Adventures of Alizée in online gaming

DJ_Greg · #1 09-13-2006, 10:57 PM

So, as I might have mentioned here (or more likely in chat), my friend had been bugging me to try World of Warcraft out...probably for about a year. I finally caved last month, made a hunter and named him Jacotey. For those who don't know about this game, hunters get a pet animal (wolves, lions, raptors, boars, etc.) that they can fight with. My pet, of course, is always named Alizée.

Tonight I was fighting monsters in this cave on my way to complete a quest, when a party of characters showed up, doing the same thing. This is a small cave, so I said "why don't we party up, since we're doing the same quest?" They invited me to their group, and I noticed they were all speaking a foreign language. (In Warcraft, when you're in a party, you have access to party-only chat that no one else can see). It didn't take me too long to realize that they were speaking French.

Imagine being one of those people. You're French. You're playing a game dominated by the English language. You're running around, doing your thing, when you stumble upon a character named Jacotey with a wolf named after a pop star you haven't heard about in THREE years. Add onto it, this person clearly doesn't speak French. I dunno...I thought it was hysterical, so I imagine it must have been a LOT funnier for them.

mibir · #2 09-13-2006, 11:02 PM

Hmm, not you too Greg. Oh well, at least you had a neat encounter. Could you make out anything they were saying? Did they mention Alizee at all?

General Patton · #3 09-13-2006, 11:05 PM

WOW is so gay, I hate, but Oblivion on the other hand, is like crack... I have like 200 hours on ONE guy... It got to the point where I was playing 5+ hours a day on a school day.

Shep · #4 09-13-2006, 11:06 PM

I couldn't get into WoW, I was too used to SWG which used to be SO friggin' great but was ruined by moron developers...

DJ_Greg · #5 09-13-2006, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mibir

Hmm, not you too Greg. Oh well, at least you had a neat encounter. Could you make out anything they were saying? Did they mention Alizee at all?

Oh damn...I think one of them kept saying "C'est pas ma faute" and I completely did NOT make the connection. I just remember the word "faute" a bunch. Hahahaha. This story keeps getting better and better.

DJ_Greg · #6 09-13-2006, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by General Patton

WOW is so gay, I hate, but Oblivion on the other hand, is like crack... I have like 200 hours on ONE guy... It got to the point where I was playing 5+ hours a day on a school day.

I've played both games. They're basically the same. You quest, you kill stuff, etc. What I don't like about the Elder Scrolls games is they don't have classes. Well, they sort of do...but you have complete freedom to do whatever you want. That's nice, I guess, but all my characters end up being the same after a while. At least with set classes, I have certain things I can and can't do...it makes the gameplay completely unique each time.

Urb4n · #7 09-14-2006, 12:04 AM

Quit WoW..

NANAKI · #8 09-14-2006, 12:16 AM

never got into online games play computer games but not online

O Rly · #9 09-14-2006, 12:51 AM

So, you went and tried WoW... What race?
And don't play the game too much, it sucks life right out of you. I have some 100 days /played on three lvl 60's, but since i played together with my brother it's about half that that i actually played... Still it's a lot of time spent playing a game

BTW what server are you on?

NANAKI · #10 09-14-2006, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by O Rly

So, you went and tried WoW... What race?
And don't play the game too much, it sucks life right out of you. I have some 100 days /played on three lvl 60's, but since i played together with my brother it's about half that that i actually played... Still it's a lot of time spent playing a game

BTW what server are you on?

my friends had a problem with that now it is something ........ Factions can't remember

Edit: remembered Guild Wars Factions