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#1 Aug 08 2011 at 9:39 AM Rating: Good
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So The Raid finally premiered, uh, the 6th I think, Saturday night. They are only allowing it to stream for 72 hours since then so I watched it just now.

I really enjoyed watching the actual documentary part, which is only about 40 minutes or so, there is a lot of commentary from people in the beginning and end. I thought it did a great job of showing the lives of probably a huge majority of people who play WoW and raid. The guild members did a great job of being honest and telling it like it was and acting pretty natural throughout the live streams and the interviews. They reminded me a lot of my own guild and how we interact with each other and what not. I enjoyed it.
#2 Aug 08 2011 at 10:50 AM Rating: Good
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Rather enjoyable watch. Pre-show talk sure went on for a bit too long for my taste but at least I was able to skip the chatter. The comments below the video made me sad panda though. Some people...Smiley: oyvey
#3 Aug 08 2011 at 5:45 PM Rating: Good
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Watched it last night. Pre/Post show was too long.

Lore's description of Women gamers at top end made me chuckle. Mainly due to how true it is.


They talked about the "challenge" and overcoming a hard boss, such as Lich King HM. It would have been awesome for them to show vent chatter and wipe/set/strategery discussions during this process. I think that is my favourite part of overcoming a boss. I also think it is a part that most casuals don't get to experience, you have top end guilds spending 300-500 attempts on a kill and then they see the final polished kill vid.

The team work, the conflict, the problem solving, talk of execution and refining a strat etc is all awesome times. It can be as simple as "don't suck" or just throwing out ideas and seeing which one works for your particular group of people.


The social aspect was good both in game and how it effects their real life.
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#4 Aug 08 2011 at 5:53 PM Rating: Good
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At least I'm not the only one that watched it Smiley: lol although I did stream it live that night.... Too bad I got interrupted in the middle of it, glad to know they finally go it up to watch now so I can see the middle.
#5REDACTED, Posted: Aug 08 2011 at 9:41 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Hope I'm dead by the time that beating some scripted encounter holds the same value as discovering penicillin or being the first person on the moon.
#6 Aug 09 2011 at 8:26 AM Rating: Good
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Kanngarnix wrote:
Hope I'm dead by the time that beating some scripted encounter holds the same value as discovering penicillin or being the first person on the moon.


At least you've been around long enough to learn how to take things out of context. I believe I know which part you are taking about and I don't believe he ever described it on the same level as medical breakthrough or scientific discovery.

Hardcore gamers take their games pretty seriously. They pride themselves on being the top and being the best. Most likely when those people have children, they will probably get into the same games as their parents. They'll pride themselves on knowing their dad (mom, or both) was able to do something like that in the gaming world.
#7REDACTED, Posted: Aug 09 2011 at 11:29 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) My thoughts on this "dokumentary" was that it was the worst **** i ever seen and im deeply sad for the whole mmo community that it released. And i really feel sry for Lore and his former 10 men grp to hvae to be apart of ruining (if it is possible at this point) the mmo reputation.
#8 Aug 09 2011 at 1:03 PM Rating: Decent
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I was going to go on this long winded response on your apparent ability to not only to butcher some of the words you type but also have such a high number of incorrect spelling on other words. How you complain about some of the language used in the documentary but use **************** four times and a "wtf" to change it up a bit.

Just one little bit more.

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I am so mad atm and so dissapointed to all that supporded this film adn for thoose who partisipated, you have for a long time being my rolemodels in gaming, but now i would not be able to look into your eyes if i met you, shame on you and i realy hope my 11- years old son that plays wow never EVER get to see this sh*t.


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#9 Aug 09 2011 at 2:41 PM Rating: Excellent
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Please, don't feed the trolls.

Hell, even if they're only stupid, if you respond to them they win.
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#10 Aug 09 2011 at 5:41 PM Rating: Excellent
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The irony here about a person claiming to drown fish discourage feeding trolls...

I've held this damn trout under water for 7 weeks and it STILL has not drowned. THAT is trolling!


*cough*


#11 Aug 09 2011 at 7:35 PM Rating: Excellent
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There's a trick to it. You need to breathe all the oxygen out of the water before they can.

The fastest and easiest way to do it is just stick your head underwater and start taking deep, long breaths. Smiley: nod
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#12 Aug 09 2011 at 8:15 PM Rating: Good
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"They" say you look like your pets!

Anyway, is it just me, or do we all look like our class we play the most? Not look exactly like (dont' know many Mages or Rogues) but our looks fit our toons?

In the documentary, the Priests looked like they would play a Priest. Lore looks like what a Paladin would look like (to me). The Rogue dude with the piercings, looked like a Rogue. The Mage dude fits a Mage toon...etc., etc. Maybe it's the whole "you look like your dog" syndrome.

I liked it for most part. The one fat guy would honestly get on my nerves on vent, but eh, people are people.

Edit: mispelling of Priests

Edited, Aug 9th 2011 9:46pm by Seculartwo
#13 Aug 10 2011 at 7:47 AM Rating: Good
Seculartwo wrote:
"They" say you look like your pets!

Anyway, is it just me, or do we all look like our class we play the most? Not look exactly like (dont' know many Mages or Rogues) but our looks fit our toons?

In the documentary, the Priests looked like they would play a Priest. Lore looks like what a Paladin would look like (to me). The Rogue dude with the piercings, looked like a Rogue. The Mage dude fits a Mage toon...etc., etc. Maybe it's the whole "you look like your dog" syndrome.


