Ixobelle discovers that, unlike Acclaim’s Dance, in World of Warcraft being black is not that awesome.
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#1 by The Alien on June 11th, 2009
I didn’t figure Ixobelle was black, I seem to recall something from the article that suggested that.
My point remains: Oh, the stupid behind the mask. Yes, you have actual racist idiots, but you also have foulmouthed kids.
Report, report, report, report the stupid people.
It really does make the stupid go away. It may take several strikes or something like that, but if everyone were more vigilant the experience would improve.
Just don’t say that you’re reporting someone. That just invites the “cry more n00b” trolls. Report them and get on with life.
#2 by fatbutt on June 11th, 2009
I love saying “reported” when someone’s being a dumb racist or whatever. There’s always some guy who’s all “heh. suk my dik u gay noob faggot.” If you’re lucky the first guy freaks out and makes things a whole lot worse for himself. Warms my blackened heart.
#3 by JuJutsu on June 11th, 2009
“Just don’t say that you’re reporting someone. That just invites the “cry more n00b” trolls. Report them and get on with life.”
I’m with fatbutt. Not only is it personally satisfying to let some @sshat know that a report was sent but I think it’s good to let others know that someone is willing to report @sshattery. As for the ‘cry more n00b’ trolls, I could care less it’s just more fodder for ignore.
#4 by sinij on June 11th, 2009
Someone got trolled. Hard. On the intrawebs.
More at 11.
#5 by geldonyetich on June 11th, 2009
@sinij
Through extension, so have we all.
Sometimes it’s hard to say where the line is drawn between being trolled and just having too much time on our hands to bitch.
#6 by Wanderer on June 11th, 2009
By and large, the asshats doing this kind of thing are simply brats who want attention. All they care about is how many people they can get wound up. If they could piss off massive numbers of people by saying they liked cheese, they’d do it. It’s all about the attention, about getting people to react to THEM so they don’t have to face the fact that the world as a whole doesn’t know or care that they’re alive.
#7 by Gx1080 on June 11th, 2009
@sinij
Pretty much.
Although the people with small penises that overcompensate with trolling dont deserve attention (same with the forum issue).
#8 by Queso on June 12th, 2009
Has anyone ever picked up on the subtle racist joke in the Leeroy Jenkins Video? And that made it into an achievement.
#9 by Raad on June 12th, 2009
@Queso
Because only black people like teh chickenz right
#10 by Tilon on June 13th, 2009
When you’re playing a game that any moron can learn, a community of retards is part of what you sign up for.
#11 by Adam on June 13th, 2009
While the foul mouth kids are definitely annoying, these people with blogs where they dissect the attacks line by line, whine, feign shock, and drone on get on my nerves. It doesn’t surprise me that 11 year olds act their age, so why does it surprise anyone else? Maybe it doesn’t shock me because I have a 11 year old, but trust me I do my part when my kid acts up.
The attack was rude and the blogger certainly didn’t deserve it, but at the same time he doesn’t deserve more than his fair share of sympathy or attention for it. Can you imagine a world where we have to tolerate not only the 11 year olds, but all their victims too? Somebody has to be an adult somewhere along the chain in order to disrupt the whine tsunami. Report it and move on with your life for goodness sake.
This new age Twitter/blogging narcissism is getting old.
#12 by Queso on June 13th, 2009
Hey I got an idea, why dont we reinact Leeroy Jenkins by the oringal people in front of the Apollo. Since the dude that played Leeroy was white playing a black character, lets put him in Blackface. Lets all the white people on stage start swearing at that crazy coon. Then at the climax well let the dude in blackface eat some chicken.
I bet this wont fly as racist at all.
#13 by Raad on June 13th, 2009
@Queso
Yes because saying you like chicken is TOTALLY on the same level as doing what you said right
#14 by Wolfshead on June 14th, 2009
@Alex
Firstly everything you say is entirely your opinion and utterly groundless in the absence of any proof to the contrary. Now that George Bush is gone the left is grasping for someone to hate on the right and Fox News is the convenient target.
Do you realize that Fox News is the #1 cable news network in America? According to your logic that would would make the majority of America a nation of people full of prejudice and fear.
Of course I daresay you would not admit that the American mainstream media has a liberal bias or that left-wing newspapers are dropping like flies every week. Of course not. All we hear is the same old “Fox News” boogeyman being trotted out at every occasion from people who have not watched even a minute of Fox News.
Oh and by the way Barack Hussein Obama has been stressing his Muslim roots and heritage to the Muslim world in the past few months. Strangely enough that was off-limits in the election campaign as it was *gasp* RACIST!!! I guess you missed that hypocrisy.
If you’re going to comment on the news then please try and be a bit more informed and read some actual news.
#15 by Wolfshead on June 14th, 2009
Very clever circular argument there but nonetheless false. Ignorant people don’t generally watch hard news networks — instead they watch Jerry Springer, soap operas and a host of inane reality TV offerings. I happen watch Fox News daily along with other networks and I resent your implication that I and the American public are ignorant for doing so.
You could make the same silly assertions about CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera or the BBC World News service and the viewers that watch them.
I think it’s very insulting, ignorant and intolerant of you to willfully mischaracterize people who happen to have conservative views as ignorant. Obviously whatever network you happen to watch must have contributed to your ignorance…right? Or perhaps you were just ignorant to start with.
See how stupid that kind of labeling using your logic sounds?
#16 by The Claw on June 14th, 2009
I’m not sure that this attempted skewering of Alex’s post worked as well as you hoped.
