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samzenpus
on from the give-the-orcs-a-voice dept.
I'm not sure how many electoral votes Azeroth has, but it could be a key battleground state.
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Probably not worth a campaign stop
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beef+curtains
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I'm not sure how many electoral votes Azeroth has, but it could be a key battleground state.
I think that Azerothian voter turnout will be extremely low.
My predicted exit poll results:
- 55% Ignored the voting booths & farmed HKs instead
- 25% Didn't make it to the voting booths because they were AFK in the starting area
- 15% Made it to the voting booth, but instead of going in & voting, they jumped onto its roof and spammed/dance over & over
- 5% Were too busy repeatedly spamming/bg with "every sucks by me" and "just let them win" to even realize there was an election going on
-- Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.'
Re:Probably not worth a campaign stop
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Anonymous Coward
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Is she illin with the panicillin?
Is she reelin in the panicillin?
Is it feelin with the panicillin?
Are you steelin in the panacillin?
Panka Panka
Is she liable no suitifiable no not on trial but so suitifiable
Is she viable no suitifiable pliable style is so suitifiable
so reliable no suitifiable shes not on file but so suitifiable
im on the dial its so suitifiable its like im liable but more suitifiable
Re:Probably not worth a campaign stop
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pwolf
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you forget though, 90% of the American WoW player base are under the age of 14.. They can't vote anyway.
Re:Probably not worth a campaign stop
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Anonymous Coward
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That might have been the case when the game was released.
Four years later... how old are those 14 year olds now?
Re:Probably not worth a campaign stop
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nschubach
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12?
-- Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
Re:Probably not worth a campaign stop
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Fluffeh
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non-citizen Kral_Blbec wrote:
"I'm a Republican because not everybody can be on welfare"
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I'm with you brother! But I think there may have been some Republicans involved.
First it's $700 billion for mortgage giants and banks. Then its free low credit from the federal reserve.. Now look at what those sneaky Democrats plan to give to the poor and unproductive.
".. the administration is working to speed the distribution to automakers of $25 billion in factory retooling funds authorized by Congress last month, the official told Reuters."
SOURCE: Treasury not negotiating aid for GM merger
I would tend to agree with all of it.
My comments were just a satire on the previous posters comment about "all" registered Democrats favoring of welfare. I was just pointing out that the Republicans were now quite willing to give welfare to broke and unproductive economic entities.
I_Voter
A number of years ago, I typed out and published on the web, the following copyright expired article. Read it if you think that I oppose "democratic" government manipulation of the economy. It's been getting a lot of hits lately. It may be one of the earliest suggestions that lack of demand by consumers can cause or sustain an economic crisis. This humorous story published in 1897 is much earlier than John Maynard Keynes, and his "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money" published in 1936.
The Parable of the Water-Tank
published by Edward Bellamy in 1897 http://www.geocities.com/stewjackmail/parable.html
-- i'd hit it so hard, if you pulled me out you'd be the king of britain [bash.org]
No battleground state
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KasperMeerts
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If Obama has 63% and McCain only 16%, then this is no battleground state. Obama would just own the place without any hiccups.
Also, I wonder why so little Priests voted on Obama and so little hunters on McCain? Is this because the number of people interviewed is way too low or is there any real causal relationship between your WoW character and your political affiliation. And why on Earth is there a HUGE difference between Alliance and Horde.
Can anybody shed any light on my questions?
-- As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields.
Re:No battleground state
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reikoshea
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Everyone knows that the horde is full of left wing nut jobs, DUH!
-Level 70 Troll Rogue
Re:No battleground state
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Anonymous Coward
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And why on Earth is there a HUGE difference between Alliance and Horde.
Because only assholes play alliance.
I kid! I kid!
Re:No battleground state
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Scarletdown
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So, which side has the mavericks? (takes a drink).
Personally, I would write in a third party candidate: Lord Recluse.:)
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Re:No battleground state
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Xiroth
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For the same reason that more people play Alliance than Horde - because the Horde are the 'bad guys', essentially. Republicans are reasonably accurately portrayed as seeing the world in a fairly black and white fashion - Americans and allies are good, opponents are bad, so help the good guys, smash the bad guys, call it a day and go home happy. Liberals, on the other hand, see things much more in terms of shades of grey - Americans and allies have a history of doing bad things at times, their opponents are frequently trying to do what they think is right and/or are just average people stuck in a bad situation (enemy soldiers, for example). A more realistic viewpoint, perhaps, but one that also frequently results in paralysis due to the lack of a truly good answer.
