Virtual Funeral getting owned... [Archive]

cornbread

04-05-06, 03:13 PM

Mixed feelings for me, I thinks its funny, but then I think it's sad at the same time, sad that even though it's a game that the players couldn't pay their own tribute to the guy.

On another note, it doesn't surprise me that the Alliance were the ones to crash the party, lol...figures.

I had characters on both sides , but preferred the Horde side much better when I played (retired now), it's crazy the difference in people between the two sides, seems like most of the mature people play Horde.

MEMex

04-05-06, 03:18 PM

On another note, it doesn't surprise me that the Alliance were the ones to crash the party, lol...figures.

I had characters on both sides , but preferred the Horde side much better when I played (retired now), it's crazy the difference in people between the two sides, seems like most of the mature people play Horde.

Thats the first thing i thought was the raiding party had to be alliance :rolleyes:

mynihilism

04-05-06, 03:22 PM

people should know better then tring to conduct an event in a video game that requires respect.

cornbread

04-05-06, 03:27 PM

I think a cool concept to do is being able to buy your own grave site in the game, for example the one the developers made for a fellow developer (that died in RL) in the Barrens, it's a cool location on a hill in the Barrens, I'm sure most of you regular players know what I'm referring to.

Only fallback is if they eventually canceled the game, but I doubt they will be doing that for a long while.

FudgeNuggets

04-05-06, 03:42 PM

I find no humor in this at all. A funeral is a funeral. That's one of the reasons why I don't play online. A bunch of degenerate loser kids with no respect. With Xbox Live all you hear is a bunch of crappy rap music in the background and somebody spewing curses and racial slurs over the mic to you. Then when you're beating the hell out of them all you get is an F-you and they quit in the middle of the game. Pretty much the same thing on PC games, without the headset and mic.

ninthebin

04-05-06, 03:48 PM

those people are probably the best humans around - leave them alone you haters :santa2:

mynihilism

04-05-06, 03:50 PM

thats the exact reason why i pretty much quit playing games online. i'll still ocasionally play bf2 but thats about it.

yeah its sad what happened because of the lack of respect but it didn't supprise me one bit and found sadistic humor in the knowing that my idea of online gaming is true.

Gabkicks

04-05-06, 03:53 PM

how lame do you have to be to hold an online funeral? why not have a real life funeral for the guy? oh yeah... they cant leave their basements so thats out of the question.

beavismorpheus

04-05-06, 04:10 PM

I sure hope the people that raided the funeral respect the guy who died in real life. It was a bad idea in the first place for the people who held the funeral to take over his account. if they really respected the guys life, and not just his WoW character, they would pay their respects outside of the video game.

theres no telling what the bad guys were thinking. I would have a guilty consciouss if i pulled some stuff like they did. but everyones mind works differently.

madman22

04-05-06, 04:12 PM

how lame do you have to be to hold an online funeral? why not have a real life funeral for the guy? oh yeah... they cant leave their basements so thats out of the question.

you ever think that they live all the way across the country and cant afford to fly to the funeral?

Herr Rogers

04-05-06, 05:12 PM

That was hilarious! Wonderfully edited too! The beginning really captueres the hate. Those of you who are comparing what happened in this video to real life are well.... There's the internet, then there's real life. One consists of packets, one consists of matter. BIIIIIIIIIIIIIG difference. I hate analogies because it's impossible to make an accurate one.

Prodigious

04-05-06, 05:12 PM

Some things to point out:

Immature people play on both sides. A lot of noobs play on Alliance, but there are countless jackasses on Horde who sit on the borders of contested territories just so they can gank any low level who comes across. Just because you are a skilled player doesn't mean you are "mature."

Also, the people who held the funeral were literally asking for it. I could see if it was a small gathering in a safe area, and some people popped in and wrecked the day. That's not the case. The guys posted on the forums that they were going to be holding a procession in the middle of a contested zone, and specifically said that they weren't going to wear any equipment or armor and would not fight back if attacked. That's just stupid. If you're going to try to commemorate someone do it in a safe zone FFS! Contested zones exist for a reason, it's a pvp server, people play in those areas so they can fight other players. If you are in that area and don't want to fight, then leave or go on a PVE server. Also, don't entice people by assuring them of free kills. Explaining the situation and asking to be left alone is one thing, going into detail about how you won't fight back or anything is just inviting people to go after you.

