Comments on: Urban Regeneration, Goblin Style

By: Shayzani

Shayzani — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:28:31 +0000

Ganking guilds aren’t new by any means. No, there really isn’t any more to it than that.

By: spinks

spinks — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:22:53 +0000

It’s just a bad time for me, tbh. I’m cutting back my WoW time because I need a break, and also there are a couple of single player games coming along this month which are going to eat up a lot of my game time (Dragon Age expansion and Final Fantasy) — which basically all adds up to meaning I’m not up for committing to any WoW projects that need much time put in.

Will see how it goes in a couple of months. It is a shame because I think this is a really cool idea.

By: gevlon

gevlon — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:43:13 +0000

Spinks, if you are so fascinated, why don’t you join?

By: Uzi

Uzi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:01:03 +0000

Some folk like camping out in the jungle.

There is a certain attraction to running round the jungle, carrying firearms and not working for a living. Beats heck out of being a peasant farmer. It is bascialy a cool thing to do. Will the coolness be enough? Maybe.

Apologies to PJ O’Rourke for stealing his ‘Why its cool to be a rebel’

By: Ratshag

Ratshag — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:52:59 +0000

Hrmmmm…. I would describe it as more likes guerilla warfare than urban renewal, since his opposition has most of the numbers and weapons. Either way, ya wins by getting folks ta make sacrifice now because they sees a better world fer they’s kiddies. I think Gevlon’s project is doomed because he offers no such vision – best he can offer is “let’s make this world the sames as the one ya just left.” Once the initial enthusiams die off and the reality of the long grind sets in, folks is gonna lose interest fast and he’ll be left with just a handful camping out in the jungle with him.

By: Klepsacovic

Klepsacovic — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:20:31 +0000

There were the recent random-blues Ulduar kills and Naxx clear. Hardly as ambitious, but they are examples of pointless projects that succeeded.

By: Dread

Dread — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:04:10 +0000

Pretty sure it will end exactly like the latest undergeared project: lucky if he gets 10 people to show up at any given event. That’s the problem with his side projects, the ideas are so nuanced and outrageous that he’s the only one with any real commitment. It’s a social experiment if anything, but all that it keeps proving is that the fearless leader is the only one with the true ambition to complete to goal.

By: boatorious

boatorious — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:47:12 +0000

Interesting idea, one I think of occasionally because three of my dormant high-level characters are on an PvP server that is 90% horde. Though my solution was just to make a huge guild of angry alliance players that took every opportunity to harass the horde.

By: spinks

spinks — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:24:40 +0000

Oh, I’m sure he’s looking about for interesting challenges, and the possibility of trying to grief people off a PvP server also appealed. /I/ am interested in whether it’s possible to revitalise a ‘dead’ faction.

I also think it’s a pretty cool goal for a guild and I’m sure they’ll have some fun with it if they can get a bunch of people together.

By: Stabs

Stabs — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:18:31 +0000

Genuine attempt or publicity stunt?

His schemes seem to get increasingly grandiose despite never once succeeding.