• Fremskritt

    I just got a new loot policy for myself.

    HUNTRE WEPOAN!

  • Athryn

    Heh, I had just gotten the “QQQQQQQQ” out of my head from when this came out. DAMN U!!

    It’s one of the better song parody wow videos I’ve run across.

  • Staryx

    Part of me applauds the creators for the quality of the parody song. The other part wants to strangle them for making something that promotes douchebaggery.

  • http://serialganker.blogspot.com sid67

    Simply awesome video. Also points to something that isn’t talked about much and is the #1 reason I quit WoW. Ninja looting is far far more common in WOTLK than in any other expansion. I think it’s the ease of getting into a Raid. I imagine that it’s even worse with Dungeon Finder.

  • Longasc

    I always hate it when people explain me when GREED or NEED are appropriate. People have wildly different opinions on that.

    ROLL/PASS is my favorite scheme. I also oppose DKP and other loot distribution systems. There should be a random drop for everyone or people should accept RANDOM CHANCE as the only true unbiased judge for loot distribution.

    I just love the argument that people deserve something more than others because they had a higher raid attendance. :P

    But hey, the makers of the video were rather on the funny side and probably did not go so much into detail as we do it here.

  • http://stabbedup.blogspot.com/ Stabs

    It’s great machinima but yeah, add me to the list of old timers who feels the kids are gonna grow up without any moral fibre.

  • http://twitter.com/angrygamer_blog Angry Gamer

    Few things wrong with that song, and one of them assumes that Hunters know what the fuck they are doing…

  • Freakazoid

    You’d figure that developers would get around to fixing social problems like ninja looting by now.

    I believe their neighboring developers working on D3 are going to make everyone have their own pile of loot generated. Applying that to an MMO would be interesting.

  • Dave Rickey

    It says something about how pervasive WoW has become as the defining MMO that I get all of those jokes, even though I have never actually played it.

    It’s actually pretty good machinima, it’s rare you see a parody music video where the singing and sound work is comparable to the original.

    –Dave

  • Tethyss

    Blizzard has given us all the tools we need to prevent ninja looting. Use ‘em or QQ.

  • Macbeth

    QQ
    QQ
    QQ
    QQ

  • http://dsob.wordpress.com geldonyetich

    Whether you need for greed or not, it pales in comparison to the larger problem that you’re addicted to WoW.

  • Aufero

    Cute, I’d missed that one somehow. Whether you like the sentiments or not, (it’s pretty obviously a parody of the whole argument) it’s pretty good machinima.

  • http://www.battlevortex.com Fear

    Sad, but true. Nice video though…

  • Tarislar

    @geldonyetich

    Wow, and I though You Tube comments were the dumbest things I’d read today.

  • xzzy

    Song needs more wall ‘o amps and shredding guitar, less looping samples.

  • Robin Kestrel

    I realize I’m outting myself as an old fart here, but what song is that parodying?

  • http://wowpanda.blogspot.com/ wowpanda

    Wo, whoever made this video got talent! Beats the professional singers. Amazing.

  • Clyde

    @Robin Kestrel

    It’s a parody of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Ladies_%28Put_a_Ring_on_It%29

  • OrderedChaos

    I liked it. It has a good beat and you can dance to it! Anyway, I also think Raid loot distribution should be looked into. DDO does it pretty good. Everyone gets something at least, even if it isn’t a piece of Raid level loot. And, as long as the loot isn’t taken out of the chest, the owner can reassign the loot to another raid/ party member.

  • http://foolsage.wordpress.com foolsage

    Yeah, that one amused me. I played it for my girlfriend (and explained what was going on, and translated) and then she kept singing “QQQ QQQ QQ” for the next several days. It’s insidious.

  • Dren

    Any raid not run on master loot is wrong.

    Everyone in a 5-man instance should roll on BOE’s. They can be sold or used on alts.

    If the item is BOP, and you want it, roll need.

    Great video, but doesn’t really make sense to me with the latest tools available in-game.

