This actually works very well...unless you're married and both play the same game in the same guild :\ Another one that works very well is just unplug your router for a minute, vent and game crashes on all PCs at the same time. Then close game+vent+whatever, power the router back up, and go do something else for a bit. When your guildies ask where you were, just tell'em your interwebs went out and didn't come back on for so long that found entertainment elsewhere. This one has the added bonus of the more frequently you use it, the more believable it becomes
/MMOs/rant: Dear Raid Leaders
- 19/09/2010 04:06:20 AM
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I could see people not knowing Black Temple fights. That instance is from the old level cap.
- 19/09/2010 06:24:21 PM
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I know, but look it up BEFORE you start.
- 19/09/2010 06:44:56 PM
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Why keep playing if you aren't enjoying it?
- 19/09/2010 07:28:20 PM
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There's a social obligation.
- 19/09/2010 07:47:55 PM
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It's a video game. People need to be understanding.
- 20/09/2010 02:22:36 AM
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why not? people get annoyed when you don't show up for sports practices.
- 20/09/2010 03:30:23 AM
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Social obligations exist wherever socializing occurs. *NM*
- 20/09/2010 04:41:53 AM
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That doesn't make them meaningful.
*NM*
- 20/09/2010 03:50:27 PM
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*NM*
- 20/09/2010 03:50:27 PM
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Well, you didn't specify meaningful. Even so, I don't understand the antagonism.
- 21/09/2010 03:51:17 AM
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This. Any sort of cooperative game will create social obligations somehow. *NM*
- 26/09/2010 03:40:13 PM
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Only when it requires a huge time investment.
- 26/09/2010 07:37:34 PM
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Dude. I've been "trapped by social obligations" for a text-based game.
- 28/09/2010 10:13:44 PM
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And yet they do. In fact, end-game in MMOs are built on them, and would not function otherwise *NM*
- 20/09/2010 06:09:33 AM
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That's why I always blamed it on an impromptu sex invitation.
- 20/09/2010 03:48:11 AM
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Surprisingly...or maybe not so surprisingly
- 20/09/2010 07:24:04 PM
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What about those who weren't on Vent?
- 22/09/2010 08:05:33 PM
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everyone was at least signed into vent, even if they didn't have a mic.
- 23/09/2010 05:54:22 AM
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