Shamus Plays WoW #1: It's An Imp's Life

[2xDouble]

You know it's hard out here for an imp.

Yup. Impin' ain't easy.

*crickets*

I'll go now...

 

[MazzaTheFirst]

Hah, I was a bit worried when I saw World of Warcraft. Not that I have anything against the game, but I have played it for two and a half years so I would know every curve ball that gets thrown in the game. What I was not expecting was the choice of perspective. Should be interesting.

 

[Twilight_guy]

This has 'wacky sitcom' written all over it. Two personalities that don't mesh stuck together and forced to deal with ridiculous problems. Still, it's good so far.

 

[ThaBenMan]

Nice. I love Norman Dethbringerr's nervous habit of saying "Mother says..."

I have an Undead Warlock, so I'm not sure what it's like for a Warlock in the Alliance. I would think trafficking with demons would be forbidden. And like another poster said, I'm curious about what will happen when he learns to summon other demons - they'll probably simply be different "incarnations" of the demon?

The Succubus should be... interesting. "But Mother says I should save myself for marriage!"

 

[Shjade]

I'm going to love this one especially. Are you going to continue running the imp even as you unlock the new demons or have them be manifestations of the same one?

I like that idea. This pissed off little imp coming back as a succubus to taunt the crap out of his useless master is amusing already just as an idea.

That said, Shamus Plays doesn't tend to get that far into games, does it? I mean he'll probably get to the voidwalker, but level 20 is a fair ways in. You could get there fast if you just went headlong into quests, but if you're taking your time to make it fun(ny) for writeups, it'd take a while.

 

[Kavonde]

OMG, this is gonna be a fabulous series!!

I am so excited. Been waiting since Lulzy for a NEW series!

Forgot about the adventures of Star On Chest already, have we?

Well, see, those of us who read Shamus' blog had already seen the adventures of Star on Chest, like, a year ago, so the stuff posted on the Escapist was all reruns.

OT: "So ... arson?"

Awesome.

 

[Amarsir]

Brilliant start, Shamus. I'm really looking forward to this series, as I immensely enjoyed your previous Let's Plays. And using the imp's POV was a nice touch. Why, though, in the text is the warlock's name spelled "Deathbringer-er", but in the screenshots (and on his card) it's spelled "Dethbringerr"? I mean, I can see spelling it "Deathbringer-er" ONCE to show how it's pronounced, but the continued mis-spelling is just irritating. You don't introduce a character by spelling their name wrong. You introduce them by spelling it right, and then, if needed, spell it phonetically.

I have to agree with this. It would read better to just type his name the way it's entered, and then when he meets someone else the audience hears him say "it's pronounced Deathbringer-er". But we don't need a constant pronunciation reminder.

 

[carpathic]

OMG, this is gonna be a fabulous series!!

I am so excited. Been waiting since Lulzy for a NEW series!

Forgot about the adventures of Star On Chest already, have we?

I didn't forget, just look at the emphasis placed on "NEW". Star On Chest had already been released.

This one has not, and we are again treated to Shamus' excellent sense of humour!

 

[Xerosch]

That was by far the best 'Shamus Plays' yet. The dialogue idea makes the tale really entertaining and better than the ones you did before! Not that they were bad, this one's just better than the rest ^-^

 

[ninja555]

Demon reminds me of Bartimus.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Kinda reminds me of my own Warlock stories. The Daemon was a little more servant like there, but the 'lock seemed as confused as mine. Only that mine hadnt noticed that he starved while studying old tomes and became undead.

short: i love it

 

[Fetzenfisch]

damn dp sorry

 

[Xanthious]

It's about time you got around to WoW! Excellent start by the way, hilarious from start to finish. Can't wait to see these every week. . . . now to the armory to hunt Deathbringerr down.

 

[Powerman88]

Dude, friggin' hilarious Shamus! Well done!

 

[Verkain]

Awesome! Can't wait to find out what happens next!

 

[dkyros]

First time reading one of these, really caught my interest!

 

[soulfire130]

This is probably the most hilarious WoW related thing ever.

 

[Matwisto]

I really very desperately want Shamus to write a fantasy-satire novel JUST. LIKE. THIS. ARTICLE. Terry Pratchett's got Alzheimer's, man. You've got to step up one day.

Now I'm depressed about Pratchett again.
I agree that Shamus should write something. I read all his articles and Shamus consistantly makes me laugh. The imp story is great for a Shamus Plays, but I would prefer if Shamus made a new story and wrote a book about it. Maybe if it was like Douglas Coupland's stuff...

 

[wfpdk]

awesome. hope to see more of the adventures of dethbringerr and his disgruntled imp.