The guild who attacked them are a bunch of jackasses, but the people who held the funeral are morons and I found the entire situation hilarious.

SolidxSnake

04-05-06, 05:42 PM

LMFAO that was absolutely hilarious.

on a more serious note, those people holding the funeral didn't NEED to even fly over to the guy's funeral, just coulda called his family expressing condolences. but really, a video game funeral? wtf are people coming to.

beavismorpheus

04-05-06, 09:28 PM

i almost forgot to say...pwnage

at first i thought 'virtual funeral' was a new sims game. now that would be messed up

El-Scotto

04-05-06, 10:02 PM

not funny at all really...the guys that did it are a bunch of @$&#*#*. This happend on my server and while i dont know anyone who had taken part it the amount of trash talking that went on afterwards was just wrong...

beavismorpheus

04-05-06, 10:16 PM

i was wondering what some of the text said, the vid quality is too poor to make it out. can you recall any of it from memory or do you have chat logs stored?

El-Scotto

04-05-06, 10:18 PM

its not so much what they said in came...horde and alliance cant understand eachother in game so if someone from the opposing faction types something it comes out gibberish more or less :p

but on server board forums, it got out of hand quickly...saying things like she deserved to die and other things along that line :/

FudgeNuggets

04-05-06, 10:21 PM

After this thread, my opinion of many of you has taken a serious nose dive.. :( Not that you punks care either way.....

Elif Tymes

04-05-06, 10:33 PM

That's just cruel. I admit it's not the brightest thing to have a funeral in a contested zone...

but some people should be respectful at least.

I'll stick to EVE, thanks.

damarble

04-05-06, 11:26 PM

The idea of having an in game memorial was actually good. These were all people that knew each other through the game, what better way to show their respect? They're scattered across the world and have no relation outside of games, so gathering for the real funeral would be difficult, not to mention inappropriate.

It was stupid how they planned it. Yes, make your intentions clear, but don't hold the ceremony somewhere that's unsafe. The derserved the slaughter just for that.

But the guys attacking were rude, even if it was completely justifiable. There's a point where even though it's "legal", it doesn't make it right.

soulfly1448

04-06-06, 01:31 AM

What eva'! WoW rawks! I play it all of the time, I quit my job.

Seriously though, I dig my games but, good lord, I've seen what this game does to people. Actually kind of sickening that these fools would have a "memorial" in the game. Serves them right.

El-Scotto

04-06-06, 01:35 AM

kd7aze

04-06-06, 01:57 AM

I'll add my voice to the "This wasn't funny" ranks.

I'll admit, holding it where they did probably wasn't the smartest, as there will always be immature idiots in videogames, but on a PVP server, what other options were there for alliance members who might have wanted to pay their respects?

Grow up. It might just be a game, but on the other end of the internet is a person, very similar to you.

PennyBag

04-06-06, 03:13 AM

It was believed they held the funeral there because it was where she spent most of her time and it was her "favorite spot". The people that intentionally ruined the funeral knowing she died in real life is sicker than Saddam...

mynihilism

04-06-06, 07:36 AM

so why were they all standing in a line? half of the characters looked like no one was home.
so let me get this straght, your going to go to a contested zone were people openly advertized that no one would fight back and you expect no trouble and respect from people? nice try. some people just don't give a **** because its a character in a game.

The sad truth is, they brought it all on themselves. plain and simple end of story.
i don't consider the attack a disgrace to there person because its NOT real life. a game is a game, some people need to learn about seperation of reality from lala land.

godofgorks

04-06-06, 09:05 AM

It's sad in many aspects. Mostly because people are SO consumed by this game that they have funerals in it, and that they make such a huge deal out of everything that happens in the game. I don't know why people even talk about RL when you talk about these people because they don't know what it is. Playing a game is one thing, living through one is another.

