LOTRO: WoW players go home.

Since the Lord of the Rings Online beta there's been a varitable plethora of WoW players coming over to check it out. At first they whined about the lack of PvP. 'No PVVPPPPP, WOOOWWWW IS BETTERRRRR.' To which many in OOC (prior to adding them to the ignore list) said 'well then, go back to WoW.'

The 'debate' flickered and died, or I've pretty much managed to ignore every WoW players riled up about PvP, as I haven't noticed talk of how Player versus Monster Player isn't as good for a very long time. Instead, what I am noticing is some of these people actually stuck around, despite the lack of their precious PvP. And For the most part, folks are reasonable. Or at least as reasonable as they can be. But 3/4 poor experiences I've had in game recently spawn from admitted WoW devotees. The other I think is a side effect.

The first type is the typical, quintessential female gaming experience. I play a female elf Loremaster on Evernight. I'm not obviously female and I've seen Hunters wearing far less. There isn't anything particularly sexy about my elf, she's just tall and has a hoodie. Yet, you know, a hobbit player thought it was appropriate to try and hit on me in the middle of a Great Barrows instance. He wasn't taking the hint either and I didn't want to be out and out rude (we needed as much help as we could get.) But that tiny portion of his gaming brain that thought I'd be interested in A. cybering or B. being hit on while I attacked elites must be killed with fire. It's not just my elf that's amazingly sexy either (apparently) my Hobbit also had a bit of love in the Laurelin server.

Just a few days prior to being told by Hobbits they could 'LICK ME GOOD,' again a Great Barrows instance, was another player who mentioned first thing he was from WoW. I should have been aware when his username had the letters 'FTW' in it. He dominated our Fellowship leader, tried to boss the rest of the group around and was just generally obnoxious.

Then there was my experience last night in the North Downs. I'd been in the Snares for ages. (Small area, full of fucking spiders.) As usual the quest text wasn't so fantastic. I couldn't find the damned gem pouch and asked for advice in.... Advice. I wasn't the only one, a friendly Hunter who'd healed me a few times couldn't find it either. (Side note: the pouch is actually just outside the Snares in a cocoon if you're looking.) So, some folks pointed us in the right direction. She posted 'Found it!' to which my response was 'I am jealous.' While frustrated, I meant this in a most flippant kind of a way.

I then got asked why I was shit talking in OOC.

What? On my breaks at Stream in the Quake room, I used to shit talk. I used the words 'pussy' and 'little girl' a lot. I whooped uncontrollably when I managed to blast someone apart with my rocket launcher. I was a generally obnoxious, loud, abusive shit talker. As far as shit talk went, I was the fucking queen of shit talk. And let me tell you sonny boy, making a joke in Advice is nowhere near what shit talk really is. Thankfully 'Deadaim' now has me on ignore so I won't further harm his delicate sensibilities.

The last one may seem unconnected to the lecherous behavior, high pitched gamer whining and domineering qualities of the other examples. But my thoughts about Deadaim's unfounded and mildly histrionic accusations go in two ways. He's like me and getting sick of WoW rejects and refugees dominating the chats because they can't read the quest text, or understand how PvP works, or understand female characters don't want to be hit on, or that they're not the big MMORPG experts. Or even understand that stupid Internet speak character names are annoying... As a result of these crimes, he's become intolerant and sensitive. My ignore list has over 20 names on it... Which seems rather high. The other option, of course, could be that he's already intolerant and sensitive from all the impotent nerd rage boiling away in his soul.

Regardless, these idiots are why I'm so damned intolerant. 99.99% of players realize women game for fun, not necessarily to get picked up. 99.99% of gamers listen to their Fellowship leader and take a game on its merits. They understand that most of us are on LOTRO servers because we're not that fussed about PvP. They also know to hit 'Greed' when looting (if they don't need something.) But that .01% of players, almost all who admit to being from WoW, are dragging the game down to a level most of us don't want to be at. So, to all those WoW players fucking up my current favorite game: kindly go home and leave us to Eriador. It was better without you.

Edit: Oh. So this is why hobbits think that kind of behavior is appropriate:
Australian Woman Arrested Trying to Meet Underage WoW Boyfriend