WoW... An Online RPG Funeral Gets Ambushed

Agentsix · **Posted:** April 8th, 2006, 2:47 am

http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/8726/ ... s_Ambushed

Quote:

World of Warcraft, otherwise known simply as WoW, is one of the most popular and successful computer games in history. It is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game that 6 million people pay $10 -15 per month to play. This type of popularity creates a sample size that is large enough to reflect the forces that control it. In Layman's terms, with this many people playing this online game at any given time human nature tends to get a stronger representation.

The first "reality" check was a bug that caused a plague to outbreak and affect people's characters in certain cases instantly killing any player below a certain level.

The second "reality" check was when this group of Warcraft players otherwise known as a guild interrupted a memorial service. Apparently, some dude dies in real life who is a popular WoW player. The people in the game think it would be nice to have a memorial for the player so they log into his account, take the character to a lake, and set it up for everyone to come pay their respects.

A bunch of dudes decide this would be a great time to ambush everyone so they run over a hill, kill the dead guy's character, and then wipe out everyone who was there to show their respects. They filmed the whole thing and put it on the net for everyone to see.

http://spikedhumor.com/articles/22282/W ... Video.html

Google Video

Ouch, thats a real big mess. I mean really that is cold.

ErikaFuzzbottom · **Posted:** April 8th, 2006, 1:49 pm

Did they get a list of names?

Agentsix · **Posted:** April 8th, 2006, 3:14 pm

They know who did it. But they can't really do anything about it legally, it is a game afterall.

1ce · **Posted:** April 8th, 2006, 6:23 pm

Wow.....I wanna play this game even more now.

Staffy · **Posted:** April 8th, 2006, 9:45 pm

That was a tad lame.

Duel · **Posted:** April 10th, 2006, 9:37 pm

THATS JUST WRONG!!!

So......................cruel!!

NWalterstorf · **Posted:** April 12th, 2006, 11:19 pm

That wasn't nice at all. I wouldn't like it if I were the one who died.

I saw the video. It wasn't cool; at it looked like were a bunch of high leveled players who thought they'd show how cool they are to attack people before they even have a chance to defend themselves properly; they're having a funeral, it's called honor, not ambush.

Agentsix · **Posted:** April 12th, 2006, 11:49 pm

Thats a dishononrable guild, and its a game. No funeral should take place unless its a scene in the game

NWalterstorf · **Posted:** April 13th, 2006, 1:01 pm

True on both sides, but it was a tribute to someone who died in real life. I remember there was an on-line game where a girl had died in real life, and she was a real low level character who was an overachiever. We all felt sad, so we, like the funeral, put her in a crypt, and we all dropped items and weapons for a tribute to her "crypt", then we shut down her account for good.

Funerals have been held in MMORPGs in the past, it's a nice form of tribute to a great character who was held by a great person, and then the account get's shut down so the player can be put to rest.

Lantis · **Posted:** April 15th, 2006, 10:53 pm

I play MMOFPS games in which ppl dies 3 times every second... I would hate to see them try and make a funeral. Gore.... lots of gore. That's how it would end...

ErikaFuzzbottom · **Posted:** April 16th, 2006, 12:54 am

Quote:

I play MMOFPS games in which ppl dies 3 times every second...

Not in real life, I hope!

Lantis · **Posted:** April 16th, 2006, 12:46 pm

I mostly play capture the flag. But no, not 3 times a second. Not for me anyway. :evil

I don't know how the ppl on my server would react to a vets death really. I know they would do something. Maybe in forums, but I doubt in actual gameplay. All it would take is a slip of someones finger and would set off a rocket in the crowd, once respawned... you can imagine revenge would be a must...

NWalterstorf · **Posted:** April 16th, 2006, 8:49 pm

I wonder what happened if I died in real life. I wonder what the people would do to me in Runescape.

*kills Nick's character*
*grabs bones*
*buries bones*
*burns bones*
*sells ash*

That's probably how it'd go down with me. With my luck, that is. But still, it's sad what happened to that one guy; he died in real life, his buddies tried to host a funeral for him in the game out of respect for him, and the funeral gets ambushed.

Stythe · **Posted:** April 16th, 2006, 10:49 pm

That was actually a rather old event..
The video itself is hilarious, as mean as that really is. Though, really, they had it coming to them for setting it up to happen in a CONTESTED ZONE and advertising it ON THE FORUMS.

Personally I think they were idiots for doing it like that. ^.^

Lantis · **Posted:** April 17th, 2006, 9:26 am

I'm interested in getting a hold of that vid... would someone humor me enough to post me some linkage?

Agentsix · **Posted:** April 17th, 2006, 1:31 pm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... renity+now

download from google

Lantis · **Posted:** April 17th, 2006, 1:47 pm

wow... harsh...

N.L.Y. · **Posted:** April 17th, 2006, 2:52 pm

While I cannot admit agreeing with the the tactless band's ventures, I can still find enjoyment from a good slaughter on WoW.
It was a fairly well done pwnage on their part.
A tad sloppy, and if they weren't more powerful than everyone else by such a large degree I don't think it would've gone done so smoothly.
But they were, and so it was a bloodbath which I'm sure they enjoyed immensely.
It makes me want to play WoW again. Damn't...
So, they're bastards for the foul play, but it was amusing in it's own right...
I never wish to cross paths with the person who thought of doing it though...Something tells me he lacks a certain degree of conscience.

Agentsix · **Posted:** April 17th, 2006, 4:31 pm

I wouldn't mind doing something like that, it would be rather fun to ambush alot of people

Lantis · **Posted:** April 18th, 2006, 11:16 am

I told my boss about that video... now HE wants to play WoW....

What have I done?!

	It is currently November 24th, 2024, 10:29 am
View unanswered posts \| View active topics

WoW... An Online RPG Funeral Gets Ambushed

Who is online