The Paladin and the Shaman

[Occhidiangela]

You can always bail out of WoW and go spend fifteen minutes doing real-life things like taking care of the dog, eating, and so on.
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I risk starting a Sirianesque thread with this reply, but that option probably does not appeal to quite a few people who are anti-grief. It is tatamount to caving in to griefers. That said, I confess it is the kind of response I tended to advocate in D2, along the lines of sit in town and bore him to death while I get a cup of coffee, or crack jokes at his expense if the mood strikes. Simply put, griefing is not completely preventable. Coping methods have to be deveolped, if the game developer comes up with a "good enough" prevention scheme.

Town kill and scroll hack type loopholes need to be closed, for sure, but a dedicated pair of arses will come up with ways to annoy people no matter how much time and money a game company pours into attempts at legislating behaviour modification rules a la "I will make you play nice!"

I'd say "it's a people thing" per the excellent article Mongo Jerry linked to about the four types of on line game players in MUD/MMORG venues.

Occhi