WoW Customer Support Does Your Math Homework

[Cid Silverwing]

I call fake.

Blizzard support isn't -this- generous. Ever. It's not even within their policies to do anything like this for their customers.

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

At $15 a month, they better do your homework! I'd expect them to have a sandwich ready for me ten minutes after submitting a ticket.

Seconded.

$15 a month is a bit much for a mere MMO, but throw in GMs that double as tutors, and that's worth your money!

 

[icame]

If this is real, this made my day. I've sent in many a random thing to the GM's and the responses are generally pretty sweet. They seem like cool people.

 

[Nouw]

If it is real: Funny story.

IF it isn't real: Expect an update later with an actual GM given an actual problem and give them a really stupid answer, even funnier story.

I like the way you think!

Hilarious story, even funnier if as Iving Name pointed out if the GM gave the wrong answer. Also, is Blizzard trying to force people to go on the computer for even longer?

 

[Mute52]

Makes me wonder if the GM just happened to know Calc, or actually looked it up.

Edit: Aw i guess he googled it, but still that's awesome

 

[Fern Williams]

That's just too funny. Almost makes me want to play wow again. Almost......

 

[Megawizard]

It's people doing dumb crap like this that makes the wait times so long for ACTUAL petitions.

 

[Islandboy2]

An effectual GM...Awsome!

 

[Belated]

I'm willing to bet they answered it because they figured it was an equation relating to WoW somehow. There's a lot of numbers that go into that game, so who knows what kind of math could be applied to it?

 

[standokan]

Cool story bro, and there was I thinking that Blizzard is some evil organistion, which it still definitly is.

 

[SNG]

Its not that advanced, anyone who is in the last year of A level math or in their freshman year of business/economics/engineering/whatever at college should be able to do this

Regardless, awesome it is

 

[Yiehaa]

In that yahoo answers thing it even has the same spelling error in the end. . .

 

[Infernai]

That's crazy.

And I'm with G'sC, all I saw was letters. Math =/= letters.

....Clearly you've never done Algebra, cause that has letters in it AND it's maths.

 

[Andronicus]

I wonder if they do Chemistry lab reports too...

 

[duchaked]

hahaha okay that is just flat out bloody hilarious

 

[The Great JT]

That's crazy.

And I'm with G'sC, all I saw was letters. Math =/= letters.

....Clearly you've never done Algebra, cause that has letters in it AND it's maths.

Actually I have (and Trigonometry) and I did horrible at it.

 

[Kitteh]

damn i gotta get back on wow, i have a test tomorrow!

 

[SIXVI06-M]

...the hell is this?!? If this is a true story, GM's must have even less of a life than the average WoW player. This is weird.

I doubt that - first of all, they probably make more money than a majority of WoW players - especially ones who can't do their own maths homework .

Secondly, it's their job to solve problems, and well- some people just really like to solve problems even if some of the problems don't particularly fall into the purview of their job.

If anything, I find this really charming, smart, cute and funny... something girls usually look for in a guy. Mind you, it could have been a girl that was the GM that answered that question - and I'd say only someone who's a bit more worldly who has had plenty of social interaction of various kinds can provide such a tacit and well intended response.

 

[linkmastr001]

If it is real: Funny story.

IF it isn't real: Expect an update later with an actual GM given an actual problem and give them a really stupid answer, even funnier story.

Even funnier if the answer the person receives is obviously wrong, wand they submit it anyway.

 

[Anarchemitis]

That's how higher/highest level item analysis should be. Higher stats mean higher math.
You're not taking on the Lich King unless you can do Trig.