  • JeremyT

    I think it’s notable for being, um, relatively well done.

    Of course, every now and then it’s good to be reminded of how stupid WoW’s loot system (and by virtue of this, the loot system of virtually every WoW clone) really is. Maybe they’ll fix it at some point.

  • http://dsob.wordpress.com geldonyetich

    Tarislar :
    @geldonyetich
    Wow, and I though You Tube comments were the dumbest things I’d read today.

    You’re even more an authority on this than you believe.

  • Robin Kestrel

    Clyde :@Robin Kestrel
    It’s a parody of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Ladies_%28Put_a_Ring_on_It%29

    Wow, I’m not just an old fart; apparently, I’m an old fart living in a cave.

  • http://serialganker.blogspot.com sid67

    Dren :
    Any raid not run on master loot is wrong.
    Everyone in a 5-man instance should roll on BOE’s. They can be sold or used on alts.
    If the item is BOP, and you want it, roll need.
    Great video, but doesn’t really make sense to me with the latest tools available in-game.

    LOL. In my experience, ninja looting happens MOST OFTEN when Master Looter is enabled. Particularly on the short mini-Raids.

    The ML just rolls on every item BUT the one they want. Then as people don’t get the other rolls, they hearth out. When most of the raid is gone, they do a roll and if they lose — ignore the result. It’s a joke.

    The only “safe” way to Raid is to only Raid with a ML you know. Any PuG is a risk where you aren’t friends with the ML.

  • Naladini

    Robin Kestrel :

    Clyde :@Robin KestrelIt’s a parody of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Ladies_%28Put_a_Ring_on_It%29

    Wow, I’m not just an old fart; apparently, I’m an old fart living in a cave.

    The Dan Band version is pretty fun as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WQHcQ3ueYA

  • http://dsob.wordpress.com geldonyetich

    Robin Kestrel :

    Clyde :@Robin Kestrel
    It’s a parody of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Ladies_%28Put_a_Ring_on_It%29

    Wow, I’m not just an old fart; apparently, I’m an old fart living in a cave.

    Maybe not. I’m pretty sure I may have chanced at the original music video long ago, but it quickly become a repressed memory since it’s horrible mainstream ghetto trash.

    That said, this video was a good parody, but anyone who is still that deep into WoW at this point is either bored stiff of it or new to the game.

  • EpicSquirt

    WoW, bleh!

    Brokentoys has a new shiny WordPress theme, yay!

  • Longasc

    This also reminds me how simple yet elegant Guild Wars loot distribution system is.

    For the raid like encounters, there is a chest in the end where everyone can test his luck of the draw and gets something more or less valuable.

    And see, you can forget about all these loot distribution system, moral issues and such a video would not even exist.

  • Tremayne

    Longasc – bet that system goes down a treat with the people who put in all the effort to learn how to beat the encounter, and then they get trash while some random hanger-on who AFKed through the raid (once it’s on farm status) draws the Golden Lottery Ticket Of Uberosity.

    There are thousands of different systems out there to distribute raid loot as ‘justly’ as possible. It’s just that every single one of them is wrong :p

  • JuJutsu

    @Tremayne

    “…gets something more or less valuable.” = “…get trash…”

    Interesting equation you have there.

  • Guy

    I’m no fan of raiding, but I can completely understand why the DKP system exists. Instead of relying on winning the lottery everytime you buy your raiding “ticket”, instead it’s basically X time put in to get Y loot. That’s exactly the reward system people get used to when they’re leveling. True randomness may be fair *on average*, but that just means someone’s definitely getting screwed, unless the rewards are all equally good.

  • Tremayne

    JuJutsu :@Tremayne
    “…gets something more or less valuable.” = “…get trash…”
    Interesting equation you have there.

    I’m using the standard MMO forum definition of ’1 stat point less than the best possible item in the game’ = ‘utterly useless’ :)

  • Jenks

    Robin Kestrel :I realize I’m outting myself as an old fart here, but what song is that parodying?

    I had no idea what song it was either, but instead of age, my reason is that I don’t listen to crap.

