P.U.G.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Disappeared?

4:09 AM

Bethany

Sorry guys >.< been sick and busy with school related annoyances. Although, to keep you guys hungry, I will post some silly art things. Will be updating with a comic soon =) I am behind!

Rawr!

I R PRIEST

Guild mate, Cyrsta

My druid, Ery

I Love Gnomes

10:30 AM

Bethany

Wow I have been super busy! Sorry for the lack of updates, working on more comics actually =)

I am both extremely excited and saddened with the new patch today. Things are changing dramatically and I have to relearn how to play my characters again.

Have fun!

This is a quick post about myself. As you all probably already know... at least I hope you do by now, I play World of Warcraft. I used to play an obsessive amount, but I backed down to see sunlight again and experience this thing called real life. I am an art education major with interests in illustration and comics. I am also engaged to a lovely man-thing I met in World of Warcraft with two kittens who love eating my computer cords. -.-

Older Screenshot of my druid, but I thought it was pretty.

I first started playing on a rp (role playing) realm. It's pretty much exactly like you have it pictured in your mind currently. People would seriously stop in the middle of heroics enjoying snacks next to the fire. Not only did they stop and eat their snacks, they would speak about the instance, in character... oO I didn't mind the role playing atmosphere, but I would rather not spend 30 minutes enjoying an imaginary snack in a video game... I want to kill shit and get purples.

In my quest to raid, I had the opportunity to leave and explore other realms. I joined a guild name Exalted, became pro and later raided in top 100 US guilds. Crazy eh? I had a good deal of fun times with friends, dead dragons and purples.

I DOOOO miss raiding with established raiding guilds, but guilds want a crazy amount of dedicated hours that I just cannot devote to right now. Real life > WoW.

My druid has seem some fun times, but I have moved on to heal on a priest and a shaman. Also picked up a dps toon to shoot things. Also slowly leveling a pally, to heal on eventually.

My Druid again in Burning Crusade.

5:23 AM

Bethany

Patience please =) Working on a new layout I found. I liked how nice it looked, but my ability to edit code is horrible. I promise comics soon!!!!!

5 Mans.

6:41 PM

Bethany

Sad day when kicked for getting mana back.

Nerd Raging. [NSFW]

9:34 PM

Bethany

In raids I tend to become Milton in raids when encountering nerd ragers. Maybe I project to them that I am fresh meat when I speak on vent. I am NOT super ridiculous on vent, but I mumble and stutter a bit when I get extremely angry. Just as people interrupt me and absolutely ignore the points I am making, I can feel like Milton from Office Space.

Office Space

[NSFW] [Language] Nerd Ragers

An Internet Tough Guy talks big online, but IRL is a total basement-dweller. Most internet tough guys are into computer programming or at the bare minimum, love video gaming. The typical Internet Tough Guy can be found in nearly every community on LJ but often resides in his parent's basement, for at least 7 days a week. From furry communities to political communities, the internet tough guy is one of many stock users that make up a community.

Source:http://whatport80.com (Awesome site)

When encountering these types of people I would recommend the following:

Take off your headset when someone makes a mistake (and it's not you). This is of course if you want to stay in the raid with the Nerd Raging.
If you are the person who did make the mistake, even if every bone in your body wants to fight back against their accusations... don't. You can leave, or just take it as a grain of salt and move on. These people tend to think they are right, no matter the situation. Arguing with these people only leads to the situation being escalated with you looking like a fool or your removal from the raid.
Pin point the people on your realm that exhibit this behavior in raids. If you know it will upset you, then just don't put yourself in the position to deal with it. After all a game is a game and you SHOULD enjoy who you play with for the most part, granted you may not like everyone.
Personalities like this are everywhere on the internet, learning how to deal with them will only enhance your enjoyment of the game.

I witness this regularly through raiding in pugs with others, not necessarily myself being yelled at. Although in the end, you are just justifying their need to make a scene by giving them a reason to continue screaming at you through vent. In my honest opinion, mistakes happen, be angry at the mistake and not the person.