Video: WoW Tool On TV
Wow and WoW... I thought I had seen some tools in my day, especially when I use to play World of Warcraft, but the guy in this video really takes the cake. The video is a NBC newscast done by a reporter in the Bay Area about the "secret language" her "bilingual" boyfriend speaks since he plays WoW. While he does translate some common phrases used in the game like 'QQ' and 'pwnzor', he also says that 'I need help' would translate to 'LFM 25 Nex, 2 more tanks, 2 more DKs'. Part of me was sad that I understood clearly what he was saying and the other part of me was sad for getting angry that what he said had nothing to do with 'I need help'. The man being interviewed for the most part comes off as arrogant and somewhat condescending, while also portraying an elitist attitude to playing the online game.
The ironic part of the video is at the end when they discuss what their day was like over red wine (because they are sophisticated Bay Area dwellers I guess) and she says a few things about her day at work, and then he talks about 5 capping Arathi Basin. Does he not work? Well he does live in the Bay Area, and so there is a decent chance he's unemployed, but overall this news article teaches us that you should never do a special interest piece on your boyfriend, no matter how interesting you think his gaming habits may be.
WoW-Speak Expert Talks Garbage [WorldofWar.net]
PixelPoet
Posted to Video Games, Videos on 3 February 2009
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these are the kind of douches that get the ashes of a'lar mount? FAIL
While I wouldn't be seen dead anywhere near someone who used QQ or pwnzor, I don't think talking about your hobby when you're home with significant other is that bad.
Not everybody sees their day-job as the highlight of their day. I want to be reminded of the mind-numbing tedium as little as possible when I get home.
Of course the trick is having a significant other that isn't bothered by hearing about whatever your hobby might be.
Aww, I actually thought that was kind of cute. I think what you read as "arrogant and condescending" I read as "tongue-in cheek" and "I'm not actually an actor or a TV person and I'm trying desperately not to look like a complete retard", with maybe a little "wow, really I hope my girlfriend appreciates this, because if she breaks up with me I'm never going to get a date ever again" thrown in.
Also, being a gamer geek dating an electrical engineering geek, I think the comparison to someone bilingual who suddenly starts talking in a foreign language is pretty apt. That "how was your day honey" talk is pretty much us every night, if you swap out WoW for the games I usually play, and then have the other person launch into random minutiae of the circuits and software they were working on.
And really, what good gays *wouldn't* be discussing their day over red wine?
(Honestly, the only thing that makes me sad about this is that this is what local news in the Bay Area has been reduced to since NBC killed KRON's affiliation. KRON's news desk was pretty much gutted and this is what the new NBC affiliate had to offer us instead. Shame. :( )
Yes, but with a boyfriend as hot as that? As long as the snogging was good, he could do whatever he wanted!
Yeah, I'd hit it.
Oh, and "ponzor"...um, yeah I don't think so sweetie.
Did he say "fap"? im sure I heard fap XD
Anyhow, if I ever had any thoughts of going back to an MMO that douche made them all go away ^.^
Yeah, we all have communication problams when our significant others take thier interests seriosly. However, I'd rather have my boyfriend bullshit me about physics or statistics then have a loser who takes pride in his knowladge of WoWspeak.
Agreed. When he's that freaking hot, I don't care WHAT he's saying.
And how do you get to be "top 10 ranked" player at WoW? By being in a news article riddled with factual inaccuracies apparently.
Hahaha! can the bay area say "slow news day"? Reminds me of the time cops chasing escaped ostriches got on the news... no wait, that was more interesting than the reporter's boyfriend's wowspeak.
awww, i had my hopes this was going to be about the band tool. :(
Wishful thinking.
Do they still have sex? It doesn't seem that way. Take off your hat bastard. The guy was a tool and the girl was an airhead...it was like a scene from "No Exit."