#17 by JuJutsu on June 14th, 2009
Every internet thread worth it’s salt needs a post whining about others whining. Checkmark.
#18 by Lewis on June 14th, 2009
@Wolfshead
Note this quote:
“In primetime, FNC commanded 55% of the cable news market share, averaging 1.4 million viewers, while CNN claimed just 32% of that audience with 828,000 viewers.”
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_June_29/ai_n6087812/
So, as you can see, just because Fox News has a majority of the Americans who actually watch cable news networks, that’s still only 1.4 million people, which is not the majority of the American people.
Most people who don’t like Fox News don’t like it because they feel there is intellectual dishonesty on some (but not all) of its shows. In other words: twisting the facts (sometimes outright lying) in order to make whatever point is on their agenda. Although you don’t have to agree, watch The Daily Show (a comedy show, yes) for some examples. Just so you know what it is specifically “the left” doesn’t like about it.
Finally, Obama didn’t stress that some in his family are Muslims in the US because that’s not what Americans were necessarily interested in, and because networks like Fox News didn’t need any encouragement to go apeshit at any excuse. Several stories and hosts on Fox News were insinuating that Obama actually *was* Muslim, which he is not. Of course they didn’t outright say it, because it’s a lie and would get them in trouble, and they know it.
But nice try Wolfshead.
#19 by Wanderer on June 14th, 2009
Following your logic, the majority of America plays World of Warcraft.
#20 by Wolfshead on June 14th, 2009
Let me clarify my remarks to say that it’s the majority of the network news watching American public.
Most people who don’t like Fox News don’t like it because they feel there is intellectual dishonesty on some (but not all) of its shows. In other words: twisting the facts (sometimes outright lying) in order to make whatever point is on their agenda. Although you don’t have to agree, watch The Daily Show (a comedy show, yes) for some examples. Just so you know what it is specifically “the left” doesn’t like about it.
And there’s no intellectual dishonesty and bias on CNN and MSNBC? Study after study on media bias including a recent Pew study has amply demonstrated this. But all we hear about is the *evil* Fox News.
We can sit here all day and go back and forth but at least have the intellectual honesty to admit that all networks have agendas and have various biases. The difference is the degree. The fact is that that the American public seem to trust Fox News the most which is demonstrated by their dominance.
Most people who don’t like Fox News don’t watch Fox News — instead they let other people watch it for them (i.e. comedians). I find it unfortunate that a significant segment of the younger population gets their news information and analysis from a couple of comedians on Comedy Central. That says far more about the people that watch Comedy Central then it does the people that watch Fox News.
Again more unfair generalizations and lies about Fox News. Which hosts insinuated that Obama was a Muslim? Names please and provide airdates with their exact comments.
You seem like an expert on Fox News. How many hours a day do you watch it may I ask? Or do you let Media Matters watch it for when you get all the anti-Fox News talking points delivered to your email box each day?
Lots of Americans were interested in his background — just not the mainstream media who didn’t bother to vett this presidential candidate properly. Anyone who mentioned his Muslim background was labeled a racist etc.
Obama and his handlers didn’t stress his Muslim backgrond because he wanted to win the election. Period. But suddenly it’s ok for Obama to talk about his Muslim family ties and heritage now that the Messiah has won the election and is reaching out to the Muslim “world” but it wasn’t ok for him to talk about it when he had to face the American electorate?
I’m sorry that you aren’t honest enough to at least appreciate that hypocrisy.
#21 by Wolfshead on June 14th, 2009
Thank you for your insightful contribution to this thread.
#22 by Wolfshead on June 14th, 2009
They don’t?!? Unbeliever!!!
#23 by TPRJones on June 14th, 2009
Yes, Fox news is biased right-wing crap. But then all the other news channels are biased left-wing crap. Meh.
Oh, and there’s nothing racist about Leeroy Jenkins. The character is not black. The player is not black. There are no clear racial stereotypes about the character. There is no reason to have thought he was black to begin with. That is unless you have preconceptions of your own that you read into the character, of course. In which case you should examine your own self.
#24 by Lewis on June 14th, 2009
Wolfshead, your intellectual dishonesty and pathetic “arguments” are a perfect match for such Fox News hosts as Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, and Bill O’Reilly.
#25 by Rubylite on June 15th, 2009
Venturing into politics and race….check
Nazi comments inc….
#26 by Dave G. on June 15th, 2009
I have the feeling that The Claw’s one sentence contribution was eminently more insightful than the entirety of your contributions thus far – except, perhaps, the original comment which incited The Claw’s response. That comment says much, much indeed, about subject and speaker alike.
I enjoy pontificating eruditely in a poncy manner.
#27 by Vetarnias on June 15th, 2009
Yeah, you talk real good.
#28 by Gx1080 on June 15th, 2009
You know, although talking about majorities without making an actual research its just educated guessing, the majority of America is full of prejudice and fear. Evidence of that fact is overhelming. About Fox News, i dont know, i dont watch it, but between a news channel that exagerates(any other) and one that outright lies for cash… the decision its obvious.
Sticking to the lesser evil is an American policy (Note, im not a USA citizen so I can criticize).
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_barack_obama_muslim.htm
Its not like he needed point his muslim lineage in election times, its just that, well, the muslim world isnt going to negociate with another two-faced, overweight white republican (I wouldnt).
I wonder when the Hitler comparisons will begin?
#29 by Scott Jennings on June 15th, 2009
OK, that’s enough.