Bringing that back to the topic at hand, it's no real wonder that the Horde don't have a lot of Republicans, as how many people really want to be the bad guy? On the other hand, the liberals have much less of a problem playing as the Horde as they can see them with a more sympathetic eye (and, I think sometimes when feeling cynical, love being the underdog as it lets them bitch about being disadvantaged). Also, given that liberals likely play both Horde and Alliance, while Republicans would almost always go Alliance, it's no real wonder that there's more Alliance characters than Horde on most servers (although note that this is, of course, not the only mechanic in determining this - just a big one. And it does apply to players from other countries as well).
Actually it turns out to be becasue alliance has prettier toons. This is why they added the pretty blood elf. Actually, Blizzard has a lot of interesting demographics they monitor and check. I would love to be able to work with their player data and character data. There is a lot of data to carve up and a lot of suprising trends, from what I hear from me friends that work their.
-- The Kruger Dunning explains most post on/. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
The type of player that plays a game to be the good guy smashing the "bad guys" without a second thought is likely to be the guy who votes for a president who does the same. Other players who see that not all the apparent "bad guys" are actually "bad guys" but rather might be a normal person that is portrayed as a "bad guy" by someone else play horde - and are willing to vote for a person who doesn't just point at shoot at the first thing he doesn't understand.
Re:No battleground state
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Anonymous Coward
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Your completely way off base. Liberals are wusses( i'm refraining from profanity here ) and therefore must be allies. My friends and I are die hard Republicans and choose horde because undead and trolls are punks. Which greatly reflects what the Horde are.
Horde do not care about meaningless votes and prefer to take over with might rather that doing whats rights. Therefore, allie, you are a Liberal. Allies are typically nicer.
Horde are punks...Republicans are punks...The attack on Syria by G.Bush proves my point. I am a punk undead and proud of it.
Yes McCain is a moron btw. Independents and typically stupid...as portrayed in the video. If it takes you 20 months to decide...your vote should be counted. Haha
I chose Horde because they are the bad guys. They reflect my attitude and I have never seen them as weak or good.
OH MY GOD
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Anonymous Coward
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why is this on the front page...
No Gankzor
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Anonymous Coward
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I would have totally ganked that tauren if she tried coming into my realm's SW in her birthday suit.
I believe the standard way to do solo gankings is as follows:
Spend an ungodly amount of time raiding and playing battlegrounds to get the best gear possible.
Enlist the help of your guildmates to further enhance your character.
Use any means possible to temporarily boost your character further (once again, guildmates are a great source of magical enhancements).
Go somewhere where there are few players from the other faction and that isn't a world PvP "hotspot" (so that they won't be ready to defend themselves.
Sneak up on the unsuspecting player and hit him/her as hard as you can, throw everything you've got at the poor bastard.
Repeat this until your temporary enhancements start to disappear.
Call in your guildmates to keep a constant corpse-camp for the next few hours, bonus points if you also station a few at the nearest graveyard (in case your victim attempts to resurrect there).
Yeah, there are way to many teenagers out there with too much time on their hands...
Nah, Ganking generally either means a group attack or someone attacking someone who is weaker and unprepared/unable to defend himself. Classic places where this takes place are "Ganklethorn Vale" and the Hillsbrad foothills since they both are contested zones and there are lots of little nooks and crannies to hide in (of course, there's always the classic "lvl 70 on epic mount chasing lower level playing on regular mount" game).
Yep, a bunch of folks who spend all their free time on an online video fantasy world game are a perfect example of how the election will go in America. The rest of the population spends all their time in front of a video fantasy world. In other words, the electorate is a bunch of uninformed couch potatoes who are voting based on their perceived strengths in a candidate: nothing based on past records or current platforms.
Our country deserves everything we're going to get.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take shit and wipe my ass with the Constitution and then vomit.
Because someone's past is always indicative of their future........
And because current platforms are always what the elected candidate ends up actually following......
I believe the old Slashdot saying applies here, slightly modified.
