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Comment on Coverage of New World of Warcraft Sequel by Neils Clark

Neils Clark — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:42:13 +0000

Fixed.

But you’re right. Those wordpress developers should learn to be more open minded.

But totally not me. I could only dream of being that stylish. My mom still shops for my clothes.

Comment on Coverage of New World of Warcraft Sequel by chris madden

chris madden — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:39:33 +0000

that questionmark was suypposed to be a heart - apparently wordpress doesn’t allow manlove…

Comment on Coverage of New World of Warcraft Sequel by chris madden

chris madden — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:38:54 +0000

I <3 Neils

from that freeze frame the guy looks like you from profile. You win.

Comment on Coverage of New World of Warcraft Sequel by SquashlingChaotic

SquashlingChaotic — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:54:16 +0000

This is hilarious. Thanks for posting it on the blog. I would have lived my whole life without seeing this marvelousness. My avatar will so have a nerd habitat that isn’t shared. Or at least has as many speaker sets as computers.

Comment on Coverage of New World of Warcraft Sequel by Joools

Joools — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:56:01 +0000

I think this newer version of the game will turn out a whole new wave of addicts, including myself. I can’t wait to create my avatar into a totally hot, successful twentysomething that has a job and doesn’t have to face the weekly “you were a great candidate for the position, but unfortunately we have chosen another candidate with more experience. Thank you and wish you every success as you pursue your career goals.” I think I’ll add some glasses and Skittles, too!

Comment on Friendship On-Demand? by Neils Clark

Neils Clark — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:04:28 +0000

I used to really love that fun, relaxed element in speech and debate tournaments. Armed with a purple velvet suit I’d go from school to school, clique to clique locating then kicking back with all sorts of people. It was a place beyond the embedded cliques and relationships of my own Highschool. I liked a lot of the people at my highschool, but there are inherent barriers that somehow spring up once you choose your clique.

In debate, from what I’m hearing in your WoW experience as well, you get a similar phenomenon.

What I like about the high-end raiding - once you have suitable gear and knowledge to hit a variety of raids - is the pug scene. You get introduced to all sorts of different Vent/TS servers, with all sorts of crazy people. Most recently, back when I was doing a little WoW binge maybe a couple months ago, I was the only American in an Australian guild run.

It’s a little different because of the goal structure in WoW (some people are just there for the gear, which shows). Then again, at conferences or camps those people stick out a bit as well. There are people who care about the experience, the people and what their doing - while others are completely focused on the bottom line.

Thanks for the comment squashling.

Comment on Friendship On-Demand? by squashlingchaotic

squashlingchaotic — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:02:02 +0000

Interesting idea…

I’ve always felt that these ‘on-demand’ gaming relationships are like the sort of relationship you develop at a conference or camp. While they don’t have the stability and strong support of ‘real’ relationships, they are fun, relaxed, and no less genuine. You may meet up with the same person again, or you may never see them. Just because these are about the ‘now’ moment and not a long time, doesn’t make them any less important.

Does that make any sense?