Chick Deletes BF's Warcraft Game

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[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]Goodfellow wrote:

[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]DieselAllDay wrote:
Anyone find it ironic that a guy named “Iron Dwarf” hates world of warcraft…? no?

p.s oh yeah, and everything he says is wrong… sounds like someone got their ass handed to them by their siblings at mario, every time when they were a kid…

EDIT: P.s. oh yeah, i get pussy at Blizzcon every year, so your future arguements are nullified… kay? gg no re k thx, scrub

Mage, Level 80 Relentless Gladiator… sup?[/quote]

High Warlord/Grand Marshal > Your shitty bitch title

Sup.[/quote]

Hey me too :)[/quote]

I’m proud of that achievement, but my God. Never again. The grinding I needed to get there was astounding. I managed it on 3 toons over the summer holidays during vanilla.

8 hours sleep
2 hours gym time
14 hours of PvP in WoW

x2 months but with weekends off.

Good for an epeen boost, but I don’t think I would ever do that again.[/quote]

I never got GM// HWL, not because I had a life, i certainly did not, but the only way to get it was to be carried by a bg guild full of chodes, aint no way i was joining that shit, i was too much of a solo baddass… + you can’t deny that GM//HWL takes basically 0 skill, it only takes unlimited amounts of time, and friends with the same thing, Relentless Glad… on the other hand…deserves a “sup”

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[quote]DieselAllDay wrote:
I never got GM// HWL, not because I had a life, i certainly did not, but the only way to get it was to be carried by a bg guild full of chodes, aint no way i was joining that shit, i was too much of a solo baddass… + you can’t deny that GM//HWL takes basically 0 skill, it only takes unlimited amounts of time, and friends with the same thing, Relentless Glad… on the other hand…deserves a “sup”[/quote]

Relentless Glad requires following a FoTM combo and time to burn.

I agree with having to join a guild full of dick heads though.

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FWIW, I just quit WoW a couple of months ago:

(1) Based on the mage she deleted, he spent at least 10 hours a week for a few months to get the gear that she destroyed. That’s roughly 120 hours spent building just that one character. Combine that with the other characters she deleted and I’m guessing it comes to 200 hours of play time (5 weeks at a regular full time job).
(2) The mage right now would sell for about $700 online based on the gear it had.
(3) She didn’t need his password, he left the house while he was logged into the game.

Spend 200 hours(1) doing ANYTHING and have someone you trust(3) come by and wipe it out in a few moments behind your back and then they steal $700(2) from you. Not a good time. Yeah, he went over the top, but cigarettes will do that to ya :slight_smile:

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IMO, WoW = sand castle building.

I am not a professional sandcastle builder, nor do I have any delusions of becoming one or hope to make living form it.

If I built a sand castle at the beach – really poured myself into it for an entire morning – ran to the hotdog stand at lunch and then came back to find some assholes jumping in it even though my blanket and shovels and pails were still right there, you better believe I’d be somewhat pissed off.

So who’s the loser? Me, the sandcastle builder for being pissed off, or the jerk who destroyed the last several hours of time that I invested?

I don’t give a crap about any possible side benefits to sandcastle building – I don’t waste time looking for unbroken shells along the shoreline to adorn the parapets of my tower because there might be some remotely applicable benefit to the “real world,” nor do I give a crap whether anyone else is at the beach to admire the pathetic end-product of my labour. I will probably even destroy my creation as soon as I’ve decided that I’ve had enough of the beach and the naked atrocities of humanity splayed about the same strip of sand I’ve set up shop in.

So am I loser because I built a sandcastle? No. But I could be a loser because of what the rest of my life – away from the sandcastle – looks like, and how I handle myself while I’m at the beach.

Still, even if I am a loser, does that mean it’s okay for someone to stomp on my castle while my back is turned?

Well, who’s doing the stomping?

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[quote]Kvale wrote:
IMO, WoW = sand castle building.

I am not a professional sandcastle builder, nor do I have any delusions of becoming one or hope to make living form it.

If I built a sand castle at the beach – really poured myself into it for an entire morning – ran to the hotdog stand at lunch and then came back to find some assholes jumping in it even though my blanket and shovels and pails were still right there, you better believe I’d be somewhat pissed off.

So who’s the loser? Me, the sandcastle builder for being pissed off, or the jerk who destroyed the last several hours of time that I invested?

