10-30-2005, 09:54 AM
Thanks for the links Darklord! I'll check them out in the days to come. :)
I can definately understand why Quark hates it. It propagates the rogue myth(s): that they are overpowered and played by idiots. The reason I like the coversation between the rogue and the warlock is because I think the rogue's a funny character. He's an amusing stereotype that bares absolutely no resemblance to any of the rogues on my friends list. :D (He actually reminds me of a shaman who tried to convince me that druids were overpowered - pre 1.8 - and that he needed a buff....)
To go off on a bit of a tangent...The thing I find interesting about Roguecraft is that it highlights something interesting about PvP vids. The fact is, if you watch just about any PvP vid you'll come away thinking that the class it's about is overpowered. "Oh noes! Class-X is totally overpowered! That guy beats everything!!11!!one!" I'm a voracious consumer of druid PvP vids, and I used to get really down about how easy they made it look until I started watching them more carefully. When you do that you generally see one of two things: either the hero gets a lucky break or the villain makes a (series) of mistake(s). For me the trick to watching these sort of vids is to say, "Yeah, I can farm them for new ideas, but not take them too seriously."
The thing with Roguecraft is people make a knee-jerk reaction to it without actually watching it. They see "zomg!! Naked rogue beating people" without seeing the keyboard turners, enormous gaps in his opponent's tactics and the lucky breaks he got.
That being said, I still watch that coversation and laugh. Kas and Mino, I'm thinking of you guys. B)
Back on topic....I'd love for someone to post some good "story" vids, as well as some priest vids. :)
PS. Is "knee-jerk" one word, two words, or hyphenated?!
NotSoDarklord,Oct 30 2005, 07:06 PM Wrote:Quark I don't know why you hate that movie so much. It's kind of true ^_^ I've taken up dueling with lvl 6 mh lvl 13 daggers I bought off the ah.... it's sick that almost half of them have been wins.
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I can definately understand why Quark hates it. It propagates the rogue myth(s): that they are overpowered and played by idiots. The reason I like the coversation between the rogue and the warlock is because I think the rogue's a funny character. He's an amusing stereotype that bares absolutely no resemblance to any of the rogues on my friends list. :D (He actually reminds me of a shaman who tried to convince me that druids were overpowered - pre 1.8 - and that he needed a buff....)
To go off on a bit of a tangent...The thing I find interesting about Roguecraft is that it highlights something interesting about PvP vids. The fact is, if you watch just about any PvP vid you'll come away thinking that the class it's about is overpowered. "Oh noes! Class-X is totally overpowered! That guy beats everything!!11!!one!" I'm a voracious consumer of druid PvP vids, and I used to get really down about how easy they made it look until I started watching them more carefully. When you do that you generally see one of two things: either the hero gets a lucky break or the villain makes a (series) of mistake(s). For me the trick to watching these sort of vids is to say, "Yeah, I can farm them for new ideas, but not take them too seriously."
The thing with Roguecraft is people make a knee-jerk reaction to it without actually watching it. They see "zomg!! Naked rogue beating people" without seeing the keyboard turners, enormous gaps in his opponent's tactics and the lucky breaks he got.
That being said, I still watch that coversation and laugh. Kas and Mino, I'm thinking of you guys. B)
Back on topic....I'd love for someone to post some good "story" vids, as well as some priest vids. :)
PS. Is "knee-jerk" one word, two words, or hyphenated?!
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"Then Honor System came out and I had b*$@& tattoo'd on my forehead and a "kick me" sign taped to my back." - Tiku
Stormscale: Treglies, UD Mage; Treggles, 49 Orc Shaman; Tregor, semi-un-retired Druid.
Terenas (all retired): 60 Druid; 60 Shaman. (Not very creative with my character selection, am I?!
"Then Honor System came out and I had b*$@& tattoo'd on my forehead and a "kick me" sign taped to my back." - Tiku
Stormscale: Treglies, UD Mage; Treggles, 49 Orc Shaman; Tregor, semi-un-retired Druid.
Terenas (all retired): 60 Druid; 60 Shaman. (Not very creative with my character selection, am I?!