Gamers on the Street: Reading up on WoW
by Lisa Poisso 
May 5th 2008 at 7:00PM
When you can't log in to World of Warcraft, do you get your fix from game sites instead? Gamers on the Street visited with two chatty young players from Zul'jin this morning about their WoW reading and research habits. Deathrowcame (70 Undead Warlock) and Docevil (70 Undead Rogue) were both on alts when we met up, but both popped over to Orgrimmar on their 70s to finish our conversation and take a group shot, as well as to share a few tidbits about life on Zul'Jin.
Be sure to drop by the comments at the end of the article and share your own favorite sites and sources.
Gamers on the Street: Hi guys, thanks for sharing. We're curious about people who like to read and research their characters and game info a lot. Are you both the studious type?
Deathrowcame: Yeah, I am. I got a 70 'lock that I bought, so I have to research it – no, I'm joking,. LOL
Docevil: I read up on what abilities I can get and what the easiest specialization is to use to level.
Deathrowcame: I surf wowhead and thottbot daily to research gear for my level and class and what quest my class should do.
Deathrowcame: I have this character, a 70 'lock, a 70 Warrior, a 26 Pally, a 63 Hunter and a bunch of other level 20/belows.
Docevil: I have my whole ZJ account filled with 'toons, but I don't play them all -- mostly banking, twinks or alts.
So your time on WoW sites sounds like very focused time, really -- you're both mostly searching for the latest and greatest gear for your current level?
Docevil: Yeah, but I also have a level 70 Undead Rogue that I like to keep updated in armor.
What sites do you commonly read?
Docevil: Wowhead for searching in-game items and Thottbot so I can see what I get next time I can train.
Deathrowcame: I read your site a lot, Wowhead, a lot of the WoW forums. I surf the CS forum daily. I like to look in the class forums a lot to hear people complain about how classes are overpowered, so I also enjoy telling them to STHU. Because there's so many idiots on it, I can relax and laugh while flaming noobs.
Why do you think the forums have that tone? I take it that it doesn't bother you?
Deathrowcame: You mean why are so many idiots in it? Because they do stupid things, I guess. LOL Such as "Hay guys, I just gived out mah accounts to the frend he got me bant lol unban pl0x k thx."
What about you, Docevil? Do you visit the official forums much?
Docevil: Not so much ... occasionally to see what people are talking about and to see if I can get caught up on the lore.
Do you think that Blizzard should moderate their forums more than they do? Less? Just right?
Deathrowcame: More – a lot more. And the game too.
Docevil: I think they could use more improving, when I read stuff can get off topic.
So you take advantage of the laxity to wreck some shop -- but you wish it were actually a more civil place to hang out? Is that a fair summary?
Deathrowcame: If you're going to write an article on this, could you please put this one thing I'm about to say?
It's all your quotes, baybee. ;)
Docevil: LOL
Deathrowcame: "There's this one guy named Ollivander. He gets on the Horde side trade chat. He's been level 35-36 for months now. He sits there all day and flames. He goes by around nine other alts with Olli in their names, such as Ollivantwo. Everyone who sees him put him on ignore."
I suspect we'll have to hit that one with the OT Hammer. LOL
Deathrowcame: LOL
Docevil: Ollivander is annoying, and Blizz bans his accounts all the time and he still spams people. I want him off the server, too.
Deathrowcame: Yeah, Doc. He's been banned like six times this past month, and he's got like 40 accounts.
Docevil: Yeah. He has no life.
Whoa, maybe we need to have a survey on Ollivander.
Deathrowcame: Yeah, do it!!! DO IT!
Docevil: LOL Yeah, do it.
Deathrowcame: Please.
Heh. So where do you guys head when you want in-depth mechanics info?
Docevil: The only references I use are wowhead for WotLK info and Thottbot for leveling. Then Wowwiki.
Deathrowcame: Oh yeah, I use Wowhead, Wowwiki and Thottbot. And Wow Insider. :)
Docevil: But only for WOTL info.
Deathrowcame: I don't use Thottbot very much, though. It's ugly and annoying.
So how much time do you think you spend daily reading WoW sites?
Deathrowcame: An hour to two hours.
Docevil: 1 hour to 1-1/2 hours at the most.
Deathrowcame: I play the game my whole day though, except for weekdays when I have school.
... today is a weekday, Death ... /grin
Docevil: LOL True, that.