That's kinda the reason I went with a Tauren in the first place. I'm a tall bulky guy (overweight currently but even at a healthier weight I'd be rather wide), and I liked having a toon with some physical presence. I can empathize with the Tauren issues of narrow or short doorways. Playing a bear on the other hand does not reflect on RL characteristics though I've been mistaken for one a few times. Both the animal and the slang.
#14 Aug 10 2011 at 7:24 PM Rating: Decent
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where the hell was felicia day?
#15 Aug 10 2011 at 7:32 PM Rating: Good
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Never mind.

Edited, Aug 11th 2011 3:33am by Mazra
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#16 Aug 11 2011 at 1:56 AM Rating: Good
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Mazra wrote:
Never mind.


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#17 Aug 11 2011 at 3:38 PM Rating: Good
I recently saw a post by someone over on a wow group on a social networking site, who said that people tend to model their characters either to be an imitation of themselves, or the polar opposite of themselves. Her examples were, she plays a human mage that looks like her, as she values intelligence. She has a male friend who is a really big guy and painfully shy, and he plays a female gnome rogue.

I think that argument has some merit. My priest is a female goblin, short and cute with pigtails (shocker I know lol). IRL, I am also short, and I get told on a pretty frequent basis that I'm cute. Not sexy, not pretty, but cute. My mage is a blood elf: tall, thin, and gorgeous. I am really not any of those lol.
#18 Aug 11 2011 at 4:37 PM Rating: Good
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My character was a NE because it was the only ally that could be Druid. Now its a random Worgen because of the crit and the sprint.
That should say that I dont give a damn to appearance, I suppose.
#19 Aug 11 2011 at 4:53 PM Rating: Good
Yeah, I think druids are a special case. I'm in the same boat there. I originally was Tauren and then changed to troll for berserking. Appearance has nothing to do with choices for her. I think a lot of it is subconscious though. Like I certainly didn't plan making a goblin because she reminded me of myself. Sometimes those things just work out that way.
#20 Aug 11 2011 at 4:57 PM Rating: Excellent
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Wonder Gem PigtailsOfDoom wrote:
I recently saw a post by someone over on a wow group on a social networking site, who said that people tend to model their characters either to be an imitation of themselves, or the polar opposite of themselves. Her examples were, she plays a human mage that looks like her, as she values intelligence. She has a male friend who is a really big guy and painfully shy, and he plays a female gnome rogue.

I think that argument has some merit. My priest is a female goblin, short and cute with pigtails (shocker I know lol). IRL, I am also short, and I get told on a pretty frequent basis that I'm cute. Not sexy, not pretty, but cute. My mage is a blood elf: tall, thin, and gorgeous. I am really not any of those lol.


My male characters tend to have an older grizzled look. The humans have white hair, the Nelf didn't look young, etc. The female characters are all over the place; the squat dwarf, to the serious looking draenei, to the peaceful looking Tauren with the glowing eyes.

Multiple personalities are cool no? Smiley: grin
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#21 Aug 11 2011 at 4:59 PM Rating: Good
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My Druid has red hair, so I guess I'm not modeling him after myself. He also has tusks, is non-human and can turn into animals. But I happen to play a class with no human race available.

My characters in EVE Online and APB Reloaded all have lengthy, drawn back, blond hair, blue eyes and dark, long stubble. Which is what you'd see if I had my webcam turned on right now.

I only shave if something's up.
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#22 Aug 11 2011 at 5:34 PM Rating: Good
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Wonder Gem PigtailsOfDoom wrote:
I recently saw a post by someone over on a wow group on a social networking site, who said that people tend to model their characters either to be an imitation of themselves, or the polar opposite of themselves. Her examples were, she plays a human mage that looks like her, as she values intelligence. She has a male friend who is a really big guy and painfully shy, and he plays a female gnome rogue.

I think that argument has some merit. My priest is a female goblin, short and cute with pigtails (shocker I know lol). IRL, I am also short, and I get told on a pretty frequent basis that I'm cute. Not sexy, not pretty, but cute. My mage is a blood elf: tall, thin, and gorgeous. I am really not any of those lol.


I think some people would model their actual characters to kind of look like themselves, mainly the human and dwarf races. Obviously unless there's a circus freak playing, probably not too many worgen or troll looking people in real life.

My post was more about the class; or what we would picture the people - as looking like - for their class.

I picture rogues as dark haired, mysterious, sneaky; on verge of emo. Tattoo's and facial hair. The guy that plays a rogue in Lore's guild fit that.

Lore himself kind of has a paladin look to him; the mop top and knightly yet baby face kind of facial traits. I had no clue he played a paladin until watching the documentary.

The two priests; they both had the soft, priestly look to em, not real threatening. Though I'd picture a shadow priest much like a rogue or warlock. I'm sure one of them is probably a shadow priest so one may not fit the look.

The mage dude seemed short, kind of had the priest look, but slightly different; calm and calculated looking. Magely looking. LoL

Etc, etc.

I have this weird thing with peoples facial and body language in RL, I study everyone. I put faces to names instead of names to faces to remember them. So maybe it's just me with the whole looking like their class thing.

Edit: Obviously not everyone would fit the description, sure there's plenty of rogues that don't have tats, etc., etc. Sure there some beastly looking priests and paladins. Just thought it was interesting seeing the movie and the RL looks of some of the players.

Edited, Aug 11th 2011 6:37pm by Seculartwo
#23 Aug 11 2011 at 5:40 PM Rating: Excellent
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#24 Aug 11 2011 at 5:46 PM Rating: Good
I can see that. I just think that different people probably picture different characteristics for different classes. So what might look appropriate to you might not look appropriate to someone else.

When I think of a rogue, I picture Bladezz from The Guild. Some snot nosed bratty teenage boy. I know that most people who play rogues don't fit that description, but I guess that a year and a half of playing a mage on a pvp server and getting stun locked to death has colored rogues in a negative light for me.
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