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The Warriors Stood in the Shape of a Heart

An anonymous reader writes "Here's a picture of Warsingers funeral. Warsinger was an in-game persona in the rather good MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot". and generally well-liked. The real person behind Warsinger was a 32-year-old with heart trouble, who really died. So the players on his server organized an in-game funeral.At the funeral, players from the three realms of Camelot, who normally kill each other gleefully on sight, stood in the shape of a heart (check the pic above); the two figures in the center of the heart are Warsinger's real-life sister and girlfriend."

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP! Flame me now!

    1. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That was weak.

  2. Ad? by therandthem · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this the paid advertisement for the day?

  3. Re:I Hate Niggers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OMG that is so horrible.

  4. OT:Moderator rights by CProgrammer98 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hmm, I'm in the UK and I've been a moderator several times. Been in Slashdot for a couple of years but not very many posts.

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    1. Re:OT:Moderator rights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Me too, been a user here for years (user number less than 200,000), only made a couple of dozen posts, but had to wait a few years before I got to moderate. Now I get to mod every couple of weeks. I'm from the UK too.

      Does meta-moderating help with becoming a moderator? I m-m as often as I can.

      I think the OP is a bit of a spoilt brat, expecting everything so quickly. I'll search him out and mod him down next time I have mod points (only kidding!)

    2. Re:OT:Moderator rights by Admiral+Lazzurs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Oh yes Well I know it helped me, to be honest I find it strange when I don't have mod points.

  5. Yes, the MS media player really is awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just like you mentioned in your post. My favorite component is the MEDIA PLAYER! Windows Media Player 9 is the single most important entertainment release ever. It is so important that I have flown to LA for the unveiling and am now thinking of deploying the beta of this fine offering into production on all of the workstations and servers throughout our organization. As I watched BillG demo the new product, I thought of all the ways this new Media Player will improve our business. I routinely allow my employees 30 minutes a day for entertainment and am pushing out the new Media Player through a Group Policy right now. I have contacted my MS sales rep with the official "go live" word and he has rejoiced and sent me a shirt. I take great solace in the fact that Microsoft offers my firm everything, from ROCK SOLID and secure offering like Windows 2000 to Media Players.

  6. Re:The line between virtual reality and reality... by robbieduncan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I am in the UK, have been visiting for, well who knows how long now and have been a moderator quite a few times (still remember the shock the first time it happened). iirc you have to wait till your member ID drops within a certain percentage of the total IDs. It's something like when your ID falls withing the lower 80% of the IDs then your ID will be dropped into the mod pool. It's more than likely in the FAQs somewhere.

  7. Trust me, the trolls are everywhere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FUCK THE CLIT, FIRST POST, WWW.GOATSE.CX!!!!!!!!!!! abcdef defg abcdef defg abcdef defg abcdef defg abcdef adfe

  8. the famous slashdot grammar & spelling troll v by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It has come to my attention that "slashdot", subsidiary of VA Software, is a refuge for people with a terrible sense for grammar and spelling. As a remediation, please accept the following recommendations about the use of some frequent linguistic expressions :
    • "Alot" vs. "A lot" : There is no such word as alot. In fact, when confronted with the word alot, ispell tells us the following : "how about : allot,aloe,aloft, alto, blot, clot, lot, plot, slot"
    • Just because moronic Americans pronounce Berstein, neither, Einstein and other 'ei'-words as "Burnstean", "neather", "Ainstean", etc... doesn't mean they have to write those words "Bernstien", "niether" or "Einstien". Special mention to "thier", "becuase" and "amatuer".
    • "Than" vs. "Then" : Just the fact that in some inferior dialects of the English language, "than" and "then" are pronounced about the same way doesn't mean that the comparative "than" has any reason to be written as the conjunctive/logical "then".
    • Your vs. You're : The former means "not my, not his, not our", in other words it is a possessive. The latter is a shortcut for "You are". Similar point for There vs Their vs They're.
    • Hobbyist and lobbyist are not superlatives. Hence they musn't be written as hobbiest and lobbiest.
    • Thi fuct thit ya ridnucks prunince any avelible vowal as "uh" doesn't forbid you to open a book from time to time to actually build up some vocabulary. It's "ludicrous" and "compatible", not "ludacris" and "compatable".
    • Its vs It's. The former is the genitive form of "It" and will therefore make the following word an attribute of the word replaced by the pronoun. Example : illitteracy and its consequences. The latter is an shortcut for "It is". Example : Illiteracy. It's so annoying.
    • lose vs. loose : the first is the verb associated with a loss. The second is the contrary of "firm"
    • I could (not) care less. Most people say "I could care less" when they don't give a flying fuck. If they really could care less, then their lack of interest isn't that big. What they mean is that they could not care less.
    ...many more to come. Reply to this comment to suggest some.

