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smoketetsuo) wrote2006-04-09 11:26 pm
smoketetsuo) wrote2006-04-09 11:26 pm
WoW Funeral
I have just been checking out an article and video of a WoW funeral that subsequently got crashed. I see people calling the people who held the funeral nerds and told them to get a life and others saying that it's hilarious that their ceremony got crashed. I don't know.... I watched the video and I didn't find it particularly funny anymore than stock video game footage is funny but maybe that's just me. I also don't see anything wrong with paying respects for a friend who passed away (the person in question passed away IRL) in any way you can I would be a lot of those people where from around the country and maybe the world.
A thing for me is the fact that WoW is an MMORPG: massive multiplayer online role-playing game. Most of the people disparaging those people don't even play the game so they don't understand that these people played the role of friends which is a legit role to play not only that but they where actually friends who happened to meet through the game rather than conventional means.
I don't know exactly how WoW works but some people might want to play a RPG and be a blacksmith, others might want to be a homesteader. There are lots of roles you can play and using your imagination and getting into the role isn't an unreasonable thing to do in fact it's part of the fun. I think people should be able to play their games however they see fit.
I read the ceremony was held in contested grounds so it's not unreasonable to think that it might have been crashed maybe next time they want to do something like that they should hire some bodyguards. ;) Or hold it in territory that's not contested. Although I'm surprised that none of the players participating could defend themselves. I just think it was poor planning on their part. So really I don't think it was when you come down to it wrong for the people to crash the ceremony at least it should have taught them a lesson that if you are going to hold an event in such an area to be better prepared.
An ironic thing is those people who laughed and said for the players to get a life also kept on coming back to that particular page to argue with others for hours and hours (I saw hundreds of posts in case you are wondering no I didn't participate it was too late and I don't want to argue with them anyway because they where immature) so I would say they don't "have a life" either. A lot of those people who play WoW and held the ceremony are probably people who have jobs and are able to afford the monthly fee so they most likely do have lives outside of WoW.
There are some people who believe that you can't really have friends online at all but I of course don't share that opinion. I've also known of quite a few people who had memorials placed in their palace or what not chat and I didn't think anything of it.
I do understand both sides of the story though and I started this entry not expecting it to be too long but I think it ended up being long but that's ok. Personally I've held and participated in a few online events\ceremonies (in palace) so I totally understand the people wanting to hold a ceremony for their friend. Although I can't say that I've held an online memorial service.
A thing for me is the fact that WoW is an MMORPG: massive multiplayer online role-playing game. Most of the people disparaging those people don't even play the game so they don't understand that these people played the role of friends which is a legit role to play not only that but they where actually friends who happened to meet through the game rather than conventional means.
I don't know exactly how WoW works but some people might want to play a RPG and be a blacksmith, others might want to be a homesteader. There are lots of roles you can play and using your imagination and getting into the role isn't an unreasonable thing to do in fact it's part of the fun. I think people should be able to play their games however they see fit.
I read the ceremony was held in contested grounds so it's not unreasonable to think that it might have been crashed maybe next time they want to do something like that they should hire some bodyguards. ;) Or hold it in territory that's not contested. Although I'm surprised that none of the players participating could defend themselves. I just think it was poor planning on their part. So really I don't think it was when you come down to it wrong for the people to crash the ceremony at least it should have taught them a lesson that if you are going to hold an event in such an area to be better prepared.
An ironic thing is those people who laughed and said for the players to get a life also kept on coming back to that particular page to argue with others for hours and hours (I saw hundreds of posts in case you are wondering no I didn't participate it was too late and I don't want to argue with them anyway because they where immature) so I would say they don't "have a life" either. A lot of those people who play WoW and held the ceremony are probably people who have jobs and are able to afford the monthly fee so they most likely do have lives outside of WoW.
There are some people who believe that you can't really have friends online at all but I of course don't share that opinion. I've also known of quite a few people who had memorials placed in their palace or what not chat and I didn't think anything of it.
I do understand both sides of the story though and I started this entry not expecting it to be too long but I think it ended up being long but that's ok. Personally I've held and participated in a few online events\ceremonies (in palace) so I totally understand the people wanting to hold a ceremony for their friend. Although I can't say that I've held an online memorial service.