WOW... An Online RPG Funeral Gets Ambushed

SHOUTWIRE ^ | April 4, 2006 | JustX

[1rudeboy]

Are your kids to bed yet? Check this out. Use it as a lesson when Junior asks for $10/mo. to play.

[Pistolshot]

I play WoW.

PvP=Player vs. Player. This means you can attack, and kill, the opposite faction, at any given time in what are called contested territories. Notice the Green(friendly) and Red(enemy) names in the video.

It was a noble gesture to have a memorial service for one of their own people. You make a lot of friends and meet a lot of people from around the world in these type of games. BUT, you don't do things like this and expect others to have any respect for what you are doing.

[KoRn]

LOL The perils of playing on a pvp server. I play WoW on a PVP server and you can get attacked at any time for no reason at all.

There are areas, even on a PVP server, where you can't be attacked by the opposing faction unless you attack first. They should have done the funeral in one of these areas instead.

This reminds me of something that happened on my server when I played Star Wars Galaxies. In Galaxies, players could get married in game. They had rings and everything. Anyway, two players were getting married and an entire guild raided the wedding and killed the bride, groom, and anyone else at the wedding who was attackable.

[rattrap]

This reminds me of something that happened on my server when I played Star Wars Galaxies. In Galaxies, players could get married in game. They had rings and everything. Anyway, two players were getting married and an entire guild raided the wedding and killed the bride, groom, and anyone else at the wedding who was attackable.

LOL!

[Toddsterpatriot]

Oh the humanity!!!

[1rudeboy]

I've watched it three times, and I'm still laughing. MadIvan, you might find this amusing in a Goth-like alternate-reality sort of way.

[1rudeboy]

I forget to mention schadenfreude.

[Andonius_99]

sounds very RoP-ish...lol.

[Nickname]

I can't stop looking--it's mean but so funny.

Wish I could read the dialogue. (I think.)

As to why nobody fought back... Besides the shock and awe factor, it looks like most of the Horde were AFK waiting for the event to begin when they were attacked. Many just stood there and died.

Also, according to http://www.wc3sear.ch/

"(keep in mind most of the attendees were wearing tuxedos, dresses and other non-protective formal attire and did not have any weapons equipped)."

If that's accurate, not only did they hold the event in a contested area, they weren't even geared to protect themselves when the attack began!

[1rudeboy]

Gads, what a trainwreck. [still chuckling]

[1rudeboy]

Question: other than satisfaction, what were the benefits to the attackers? Do they get loot, or experience, or what?

[Spruce]

If the opposing player is around your level, you get 1 'honorable kill' and a small amount of honor points. At the end of every week they tally kills and honor points and calculate ranks across your faction. Once you get to the higher ranks you have various items made available for your character to purchase.

[1rudeboy]

Is it possible to advance in the game while being essentially a pacifist? Just curious . . . I'm trying to get a handle on why these people thought they could go unarmed in what (as explained to me) is a hostile sector.

[Jack of all Trades]

marking

[Senator Bedfellow]

It's possible to avoid PvP combat on some servers. You still pretty much have to fight monsters and other non-player entities to get anywhere in the game though, so I'm not sure you'd call that "pacifism".

[Spruce]

It is very possible to play WoW and never have to fight another player. If you feel you may be interested, checkout the game guide Game guide

[1rudeboy]

I pulled your name from the ping list index. Please ping some gamers, or please inform me that you're not keeping that sort of list.

[1rudeboy]

I saw your comments on another thread, and thought you might find this one interesting.