World of Warcraft's Many Scandals
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Who knew sweaty people with poor social skills would routinely ruin a game for everyone else?
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World of Warcraft is an amazing social experiment that pits legions of the worlds shut-ins against each other and prays that someone will pry some fun out of it. As one might reasonably expect, this sick science experiment has resulted in many scandals, born of a mixture of poor social skills, anonymity, and the sheer power fantasy that a game like WoW can provide. These examples range from the infamous Serenity Now funeral raid, where a player's funeral was completely decimated by a rival guild, to the orc rogue Angwe locking down a major port for 10 hours a day for 4 months straight. Even Blizzard, the games developer, has gotten in on the fun, by accidentally coding in a virtual plague that swept the World of Warcraft and temporarily ground the entire game to a halt. And finally, even today, players of World of Warcraft Classic found a way to draw the ire of their entire server. These are their stories.
0:00 - Welcome to the World
1:10 - Having Everyone At Your Funeral Killed
4:05 - The Time Blizzard Accidentally Released A Plague
7:41 - One Man Locking Down An Entire Town For Months
11:03 - The Biggest Backfire In The History of Warcraft
🐣 Twitter:
👙 Merch:
🔴 Patreon:
🍖 Beef Boys Podcast:
📹 Twitch:
🎮 Discord:
Thank you to Scratch for the wanted poster illustration:
World of Warcraft is an amazing social experiment that pits legions of the worlds shut-ins against each other and prays that someone will pry some fun out of it. As one might reasonably expect, this sick science experiment has resulted in many scandals, born of a mixture of poor social skills, anonymity, and the sheer power fantasy that a game like WoW can provide. These examples range from the infamous Serenity Now funeral raid, where a player's funeral was completely decimated by a rival guild, to the orc rogue Angwe locking down a major port for 10 hours a day for 4 months straight. Even Blizzard, the games developer, has gotten in on the fun, by accidentally coding in a virtual plague that swept the World of Warcraft and temporarily ground the entire game to a halt. And finally, even today, players of World of Warcraft Classic found a way to draw the ire of their entire server. These are their stories.
0:00 - Welcome to the World
1:10 - Having Everyone At Your Funeral Killed
4:05 - The Time Blizzard Accidentally Released A Plague
7:41 - One Man Locking Down An Entire Town For Months
11:03 - The Biggest Backfire In The History of Warcraft
