No doubt you have all heard of the Man with No Name – the movie featuring tough as nails actor Clint Eastwood. Now meet the nun with no ass. No, not me…I still have plenty of ass to go around…and around, and around, and around. The nun with no ass is my co-host Fran who worked it off over the Fourth of July Weekend.
Yes, she still did the usual holiday routine: cooking enough food to feed the Eighth Army and scouring the house (and ensuring the occupants did the same) until they all met what we call “Fran specs” (a standard of clean that would make even an Army Drill Sergeant shudder). But once the fireworks died down, including the neighbor who apparently raided same said Eighth Army armory for what must surely have been a Howitzer Cannon based on the strength of the explosions….
Once the uproar was settled down there was still work to be done.
Yes I refer to the fact that no sister has greater love than she, a dedicated hordie, work her buns to the bone leveling up a night elf druid 10 levels so she can team up with me - Now THAT my friends is sisterly love. This is a woman who tanks with a tough Tauren and loves every bit of it. This is a woman whose level 80 healer lives the expression “once you roll troll you never re-roll.” Yes, same woman who death knight kicks butt and takes names agreed to level up a front flipping, rail thin, valley girl night elf who is so saccharine sweet those who group with the character risk instant diabetic coma. And the toughest part of it all is that it was one of my characters, left languishing on our family account after I saw the light and wisely decided to roll troll.
And what made all this possible?
A wonderful new game mechanic introduced by Blizzard I call the “O.K. play nice kiddies system.” That works like this….
The functionality of the Vote Kick feature in the Dungeon Finder will now behave differently according to a player’s history with the system. Players using the Dungeon Finder who rarely vote to kick players from a group, or rarely abandon groups before a dungeon is complete, will find that the Vote Kick option will have no cooldown. For players who frequently abandon groups or vote to kick other players, the Vote Kick option will be kept on a cooldown. This functionality will adjust itself as a player’s behavior while using the Dungeon Finder changes. – WoW Patch Notes, Patch 3.35
The ever so wonderful result is much like the opening moments of the commercial for Life Cereal with that urban legend Mikey.
Gnome Mage: You kick the tank.
Healer: No YOU kick the tank.
Gnome: I’m not going to kick the tank, get Mickey to do it, he doesn’t care if he gets kicked or not, he’s a hunter.
And so friends, let us pause for a moment and stand in a well deserved ovation to the developer that thought up this wonderful addition to World of Warcraft. Yes, let’s cheer as we utter those words that are so well deserved…
What took you so long?
See you online,
Julie Whitefeather
- Side Notes
Do you play Star Craft? I am not aware of anyone on the No Prisoners, No Mercy team who does play Star Craft. However we received an email (see below) today from someone who wants to give YOU (or at least one of you) a copy of Star Craft II. So what say you? Is there an interest amongst you to win a free copy of Star Craft II from Henley Chiu at Sunbr.com?
Let us know.
Hi there,
I’m the founder of Snubbr, a recommendation site. We’re interested in giving away a free copy of Starcraft 2 to 1 of your readers as part of a giveaway/contest when it comes out. Would you be interested?
We’ve done many giveaways in the past (just Google us up). We could setup the giveaway such that your readers have to leave a comment, and maybe answer a question such as “What are you looking forward to the most about Starcraft 2?”. We then will pick our favorite comment, and mail him/her the copy when it comes out. Let us know if you’d be interested. =)
Henley
Snubbr
Mind you no one here knows anything about Henley Chiu, nor Snubbr.com. Here is what we found out:
Chiu, Henley henley@snubbr.com 34-62 60th street Woodside, New York 11377 United States (917) 385-9365