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#1 Jan 03 2007 at 2:49 AM Rating: Excellent
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I read this on the EU O-boards and thought I'd share it. I know x-mas is done and done, and some of us are glad for it, but I thought it was a nice story anyway.

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I often play PUGs, and I encounter a lot of bad players on the opposite team. But, I just can't take it when they're female gnomes. I have a heart, and it just feels so bad killing those small buggers, especially around christmas times.

My story begins with me playing my shaman. I run up to a female gnome mage and slay her without her being able to do anything. Now I do this another 5-6 times and that poor female gnome mage is like the only alliance who dares to step outside their flagroom (EVERYONE DEFEND FTW!)

It is a really bad player, I don't even have to try very hard and could just autoattack kill the poor female gnome. She tries to channel fireballs, I ES and she wont even channel another fireball before my ES is ready again. She never silences and overall she's like one of the worst players I ever seen. (but at least she tries to move out from the flagroom and WIN the game!)

So, I just can't take it anymore. I see that gnome mage running up to me for like the 7-8th time and I look at the scoreboard, the mage got like 0 HKs and 10 deaths. She starts channeling a fireball and I just let it hit me. And let another fireball hit me. She doesn't have very good gear, it's noticable - still decent gear though. I hit her 2-3 times, with windfury deactivated to not get some lucky instant killing WF crits.

And I die after a time. I don't know why. Somehow in my mind I see this dad, who actually plays the character, who sits with his kid and lets him play. Because it was really THAT bad play, slow reactions and everything.

And that female gnome.. I just couldn't.

I respawn again, the score is 2-0 at this time and we're really dominating the game. The female gnome, who still is the only alliance stepping out of the flagroom, is now in our base, running VERY slowly and stopping on every corner. Which only makes me believe even more it's a someone showing a small kid the game. Move around the corner, standing still for a few seconds, move a bit further.
The only reason she managed to get this far, was because all other 9 hordes are killing the defenders in their flagroom.

I follow the gnome (looking at the female gnome around the corners by rotating my camera) slowly into our flagroom. She entered our base from the ramp, and from entering it took probably 1 minute to get into our flagroom - which for a "normal" player takes a few seconds tops.

Now she stands in front of our flag, totally still. Nothing happening for 10 seconds, and in my mind I'm so sure that it's the dad saying "Good kid, now rightclick on this flag and run fast back to our base!". I'm so sure of it, I can't believe anyone who's level 60 can play this badly and move around so slow if they level hours & days by themselves.

She picks up the flag, and I run in. Hey, can't have them capture without having to fight for it. The female gnome mage stops, looks at me for a bit and after 4-5 seconds starts channeling a fireball. After a epic battle of attempting to make it look like a epic battle, she brings me down. She slowly moves closer to my corpse, then a bit closer and then loots my corpse. She turns around, stands there 3-4 seconds before she runs the 10 yards to reach the tunnel in our flagroom. Stands still another 4 seconds then she turns facing the tunnel and after another 3 seconds she starts running forward.

I'm so sure now, but no matter - a player that bad and who's the only one who actually is trying to win the game needs to be rewarded for the fighting spirit.

"/bg Hey guys, the one who picked up our flag is a friend of mine, it's his little kid playing. He loves this game and is it ok if we let him score 1 time to make a little kid happy? It's christmas week after all."

Ok, it's a lie. I don't know the guy, and I don't know if it's a kid. It can just as well be a really bad player. But believe it or not, the brutal hordes all show a great heart. The female gnome runs through the middle to their tunnel, which takes probably a 3 minutes. The hordes are all ganking people who's defending their flagroom now, it's actually quite a slaughter. All of the hordes, including me, are in their flagroom killing everyone trying to get in there.

Then our favorite gnome comes running into the room, she almost hits the glasswindow straight ahead before he stop. Waits 3 seconds, turns 90 degrees to 3 seconds later walk straight into the middle of the room. He walks a bit to far to the west, so it takes another 3 seconds and he moves backwards a few steps with all the hordes watching. She turns around facing their flag. Moves forward, stops for a second, then moves forward again and the female gnome mage captures the horde flag!

Horde picks up the respawning flag and runs back to the base with a female gnome mage untouched shooting fireballs after them. Some people stops to /wave and /dance with the female gnome mage, and let her kill them - as she don't have the speed to keep up with the flag carrier.

Horde wins 3-1, but one little happy mage ended 4th in killing blows (among alliance) with her 8 KBs and 17 deaths.
Maybe it wasn't a kid playing, maybe it was a handicapped person, maybe it was a regular person watching TV while playing, or maybe someone who just opened a ebay account. I have no clue.

But I had a merry christmas.
#2 Jan 03 2007 at 3:10 AM Rating: Decent
That sure is christmas spirit =)

/cheer
#3REDACTED, Posted: Jan 03 2007 at 3:12 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Gawd what a carebear, I would of massacred that cunt.
#4 Jan 03 2007 at 3:17 AM Rating: Decent
Wonderful story. Thanks.
#5 Jan 03 2007 at 5:18 AM Rating: Good
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I felt warm inside, if only I could play with these people.
#6 Jan 03 2007 at 7:18 AM Rating: Excellent
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That was an extremely nice thing for you all to do. I'm so happy that everyone on your team was so receptive and let the little gnome score. I can just imagine how happy that kid/person was actually getting to score since its not an easy task at such high levels.

Commendable. /cheer
#7 Jan 03 2007 at 9:46 AM Rating: Decent
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Ok, I am a sap(re:female) who cries at most anything and I have tears now. That is so sweet!



Of course, I am also thinking back to my horrible experience in WSG last weekend. On my UD mage. Just trying to get the 20(or is it 30?) tokens to get the blue pants. I am always in pugs, and every single game was against premades. Yeah, those alliance in their Naxx gear wiping the floor with us every time. And by golly I tried my best, only to one time find them capping the third flag as I ran into their fr and they were in there dancing. Alas, I managed 7 tokens before I couldn't take it anymore. =( me & pvp=ftl
#8 Jan 03 2007 at 10:06 AM Rating: Decent
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/cheer.

Wonderful story, almost cried a tear for that brave mage...

Red it 3 times...
#9 Jan 03 2007 at 11:11 AM Rating: Excellent
That was a great read! Thanks for sharing that Webjunky, it gave me a happy feeling.
#10 Jan 03 2007 at 11:26 AM Rating: Decent
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Great story!

If just all people could be this nice!:)


This really made my day, rate-up for you!:)
#11 Jan 03 2007 at 7:33 PM Rating: Decent
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Great story!

I guess the Horde can be nice to the Alliance especially gnomes during the Holidays.
#12 Jan 03 2007 at 7:34 PM Rating: Decent
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Carebears.
#13 Jan 03 2007 at 8:09 PM Rating: Decent
Heartwarming story.
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