White Runner

04-06-06, 12:07 PM

The people that intentionally ruined the funeral knowing she died in real life is sicker than Saddam...
Comparing a tyrant who maliciously tortured thousands, murdered tens of thousands, and ruined millions of lives to the actions of a few in a VIDEO GAME???? There is a big difference between being cruel and schadenfreude. And I have yet to read a post on this thread to which anyone has responded cruelly... Someone may be playing to much WoW...

It's sad in many aspects. Mostly because people are SO consumed by this game that they have funerals in it, and that they make such a huge deal out of everything that happens in the game. I don't know why people even talk about RL when you talk about these people because they don't know what it is. Playing a game is one thing, living through one is another.

Bolded for truth. The word dementia comes to mind...

cornbread

04-06-06, 01:48 PM

The sad truth is, they brought it all on themselves. plain and simple end of story.
i don't consider the attack a disgrace to there person because its NOT real life. a game is a game, some people need to learn about seperation of reality from lala land.

That's the problem with this game, some people get addicted to it, no joke, I was one of those people. When I began getting mad because someone stole or looted an item I needed I knew it was time to quit, another reason I quit was the childish things that would happen in game.

NewbiePerson

04-06-06, 02:21 PM

I decided to google this and see what other people are saying. From what i've read it looks like the game killed her in a way. Looks like she played too long and suffered from a stroke.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3145432

It's sort of honorable but my gosh, having a funeral in WoW when it's what contributed to her death?!?

Just the idea is silly to begin with, like those virtual weddings were.
http://www.rpgexpert.com/31.html
I still would of nuked the funeral if possible. Or went with the raid team, all those HKs. If it was a wedding i'd kill everyone and camp. Crashing weddings is awesome.

Gabkicks

04-06-06, 02:29 PM

[QUOTE=White Runner]Comparing a tyrant who maliciously tortured thousands, murdered tens of thousands, and ruined millions of lives to the actions of a few in a VIDEO GAME???? There is a big difference between being cruel and schadenfreude. And I have yet to read a post on this thread to which anyone has responded cruelly... Someone may be playing to much WoW...

Haha took the words right out of my mouth :p

beavismorpheus

04-06-06, 03:22 PM

That's the problem with this game, some people get addicted to it, no joke, I was one of those people. When I began getting mad because someone stole or looted an item I needed I knew it was time to quit, another reason I quit was the childish things that would happen in game.

LOL! Ive decided never to play WoW or cocaine because i heard its so good you wont be able to put it down. It does sound like fun, but theres a massively multiplayer real life game that i need to master first. ;)

Herr Rogers

04-06-06, 03:49 PM

If you are offended by this it's time for a good ol' /kill

kd7aze

04-06-06, 04:16 PM

The sad truth is, they brought it all on themselves. plain and simple end of story.
i don't consider the attack a disgrace to there person because its NOT real life. a game is a game, some people need to learn about seperation of reality from lala land.
Let's change this around for a moment - I apologize ahead of time for what I'm about to say. Let's say a respected member of this forum perished in real life, and there was a thread regarding this fact, coupled with a few people telling stories about the person.

Along comes a few newbies who begin a flame war in said thread, mocking the death as well as the memories.

Would that be funny? How would it be any different from what happened at that funeral? :shrug:

cornbread

04-06-06, 04:25 PM

Herr Rogers

04-06-06, 04:28 PM

Let's change this around for a moment - I apologize ahead of time for what I'm about to say. Let's say a respected member of this forum perished in real life, and there was a thread regarding this fact, coupled with a few people telling stories about the person.

Along comes a few newbies who begin a flame war in said thread, mocking the death as well as the memories.

Would that be funny? How would it be any different from what happened at that funeral? :shrug:

And now my point has been made that analogies never work. How about holding this so called ocf funeral on a forum that you don't need to register for (holding a funeral in a free-for-all zone of WoW)? Analogies never represent what you're trying to convey, and everyone on OCF uses them too often!
I deserve a "good point" too cornbread.