Get thee to class!
Docevil: I can't go to school till next year. Too late to enroll me, 'cause I moved.
Deathrowcame: LOL I meant I don't play it the whole day on weekdays. :p Although I did leave school early today :)
You don't surf WoW sites in class, do you?
Deathrowcame: Yeah, I use a proxy to do it.
Docevil: My school BANS the WoW web sites.
Oh, poor Doc. Trapped playing the game instead, eh?
Docevil: Hehe, yeah.
Well, I'll let you two get back to it. Thanks, guys!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Beldoro May 5th 2008 8:42PM
Here is my idea on how to sort out the WoW forums - when you violate the forum rules and get banned / suspended, during that period, if you log into the game your toon is polymorphed into a small troll. You can move around, but have 1 hp and can't communicate with anyone (other people or NPCs). Get a debuff that says 'Forum Troll' or something.
And it effects your entire account - so if you get banned while trolling with your level 1 alt, all your toons are afflicted.
Make a person’s idiocy on the forums affect their playing time. That would get rid of a lot of the idiots.
Silverrealm May 6th 2008 10:25AM
This is a brilliant idea.... but who polices it? lol
Sushi May 5th 2008 9:29PM
ZOMG! i play zulgin horde side too and im thrilled but i cant believe you guys are talkign about olly. im in disbelief. Its funny to see people you know on these websites. Id be more than hapy to have an interview like this one time.
Xanden May 5th 2008 10:07PM
Zul'Jin Alliance side. I always enjoy surfing over to wowinsider to read new articles and such. Was kinda surprised to see a couple of people from my realm being interviewed. What a disappointment! Since when are thottbot or wowhead considered as "Reading Up on WoW"? And man, lets throw in some Ollivander hating cause that's interesting to read. How about next time, take a few more minutes, and find someone worth talking to instead of a couple of noobs.
Silvergirl2010 May 6th 2008 3:20AM
Hey wow,
When I saw the title of this article I thought I was going to get a bit more out of it than I read up on Thottbot and Wowhead. I don't play on Zul'Jin server and I'm pretty sure that millions more people don't either, so hearing about some stupid idiot who needs to get banned off that server was a true waste of my time (and I'm sure for plenty of other people out there).
I guess it isn't surprising that out of the millions of people playing warcraft you found the Beavis and Butthead of the bunch, but come on - a bit of useful information wouldn't have gone astray!! I mean you couldn't have spoken to any of the other 70's on any other servers to find out what they read, to make the article a useful informative piece???
Apologies for being so scathing but I had to say something!!
Cynra May 6th 2008 7:43AM
Welcome to Gamers on the Street?
I could be very wrong since I don't usually frequent this series, but isn't the idea to interview people on the street? Completely random people who are willing to voice their opinions. I would think that selectively disregarding one interview with another because you don't like the results would be a poor representation of what you actually encounter on the streets. This interview confirms that, yes, Beavis and Butthead (which seems to be quite a stretch!) exist on this server and, yes, you can run into them on the street.
I would have liked to see more interviews, however. Most of the other Gamers on the Street I've read usually have two or three separate encounters (though those may have been shorter).
And I'm not surprised that WoWhead and Thottbot were mentioned; the first thing I hear on my server when people ask for help or advice on quests or items is to check up on those sites. I think that your average gamer isn't going to do a lot of research out of the game -- especially since it limits their time in-game!
Mastique May 6th 2008 8:49AM
Please see the receptionist for a full refund of your... oh, wait, this is a free site. Lighten up! So you wasted 2 minutes reading an article that has no benefit for you. Big deal. Its not like you wasted 2 hours trying to get to Nexus-Prince Shaffar with a PUG right as the server went down. Now THAT my friends is a travesty.
Silverrealm May 6th 2008 10:26AM
I rofl'd
sentrosii May 6th 2008 1:31PM
Aww, my 70 Horde toons used to be on Zul'Jin, and it makes me laugh how Olli-boy was mentioned. Guess he's still there. I don't get why everyone gets mad though, I thought he was funny. ;D
If you do interview him, tell him to move to Dalaran and spam trade channel there, my Horde toons miss him.
Breck May 6th 2008 3:58PM
When traditional news outlets do "on the street" type reports, they usually interview more than two people. Next time try interviewing more people, then extracting the intelligent responses. That way we don't have to read about some moron that thinks it's funny to "flame noobs" on forums.