WoW... An Online RPG Funeral Gets Ambushed

[Morg]

LINK (http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/8726/WOW_an_Online_RPG_Funeral_Gets_Ambushed_Without_Me rcy)


World of Warcraft or otherwise known as simply, 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.

[deathshead2]

haha thats funny yet sad at the same time.:(

[TheCardPlayer]

People these days....

[hippie_hunter]

Lmao

[Mentok]

I love teh internets.

[GothicPowerMix1]

wow :o

[Mentok]

I wonder if that Leroy dude was in charge :D

[WhatsHisFace]

Kill them... KILL THEM ALL!!!!

[Juturna]

That's... I don't know. :o I mean, on one hand, the guy did die, and I guess, if he was popular on WoW it would be pretty cool for all his online friends to give him a 'funeral'. And it was pretty creative and kind of cool that these guys ambushed it and owned all these unsuspecting people.

I'm torn. : l

[Danalys]

soon a vendetta from WoW will spill over into the real world. wwIII begins online. or perhaps not.

[Addendum]

As one of the posters from Serenity Now's forum said...

1) The horde posted the event on the WoW forums
2) They posted the date and where the event was going to take place
3) They were talking a lot of **** (horde)
4) The funeral took place at a PvP zone
5) WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF WARCRAFT WHINY ASS BABIES


I don't play WoW since MMORPG's don't interest me. However, if you advertise an event taking place in an area on an online game that allows for player kills- You're just asking for it.

[Electro UK]

Oh man that's damn funny. I was rolling around the floor laughing at the video. :up:

[XwolverineX]

That is simply the greatest thing ever of all time. :eek::up:

[Wilhelm-Scream]

My favorite comment:
I think it was disrespectful for those people to go to a faux funeral with their monsters and wizards and whatnot.

[Wolfwood]

I was watching this last night, damn hilarious, I loved that Horde stood around for a few minutes not knowing what to do before some finally started fighting back.

[XwolverineX]

Sadly I cannot view the movie... It just sends me back and forth from link to link then freezes... :o

EDIT - Cool, I got it to work. Funniest thing ever... Those guy's are heroes...

[XwolverineX]

Can someone hook me up with a link to their forum?

[JackBauer]

oh, where's that OWNED! picture when I need it...

[TheProfessional]

I wonder if that Leroy dude was in charge :D

LEEEEEEROY JEEEEENKINS!!!!!

[XwolverineX]

http://www.birkoph.com/owned/owned-cat.jpg

[Addendum]

Can someone hook me up with a link to their forum?
Type in www.serenity-now.org, and then click on the picture... It's not so damn hard.

[Capt Throbberson]

Old

[Addendum]

The first link provided was posted 1 day and 9 hours ago.

****ing Hell. That's really old.

[Hellrider]

What kind of nerds would have a funeral in a video game. :rolleyes: ... Its great that their showing their respects and all, but its a damn video game!!!

[GothicPowerMix1]

What kind of nerds would have a funeral in a video game. :rolleyes: ... Its great that their showing their respects and all, but its a damn video game!!!

Nah I think the fact is that they did it in an Open Server where this type of stuff is possible instead of a place in the Game where this type of stuff. This was badly planned & they were basically just asking for it :o

[Mee]

That was awesome.:D :up:

[GothicPowerMix1]

That was awesome.:D :up:

Indeed it was :up:

[War Lord]

LINK (http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/8726/WOW_an_Online_RPG_Funeral_Gets_Ambushed_Without_Me rcy)

Is a video of this available?

[Mee]

Is a video of this available?
:confused: The video is at the link.

[War Lord]

:confused: The video is at the link.

I just saw it. That was such a sneak attack, I'd be pissed.

What happens when you die in WoW?

Do you have to start over or can you start from when you died?

[Horrorfan]

Like someone said, on the one hand it is kinda funny....but on the other, someone really did die, so you would have to be a douchebag (a funny one, but a douche nonetheless) to do something like that.

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

****ing hilarious.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

****ing douchebags. There are rules of engagement. Hope they all get theirs.

[Mee]

I just saw it. That was such a sneak attack, I'd be pissed.

What happens when you die in WoW?

Do you have to start over or can you start from when you died?
Your "spirit" goes to the nearest graveyard then you have to run to your corpse and ressurect.

[artist71]

Im sure he would have wanted it that way.

[Horrorfan]

Im sure he would have wanted it that way.

LOL I was thinking the exact same thing. I still think they are huge douches, but I don't think he would have objected too much.

[Ultimate_Superman]

This is great I just wish you could do stuff like this in City of Heroes.

[The Ether]

It's sad, cause someone actually died.

But it's hilarious that the people went that far to make a funeral, oh and got jumped by a bunch of people also :D

[kytrigger]

****ing douchebags. There are rules of engagement. Hope they all get theirs.

If I had been attacked at a funeral like that, I would gather up everyone else that was at the funeral and just constantly hunt that group or guild down endlessly for a month straight.