  • Hatch

    Tremayne :
    Longasc – bet that system goes down a treat with the people who put in all the effort to learn how to beat the encounter, and then they get trash while some random hanger-on who AFKed through the raid (once it’s on farm status) draws the Golden Lottery Ticket Of Uberosity.
    There are thousands of different systems out there to distribute raid loot as ‘justly’ as possible. It’s just that every single one of them is wrong :p

    If EPGP is wrong, I don’t want to be right.

  • Chris

    The video could have used a little more cowbell.

  • Joe

    geldonyetich :

    Robin Kestrel :

    Clyde :@Robin Kestrel
    It’s a parody of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Ladies_%28Put_a_Ring_on_It%29

    Wow, I’m not just an old fart; apparently, I’m an old fart living in a cave.

    Maybe not. I’m pretty sure I may have chanced at the original music video long ago, but it quickly become a repressed memory since it’s horrible mainstream ghetto trash.
    That said, this video was a good parody, but anyone who is still that deep into WoW at this point is either bored stiff of it or new to the game.

    Beyonce is incredibly rich. The people she sings about in the song sound like they’ve got money. Nobody’s tossing around street slang. The song made it big primarily on pop radio, not on rap radio.

    And yet the word you naturally leap to describe to in order to describe the song is ‘ghetto’?

    Even if you don’t consciously conceive of yourself as someone capable of being racist, your demonstrated capacity for unconscious racism deserves a bit of introspection.

  • http://dsob.wordpress.com geldonyetich

    Beyonce is incredibly rich. The people she sings about in the song sound like they’ve got money. Nobody’s tossing around street slang. The song made it big primarily on pop radio, not on rap radio.

    And yet the word you naturally leap to describe to in order to describe the song is ‘ghetto’?

    Even if you don’t consciously conceive of yourself as someone capable of being racist, your demonstrated capacity for unconscious racism deserves a bit of introspection.

    Yeah, pull the racism card.

    I didn’t call it Ghetto Trash because Beyonce is black. I called it Ghetto Trash because the whole semblance of the lyrics are, “hey, I’m a hot chick who is going to sleep around with all the guys, and if you don’t like it then you should have married me.”

    Which ghetto logic, at best.

  • http://ixobelle.com ixo

    3 minutes and 23 seconds of my life that I’ll never get back.

  • http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org Sanya

    @ geldonyetich:

    Uh, no. For it to be ghetto logic, it would have to primarily apply to denizens of a ghetto. The attitude you’re describing is actually more pervasive in social milieus such as sororities and country clubs, where the women are accustomed to endless options and possess self-esteem to a perhaps excessive level.

    If you were talking about the inane booty shaking in the video, that would be one thing, but you’re talking about the entitled, spoiled lyrics – which are being sung in a voice of someone in a position of power and privilege.

    Just saying.

  • http://dsob.wordpress.com geldonyetich

    @Sanya

    You have a point there about how it’s more of a spoiled rich girl lyric than applying to somebody who has to live in the harsh realities of a ghetto.

    However, that doesn’t apply to me, because I’m using the word “ghetto,” I’m not talking about the real ghettos in which people live.

    I’m talking about the fictional ghettos being peddled by shortsighted musical stars that hype up immoral behavior and engage in complete blackspoitation so as to milk that monetary teat for all it’s worth.

    The inane booty-shaking was definitely a part of why I got this overly ghetto-esque message. But lets talk a bit about the central lyric, “if you like it put a ring on it.” Exactly what kind of girl would refer to herself as an it twice in one sentence, then repeat that sentence to push it into ear worm territory.

  • http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org Sanya

    Oooh, I get you. Your original phrasing lacked that context for the use of the word ghetto, and it rubbed my fur the wrong way.

  • http://dsob.wordpress.com geldonyetich

    You’re not the only one. When I said that video was “complete ghetto trash” it could definitely sound pretty raciest since I didn’t clarify what I meant by “ghetto” was this imaginary concept being brazenly marketed and sold.