I don’t give a crap about any possible side benefits to sandcastle building – I don’t waste time looking for unbroken shells along the shoreline to adorn the parapets of my tower because there might be some remotely applicable benefit to the “real world,” nor do I give a crap whether anyone else is at the beach to admire the pathetic end-product of my labour. I will probably even destroy my creation as soon as I’ve decided that I’ve had enough of the beach and the naked atrocities of humanity splayed about the same strip of sand I’ve set up shop in.

So am I loser because I built a sandcastle? No. But I could be a loser because of what the rest of my life – away from the sandcastle – looks like, and how I handle myself while I’m at the beach.

Still, even if I am a loser, does that mean it’s okay for someone to stomp on my castle while my back is turned?

Well, who’s doing the stomping?[/quote]

A cunt girlfriend thats who! Fuck that bitch!

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[quote]Kvale wrote:
IMO, WoW = sand castle building.

I am not a professional sandcastle builder, nor do I have any delusions of becoming one or hope to make living form it.

If I built a sand castle at the beach – really poured myself into it for an entire morning – ran to the hotdog stand at lunch and then came back to find some assholes jumping in it even though my blanket and shovels and pails were still right there, you better believe I’d be somewhat pissed off.

So who’s the loser? Me, the sandcastle builder for being pissed off, or the jerk who destroyed the last several hours of time that I invested?

I don’t give a crap about any possible side benefits to sandcastle building – I don’t waste time looking for unbroken shells along the shoreline to adorn the parapets of my tower because there might be some remotely applicable benefit to the “real world,” nor do I give a crap whether anyone else is at the beach to admire the pathetic end-product of my labour. I will probably even destroy my creation as soon as I’ve decided that I’ve had enough of the beach and the naked atrocities of humanity splayed about the same strip of sand I’ve set up shop in.

So am I loser because I built a sandcastle? No. But I could be a loser because of what the rest of my life – away from the sandcastle – looks like, and how I handle myself while I’m at the beach.

Still, even if I am a loser, does that mean it’s okay for someone to stomp on my castle while my back is turned?

Well, who’s doing the stomping?[/quote]

I like this post very much.

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Not sure if its been said but he can quite easily get all his characters back. Quick email to Blizzard asking them to restore them and a day or so later they’re back. So really all he has to do is spend the time and money replacing the monitor and all the other shit he smashed up :stuck_out_tongue:

That being said if he she thinks he is addicted or is ignoring her then attempting to ruin his hobby is not the best way of fixing things.

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There could be legal repressions for actions like that.

[quote] . . . the gaming company claimed the virtual properties were simply “piles of data” that had no real-world value.

The Chinese court did not buy that argument, however, and ordered Arctic Ice to restore the virtual weapons cache.

In most cases, online players have too much invested simply to start over or forget about lost rewards, equipment or status in games.

“People very definitely feel they have a real investment in these possessions, and they definitely feel entitled to what they’ve earned,” Russell said.[/quote]

I know it’s a Chinese case, but with the continued growth of online games/personas/social networks, it’s not difficult to imagine that ruling taking place in the US.

This just seems like a new incarnation of keying a guy’s car. Yeah, you’re pissed at him but . . . be an adult about it.

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[quote]imhungry wrote:

[quote]Kvale wrote:
IMO, WoW = sand castle building.

I am not a professional sandcastle builder, nor do I have any delusions of becoming one or hope to make living form it.

If I built a sand castle at the beach – really poured myself into it for an entire morning – ran to the hotdog stand at lunch and then came back to find some assholes jumping in it even though my blanket and shovels and pails were still right there, you better believe I’d be somewhat pissed off.

So who’s the loser? Me, the sandcastle builder for being pissed off, or the jerk who destroyed the last several hours of time that I invested?

I don’t give a crap about any possible side benefits to sandcastle building – I don’t waste time looking for unbroken shells along the shoreline to adorn the parapets of my tower because there might be some remotely applicable benefit to the “real world,” nor do I give a crap whether anyone else is at the beach to admire the pathetic end-product of my labour. I will probably even destroy my creation as soon as I’ve decided that I’ve had enough of the beach and the naked atrocities of humanity splayed about the same strip of sand I’ve set up shop in.

So am I loser because I built a sandcastle? No. But I could be a loser because of what the rest of my life – away from the sandcastle – looks like, and how I handle myself while I’m at the beach.

Still, even if I am a loser, does that mean it’s okay for someone to stomp on my castle while my back is turned?

Well, who’s doing the stomping?[/quote]

I like this post very much.
[/quote]

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Great post. If somebody enjoys playing WoW and spending time on it, who gives a fuck? Its that persons life and let him spend it however they want.

