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The social aspects of any MMORPG are the fun parts.  I know you get all those idiot bastards who are all about the uber gear and bullshit, but if you find a good niche of friends, and you will, it makes even the mundane stuff appealing.  The most fun I had in the game wasn't when I was fighting the next epic boss, it was when I was working with some friends in a new spot trying not to get killed.  One reason I stopped playing was my guild chat just stopped being active - everyone was too absorbed in getting cooler shit.

- Eater of Clowns AKA Sirke level 60 Troll Hunter, Medivh server, Disciples of Damnation, Silent Watch, '04-'06  

David Wong on Cracked has some pretty interesting thoughts on video games, especially MMORPGs - I think there's an article called 5 Things Video Games Are Doing To Keep You Addicted or something similar that has some strong points in it.  A lot of it has to do with WoW and why it's the most successful MMORPG - it fulfills basically every item on the list.

WoW is just one of those things that you do during free time (unless you're really hardcore and plan things around it) that you come to enjoy.  It's like pretty much any television show.  If you can step back from it and say "this is entertaining, but do I really need this in my life?" you'll probably find you don't.

I love me a martini.  I haven't found a place that really puts care into it though.  And fuck vodka in a martini.

Also Beefeater or GTFO. 

What the fuck?  The only time Beefeater has been good was when it was a 1985 post-hardcore band from DC.

Look, I've developed expensive taste for single malts and beer.  Allow me my cheap liquor!

When I replace the bottle I have it'll probably be something better.  I've had it for a year and I'm about 1/3 of the way through, I'll let you know what I choose in 2012.

Dead End Friends - Them Crooked Vultures

Dave Grohl on drums, John Paul Jones on bass, and Josh Homme on vocals?  How did nobody tell me of this earlier?

Individually, I respect them, but I can take it or leave their indivudual contributions.  Combined?  I'm interested.

I'm not raving about it by any means, but it's an interesting combination of talent and just a solid rock band.  I love the Foo Fighters, can't really get into Led Zeppelin, and only really know Homme for his Queens of the Stone Age work, which was alright.

I keep poking into this thread intending to pick up more things but I just end up playing the same five albums over and over again.   

I love me a martini.  I haven't found a place that really puts care into it though.  And fuck vodka in a martini.

Also Beefeater or GTFO. 

Dead End Friends - Them Crooked Vultures

Dave Grohl on drums, John Paul Jones on bass, and Josh Homme on vocals?  How did nobody tell me of this earlier?

Damnit EoC.

Yeah, I know.  Hey, you guys could always meet me in the Capital!

Yeah, fuck, this is the day I fly down to DC.   

Oddworld

what

I almost said it.

I've been doing the whole spreading this around the net bit.  And I have come to a conclusion.

The people here are, argumentative, spiteful, shit flinging primates who spend their time laughing at the misfortune of the country.

But at least no one here tried to defend this.

There you have it; we're bastards, but at least we're decent human beings.

I would argue that being a bastard is a requirement to be a decent human being.  Not always, but it can be necessary.

Portal.

Why would you want to live in the Portal/Half-life world?

Portal.

Finally, more people who saw the headgear scene in A Clockwork Orange and thought "Say, there's an idea!"  I wonder if they play Beethoven when they zap them.  Suffice it to say, this is fucking appalling.

But the bad side of me giggled when people ITT said they were "shocked" this was happening. 

I would hit the bottle before I would hit dog tranqs, if that's an option.  Following that I would try to power through it.

[Coral snakes can easily be confused with a king snake but the striped color bands are in different order, but don't take a long time deciding if it's a king or a coral snake.]

Cottonmouths are mean and aggressive. In the spring they can roll up into balls of 50 or more and kind of roll across the water. Some kind of mating thing i guess. They are called cottonmouths because the inside of their mouths are as white as cotton and their breath really stinks. They can move really fast on either land or water but water is their element. Their venom is terrible. Certainly not always fatal but it can do a lot of permanent damage once you are bitten. They have no warning like a rattler so you have to keep your eyes open all the time because if you hear the hiss you may be in real trouble.

The pygmy rattler matures at 6 to 8 inches long and really has no rattles. They are poisionous but are generally too small to get a real bite in you.

The coral snake is the deadliest but again they kind of have to chew on you to get a fang in. Coral snakes can easily be confused with a king snake but the striped color bands are in different order, but don't take a long time deciding if it's a king or a coral snake.

The eastern diamondback is the king of rattlers and I have killed one that was over 6 feet long and as big around as the top of my leg.

Red touches black, you're okay jack.  Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow.  That's how I learned it.

These are a really fantastic read, Hawk.  I look forward to more.

I've had nothing but a horrible time meeting with people from this site.  Suu introduced herself by taking measurements and muttering things about what a nice mannequin I would make.  Dimo dragged me into mosh pit happenings and stepped on my arms, Richter repeatedly slapped me with a glove to provoke a duel.  GS was the worst, he just stared.  And stared.  It took three weeks for me to be able to close my eyes without seeing it.  Lizzie dragged me through seedy parts of San Francisco, at one point even making me use a McDonald's restroom, until I took an opportunity at a red light to flee into the subway system.  I can't begin to describe what happened there, and even if I could it has little to do with the meeting.