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By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:08:36 +0000

This hasn’t been my experience at all. Perhaps my battlegroup is special or I am just lucky but the majority of PuGs I run now are with undergeared players who aren’t terribly skilled or knowledgable about their class. Nonetheless we get through the instance. Oftentimes we all learn something about the encounters and I might point out a class mechanic or two to a player that they hadn’t utilized. If you are considerate, it’s been my experience that people will reciprocate.

On the other hand I do enjoy stomping through instances every now and then with similarly geared/skilled players. I’m currently raiding ICC10/25, am appropriate geared for that content and I’m very knowledgeable about the Warlock class. It’s fun and often twice as fast or faster to run dungeons with comparably skilled players. Still, I’m a representative of a small minority and I’m not going to be pissy just because most people play the game more casually.
.-= Sean´s last blog ..Bring Out Your Dead! =-.

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By: Dungeon Finder Gooooo! « Snake in the Grass

Dungeon Finder Gooooo! « Snake in the Grass — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:14:24 +0000

[...] GTFO of my Random Dungeon! and The New LFG is NGE (Not Good Enough) by gnomeaggedon (love love) Rants… you know you have missed them! by Saresa of Destructive Reach I ain’t afraid of no ghost from Pugging Pally (lol she be like [...]

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By: The Week #9 | The Lazy Sniper

The Week #9 | The Lazy Sniper — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:02:14 +0000

[...] This week I have come across 2 bloggers who word what I was trying to say in my post about elitists much better than I could. The first being Arioch of Clearcasting, and the second Saresa of Destructive Reach. [...]

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By: Jaedia

Jaedia — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:14:02 +0000

Agh I totally agree to the point my blog post today was about the same thing except mine’s more ranty and probably badly articulated (I’m sometimes bad at pointing things into words and people take them the wrong way)

I’m fed up of elitism.. pointless elitism.. in a game.. I’m surrounded by it, even my fucking bf is an elitist :/ to the point I try not to talk to him about WoW too much at the moment unless it’s random casual talk.
.-= Jaedia´s last blog ..The Problem =-.

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By: Barryhn

Barryhn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:28:52 +0000

i agree with you completely – there’s far too much elitist arseholery around. i always find it sad that the assumed anonymity of a game like wow, can encourage the shittiest most impolite behaviour because people think etiquette and politeness don’t matter.

it’s much easier for people to just point and jeer. so few are willing to point things out constructively and help people improve, preferring instead to tear them down.

You know what – the people you really remember – are the random people who look at what you’re doing, and give you a bit of advice on how you could do it even better. My friends list is full of people like that, or people who received such advice with grace.

Great rant Sar /applaud

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By: Shayzani

Shayzani — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:28:58 +0000

Agreed.

Your rants, as I’ve probably said before, make my heart happy.
.-= Shayzani´s last blog ..10man Tanking Gear Loot List =-.

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By: Aurik

Aurik — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:43:26 +0000

Well bloody said. As much as I’ve come across the whole gamut of idiocy whilst doing pugs recently, and I do complain, I do not like to see gearscore, spec or simply ‘not knowing’ put down upon. Hell, I’ve been told on my warrior that I couldn’t tank heroic Strat without epic gear. (Did the timer in dem blues, weren’t even trying, either).

the one thing I wish is that whispers worked cross-realm. There have been a few times I’ve wanted to make suggestions or help people who’re new to the game / their class but didn’t want to say it into party chat – where people can get easily offended.

This is especially bad at lower levels, though – I don’t know why people expect everyone to know every facet of their class / role when they’re just starting out ._.

/hug
.-= Aurik´s last blog ..Twitter Secret Santa =-.

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By: krizzlybear

krizzlybear — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:44:14 +0000

I once got a really snarky comment from a dk on a random dungeon simply because I had my water elemental out. “HERP DERP ARCANE IS BETTER, YOU’RE SUCH A SCRUB” and so forth. One boss and 6k dps later, he shut up completely. *snicker*
.-= krizzlybear´s last blog ..Can’t Beat My Epic Mace =-.

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By: Adlib

Adlib — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:10:58 +0000

Actually, I’ve never done a random heroic on my main (a mage). I hear too many horror stories, and when the rest of ICC opens up, I’ll get my badges soon enough. The best groups I HAVE run, though, are doing the random with my lvl 74 DK. We run regular instances in greens and some blues, and my groups have been fine. Everyone comes in, is mostly quiet, and does their job. Nobody has epics yet, and everyone tries their best. (Most of the time, sometimes I’ve had space cadets in the group.) It’s interesting and fun. I’m too used to facerolling places on my mage so it’s nice to play at the appropriate level for those regular dungeons at the lower levels.

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By: Softi

Softi — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:01:18 +0000

Hehe I love your rants Sar :) xx
.-= Softi´s last blog ..No, seriously… SERIOUSLY??? =-.

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