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I just saw the video. It was hilarious!!

If I were god, I would delete everyone’s WOW character.

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I came here to say October girl and Iron Dwarf are fucking retards.

edit: Also, great post by Kvale.

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[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
I came here to say October girl and Iron Dwarf are fucking retards.

edit: Also, great post by Kvale.[/quote]

Calling them retarded doesn’t help.

They might be wrong, they might be following preconceived stereotypes like the general public does with bodybuilding, but name calling doesn’t help.

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[quote]Hyena wrote:
I played wow for a while when it first came out, and let me just say, this bitch would get pistol whipped when I got home…well actually, I’d never trust a woman with my password.

I hope this woman did get bludgeoned. All she had to do is say “alright limp dick, its me or the game” and if he didn’t quit, leave his ass.

Robbing this guy of his favorite hobby was the wrong thing to do, so I hope he got her back, hardcore. like, “scarred for life, crying in the fetal position” revenge.

Its her own damn fault, she was with the dude in the first place, and went about getting the attention that she was starved for in the wrong way. So if he dumped/beat her, there is nobody to blame but herself.[/quote]

Just FYI, he contacts Blizzard, if he opens up help, the very first tab is for when your account gets hijacked or stolen by a keylogger and they will have everything restored inside of a couple of days.

Realize lots of people have noted that can be done, I just wanted to point out how fast it is.

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[quote]bobbeh wrote:
Ummm

Too bad you can ask Blizzard to get all your stuff back

There’s a ton of hackers stealing people’s account, selling all their stuff and sending the gold to their account

all you have to do is ask blizzard to revert your character before everything is gone and they will gladly do it[/quote]

Given that the account appears to have at least a thousand hours of work in it from the gear displayed on the characters and the number of them, and given that the account could probably have been sold for around a thousand dollars or more, there is good reason Blizzard offers that service.

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I can’t make an appropriate judgement until I see what the chick looks like…

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[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:

[quote]red04 wrote:

[quote]goochadamg wrote:

3.) A WoW account has NO VALUE; all the analogies made here are ridiculous! What one person works for over 1000’s of hours in any game can be recreated in a matter of seconds simply by altering some fucking database tables. This makes it a completely unproductive use of time, unlike other hobbies mentioned here in the thread.

[/quote]

People in this thread can keep saying this, it doesn’t make it any more true. There was an account that sold for $3500 during the 1st expansion. Accounts going for 1200-1500 wasn’t even close to a rarity(any decently geared raid account sold during AQ40,Naxx1.0,almost all of TBC). As I stated before I’m not sure about current pricing, but in vanilla and TBC a max level(60, 70) account would sell for 100-200 dollars naked depending on certain variables(race/class, server, battlegroup).[/quote]

I don’t really care to touch this debate, but this statement is true. A whole economy has developed around WOW, with jobs ranging from gold miners to professional levelers to guild leaders and teachers. People pay for their services, thus stating that a WOW account or hours spent playing the game have no value is simply false.[/quote]

It’s 100% artificial. It does not take 1000’s of hours to create those characters, which the “economy” assumes. Every one of those characters can all be created within minutes by the DB admin. I’m not an economist, but I’d love for one to chime in.

I’m not saying all “digital” assets are worthless. Art as Iron Dwarf creates, while easily copied, is not easily created originally. It requires a huge amount of creativity and work for Iron Dwarf to produce, well, what he produces. :slight_smile:

It does NOT require a huge amount of creativity to create those characters deleted; people just equip what’s “best” stats wise. It clearly does not require a large amount of time “working” to create those characters, as anyone with access to the database can create the same thing in minutes.

Edit: I’m not saying there’s anything WRONG with playing WoW, or games in general. People have to unwind and relax. But it is, 100%, an unproductive activity, and this dudes behavior can’t be justified with the, IMHO, false idea that theses characters have some real value.

I understand that some people will pay $100’s ($1000’s?) for a high level character in WoW. However, this is only because it is assumed it takes a ton of work to get to that high of a level or acquire the items. The value of the accounts is reflective of the amount of assumed work that is required. This is where the problem is; it simply is not a requirement, since someone with access to the character database can do it in minutes, to click for 1000’s of hours to produce one of these characters (which is simply a bunch of values in a database).

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[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]USMCpoolee wrote:

[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:

[quote]USMCpoolee wrote:
Video games can definitely be an addiction, while they may not have as serious of consequences as drugs/porn/gambling, they can without question still be addicting. The social aspect of the addiction can be much the same as any other addiction- less time with friends, not happy, very tense/moody etc.