Gabkicks

04-06-06, 04:30 PM

thats different. this is a respectable forum with a decent maturity level overall.

Herr Rogers

04-06-06, 04:36 PM

thats different. this is a respectable forum with a decent maturity level overall.
another good point; your analogy is invalid kd7aze

kd7aze

04-06-06, 04:37 PM

And now my point has been made that analogies never work. How about holding this so called ocf funeral on a forum that you don't need to register for (holding a funeral in a free-for-all zone of WoW)? Analogies never represent what you're trying to convey, and everyone on OCF uses them too often!
I think it's fairly representative -- I'm speaking of the feelings involved here, not who can and would show up. Let's be honest, anybody can post here, whether they stay or not is another matter, so the analogy is not totally invalid, as you claim it is.

You're right, though. Probably wouldn't happen here, thankfully. But if it did, (and we are speaking in 'if's' here) well, my point stands. There are real people on the other side of those characters/forum avatars, and assulting those real people who are dealing with real issues (such as their feelings for someone they have grown to know) is not funny. It's sad.

Mr.Guvernment

04-06-06, 04:40 PM

Bunch of jackasses them guys is. What would you do if your best friend died and a bunch of people just started beating the crap out of everyone at the funeral?

See this is the problem

IT IS A DAM GAME!!!!!

People wouldnt do this at a REAL LIFE funeral (well some twisted mofo's might)

to funny, i love the music!

Herr Rogers

04-06-06, 04:53 PM

I think it's fairly representative -- I'm speaking of the feelings involved here, not who can and would show up. Let's be honest, anybody can post here, whether they stay or not is another matter, so the analogy is not totally invalid, as you claim it is.

You're right, though. Probably wouldn't happen here, thankfully. But if it did, (and we are speaking in 'if's' here) well, my point stands. There are real people on the other side of those characters/forum avatars, and assulting those real people who are dealing with real issues (such as their feelings for someone they have grown to know) is not funny. It's sad.

You are right, not completely invalid. I too am thankful that this wouldn't happen at OCF. I ran out of stuff to say, so I'll leave it at that.

Herr Rogers

04-06-06, 04:54 PM

to funny, i love the music!
I say if skatman was taken out of it, I would leave it on my hard drive. I would love to have a good quality video of it...

EDIT*** Yay, good quality vids available on their site. 400mb of clear ownage.

Papier

04-06-06, 05:09 PM

Pretty funny. The intro was way too long with all the stupid posts though. Show me the action!

Btw, as for if it's being unethical, if they were hackers and hacked a non-pvp to do this then by all means it is unethical. But since it was held in a PVP zone, fair game. I think it fulfills roleplaying pretty well actually. There's movies about crashing weddings and funerals, so why not the game too? :)

I.M.O.G.

04-06-06, 05:28 PM

how is it sickening? they are honoring the memory of a friend...

It shows the blur between real life and an MMORPG. If you want to show your respect, send flowers, send a card, do something real, of substance. Something tells me they weren't sitting in front of their monitors at this funeral balling their eyes out over this gameing friend... though I don't know that for sure, but if they were, that is also worrisome.

Theres a difference between a healthy pass time and living vicariously through a game. Funerals aren't fun or entertaining in real life, so if you are having one in your online game, you might want to check your priorities, or atleast step out your front door and see what the weathers like.

BTW, I also found the video funny... Its a video game, and I've never felt bad after fragging someone when I play.

It's sad in many aspects. Mostly because people are SO consumed by this game that they have funerals in it, and that they make such a huge deal out of everything that happens in the game. I don't know why people even talk about RL when you talk about these people because they don't know what it is. Playing a game is one thing, living through one is another.

El-Scotto

04-06-06, 06:17 PM

It shows the blur between real life and an MMORPG. If you want to show your respect, send flowers, send a card, do something real, of substance. Something tells me they weren't sitting in front of their monitors at this funeral balling their eyes out over this gameing friend... though I don't know that for sure, but if they were, that is also worrisome.

Theres a difference between a healthy pass time and living vicariously through a game. Funerals aren't fun or entertaining in real life, so if you are having one in your online game, you might want to check your priorities, or atleast step out your front door and see what the weathers like.

