WoW Guild Holding Server Hostage

[Joe]

This is easily the coolest bit of MMOG news I've heard in a while. A guild on WoW's Detheroc server has the key necessary to open up special quest content for the entire server, but is refusing to invite everyone to the party unless the server comes up with 5,000 gold (update: thread deleted). Next, they'll kidnap the President's daughter and will only give her back in exchange for full rest XP.

Kotaku is calling them terrorists, but I wouldn't go that far. They're just a group of people using the content they've been provided to affect the world. Sure, it may be negative, but the sweet is never as sweet without the sour, is it?

But the real question is, how do we resolve this? Who is going to actually give in to extortion in a videogame? In WoW, and pretty much every other MMOG, everyone's a hero. Someone's has to step up and defeat these bad guys. But who? Who's going to be our hero of heroes? Who's going to unleash the content to everyone, rendering this dastardly guild powerless and broken?

I bet he'll look like Harrison Ford.

Update: Turns out, it was all a joke, or the guy decided the heat wasn't worth the 5,000 gold. It's a shame, really. It would have been incredibly cool to see how this played out over the next few days.

The wait for widescale player-generated content in WoW continues.

 

[Joe]

Original Comment by: jlaakso
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That is actually very cool. All of my friends seem to agree, too, even the ones playing WOW.

I do hope net rpgs would have plenty more of this sort of thing. It would be interesting to see what would happen if there was only ever going to be one instance of a said very important item in the gameworld, for instance ones that unlock the dungeons. Factions become a lot more important once there's something of weight for the taking and not just bragging rights... speaking of which, I'm still waiting for Blizzard to put the war in the world of craft. Come on, let's have some proper fighting over terrain.

 

[Joe]

Original Comment by: Sean

Link takes me to an empty forum page.. Has the thread been deleted?

 

[Joe]

Crap, sure has. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Joe]

Original Comment by: Mark

I think that's an example of excellent roleplay. I'd like to see something like it pan out in the future.

How to resolve it? There are three ways that I can see (assuming that the whole part with the backing down didn't happen): either Blizzard wields the banhammer, or the server pays up, or (most excitingly) other guilds coordinate an effort to wage war on the offending guild and take the thing that was preventing them from getting in the dungeon.

 

[USSR]

Original Comment by: Mark

I think that's an example of excellent roleplay. I'd like to see something like it pan out in the future.

How to resolve it? There are three ways that I can see (assuming that the whole part with the backing down didn't happen): either Blizzard wields the banhammer, or the server pays up, or (most excitingly) other guilds coordinate an effort to wage war on the offending guild and take the thing that was preventing them from getting in the dungeon.

your information below your name is...odd

 

[USSR]

Original Comment by: Mark

I think that's an example of excellent roleplay. I'd like to see something like it pan out in the future.

How to resolve it? There are three ways that I can see (assuming that the whole part with the backing down didn't happen): either Blizzard wields the banhammer, or the server pays up, or (most excitingly) other guilds coordinate an effort to wage war on the offending guild and take the thing that was preventing them from getting in the dungeon.

your information below your name is...odd

sorry..random double post

 

[SirSchmoopy]

This is easily the coolest bit of MMOG news I've heard in a while. A guild on WoW's Detheroc server has the key necessary to open up special quest content for the entire server, but is refusing to invite everyone to the party unless the server comes up with 5,000 gold (update: thread deleted). Next, they'll kidnap the President's daughter and will only give her back in exchange for full rest XP.

Kotaku is calling them terrorists, but I wouldn't go that far. They're just a group of people using the content they've been provided to affect the world. Sure, it may be negative, but the sweet is never as sweet without the sour, is it?

But the real question is, how do we resolve this? Who is going to actually give in to extortion in a videogame? In WoW, and pretty much every other MMOG, everyone's a hero. Someone's has to step up and defeat these bad guys. But who? Who's going to be our hero of heroes? Who's going to unleash the content to everyone, rendering this dastardly guild powerless and broken?

I bet he'll look like Harrison Ford.

Update: Turns out, it was all a joke, or the guy decided the heat wasn't worth the 5,000 gold. It's a shame, really. It would have been incredibly cool to see how this played out over the next few days.

The wait for widescale player-generated content in WoW continues.

5000 gold isn't even a big deal. Back at 70 we charged like 1.5kg for gear runs in Sunwell. 5k is like change.

 

[xXGeckoXx]

I love the idea (mainly because i hate world of warcraft to most extents. The ability to d something that will affect other people on game and give them the insensitive to fight back. Lots of fun!!!

 

[Teh_Doomage]

I find that hilarious. Sounds like something out of the Eve playbook.