"World of Warcraft Candidate" Wins Election

[tmande2nd]

I enjoy seeing knee jerk gaming haters lose.
Very much indeed.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Obligatory Persona 4 battle win song:

OT: I was actually expecting that smear campaign to work, but it proved me wrong. I'm happy for her.

I guess this proves that you shouldn't mess with something as influential as gaming/internet culture or else it could backfire horribly.

 

[Ickorus]

I, for one, support dickpunching Arthas.

Funny thing is they thought they were giving her negative PR but instead they won her the gamer vote and most other people probably didn't give two shits about it.

 

[vxicepickxv]

I was partial to the Fark headline when I was reading it.

First Orcish-American candidate elected to Maine State Senate, living up to her campaign slogan of "Lok'tar ogar"

I couldn't read the article at work, but it still struck me as funny that someone would come up with that headline.

 

[cynicalsaint1]

Why can't we get these kind of controversies for the US Senate? You know the kind with a cool ending.

Nooo ... there we just get old white dudes who think rape babies are gifts from god ...

actually that particular guy lost his seat...

Yeah .. but the fact that someone who is supposed to be making laws for this country said such a thing publicly at all makes me incredibly sad for the human race.

Meanwhile this controversy reminds me that occasionally people aren't always as idiotic as you'd think.

 

[DreamaSkylar]

This is awesome in so many ways...

 

[PunkRex]

LOK'TAR OGAR!!!

Seriously im from England so I have no clue whats going on over there past these articles but still...

FOR THE HORDE!!!

 

[Arcanist]

or wanting to "dickpunch Arthas."

Finally, a platform I can get behind!

 

[Jodan]

its good to see this
the type of entertainment that a person prefers should not be taken into account when dealing with unemployment or infrastructure problems.
its like saying that i dont care about your bill to repave all the streets because you enjoy music and are vocal about it rather than television.

 

[snekadid]

I don't see how gaming was a negative thing for her position, I'd rather she kill npcs in a game if it keeps her from paying for prostitutes with tax money.

 

[antipunt]

This warms my heart ;_;

 

[Thyunda]

as a 40 something man all i can say is she sounds like my kinda woman.

gaun yersel' hen!

I don't speak Glaswegian.

 

[blackrave]

Good for her
Like I said when this was first brought up
If that's the worst thing about her, then she deserves to be elected
Hell, she deserves to be elected into the White House as far as I care
Once again good luck to her

 

[SecondPrize]

I'm glad I don't vote in Maine. Can't vote a straight Democratic ticket if one of them is Horde.

 

[ShirowShirow]

I have a new favorite politician.

 

[Draconalis]

Well good for her... Also... good that she's a rogue... it would pain me to know am camping a US senator.

 

[WanderingFool]

Awesome. Did she level up? Did Republicans drop any good loot?

I would assume a seat in the Senate... wonder if thats considered epic level loot.

 

[Evil Smurf]

this is what happens when you have the most Death Per Second then anyone else

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

Something else Lachowicz posted on her page, the morning before voting began:



I don't know if she made it, but a quick google didn't turn it up anywhere else. This is clearly a woman who knows her audience.

She did not make it. It is from http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html and became an internet meme thereafter, which she spun very well to the idea of "ALL the things!"

Just to put the information out there (also read that blog, it is hilarious).

I'm really pleased to see her hobby was an asset and the people who attacked her for it got some comeuppance for it.