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Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:29 am
by Mockingbird
Gah! Grouping (or rather, the lack thereof).
Ok, we've all played in busy zones. And we've all seen 5-6 people waiting for the SAME quest spawn.
Last night I watched a load (8-10 most of the time) of people waiting for a spawn, putting down traps/AOE etc trying to be the one to tag it.
Specifically, I saw three alliance in a row get it, and ride off afterwards. Alone.
So when it was my time for thqat quest (had been doing prequest) I rode up, and said in /say "Any other hordies want to group, we can all get it at once" - instant 5-man group, we tagged it, bagged it, and left. All 5 of us got it, a couple of them being people who had been waiting the whole time I was in the area.
I sincerely hope the three alliance players who were still stood there had the brains to group up after watching 5 of us complete at once.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:56 am
by Vephriel
Gah Mockingbird, I know exactly what you mean!!!
I see that countless times, and every time I walk up to find a group of people waiting I do the same thing...ask if there's a group, and if not then suggest to start one. It's so much easier! Instead all these people compete and have to extend their waiting time by having every person go after it individually. /facedesk
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:54 am
by Sukurachi
People who write common expressions but mistakenly use homonyms instead of the correct word:
For example:
"tow the line".
It's not about pulling a line behind you. It's about putting your toes up against a line on the ground.
It is "to toe the line".
Here's another one:
"for all intensive purposes".
That just KILLS me.
and just to be funny, here are some actual headlines from newspapers (2005) with really dreadful English... or rather, not properly thought-out use of English:
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
[No, really?]
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
[ That'll stop 'em. ]
Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
[Not if I wipe thoroughly!]
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
[What a guy!! ]
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
[Those good-for-nothing lazy so-and-sos!]
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
[See if that works any better than a fair trial!]
War Dims Hope for Peace
[I can see where it might have that effect!]
If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
[You think?]
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
[Who would have thought!]
Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
[They may be on to something!]
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges !
[You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?]
Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
[he probably IS the battery charge!]
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger
Test Group
[Weren't they fat enough?!]
Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
[That's what he gets for eating those beans!]
Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
[Taste like chicken?]
Local High School Dropouts Cut In Half
[Chainsaw Massacre all over again!]
Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
[Boy, are they tall!]
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
[Really?]
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:14 am
by Royi
Those are very funny Suku.
Right now what grinds my gears is Vyragosa. She keeps spawning and is not letting her friend TLPD show up at all.
TLPD wasn't invited to any reindeer games

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:46 pm
by cowmuflage
The fact that my time of the month came nearly a week early :S gah yesterday I had not planed for this! WHY body why!
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:20 pm
by Azunara
When I FINALLY feel some inspiration to play pokemon, and the two games I want to play, Diamond and Sapphire, are MIA.
>.<
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:52 pm
by Lupis
Terrorpene and APworld history homework.
REZ, DAMN YOU!
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:00 am
by Pawtrack
People who don't just derail threads, but totally take some one else's thread over, rather then make their own.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:08 am
by Saturo
@ Redith: ^^
Anyhow: School forcing me to attend religious ceremonies in a church. Me is angry.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:01 am
by Mania
Saturo wrote:Anyhow: School forcing me to attend religious ceremonies in a church. Me is angry.
Good God! They can do that?
My high school graduation was held in a church, primarily because it was the only building large enough. But they went out of their way to cover up all the religious symbolism.
You know what really grinds my gears? Blizzard.
Why the hell did they think it was okay to make a quest where you have to kill a mob but you can't tag it as yours and only the person who does the most damage gets the credit? I'm going to have to log on at 6am to finish this damned quest!
I found Vashj'ir to have really good quest design in terms of dealing with high population areas. Mount Hyjal had some iffy bits, and Deepholm has been horrendous. Once I get out of here I am never coming back (except to tame Jadefang, obviously).
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:31 pm
by Lupis
Why the hell did they think it was okay to make a quest where you have to kill a mob but you can't tag it as yours and only the person who does the most damage gets the credit? I'm going to have to log on at 6am to finish this damned quest!
ARRGGH I know!! The ogre quest on the alliance warship was a nightmare!
Right now? The fact that I have a ton of homework and other stuff to make up because I had a snow day and then spent an entire school day at career centers. -.-
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:30 am
by Makoes
its starting to grind my gears, that every christmas, I want to get a bit of a tradition going on, something set to look forward to, and all my BF does is crack bad/dirty jokes...is it wrong to want something nice and clean and family oriented?
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:21 am
by Lisaara
I got a few things.....
1. People who take things a little too extreme then maul your face and call you names when you tell them to chillax. It's a game. No reason to get your panties in a bunch about aspects of it every time something comes up that you don't like.
2. Fire Emissary.....really blizzard? every mob respawned like crazy but this guy takes like 20 minutes to respawn....WTF. Plus I got ninja'd 5 times too....all by horde.
3. Lost City....you are an EVIL dungeon, yanno that? Hate you with a passion.
4. Blizzard. Fix the worgen laugh PLEASE. Laughs dont do the same noise as the chicken emote!
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:25 am
by Adam-Savage
Mania wrote:Good God! They can do that?
If it's a Catholic School then yes because it's required. If you figure you don't want to go to there religious ceremonies and your caught ? You get sent home from school. Your forced to go because it's your parents that pick your school for you usually.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:44 am
by Saturo
AdamSavage wrote:Mania wrote:Good God! They can do that?
If it's a Catholic School then yes because it's required. If you figure you don't want to go to there religious ceremonies and your caught ? You get sent home from school. Your forced to go because it's your parents that pick your school for you usually.
Actually, it's just an ordinary public school, in a rather immigrant-heavy area. Guess they wanna' "christen the populace" or something. Regardless, what I reacted to was that they checked attendance. Meaning I'd be skipping school if I didn't come. Seems I wasn't the only one pissed at it though.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:55 am
by cowmuflage
Wow if its a public school doing that thats just dumb! I mean what if some of those people were not christen? that would be like insulting to them. I remmber when my old school trying doing that but they got alot of angry parents complaining that they stoped.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:57 am
by Saturo
The majority of the people in that school are not christian. I'd say the largest would be islam. And angry parents is pretty much what they've gotten'.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:39 am
by Ana
WHen people tries to tell me what i like and dislike...
I have this hordie charecter named Pony, and more then once ppl have told me that I, not them, but I hate that name...
Or peple who tells me that i really dont like the pet that im running around with or its name
I just want to hit them with a big hammer.. let the hunt begin

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:17 am
by Mania
People who assume I want to talk because I'm playing an MMO.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:50 am
by Golden
Servers being randomly down without any information of it anywhere. :(
Edit: Oh wait.. It's Wednesday... *fail*