[Ultimate_Superman]

That was funny you saw people juming in the lake and everything.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

You made a farewell thread and were only gone that long? :down

[Addendum]

****ing douchebags. There are rules of engagement. Hope they all get theirs.
Yeah, and one of the rules is...

Don't hold an online funeral in an area of an online game that is for player kills

[dr venture]

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[SpideyLad]

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh, that was awesome :D

[lars573]

That was funny sh**. And anyone who says the guild who attacked the funeral were ***** need to realize that it was in a PvP zone they were asking for it.

[Horrorfan]

That was funny sh**. And anyone who says the guild who attacked the funeral were ***** need to realize that it was in a PvP zone they were asking for it.


Yeah honouring a dead friend is begging to be attacked. Shame on them.

[Addendum]

Yeah honouring a dead friend is begging to be attacked. Shame on them.
Honor your friend in an area that isn't a PvP area. It's not that hard.

Or better yet, send a letter to the family of that person IN REAL LIFE

[lars573]

Honor your friend in an area that isn't a PvP area. It's not that hard.

Or better yet, send a letter to the family of that person IN REAL LIFE
Exactly. The morons who held that funeral are everything wrong with MMO games. And the the guild that hit that funeral was the cold hard mailed fist of reality pimp slapping them in there fool heads.

[Horrorfan]

Exactly. The morons who held that funeral are everything wrong with MMO games. And the the guild that hit that funeral was the cold hard mailed fist of reality pimp slapping them in there fool heads.


I think the people who attacked them are all thats wrong with humanity in general. I guess that's my opinion on MMO players in general though :D

[Addendum]

The people who attacked those at the online funeral did so under the rules of the game.

On a PvP server, characters adventuring in areas outside of the initial starting areas are automatically flagged. This means that players in these regions (which make up most of the world) may attack one another without restriction. Players may also attack cities and towns belonging to the other faction.

Plus, it's a game.

[White_Howling]

sad but funny

[Ultimate_Superman]

You made a farewell thread and were only gone that long? :downThat was till I found out you need 6,000 for a bigger avatar.

[THWIP*]

That was till I found out you need 6,000 for a bigger avatar.


IF YOU'RE LEAVING, WHY WOULD YOU CARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR AVATAR? :confused: :o

[ToddIsDead]

That was great! They slaughtered everyone there.

[Ultimate Doom]

HA! Now thats what I call being OWNED!

[droogiedroogie2]

IF YOU'RE LEAVING, WHY WOULD YOU CARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR AVATAR? :confused: :oI've got a huge avatar.

[THWIP*]

I've got a huge avatar.


AND IT'S INVISIBLE TOO. :confused::up:

[stryfe]

Pwned.

[Aiden]

LMAO

Owned

[nogap87]

Evil genius at its finest.

[Red X]

LINK (http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/8726/WOW_an_Online_RPG_Funeral_Gets_Ambushed_Without_Me rcy)

:eek:

[THWIP*]

:eek:


IT'S REALLY QUITE OLD.....NOT WORTHY OF SUCH SURPRISE. :confused: :O

[Boom]

That was probably the funniest thing I have ever seen.

[WhatsHisFace]

Boycott this thread. Morg made it.

[Addendum]

Old thread, but still a funny vid

[Clerk]

Holy hell I just spit water all over my computer... I mean I got shocked really badly and my screen is going blurry, but still hahahahha.

[baby_webhead]

That was pretty funny, but the music made it like 10 times funnier! :)) I was actually laughing out loud in a room where i am by myself!

[Cyclops]

Honestly if not for the music, the video would have done nothing for me. A bunch of videogame characters lining up, a different bunch of people running around, and then killing people to "Scat Man". I guess the guy at the lake was the dead guy or something, but...

Well, this isn't all that funny. But then again, I intentionally distance myself from these kinda games.

[XwolverineX]

Boycott this thread. Morg made it.


:rolleyes:

[lars573]

That was pretty funny, but the music made it like 10 times funnier! :)) I was actually laughing out loud in a room where i am by myself!
I know, I went out and downloaded "Where eagles dare" by the Misfits after seeing this vid.

[WhatsHisFace]

:rolleyes:
Didn't I tell you to stop posting?

[Otis Driftwood]

I know, I went out and downloaded "Where eagles dare" by the Misfits after seeing this vid.Yeah I had to whip out the box set and get some Misfits too. While the idea is hilarious, I think it was the editing on the video that put it over the top. The serenity of the funeral juxtaposed w/ the horde trudging towards them w/ horrendous intent was classic.

[Red X]

LINK (http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/8726/WOW_an_Online_RPG_Funeral_Gets_Ambushed_Without_Me rcy)

:eek:

[Malice]

I would have sent my pet in to kill....
GO in and start using backstab and assasinations skils on them