View Full Version : World of Warcraft funeral firebombed.
LordJezo
03-21-2006, 03:35 AM
<p>Found this on some other site, it's wonderful.</p>quote:<br />"Ok, let me sort of explain what happened. A
friend of mine on the server Illidan tipped me off about some
"illidrama" that was happening on his server. (He's a 60 Nelf Priest)
Anyway, a person on the horde side died in RL. So some of the horde
people decided to hold a memorial service for her on the game. They
logged onto her character and moved it to winterspring next to a lake
so everyone could come from both factions for the memorial service.
There were around 40 to 50 horde (possibly more) in a line for the
"viewing of the body" when suddenly out of nowhere, a 60 nelf rogue
ambushes the dead person's character, kills her, and the rest of an
alliance guild (SERENITY NOW) sprinted in over the hill, and AOE bombed
the entire memorial service, killing everyone. They even made a pvp
video of it, which I have seen, and it was hysterical. I feel terrible
that they did this at a memorial service for a person in game that was
evidently a pretty good person. But, at the same time, 1. the memorial
service was held in a contested zone, and 2. its about the funniest
thing ever."
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<p> <br /><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7667194685876573666&q=serenity+now" target="_blank">video</a>
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<br /><a href="http://forums.illidrama.com/showthread.php?t=1826" target="_blank">original thread</a></p><p> </p><p>Translation for the non nerds:</p><p>1) Some dude dies in real life</p><p>2) 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</p><p>3) A bunch of dudes decide this would be a great time to firebomb 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.</p><p>They filmed the whole thing and put it on the net for everyone to see.</p><p> </p><p>Most of you will most likely not get the humor in this but for the online gamers out there it's wonderful. Or offensive. I think it's one of the best things to happen in game for a while.<br /> </p>
TheRealEddie
03-21-2006, 04:00 AM
<p>Not sure why thats a wonderful thing. Its equivalent to someone on this messageboard dying in RL and then trolling the RIP thread. You can know people for years on an MMO (just like on messageboards).<br /> </p><p>As an MMO player myself, just sounds like a bunch of asshole 12 year olds.<br /></p>
cupcakelove
03-21-2006, 04:14 AM
I'm with Eddie. Those people were just trying to grieve in their own way. Let them put their friend to rest.<br />
<p>Its a public video game, you open yourself up when do you stuff like that</p>Although
i do find it to be fucked up, thats why i find it so funny. Not the
fact that the person kicked the bucket, but you know what i mean...
newport king
03-21-2006, 05:10 AM
i do feel bad the girl died in real life...but that shit was funny.
ShelleBink
03-21-2006, 05:11 AM
I kinda laughed at the insanity of it all, but I think its kinda fucked up considering there was a real dead person involved ((thank God she missed the firebombs))<br />
SatCam
03-21-2006, 12:07 PM
My friends play all these stupid games and just reading the description of what happened is fucking funny. A bunch of ugly creatures all in one area being "firebombed" is really fucking great. The fact that they all died is even better.
Furtherman
03-21-2006, 12:13 PM
<p>You know what would have been really nice? If they got together - in *gasp* real life, and remembered their friend.</p><p> </p><p>The fact that they were ambushed on a *gasp* virtual world is funny. </p>
Furtherman
03-21-2006, 12:24 PM
<p>You know what would have been really nice? If they got together - in *gasp* real life, and remembered their friend.</p><p> </p><p>The fact that they were ambushed on a *gasp* virtual world is funny. </p>
Grendel_Kahn
03-21-2006, 12:38 PM
<font size="4" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In all
fairness........................the game IS kind of predicated on the
idea of stuff like this being possible. If this "world" existed
in "real life"............well.........that sort of thing would happen
all the time. Damn, don't these people read CONAN?</font><br />
JustJon
03-21-2006, 01:26 PM
Having read the description, it's pretty funny. But not Leeeroy Jenkins funny.<br />
Dougie Brootal
03-21-2006, 01:38 PM
<strong>Grendel_Kahn</strong> wrote:<br /><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="4">In all fairness........................the game IS kind of predicated on the idea of stuff like this being possible. If this "world" existed in "real life"............well.........that sort of thing would happen all the time. Damn, don't these people read CONAN?</font><br /><p>or watch the news?</p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by douggrasso on 3-21-06 @ 5:39 PM</span>
suggums
03-21-2006, 01:44 PM
<p> </p><p>as a nerd wow player, the fact that they did this in a contested area, where anyone can (and most likely will) jack you for any reason, is a big mistake. so, stupid planning on that end. </p><p>it was an asshole move ruining the e-ceremony, but i laughed. </p>
Ndugu
03-21-2006, 02:14 PM
its pretty much known fact that NE Rogues are fuckheads
Furtherman
03-21-2006, 02:15 PM
<strong>Ndugu</strong> wrote:<br />its pretty much known fact that NE Rogues are fuckheads <p>No, it's not.</p>
This story was pathetic from every single angle.<br />
Ndugu
03-21-2006, 02:22 PM
<p>No, it's not.</p><p>ZOMG FARMER!</p>
Death Metal Moe
03-21-2006, 02:24 PM
<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>You know what would have been really nice? If they got together - in *gasp* real life, and remembered their friend.</p><p> </p><p>The fact that they were ambushed on a *gasp* virtual world is funny. </p><p>Yea, pretty much says it all. </p><p>If I played that game and knew about it I wouldn't have been able to raid a funeral that had real life death attached to it, but they cannot be surprised. </p><p>Is there a place they could have set up a private area in that game? I'm not up on that shit.</p>
<p> </p><strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>You know what would have been really nice? If they got together - in *gasp* real life, and remembered their friend.</p><p> </p><p>The fact that they were ambushed on a *gasp* virtual world is funny. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I'm vomiting a little in my mouth defending these people, but I'd bet a good deal of these people were spread out all over the country, so that probably wasn't possible.<br /></p>
SatCam
03-21-2006, 02:33 PM
I hope this woman's character wasn't an undead.