BTW, I also found the video funny... Its a video game, and I've never felt bad after fragging someone when I play.

/shrug difference of oppinion I guess...if they knew her through the game for a long time I see nothing wrong with honoring her memory the way they knew her. And my problem with this is not so much that they crashed an online funeral but what the people said about it afterwards..

cornbread

04-06-06, 06:33 PM

I deserve a "good point" too cornbread.

Lmao, you are beginning to crack me up. I have no clue why the call-out, but oh well.

Hambone0750

04-06-06, 07:16 PM

while I'm not even going to try to touch on some of the subjects involved, I will throw out one random thought. This might be better for the family involved if you consider the following. There is roughly 70-80 active player in the wow guild I'm in, it might freak some family members out if they recieved 70+ cards at their home address from people their loved one met over the internet.

aniwarp86

04-06-06, 07:48 PM

I play on Illidan - Horde, and I was at this event. Needless to say, this was not a staged event like Leroy Jenkins. I was expressing my concerns over the location in a contested area, but it happened anyways. Serenity Now is a very famous guild in Illidan now, and most Horde (myself included) try to make everyone's lives in that guild as difficult as possible.

They are a very organized guild though, I'll give them that.

Herr Rogers

04-06-06, 08:23 PM

If I was horde, and I saw one of them, I would continuously bow for them. That video owned!

I.M.O.G.

04-06-06, 09:15 PM

/shrug difference of oppinion I guess...if they knew her through the game for a long time I see nothing wrong with honoring her memory the way they knew her. And my problem with this is not so much that they crashed an online funeral but what the people said about it afterwards..

I hear you there... I'd be willing to bet the loudest and most obnoxious ones were towards the younger end of the spectrum. Surprising ignorance can usually be blamed on either immaturity or self-loathing... Often those that are unhappy with themselves can be the meanest towards others.

Elif Tymes

04-06-06, 09:48 PM

So, the only reason it wouldn't be funny on OCF, but is funny on games is because we are more mature in general?

That's just silly. We do Yatta, what could be more immature than that ;).

IN all seriousness though... Yes, these people probably have some issues if they are living through a game. Is it funny to make the mentally challenged do stuff that normal people wouldn't, just because they didn't know better? The analogy isn't perfect, as there's no perfect analogy but the situation is similiar.

You've got a group of people who (apparently) are all doing something specifically for a friends passing. Yes, it's an internet friend they met in games. But I have friends who I've met in games/whatever that I've gotten to know as people, who I care about. If one of them passed away and I knew about it, I can assure you I would be feeling it.

If you guys started making fun of me because I posted a "One of my best friends just died" thread I doubt many of you would find it funny.

Don't give me the entire "We're more mature" argument, or the "It's a flawed analogy" argument, or the "You were stupid to post it on an open board" argument.

The fact is it's similiar enough to be an accurate analogy, even though(as all analogies are) an imperfect one.

Aidenswarrior

04-06-06, 10:10 PM

omg i just watched the video. that was ****in hilarious!

Hambone0750

04-07-06, 03:06 AM

Even though I do find it weird, I wouldn't have messed with them for the simple fact that it was important to someone. You don't always have to understand, practice, or believe in something to show respect for it. But hey, guess I'm just a big softy when it comes to some things.

Fireside85281

04-07-06, 05:36 AM

Uh you sissies! Didn't you ever learn it's more fun to play the bad guy? How bland it must be to play games where you act like the nice guy that you already are in real life? Yeah, they must have been total jerks to pull something like that off, but it's what a 'bad guy' would do!

I used to enjoy being 'myself' in games, but it's so much more fun doing crazy things that I can only imagine pulling in real life. Want to bet your ingame life savings on something? Do it! Want to dress up as a rainbow-colored pimp, or just wear the birthday suit? You can do that too! Want to ruin a funeral by ganking everyone and bad mouthing people, all by total surprise? Why not? But what kind of a distraction from reality would it be if we all acted like the upstanding citizen that we are in real life?