Welcome to America. You must be new here.
-- I do not respond to cowards. Especially anonymous ones.
Who to vote for?
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Anonymous Coward
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Thrall. duh.
where are the outtakes?
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SeeSp0tRun
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I want to see the number of tries in stormwind where that one teenager couldn't get enough ganking on the naked Tauren warrior...
-- Something witty.
Re:where are the outtakes?
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DarkProphet
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It was probably done on a private server.
-- What could possibly hurt the security of the American people more than giving our own government the ability to hide its
Straight Horde ticket
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Nefarious+Wheel
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Hey, Thrall ain't perfect, but he's a warlord and he'll soon put an end to the war in Crossroads. He's exactly the sort of murderous bastard we need in troubled times like this. And have you seen the floating castle that just showed up outside Thunder Bluff? That's obviously the result of 8 years of failed Alliance rule. You want four more years of that?
-- Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
Re:Straight Horde ticket
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Anonymous Coward
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We don't know enough about this Thrall. I think he's a gold farmer!
Re:Straight Horde ticket
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Anonymous Coward
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Thrall once ran SFK with Ur_mom, a know griefer. Ur_mom was killing quest givers when Thrall was still level 3. Can Thrall be trusted?
Thrall, wrong on Ur_mom, wrong on the Horde.
I'm Zxxxhaz and I approve this message.
Re:Straight Horde ticket
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flyingsquid
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Hey, Thrall ain't perfect, but he's a warlord and he'll soon put an end to the war in Crossroads. He's exactly the sort of murderous bastard we need in troubled times like this. And have you seen the floating castle that just showed up outside Thunder Bluff? That's obviously the result of 8 years of failed Alliance rule. You want four more years of that?
I just don't think I can vote for a green-skin for president. Plus, I keep hearing these rumors that Thrall is secretly a Muslim.
Re:Straight Horde ticket
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Anonymous Coward
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Nefarious Wheel said: "He's exactly the sort of murderous bastard...."
You lie! Thrall is kind & just!
Re:Straight Horde ticket
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acheron12
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My vote is for Leeroy because he doesn't get stuck in the gridlock of analysis that paralyzes our leaders. While they are discussing which of their special interests (tanks and healers) will get what earmarks, Leeroy is taking action.
Who needs to leave the house? I just voted using absentee ballot. No way I'm standing in line to vote.
It also gives me a chance to see who's on the ballot and do some research online to election posts I'm unfamiliar with. Overall I don't really pay much attention to politics or the media, so that's about as close to an informed decision as I can make.
And Night-Elf hunters are the most common race and class combo, in case you're wondering about in-game demographics.
Over 35 players are a decent percentage I would venture to guess...
Just about anyone except Fandral Staghelm
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SL+Baur
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I could never vote for a hordie, and I suppose a one-on-one election between Staghelm and an Orc would make for an interesting choice. The last time the hordies raided Darnassus and I was in the area, I went up to the top of the tower and danced on Staghelm's corpse. I'm not overly fond of the boy king of SW City, but I do not think Kings usually like to stand for elections.
Unless there is a Draenei running, I will probably sit this one out.
Re:Just about anyone except Fandral Staghelm
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Eleed
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I agree with you. Draenei would make a great leader, imho
We can not let this alliance of fairies and unicorns continue to take our land and enslave our people. .
Vote Thrall 2008! .
For the horde!
Chuck Norris vs Murlocs
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ZirbMonkey
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Not sure how trade chat discussions end up on other realms, but the voting will inevitably be narrowed down between Murlocs and Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris would be the obvious best choice, however Murlocs would stay in the race and present a hard battle due to their sheer numbers and ability to throw spears through walls.
Vote Obama
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Anonymous Coward
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I vote for Obama. That way I can live off win fall profits and just sit at home and play wow all day. Obama Promises 1000 dollars a month to each family and thats plenty for me and my wife to live on and play wow all day. Hooray for Obama!!!! Soon as he gets voted in, I quit my job at Chevron. I'm ready to live off the backs of the big companies and play Wow all day. I wonder how much winfall profits Obama can get out of Blizzard. Anyways thats what I am hoping for.
