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Sour Grapes

With a pot shot at The Ancient Gaming Noob (with whom we don’t always agree but always respect and find interesting) Syncaine from Hardcore Casual (whom we rarely respect but always find interesting) beat us to the punch, so to speak, but in sort of a twisted, glass is half full of toxic waste sort of way, about part of today’s subject – last nights 25 person Naxramus run.

We will let you read his latest article here.

And while we understand that the article was his attempt at “biting sarcasm” we will whole heartedly agree with his accessment that “EZmode = happy masses”, although we might couch it in terms that Scott Hartsman did when he was a guest on our show – we would call it “accessible”.  The funny thing is, everything I have read coming out of Activision/Blizzard these days would seem to indicate that they would couch it in much the same terms.

Now while the No Prisoners, No Mercy team (including one person helping behind the scenes you never meet) are not in a “progressive raid guild and wiping to learn a new boss” we are in a guild that gets together on Wednesday nights for a 25 person shot at Naxramus and regular runs at Ice Crown Citadel.

Yes, the time was that the highest end instances were hallowed halls only trod by players who considered themselves “the best of the best.”  Only those who were among the “cutting edge” guilds could wield the oft sought but rarely obtained “uber sword of uberness”.  Rarely was the average player who, not always possessing super-human abilities beyond those of mortal men, able to see the inside of places containing such rarified air. In fact Jeff Kaplan spoke about the same issue some time after Wrath of the Lich King came out. While some of us here at No Prisoners, No Mercy would rather drill our own teeth than pug an instance, it is for an entirely different set of reasons – not the least of which is we rarely enjoy having a truck load of sour grapes dumped on us by a pre-adolescent who decides we are not “leet” enough for his liking.

Yes, we will admit it.

We are just plain folks here at No Prisoners, No Mercy.  We are the sort of people who enjoy the company of guild members and just love getting out and trodding the soil where the greats of World of Warcraft once strode like the mighty giants that they are.  We had great fun seeing so many guildies together at one time, having all those hunter pets charging into battle.  Whether or not the next Naxramus boss whipes the floor with us or begs for mercy we always have a good time. We are truly sorry that the folks at Activision/Blizzard have chosen not to cater to the whims and fancies of those who feel their talents and abilities have set them head and shoulders above the common folk that we will admit to being. However, we are incredibly grateful they have chosen to do so. Let us finish this article with our own version of how syncaine chose to start his…

“Accessible mode = Fun”

See you online,
The No Prisoners, No Mercy team.