Breakfast topic: WoW in the world
by Mike Schramm 
Jun 14th 2007 at 8:30AM
It's been a while since we last did this, so let's do it again: Where have you seen WoW in your real life world?Umi on WoW Ladies sees BOP, and automatically thinks Bind on Pickup. I was once driving around looking for a party, and had been playing WoW so much lately that when I realized I was lost, my first thought was to type /1 (without a computer in the car, mind you), and ask where the party was in General chat. No one was in the car, but I felt pretty stupid after having a thought like that.
And my favorite lately came from that post on boss quotes the other day. Here's what happened to commenter Thingy at work:
Person 1: "How about we get that stuff in next week?"
Person 2: "Too soon"
Me: "You have awakened me too soon, Executus."
*odd looks from the rest*
Me: *finally realises what I just said*
Funny. Where have you seen WoW in the world?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Breakfast Topics, Humor
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
p3ngu11 Jun 14th 2007 8:40AM
I always think "/2 WTB " when I go shopping
Don Jun 14th 2007 8:42AM
About a week after getting my girlfriend hooked on WoW she calls me from the car and says, "You know, while driving for the last 15 minutes I have been checking the surrounding countryside for copper deposits."
Dave Jun 14th 2007 8:51AM
I notice that when I'm at business parties, lunches, or get togethers (like we don't see enough of each other during the day) I'm very aware of how much agro I generate. In other words, don't make eye contact, they might come over and talk to you. That sort of thing. This also applies to people who are selling things on the street and such.
len Jun 14th 2007 8:54AM
Passing roadkill...
"Aw, man, I could've skinned that."
Smutcakes Jun 14th 2007 8:57AM
I want to punt midgets :(
chaz Jun 14th 2007 8:56AM
I work in downtown Chicago, lots of lunch options. Several of the bigger buildings here have multiple food spots in them and they are named boring things like "401 N Michigan", or "222 W Wacker". When we discuss where we are going to eat, it's no fun to list those buildings. So we have named all the nearby multi-food complexes with instance names. Shadow Labs, Botanica, MC, Underbog, etc all exist near north Michigan ave!
Trying to get non-wowers to just call them that has been a bit of a struggle. They'll come around.
Mad Cow Jun 14th 2007 9:01AM
Sigh, I farmed Netherwing rep like a madman this weekend for my drake ... went from honored to exalted in two days (yay eggs). I got it ... but it cost me on Monday.
I'm not repeating what happened ... all I'm going to say is that there are now two girls in this office that think something is seriously wrong with me ... and my co-workers/guildmates won't stop making fun of me. It has gone so far as to have them create a new rank in the guild just for my toons.
To my defense ... I was REALLY tired and did not think before I opened my mouth =/
PS - I know my friends are going to reading this ... I hope you guys DIAF! At least I got drake (chicken).
Adorable1 Jun 14th 2007 9:03AM
Recently someone was showing me a picture of their daugther, and in my head I was going to ask "Oh.. how old is she?'. But it came out, 'What level is she?'
chaz Jun 14th 2007 9:05AM
@7
Your post is no fun. Spill the details.
Laura Jun 14th 2007 9:17AM
In an email I told my boyfriend that we could afford to buy something because it was only X gold. His reply was "gold lol -.-" I had no idea!
Seper Jun 14th 2007 9:25AM
lol this past sat. my family and I were heading off to my grandparents house for the day. My dad asked are we ready to go?
and I immideatly thought: pfft idiot throw up a /readycheck
i lol'd for a little bit while he sat there wondering what was so funny :p
Becca Jun 14th 2007 9:26AM
The day I knew I needed to lay of WoW and get some sleep was the day I was coming home from my boyfriend's house and stopped at a stop sign. I looked both ways, didn't see any cars, and naturally I thought to myself "Yea, but there may be some stealhed cars out there waiting to get me".
I told my boyfriend and he laughed for about a week straight.
Dongyrn Jun 14th 2007 9:26AM
I see patches of wildflowers and itch to pick them... and wonder why the little gold circle didn't show up in my minimap...
Sylvina Jun 14th 2007 9:27AM
When I see BOP I see Blessing of Protection, but maybe that's just me? :O
Kabbalah Jun 14th 2007 9:35AM
This one is not too funny, but it's real. When I was assigned to a HR project in the company I work for, I noticed how WoW can be useful in real life. After much debate, we realized we could structure our career plans as talent trees on WoW - as people studied and made progress, they would improve certain "talents" that were linked - so after being considered fully prepared in a certain "talent", a person could pursuit two or three different specialization paths related to that talent, with an increasing salary the "deeper" that person went in one of the trees. They could also go for a "hybrid build", incorporating talents from different trees. Career choices became pretty much like deciding if you're going to be an Elemental/Enhancement/Restoration or Hybrid Shaman!
Since WoW is a big hit between the people who work at this company, everyone quickly understood the concept and what they needed to learn in order to evolve and grow within the company, and where they could eventually get if they invested their time and effort in developing certain talents.
The only hard part was convincing the "conventional managers" that they would have to respec in order to understand these new ideas ;)
HiWay Jun 14th 2007 9:40AM
@13 wait... you have a minimap irl? what key do i press to turn it on??
Daughter Of Kerrigan Jun 14th 2007 9:45AM
The quizzical look I received when I said that my work schedule was being "nerfed".
Managers, FTL.
Nails Jun 14th 2007 9:46AM
my brother bought a huge box of about 100 hamburgers at the beginning of the summer. i bought 20 of them from him.
what did he want as payment, you ask?
$15? no.
15g? yes.
treyger Jun 14th 2007 9:48AM
pretty much anytime someone walks up to me that i dont want to deal with my first reaction is to frost nova then blink
Gargoyle Jun 14th 2007 9:49AM
Looking down for hotbars when watching TV...