Comments on: In Holy Murloctrimony

By: GothikX

GothikX — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:10:04 +0000

I’ve attended a wedding in Anarchy Online a long time ago, and heard of many others (there was even a nice article somewhere I can’t seem to find); they were generally nice events; and yes, there were two or three funerals during my stay there – I didn’t know any of them but damn, it felt really… hm, can’t seem to find any fitting words right now.

By: Bonedancer

Bonedancer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:37:21 +0000

Simon: “… has there been a study of how many on-line gamers (not just MMOs) play a character of the opposite sex?”

I don’t know about gaming in general, but a bloke called Nick Yee has a whole site full of graphs and charts about who plays what in MMOs, and why. The most relevant I could see at a glance was this one:

http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/000551.php

By: Merus

Merus — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:16:17 +0000

I’ve been to an in-game wedding before, though in Puzzle Pirates back during the beta of that game. The first in-game wedding there was real, and ended up having the lead designer’s character officiate the service. The one I attended wasn’t quite that special, but still.

By: Hatch

Hatch — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:45:45 +0000

I read your IGN impressions article, and felt vindicated because I wrote something to largely the same effect on my own blog yesterday. Blizz basically injected story and context (and as you say, “custom graphics and clever art direction”) into the old formula, and reinvigorated the whole thing.

By: Last Best Hope

Last Best Hope — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:14:49 +0000

You should have got down a transcript or screenshot of those vows, so we could have all had a laugh at the illiterate mong.

By: meeper

meeper — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:10:37 +0000

Back in the day as an EQ Guide I had to ‘officiate’ a wedding – though not by choice. The Guide scheduled to do it had an issue of the non-imaginary kind and left me holding a queue full of angry wedding goers wondering where the hell the 989 rep was.

Over a hundred people showed for the ceremony, putting a serious strain on the zone’s server and the number of /tell’s was nearly as insane as the spam from the few idiots determined to make asses of themselves. Though the wedding party in my case was markedly better prepared than was yours Alec, I couldn’t shake the absolute cheese feeling that pervaded the event.

An hour later (yes, hour) it was over and I swore I’d never be involved in something so stupid again. The coup de grace was when a fellow Guide reported later that he had issued a warning to the bride/groom for engaging in emote sex in cabin.

That day completely turned me off of the social aspect of MMOs for the better part of a decade. And my wife wonders why I won’t play WoW with her.

By: cyrenic

cyrenic — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:05:51 +0000

@Ian

I’m guess you’re referring to this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJVolaC8pw

Protip: Don’t hold important gatherings in a contested zone on a PvP server.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:45:05 +0000

@ Chris: Until somebody crashes it, as has been reported on at least one occasion that I remember reading about.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:34:55 +0000

There have been funerals in Wow for players that have past away in real life too. Which would be very moving to be at.

By: Cueball

Cueball — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:18:41 +0000

Leelad – it’s also a surprisingly well kept secret. Very few people are posting spoilers about it and everyone I know who’s done it has walked into it in complete surprise.

Let’s keep it that way… ;)

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:04:49 +0000

@ Leelad: I’ve heard a few people mention this but haven’t encountered it and want to be sure I haven’t missed it. Does it start in Dragonblight?

By: Leelad

Leelad — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:55:40 +0000

Completely off topic but anyone who’s done the Wrathgate questline in full and doesn’t rate this expansion less than 1235/10 is a fat racist dicktit

THE most amazing thing I’ve done in wow so far. That’s including silly running kara after the lolpatch.