Child’s Play

One never lacks for entertainment in a game where everyone is anonymous and free to insult each other. Late last night, I was working on a quest in the Havenshire/New Avalon part of the DK starter zone. Blizzard has actually been pretty good about designing these starter quests in such a way as to prevent mob camping, but there is one exception.

There is an assassination quest in which you have to kill Mayor Quimby (couldn’t Bliz have at least changed a few letters of his name? Really, this joke is a bit lame), and as usual, you literally have people lined up to kill him. Something else you have is the griefer who sticks around to kill Quimby over and over, before anyone else.

When I got to the town hall to kill Quimby, there was already an argument in progress between a Blood Elf named Jeibus and an Orc named Dethcrack. The Blood Elf had apparently been waiting (for five minutes!!!) to kill Quimby and the Orc kept killing him as soon as he spawned. Actually, I witnessed some other people killing Quimby before the BE could react, as well, so I think the guy was just slow to tag the mob.

What makes this argument brilliant is that both parties reveal themselves to be children. Literally, they are children.

First, a screen cap of the arena for this great debate. Then, a combined screen cap with the whole argument.

That’s me as Carthius, sitting on the bench observing everything.

And now for the main course:

Best line of all: “I’m fucking 17 piss off 10 year old!”

I joined a group of five that filed in during the argument, and after we killed Quimby, Jeibus was still there, bitching and moaning at people for stealing his mob.