Gabkicks

04-07-06, 06:10 AM

^ yeah but for some people WoW is life... sadly

Banyan

04-07-06, 06:59 AM

it was funny until the moron who made the video put scatman music to it... then i had turn it off.

White Runner

04-07-06, 07:24 AM

Whats wrong with scatman?

dawei213

04-07-06, 08:54 AM

LOL, if only they had a starcraft version. Could of been a ghost and nuked the funeral.

That would've been golden!

Beginner

04-07-06, 02:53 PM

i'm laughing my ass of over here. that is some serious ownage.

its unfortunate that we die and funerals are for mourning the deceased. these gamers live their life through online play. its all they have, some people live their life as illegal street racers and some consider that lame, when they die they probably get racing stickers placed on their coffin???

anyways, i agree with sxs, a call to the family of the deceased person offering their condolences or maybe even some flash?

but that was funny as **** . i can't stop laughing.

Hambone0750

04-07-06, 02:58 PM

As a college student I think the distraction I get from wow is actually having money in my bank account. :p

Beginner

04-07-06, 04:03 PM

As a college student I think the distraction I get from wow is actually having money in my bank account. :p
priceless!

n0aH

04-07-06, 04:07 PM

lmao my friend from school is in that guild that slayer the funeral, he just didnt get to make it that day. he was telling me all about this

beavismorpheus

04-07-06, 06:14 PM

Is anyone siding with the evil guys? im curious. or is teh evil getting gang banged by pure souls? whats going on?

Also, how would you feel if in some magical way you were the dead person and knew what these guys did at your funeral? would you be upset or would you LoL?

i think lifes about making a strong impression on people, good or bad and this event certainly does that for me. thats why its so interesting.

Redstone

04-08-06, 05:36 PM

Real life or in a virtual world, it was simply in bad taste. I really don’t see the point of doing it or the humor. You people laughing their asses off?? Come on…
I just sat there and watched it. It was not funny, it was lame. Am I upset about it? Not really, but it was hardly something I would ever think about partaking in. You can say the people at the funeral don’t know the difference between real life and a game. But the type of person that would plan out, organize and be part of something like that, is just plan sad. You people that find that video funny, but would show respect if a death was posted on OCF are pretty lame as well.

I play on that server when I get a chance (less now days) and that guild is full of complete idiots. Have they progressed far? I think so but that does not make them a success in real life. Like El-Scotto mentioned it wasn’t so much the video that was offensive but their self importance, blatant slandering of someone that died on the WoW forums and lashing out afterwards that was really pathetic.

FlakMonkey

04-08-06, 06:04 PM

Video game.

It is a FREAKIN video game. Honestly like someone else in this thread said, I dont feel bad when I kill hundreds of people in CS (over time in not that good :p) or when I destroy entire cities in AOEII. So when people put out a public bulliten, with the things they said, then expect nothing bad to happen in a VIDEO GAME, which is COMPLETELY different from real life...wow they need to get beaten or something...

And also, she died BECAUSE of this game. What a great way to honor her eh? When people start to live through their game then thats whats sad, not crashing a funeral.

tenchi86

04-08-06, 07:45 PM

Honestly I think that was a little messed up. Yes it was a video game, though the guy really did die. So you could give him some respect. As for people saying they were morons for doing this in a game, remember that when a memeber passed on here we had a thread dedicated to him. No they are not excacly the same but they are both vitrual, did that matter though? No it did not because the guy who used that account was no longer with us. Anyway just my opinion that this was pretty disrespctful but you all have your own mind and I am not going to try and change the way it thinks.

SuperFarStucker

04-08-06, 08:07 PM

It isn't funny, it is pathetic.

Imagine if somebody threadbombed the death of a member or someone who had been afflicted by a serious illness. I really doubt anyone would think that funny. Such actions are beyond disregard for social protocol, they are just ****ing rude.

Paying respect to the dead is symbolic, like many things we regularly do in this world. Just because it was 'virtual' doesn't make it right. Put it this way, would you be offended if I took a **** on your mother's grave? Why, it is just a piece of rock, the flesh has long since rotted away. Think about it, it won't hurt.

