April 21st at 12:06PM
Campaigning in the World of Warcraft
Update: Old school gamer and author of this post Tony DiGerolamo responds to all the haters.
There's a lot of talk lately about what Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have to do to win in Pennsylvania tomorrow. But take the long view and you realize that with each passing election, using the Internet to get votes becomes more and more crucial overall. Candidates today have to speak not only to the casual web surfer, but also to those for whom the Internet is a lifestyle choice. So, here are some tips for the candidates courting the World of Warcraft vote:
 The Vote |
Obama Onscreen name: GuTwReNcHeR |
Clinton Onscreen name: Blood_Storm |
McCain Onscreen name: Deathstalker49 |
| Druid | Likes: His stance on global warming and Humane Goblin Population Control propsal. Dislikes: Wants to see more Elf advisors in campaign |
Likes: Her support for mercury regulations in factory emissions. Dislikes: Her dominant stance disrupts Feral Combat spells. |
Likes: His badger-like commitment to the Iraq War. Dislikes: Refuse to lower taxes on scimitars. |
| Mage | Likes: His intelligence and commitment to education. Dislikes: His support for H.R. 977, the Fireball Limitation Act. |
Likes: That she made that Bosnia sniper story disappear like magic. Dislikes: That she won't support David Blaine's bid for Senate. |
Likes: His wizened old coot-like visage. Dislikes: That he fired Merlin when he was his intern. |
| Paladin | Likes: The way he wants to save everyone in America from evil. Dislikes: That he would treat Trolls and Blood Elves as equals. |
Likes: Her quest for a national health care plan to heal the sick. Dislikes: Lack of funding for holy grail quests. |
Likes: His War Hero persona. Dislikes: That he takes donations from Neocons and other undead. |
| Priests | Likes: That he continues to support his cleric, Rev. Wright. That he doesn't worship a god that would grant him more powerful spells. Dislikes: That he would treat Trolls and Blood Elves as equals. |
Likes: The goddess-like way she runs her campaign, demanding worship from all. Dislikes: That her campaign advisors secretly met with Nath, Ogre god of war. |
Likes: His magic lute that has the ability to charm Orcs. Dislikes: His inability to tell Al Qaeda from other insurgents and his penchant for screaming into his Internet headset during battle. |
| Rogue | Likes: That his tax proposal will take from the rich. Dislikes: That he doesn't keep the taxes for his guild. |
Likes: Her husband's ability to sneak away with interns unseen. Dislikes: Her support for a law allowing Orcs to marry. |
Likes: The way he ruthlessly back-stabbed his GOP opponents. Dislikes: The way he got back-stabbed by Bush in 2000. |
| Death Knight | Likes: His +7 Axe of Reaving. Dislikes: This thing you humans call "humanity". |
Likes: Her sponsorship of H.R.335, which would extend health-care to undead spouses. Dislikes: That she continues to debate her opponents rather than slay them. |
Likes: His lich-like visage and support for global conquest. Dislikes: His refusal to eat the heart of his enemies. |
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Of the roughly 3.5 million WoW subscribers in the U.S., about 95% of them could have done a better job with this. Great concept, horribly pathetic execution. This seems you be you making fun of people who play WoW for the amusement of those who don't. As we say, Epic Fail, and L2WoW before publishing another piece of trash like this. I'd even rewrite it for you if I thought there were any point.
By the way, scimitars for druids are from Everquest and not WoW. Good job.
At least play the freakin game before writing this stuff.
At least get someone that's played WoW to write the article. I usually like election time because I get to see all the Indecision stuff but this is bad....really bad and makes no sense to anyone that actually plays the game.
This is a terrible attempt to bring WoW and politics together. You should have at least hired someone who played WoW to write the piece... i agree with lrn2WoW mkthnx
This would have been a whole lot funnier if whoever wrote it actually played WoW, and knew what they were talking about.
Uh Druids dislike McCain because he won't lower taxes on scimitars. What exactly is that supposed to mean? Maybe WOTLK will feature uber scimitar l00t for Druids?
What about the Warlock vote? Clearly the candidates have forgot about this demographic.
This is pathetic. Priests are mad that Obama treats Blood Elves and Trolls as equals? Blood Elves and Trolls ARE Priests. And what the heck is a +7 Axe of Reaving??
You can't have underscores in your name, nor can you have numbers, trolls can't be paladins, by the time I got to trolls being paladins I was about ready to stop watching comedy central forever.
sorry guys, but this is weak on too many levels . . . just because wow has become mainstream doesn't mean you don't have to know about it before trying to refer to it. /fail
Wow players love to hear about Wow in the mainstream media, and even take delight in being mocked playfully - but please put at least a little effort into it.