August 2005
08262K6
I had to reactivate my WoW account to stomp some nuts in the cross-server battlegrounds. If you're of the alliance faction in battle group 7 an orc warlock wearing a santa hat, just go ahead and /afk out because you're not going to win, you fucking non-Dethecus terribles.
From WoWWiki:
Dethecus is rightly known as the most degenerate server in all of Warcraft. The realm forums are a disgusting display of trolling and insults, and ganking, corpse-camping, and general griefing run wild in the actual game. While such activities take place on most servers, these events are not only far more common on Dethecus, and not only considered acceptable by the standards of the community, but are actually lauded and praised by nearly the entire server. Dethecus is the ghetto of Warcraft, and the majority of its players take pride in being the most vicious trolls, the most skilled griefers, and the most offensive of people. Forum-bans and even in-game bans are badges of honor that many players are proud to wear.
Many players have two accounts, one for each faction, and it is not uncommon for people to be extorted for "protection money". This is a scam wherein a group from one faction repeatedly griefs an enemy player, who is then approached by a member of his own faction and told that for a large fee he will protect the victim from the group. The "protector" and the group are of course working together, but in many cases the victim has no choice but to pay the money, as the group will sometimes pursue the same victim for many days. This disgusting exploit is only one of the many examples of the complete lack of human decency exhibited on Dethecus.
Under no circumstances should anyone post on the Dethecus Realm Forums. In the words of one prominent forum troll HarleyDavis, "We're xenophobic and we hate newcomers." Most of the trolls are members of either < M E R C I L E S S > or <Months Behind>, an AF and a Horde guild respectively, with a slight alliance and many of the same members. There are, however, many "affiliates", or trolls who associate with these guilds despite membership in a different guild. <Months Behind> favors the posting of "tranny porn" while < M E R C I L E S S > members favor a complete dichotomy of attacks, half the members posting well-written (but still insulting and offensive) logical arguements while the other half post what can only be described as assaults on the English language, usually containing both in-game and real-life death threats.
The Dethecus community is so offensive and xenophobic that, when any-server transfers opened up, many members launched a crusade called "Keep Dethecus Pure" or "Dethecus for Dethecites". This crusade was blatantly racist, and the most prominent forum troll, NawtCale, actually offered 10 gold to the winner of a hideous contest. Based on Edward Norton's racisim in the movie American History X, the winner of the contest made a forum sig which contained a picture of a black man being lynched, the words "THIS MEANS NOT WELCOME" crudely photoshopped beneath his feet.
While every server has its degenerates, these people are usually shunned by the community. On Dethecus, these people become minor heroes. Anyone with a basic sense of human decency should avoid this server at all costs. Should you decide for some moronic reason to lower yourself into this cesspool of racism and hate, make sure not to reveal to anyone that you are new to the server, ESPECIALLY if you are transferring from another realm.
Proud to be a forum perma-banned Dethecite.
08102K6
My car should be ready tomorrow. Turns out just about all the problems were a result of a crushed motor mount. I got a kit (and a free T-shirt) from Casper Electronics to move the fusible links from the starter location to the firewall with a new junction box. Now maybe my windows will go up and down faster. Also had to replace a section of the metal fuel return line that was crushed by the exhaust flange. And the TV cable was pulled way out. Can't wait to see the bill.
The kid across the street has been doing shit to his Altima again. I can't tell if he put on a body kit or if he is just painting his car one section at a time. I noticed that every time he has a friend with him he squeels his tires as he backs out of the driveway. You know, to show how amazing his car is. I bet if I saw him at a redlight and told him to light 'em up, he'd probably smile and switch on his neons. I suggested to Josh that he take his camaro sideways down the street next time he leaves for work and the kid's outside, but I figured the neighbors might get upset and show up on our lawn with pitchforks again. When they see the little dumbass whizzing up and down the street in his Hotwheels toy they probably think it's cute that he thinks he's fast. Doing it in a real car is just dangerous and loud.
I'm still going to do a 5lb launch right in front of his driveway when I get my car back, though.
08052K6
According to my father, I'd be much better off if...
I became an Olympian-class weight lifter and my brother and I pooled our money together to buy a cheap boat with a good trailer.
Apparently there are a few different versions of the story going around, and people have been asking me about it on AIM but it's usually when I'm AFK, so here's what happened with the computer store:
First, I got partially fired, mainly because I missed at least one day of work per week for about six weeks straight. That, and there wasn't much for me to do (or there was and I wasn't doing it...hard to say when you get an average of three hours of sleep a night). I say I was partially fired because my employer said I'd still be working for him, but doing it from home, but not until later and wouldn't be collecting a paycheck until then. At least that's what he would have me believe. I came in later and cleared all my stuff off the computers, but I think I left my air-zooka behind. :( Using it to terrify the office manager's dogs whenever she brought them in was so much fun.
A few days later I got a call from Craig asking if I'd talked to any sherrif or FBI guys. Not a cool way to start a conversation with a guy that may have terrabytes of pirated media if he were some kind of criminal, but of course he is not. He was on a cruise and didn't know all the whys or WTF's, but he said the store was raided, all his stuff was seized, and the new tech guy was arrested on unrelated charges (forging documents or something). The guy was cool but he was a recovering WoW addict, and went to video game addiction meetings and stuff, complete with the failing marriage, so I regularly watched WoW PvP videos in front of him and let him know of all the goings-on. If I had known he was a criminal I wouldn't have attempted to fuel his silent rage.
My grandmother on the other side of the family read in the paper that the store was raided, and by the time she got it out to everyone, I was working for a mob boss and was probably looking at 10-20 years and a possible movie deal.
Turns out some asshole said they bought illegal drugs from the store, and also that Craig was dealing in illegal firearms. Not true as far as I know (and if it is, how come he didn't hook me up?), but they still got his stuff. I think.
So I'm living off my savings (went four months without buying computer/car shit) and making a little money here and there doing various shit, waiting to see what happens. Got a job offer doing some ad/graphics stuff that I'll probably sign up for soon just because I'm fucking bored.
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Oh, that Internet...