful it is, for you. Though my statement may have been superfluous, I did want to cover all my issues with the approach of designers to current MMO design.

Some people read it (as I would assume you read did) and voted it up, so I'd say some appreciate a thorough approach. It's easy to write a lot about this subject for the mere reason that I've played so many others MMOs other than WoW. Each one adds one or two more things to the mix, but there has yet to be a revolution in the mechanics. I, of which, believe that this is something long past due.

The short fact is that I'm someone with programming experience and a slightly higher amount of design experience; that has also played just about every game ever made. Definitely, I've played all the game types. I would just like one MMO to get-it-right!

I also allowed this to be a bit longer to make sure my response didn't sound rude.

But, raids need HEAVY work still. They are VERY much not for an average player -- once again killing MAIN content for 90% of the playerbase. Blizzard needs to take note that every MMO that has gone to a Free2Play model is now back in business, even though they were dying (due to WoW and saturation). Some have seen a quadrupling in profits, not to even mention what happened number wise to the playerbase.

Looks like he just got his World of Warcraft account cancelled.

Here, play this game because it exists: http://quiz.ravenblack.net/blood.pl?biter=Nithindul

Become a vampire and together we will rule the grid -- the evil grid!

In reply to this comment by flechette:
As far as the very last comment he makes in the video go there's a site called metroid2002 that is devoted to people spending way too much time playing Super Metroid who try to find ways to collect 100% of the items in said game as fast as they can. Someone out there has been late to work because they thought to themselves "If I can just figure out how to get all the items faster, I will have made a difference in the world." Really? In that you made a post on a gaming site? No, in that you exist, you interacted with your existence, and THAT is what life is.

This is a great summary of what WoW was like in vanilla compared to what it's like now, and people will play it simply because it exists. Like they do. That's the only reason people need to play ANY game.

You cannot play a game that doesn't exist. So if the game exists, why does it matter what people play it for? They play it because to them it's part of their life!

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

kceaton1
Wow - and I thought I typed long posts. I tip my helm, sir.
I enjoy WoW for various reasons. It has the solo experience down to a T and you can find enjoyable ways to spend your time doing PVP, or dailies, or solo questing, or PUG dungeons (shudder), or crafting, of achievements, or other stuff. If you're in a fun guild then you can do dungeons & raids for fun as well. It isn't just the 'lewts' and numbers. Yahtzee has it wrong there. Any raider worth his salt will tell you without blinking it is the fun of raiding with friends, and solving what are (essentially) multi-player puzzles.
And you don't have to be 'addicted' to do it. I putz around in WoW for maybe an hour or two in the late evenings on 2 or 3 nights a week after the kids are down & the wife is doing other stuff. I was easily able to get to level 85 in a couple weeks that way (plus a day or two of multi-hour gaming over the holiday). My guild raids one night a week, for a 2-hour stint. Easily doable while leaving plenty of time for myraids of other interests. Moderation. It's all about moderation.


Actually, the real danger in paying for WoW is that your money helps line the pockets of liberal videogame makers. Naw, I'm just kidding, Bobby Kotick donates to the Republican party.

But, seriously -- numbers, numbers. What do those pesky imaginary characters remind me of? Oh! I know -- Videosift! Another dangerous liberal hot spot, plagued by an ever increasing need to sift more and MORE AND MORE videos -- but for what?! To gain powers!! Powers? For what?! TO BETTER SIFT VIDEOS!! Muahahaha! Those evil, evil bastards.

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