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World of Warcraft Character Becomes Campaign Issue
Dr. Gamera writes "Maine state senate candidate Colleen Lachowicz plays World of Warcraft. The opposing party in Maine has issued a press release attacking her for her Level 85 Orc Assassination Rogue. From the article: 'In an unusual press release issued Thursday, the Maine GOP attacked Lachowicz for a “bizarre double life” in which she’s a devotee of the hugely popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft. In the game, she’s “Santiaga,” an "orc assassination rogue" with green skin, fangs, a Mohawk and pointy ears.' Her incumbent, much to his credit, rejects the attack as 'mudslinging politics.'"
I'd rather vote for an orc assassination rogue than a democrat or republican.
...But the sword was considered to be too powerful for anyone to possess, so it was removed from the game and stored on a one gig flash drive. But it was foretold that one day players who could wield the sword might reveal themselves...
Someone with an empty socket in her belt does not deserve our sympathy.
And level 85 was so 1 week and 2 days ago.
It doesn't matter whether you vote for the Horde or the Alliance. It's not a real choice because ultimately both of them are owned by the moneyed interests of the guild banks and the vendors, and will do anything for a few gold pieces and some high-level items. Until we break free of this two-faction system there will never be any change in Azeroth.
Have you seen that study that suggests that tinfoil hats actually attenuate radio signals? I'll just leave this out here.
by Mike Buddha -- Someday the mountain might get him, but the law never will.
STFU, Panda coward!
I'd never vote for someone in the Horde. I hope her opponent is Alliance, otherwise I'll have to write in, yet again.
by Mike Buddha -- Someday the mountain might get him, but the law never will.
Well, I for one am voting for a third party Panda Bear.
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She could be a Farmville player. That disqualifies you to run even a fry cooker.
Agreed.
However, explaining what a MUD is to a young kid is a mistake I only made once. Now I just pretend that MMORPGs just evolved straight from single-celled organisms.
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.
A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.
You wait too long and night comes.
You are eaten by a Grue.
> open mailbox
OK.
> mail absentee ballot
OK.
> wait
Nothing changes.
The future is dark.
You are eaten by a guru.
On the whole, I find that I prefer Slashdot posts to twitter ones because I don't get limited to 140 chars before
I would suggest voting Libertarian, but Azeroth is already a Libertarian paradise: no taxes, neither the Alliance nor the Horde maintain a police force, fire department, or public library system; there's minimal public investment in infrastructure like roads (in fact virtually no government to speak of), government does nothing as demons and undead stalk the land (I don't know what the official Libertarian position on a plague of the undead is, but I assume Ron Paul would argue that this should be left up to the private sector). Plus, everyone's on the gold standard!
Her comeback to this should be, "I KNOW the difference between fantasy and reality. Apparently, my opponent does not."
Knowing the difference between fantasy and reality could be a handicap in the world of politics.
Any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.
She plays a rogue. Everyone hates rogues, well except the degenerates playing rogues. Choosing a rogue is evidence enough of a serious character flaw. Think of all the higher level rogues who ganked you. Do you want one of them to have authority over you in the real world? Rogues, f'em.
It's a goblin conspiracy!
Just look at how those greedy, big-nosed bastards are exploiting the other races.