I’m to lazy to link it right now, but if you google video game rehabs or something like it, they have them in Asia. I wouldnt go as far as saying WoW addicts are on the same boat as alcoholics, but some people just get sucked in really quickly. I did a wilderness program after getting in some legal trouble right after sophomore year of HS and one of the kids there was at this place for WoW. [/quote]

Jail for couple whose baby died while they raised online child

addicted to their video game
[/quote]

Shit, thats crazy. I read somewhere (I think ~2 years ago) about maybe 2 or 3 cases of people playing online for such long times they died. Lack of water or something. [/quote]

In all fairness, they respawned about 10 seconds later. All are doing fine now.[/quote]

Seemed appropriate.

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lol. That was pretty funny. What kind of idiot destroys their computer over a game? People can dish you a pretty dirty hand at times, but there’s nothing like making it worse by continuing to destroy everything else you like.

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whenever that guy divorces himself from his computer, he will put his world of warcraft experience on his resume one day and be your boss!!111

http://www.massively.com/2008/05/12/player-vs-everything-putting-raiding-on-your-resume/

On a more serious note, girl in video is a mongoloid… who would do something that childish and then tape the whole thing? If you are dating a loser, just break up with him. Messing with other people’s stuff is not an effective way of changing anything. And taping it… what the hell? Talk about attention seeking behavior, wow.

Ultimatums and rash acts never work. Someone needs to be intrinsically motivated to make a major change. Convincing someone to go to treatment would be much more effective… flush an addicts drugs and he will just buy more.

The throwing of the computer was pretty stupid too though. Both seem to have not developed many life skills, so I suppose they are perfect for each other.

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[quote]goochadamg wrote:

[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:

[quote]red04 wrote:

[quote]goochadamg wrote:

3.) A WoW account has NO VALUE; all the analogies made here are ridiculous! What one person works for over 1000’s of hours in any game can be recreated in a matter of seconds simply by altering some fucking database tables. This makes it a completely unproductive use of time, unlike other hobbies mentioned here in the thread.

[/quote]

People in this thread can keep saying this, it doesn’t make it any more true. There was an account that sold for $3500 during the 1st expansion. Accounts going for 1200-1500 wasn’t even close to a rarity(any decently geared raid account sold during AQ40,Naxx1.0,almost all of TBC). As I stated before I’m not sure about current pricing, but in vanilla and TBC a max level(60, 70) account would sell for 100-200 dollars naked depending on certain variables(race/class, server, battlegroup).[/quote]

I don’t really care to touch this debate, but this statement is true. A whole economy has developed around WOW, with jobs ranging from gold miners to professional levelers to guild leaders and teachers. People pay for their services, thus stating that a WOW account or hours spent playing the game have no value is simply false.[/quote]

It’s 100% artificial. It does not take 1000’s of hours to create those characters, which the “economy” assumes. Every one of those characters can all be created within minutes by the DB admin. I’m not an economist, but I’d love for one to chime in.

I’m not saying all “digital” assets are worthless. Art as Iron Dwarf creates, while easily copied, is not easily created originally. It requires a huge amount of creativity and work for Iron Dwarf to produce, well, what he produces. :slight_smile:

It does NOT require a huge amount of creativity to create those characters deleted; people just equip what’s “best” stats wise. It clearly does not require a large amount of time “working” to create those characters, as anyone with access to the database can create the same thing in minutes.

Edit: I’m not saying there’s anything WRONG with playing WoW, or games in general. People have to unwind and relax. But it is, 100%, an unproductive activity, and this dudes behavior can’t be justified with the, IMHO, false idea that theses characters have some real value.

I understand that some people will pay $100’s ($1000’s?) for a high level character in WoW. However, this is only because it is assumed it takes a ton of work to get to that high of a level or acquire the items. The value of the accounts is reflective of the amount of assumed work that is required. This is where the problem is; it simply is not a requirement, since someone with access to the character database can do it in minutes, to click for 1000’s of hours to produce one of these characters (which is simply a bunch of values in a database).[/quote]

Your argument is completely false. The existence of electronic banking completely destroys everything you have said, as someones account could be altered to tremendous gain or loss by anybody who has access to the database. There are thousands of other things that are just the same, the stock market, 401Ks, IRAs, Credit Scores, all could be altered by someone with database access.

Your attempt to say something is worthless because anybody with the power of “gods hand” could change it is simply ignorant.