:-/
suggums
03-21-2006, 02:34 PM
<p> </p><p> </p><strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br /><p> </p><p> </p>Is there a place they could have set up a private area in that game? I'm not up on that shit.<p> </p><strong /><p> </p>yeah, by doing it in their own land, or one of the cities (those are really well protected). the reason they gave for doing it there was that "this was where she liked to fish" which is senitimental but lacking in logic.<br /><p> </p>
Furtherman
03-21-2006, 02:59 PM
<p>This is where I liked to play. To swing.</p><p>Remember me here. But don't invite any of those alligators!!</p><p><img height="234" src="http://www.atariguide.com/ss/pitfall.gif" width="433" border="0" /></p>
SatCam
03-21-2006, 03:06 PM
"Ok, let me sort of explain what happened. A friend of mine on the server Illidan tipped me off about some "illidrama" that was happening on his server. (He's a 60 Nelf Priest) Anyway, a person on the horde side died in RL. So some of the horde people decided to hold a memorial service for her on the game. They logged onto her character and moved it to winterspring next to a lake so everyone could come from both factions for the memorial service. There were around 40 to 50 horde (possibly more) in a line for the "viewing of the body" when suddenly out of nowhere, a 60 nelf rogue ambushes the dead person's character, kills her, and the rest of an alliance guild (SERENITY NOW) sprinted in over the hill, and AOE bombed the entire memorial service, killing everyone. They even made a pvp video of it, which I have seen, and it was hysterical. I feel terrible that they did this at a memorial service for a person in game that was evidently a pretty good person. But, at the same time, 1. the memorial service was held in a contested zone, and 2. its about the funniest thing ever."
What still makes me laugh about this is how the guy says things like "RL" and "contested zone" and has to mention what level and race everyone is.
suggums
03-21-2006, 03:10 PM
further wins<br />
TheMojoPin
03-27-2006, 01:20 PM
<p>What I understood of the description sounded hilarious, but the video just gave me a headache and left me confused. Though the "attacking song" was pretty funny.</p><p>Why did they just stand around and let themselves get killed off? Shoot back! Ahhhh, I'm gonna go play me some Tecmo Super Bowl...</p>
JustJon
03-27-2006, 01:26 PM
<p> </p><strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><p>What I understood of the description sounded hilarious, but the video just gave me a headache and left me confused. Though the "attacking song" was pretty funny.</p><p>Why did they just stand around and let themselves get killed off? Shoot back! Ahhhh, I'm gonna go play me some Tecmo Super Bowl...</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Your team is gonna get firebombed on the line of scrimmage. </p>
Snoogans
03-27-2006, 05:50 PM
<p>i laugh at this because ITS A FUCKIN VIDEO GAME. So it entertains me to see people take it so serious. They bombed it out Mafia style.</p><p> </p><p>Who the fuck are they to log onto his account anyway. </p>
ShelleBink
03-27-2006, 06:01 PM
<p> </p><strong>Snoogans</strong> wrote:<br /><p>i laugh at this because ITS A FUCKIN VIDEO GAME. So it entertains me to see people take it so serious. They bombed it out Mafia style.</p><p> </p><p>Who the fuck are they to log onto his account anyway. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>You leave yourself logged in to this site... alkey <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" /><br /></p>
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