    A definition of irony : a bunch of computer nerds without a sense for spelling and grammar mocking japanese game translators for their lack of skills in english spelling and grammar.

    Contribution by Erpo :
    I'm not any kind of grammar nazi, but decent spelling and grammar are important to me. The occasional affect/effect problem doesn't bother me (it just lowers my opinion of the author), but when a piece is riddled with errors (there/they're/their, its/it's, then/than, etc..) it's hard for me to read. Partially, I think this is because I sight read and I don't subvocalize. In other words, when I see, "It's over their," in print the first thing I think is, "It's over their what? Is it hovering over their kitchen counter? Is it over their heads? What is this person trying to say?" Of course, I don't just sit there pondering those questions (it only takes a split second to see there was a grammar error in the sentence), but I can't read as quickly when every few lines my eyes flick back to an earlier word.

    Maybe I'm just hypersensitive. I don't know. If you don't know what I'm talking about though, check out this piece by Prince. It doesn't have very many grammar problems, but the "creative" spelling is really distracting.
  9. Re:the famous slashdot grammar & spelling trol by muffel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs.
    -- Oxford University Press, Edpress News

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    bla
  10. LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD PARENT UP!!!!!!

  11. Re:This gesture..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "So I was fucking this mongoose when....."

  12. Re:The line between virtual reality and reality... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    +5 Insightful my ASS.

    A karma whore you are.

  13. Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and muslims by an "exploding" star... You see... All muslims are terroists.

  14. Re:This gesture..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "I scanned my annoying brothers atomic structure and uploaded it to the community matter replicator in orbit around Mercury then transported his crispy corpse back for dinner!"

  15. Re:To be remembered... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sigh. History did not begin with your first AOL account and things existed and happened before /. started reporting them. That was certainly not the first memorial (or any other kind of) ceremony...

  16. Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're misunderstanding Christianity. We view the crucifixion as a triumph, not a defeat. That moment was the redemption of The Fall, and hence a sacred, holy thing.

  17. Re:Hmm by G-funk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's like paying homage to a Crucifix to represent the death of a person Crucified...

    you mean, like... christians?

    Yeah, not many people would do something like that

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  18. Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That was his point dipshit.

  19. Re:Obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, because nobody who jogs has ever had a heart attack.

  20. Please do not feed the troll by AriesGeek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    n/m

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    Insert offensive troll-style sig here. Please mod or respond appropriately.
  21. His sister was his girlfriend? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ewwwwwww!

  22. stupidist comment.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ever...

    I can't believe this was moderated up.

    Haha... Slashdot morons.

  23. Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ya know, not evey mention of crucifixion has to do
    with christianity..
    Christ was far from the only guy to get crucified.

  24. Re:This is NOT a Flamebait or a Troll, Hear me out by tj2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You, sir, are a fuckwit.

    Inactivity killed him, eh? WTF do *you* know about it? Congestive heart failure isn't necessarily, or even typically, caused by lack of physical activity. It's a disease process, not a moral failing.

    Would you say this same crap to someone with Duchenne's? "Go outside and play!" It was almost certainly not his desire to be limited by congestive heart problems, and your comments reveal only ignorance and insensitivity. Piss off.

  25. Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not believing in some obviously and non-consistent fake fairy tales doesn't exactly make one narrowminded. Besides, learn about 'turning the other cheek' if you yourself are so religious.

  26. Re:This is NOT a Flamebait or a Troll, Hear me out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why dont you start with the bitter and arrogant peeps first

  27. Re:BBS days by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    rinx>?

  28. Re:The line between virtual reality and reality... by slaker · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That's funny, I usually have mod points at least three times a month. Slashdot is my start page and I usually read two or three articles a day, but seldom post.

    And every 10 days or so, I have to look for a way to blow my 5 mod points.

    Like jdavidb said, you need to visit less often and post less often.

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  29. Another failure of the ./ mod system by IXI · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Read #4205566 and then tell me how this can be modded troll.

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    1. Re:Another failure of the ./ mod system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "USA, the worlds biggest polluter -- BBC World Service"

      "BBC World Service, the World's biggest RF polluter"