I overheard my mom talking about this the other day, when I took a 2-minute game break to come up from the basement and grab a ho-ho. She brought my dinner down to me (duh) so that was all I heard. Is there like an election or something? Meh.
-- This is a hacked account, for which the owner can not be held responsible.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm not sure how many electoral votes Azeroth has, but it could be a key battleground state.
I think that Azerothian voter turnout will be extremely low.
My predicted exit poll results: /dance over & over /bg with "every sucks by me" and "just let them win" to even realize there was an election going on
- 55% Ignored the voting booths & farmed HKs instead
- 25% Didn't make it to the voting booths because they were AFK in the starting area
- 15% Made it to the voting booth, but instead of going in & voting, they jumped onto its roof and spammed
- 5% Were too busy repeatedly spamming
Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.'
It's obvious. The answer is The Lich King.
Probadly Barack Obama, since WOW players just sit on their ass all day, and would like a nanny to wipe it.
Oh wait, wrong game universe.
If Obama has 63% and McCain only 16%, then this is no battleground state. Obama would just own the place without any hiccups.
Also, I wonder why so little Priests voted on Obama and so little hunters on McCain? Is this because the number of people interviewed is way too low or is there any real causal relationship between your WoW character and your political affiliation.
And why on Earth is there a HUGE difference between Alliance and Horde.
Can anybody shed any light on my questions?
As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields.
why is this on the front page...
I would have totally ganked that tauren if she tried coming into my realm's SW in her birthday suit.
Yep, a bunch of folks who spend all their free time on an online video fantasy world game are a perfect example of how the election will go in America. The rest of the population spends all their time in front of a video fantasy world. In other words, the electorate is a bunch of uninformed couch potatoes who are voting based on their perceived strengths in a candidate: nothing based on past records or current platforms.
Our country deserves everything we're going to get.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take shit and wipe my ass with the Constitution and then vomit.
Thrall. duh.
I want to see the number of tries in stormwind where that one teenager couldn't get enough ganking on the naked Tauren warrior...
Something witty.
Hey, Thrall ain't perfect, but he's a warlord and he'll soon put an end to the war in Crossroads. He's exactly the sort of murderous bastard we need in troubled times like this. And have you seen the floating castle that just showed up outside Thunder Bluff? That's obviously the result of 8 years of failed Alliance rule. You want four more years of that?
Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
who the fuck cares?
Saurfang the Elder for President, Saurfang the Younger for Veep! The only safe choice!
LEEROY JENKINS!
oh wait..
can i change my vote?
which race will you choose? orc or human.
Is there a demografic less likely to vote, than WoW players?
"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam" - Japanese ministry official.
I could never vote for a hordie, and I suppose a one-on-one election between Staghelm and an Orc would make for an interesting choice. The last time the hordies raided Darnassus and I was in the area, I went up to the top of the tower and danced on Staghelm's corpse. I'm not overly fond of the boy king of SW City, but I do not think Kings usually like to stand for elections.
Unless there is a Draenei running, I will probably sit this one out.
Is there a demographic less worthy to vote, than people who ride judgemental bandwagons?
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, watch it -- I'm huge!
Servers'll be down for half that day, plenty of time to go vote AND stock up on cheetos.
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
The Lich King! Write in Cheney!
We can not let this alliance of fairies and unicorns continue to take our land and enslave our people.
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Vote Thrall 2008!
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For the horde!
Not sure how trade chat discussions end up on other realms, but the voting will inevitably be narrowed down between Murlocs and Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris would be the obvious best choice, however Murlocs would stay in the race and present a hard battle due to their sheer numbers and ability to throw spears through walls.
I vote for Obama. That way I can live off win fall profits and just sit at home and play wow all day. Obama Promises 1000 dollars a month to each family and thats plenty for me and my wife to live on and play wow all day. Hooray for Obama!!!! Soon as he gets voted in, I quit my job at Chevron. I'm ready to live off the backs of the big companies and play Wow all day. I wonder how much winfall profits Obama can get out of Blizzard. Anyways thats what I am hoping for.
I overheard my mom talking about this the other day, when I took a 2-minute game break to come up from the basement and grab a ho-ho. She brought my dinner down to me (duh) so that was all I heard. Is there like an election or something? Meh.
This is a hacked account, for which the owner can not be held responsible.