Those who are like "OMGZORZ LAWL ****ESTED ZONEEE >> WUT NUBS THEY GOT PWNZL3D" are those who need to take a step away from the game. It wasn't about the game. When you write something down on a piece of paper is it suddenly the paper's idea? The concept of a medium would apparently prove enlightening to some.

FlakMonkey

04-08-06, 09:44 PM

You see, a forum and a video game are two completely different things.

When you play CS or UT do you act the same way as here? I seriously doubt it.

veryhumid

04-08-06, 09:58 PM

they spelled "starring" wrong in the credits

beavismorpheus

04-08-06, 10:31 PM

when i play fear im far from dignified

tenchi86

04-08-06, 10:42 PM

You see, a forum and a video game are two completely different things.

When you play CS or UT do you act the same way as here? I seriously doubt it.
You are completly right, I don't act at all the same. Then again though I don't act the same way on an MMO as I do an FPS, and even in an FPS I pay respect when it is required. On a game like WoW a lot of those people at the gathering probably spent an easy 200+ hours plus leveling and talking with that guy. After that much time people can tend to become good friends. Then one day they relieze that their friend has passed on and they will never see them again, it seems to only make sense to pay respects to that person in any way they can. In this case they met the guy in a game and are probably spread all around the world, so why not pay respect to the man in the world he obviously loved and that you met him in. Really though I think some poeple could do well reading this, http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html the main one I think that applies here is rule #1, which states that no matter i f you can see them or not, the person on the other side is still human. As such you should still act with manners and respect.

Route44

04-08-06, 11:13 PM

Man those guys were devious! I'd hate to think what they're coming up with next because they sure seemed organised. I know nothing of WoW and I am sure that I'll never want to. I can understand why the people from the Horde were upset, but, man, they left themselves wide open. Why announce this when you know these morons are out there. If I read correctly they already had a reputation. If I belonged to the Horde - and trust me I won't - I'd make life miserable for the Alliance every which way I could.

But I got to admit I was laughing outloud. And like FlakMonkey said: Its a Freaking Game!

Lusankya

04-09-06, 01:14 PM

We have alliances PK other alliances during their weddings in Lineage 2..

I think its funny...

WoW sucks..

I think the video was funny... woulda been better if we could read the chat though

Panzerknacker

04-09-06, 01:18 PM

all alliance is KOS.

BlitzPuppet

04-09-06, 02:05 PM

All I gotta say is grow up. People like those who have fun crashing "online funerals" are lowlives that should be having a funeral of their own soon. I've had a few friends that I've played games with regularly die, no we didn't have a funeral for them because he played AA:O with us but still. I see that as a dishonor and it just goes to show how immature everyone in that guild is. "Haha, hehe that guy died let's ruin a memorial service", how is that even remotely funny? Now if this is a staged even than whatever, but if it wasn't those kids seriously need a foot in the ass.

I played SWG and yeah all the RPers were weird, but I stayed away from them and let them do their own damn thing while I pvped and grinded. This is another reason I will never go to wow, too many idiots.

Falcon-K

04-09-06, 02:08 PM

Bunch of jackasses them guys is. What would you do if your best friend died and a bunch of people just started beating the crap out of everyone at the funeral?

well I would have had the funeral in horde territory... WoW has 3 types of zones, alliance, horde and contested. If you are a horde in an alliance territory the alliance have the option to fight the horde or just not fight.

These guys wanted to have the funeral in a contested zone... so they it was kill on sight. If they wanted to avoid being attacked all they had to do was host it somewhere in horde territory.. they were just stupid

To me, its funny I dont feel sorry for people getting ganked anywhere in contested territory.

BlitzPuppet

04-09-06, 02:12 PM

well I would have had the funeral in horde territory... WoW has 3 types of zones, alliance, horde and contested. If you are a horde in an alliance territory the alliance have the option to fight the horde or just not fight.

These guys wanted to have the funeral in a contested zone... so they it was kill on sight. If they wanted to avoid being attacked all they had to do was host it somewhere in horde territory.. they were just stupid

To me, its funny I dont feel sorry for people getting ganked anywhere in contested territory.

