Coma ([info]comadrug235) wrote in [info]worldofwarcraft,
@ 2007-05-03 21:25:00
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WoW Beat Down
This articl is funny & sad all at the same time.

http://www.qj.net/WoW-player-harrasses-woman-in-game-gets-beat-up-by-woman-s-husband-IRL/pg/49/aid/91058

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[info]netgoth
2007-05-04 02:34 am UTC (link)
A few problems with that story:

1. No verifiable news source has that story anywhere on Ye Olde Net
2. How was she talking to someone of the opposite faction on a PVP server? Or if it was PVE, why didn't she wait her flag out?
3. Who the hell names their kid "Bronco Carson"?

I call shenanigans.

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[info]feachador
2007-05-04 02:49 am UTC (link)
You'd be right, see my comment below.

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[info]equiraptor
2007-05-04 02:49 am UTC (link)
How was she talking to someone of the opposite faction on a PVP server?
Other forms of communication can be arranged, from realm forums to realm IRC. Being on a PvP server does not mean there's no way they could have spoken (though it does make it more difficult).

Or if it was PVE, why didn't she wait her flag out?
There's an idiot born every day (an? I think the saying needs updating).

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[info]netgoth
2007-05-04 02:54 am UTC (link)
I'm just saying it's highly suspect when combined with the fact that the story dead-ends at FunTechTalk's blog.

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[info]equiraptor
2007-05-04 02:55 am UTC (link)
I agree it's highly suspect. I'm just posing possible answers to your questions. :) I've seen nothing that's anywhere near proof on either side, and I'm more likely to assume it's fake than real.

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[info]i_am_stillwater
2007-05-04 01:38 pm UTC (link)
Read through this as well and I have to agree with you.

I can't believe we got this published on the site. Now we're the laughing stock of the internet. Bloody hell.

:(

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I knew that sounded kinda familar to me
[info]glenngunnerzero
2007-05-04 02:41 am UTC (link)

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[info]sssexygirl
2007-05-04 02:42 am UTC (link)
wow, thats just... im trying not laugh because its serious but geeze.

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[info]feachador
2007-05-04 02:48 am UTC (link)
It's also completely fake.

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[info]netgoth
2007-05-04 02:53 am UTC (link)
FWIW, WoW Insider also pegged it as being fake. There's a disclaimer at the bottom of their posting about it saying there are no credible sources.

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[info]grumblybear
2007-05-04 02:52 am UTC (link)
What's the deal with these locked posts?

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[info]tiggychan
2007-05-04 09:14 am UTC (link)
Some people have the habbit of making all their posts friends only, nothin wrong with it in my books.

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[info]comadrug235
2007-05-04 05:31 pm UTC (link)
I posted this through my sidekick & its set to post things as friends only automaticly.

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[info]sventhelost
2007-05-04 03:21 am UTC (link)
My first "huh?" moment was that Bronco Carson is not a particularly common combination of names for someone in Mexico City.

(I actually know a guy named Branko, but he's from the Czech Republic, not Mexico.)

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[info]bmg
2007-05-04 03:29 am UTC (link)
Not worth the time with all the pop up's and "Skip this ad" pages that loads while reading the article. And yes, I have firefox :P

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[info]equiraptor
2007-05-04 05:45 am UTC (link)
Wow. None loaded for me. Safari, here. I do have an "AdBlock" like mod to Safari installed, and I do have quite a few domains and strings in it...

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[info]applefaerie
2007-05-04 10:41 am UTC (link)
Ditto, I didn't have any popups, nor any ad-skip pages when I loaded it. Firefox, Adblock, script blocking.

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[info]i_am_stillwater
2007-05-04 01:10 pm UTC (link)
....Remind me to shoot the person who wrote that.

They blindly wrote about stuff again? Damn it. :(

(I work there. My apologies.)

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