Well I played SWG like I said, and they ALL were low-level RPers correct? Call me a nice guy but when I was overt and I saw a low-level opposite faction overt you know what I did? I sent them a message saying "yo, you're overt, you can be attacked". I didn't attack them (I even told my friends and people that were overt on MY side not to attack), I let them know since maybe they didn't know what they were doing that they aren't up to par with pvp yet. Maybe that "zone" was a favorite place for that person? You have no right to tell them where they "could have" or "should have" done. It's over, just let it be...but I still think those as$holes are wanna-be internet thugs.

jesusfr3ak4evr

04-09-06, 03:25 PM

So wait, I don't get it. Is this a funeral for a real WoW player who died? If it is, then I understand how this could be a cruel act. If it isn't... it's absolutely hilarious :)

BlitzPuppet

04-09-06, 03:33 PM

So wait, I don't get it. Is this a funeral for a real WoW player who died? If it is, then I understand how this could be a cruel act. If it isn't... it's absolutely hilarious :)

from what I read in the vid the person who played the char had a stroke and died.

Mr.Guvernment

04-11-06, 01:34 AM

I say if skatman was taken out of it, I would leave it on my hard drive. I would love to have a good quality video of it...

EDIT*** Yay, good quality vids available on their site. 400mb of clear ownage.

i cant find it post linky!!!

Hambone0750

04-12-06, 01:01 AM

Was hoping this thing would go to page two already, doh. I bumped it.

YellowDart

04-12-06, 01:16 PM

Well I played SWG like I said, and they ALL were low-level RPers correct?

I wasn't there, but I used to play on that server. It's a PVP server, and it's one of the more highly populated and oldest servers in the game. Given the fact that it's NOT an RP server, I highly doubt they were RP'ing. Given the server's age, I doubt that they were lowbies either. Just getting into that zone for somebody of the appropriate level can be a huge pain in the ass, let alone a lowbie.

Commander_Kang

04-24-06, 01:15 PM

You are completly right, I don't act at all the same. Then again though I don't act the same way on an MMO as I do an FPS, and even in an FPS I pay respect when it is required. On a game like WoW a lot of those people at the gathering probably spent an easy 200+ hours plus leveling and talking with that guy. After that much time people can tend to become good friends. Then one day they relieze that their friend has passed on and they will never see them again, it seems to only make sense to pay respects to that person in any way they can. In this case they met the guy in a game and are probably spread all around the world, so why not pay respect to the man in the world he obviously loved and that you met him in. Really though I think some poeple could do well reading this, http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html the main one I think that applies here is rule #1, which states that no matter i f you can see them or not, the person on the other side is still human. As such you should still act with manners and respect.

I have to agree with tenchi86 its absolutely horrible that they crashed the in game funeral.When you play a MMO or an RPG and I mean a real RPG you really get to know your fellow gamer.Ive played on two RP worlds using the NWN engine and one I'm currently hosting.I know most of the people that play there by first name.Hell I know where several of them live,Ive even sent one couple a used PC as a wedding gift.You simply can not compare FPS games to RPGs or MMOs.With the exception of some really old clans most FPS communities don't have the same "closeness" that rpgs have.Its also one of the reasons that I prefer RPG based games since its alot easier to find nice people to play with.Now WoW has a ton of ass holes but all you really need to do is find a good guild.Most people that play are genuinely nice and care about their fellow guild mate.

acompdude

04-25-06, 10:46 AM

Is there a way that I can save this to my flash drive so that I can watch it when I get home? I have dial up at home so I cant download it there. It would take forever.

White Runner

04-25-06, 01:22 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7667194685876573666&q=serenity+now

Click the download button.

acompdude

04-25-06, 01:36 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7667194685876573666&q=serenity+now

Click the download button.

It just downloads like a link to it. I click on it and it opens the google video player and starts to download it and play it. It know it cant be the video anyway because the think that it downloads is only 686 bytes. Does anyone know a place where i can find it in an mpeg or something.