July 8th 2009 09:39 pm
INTERLUDE POST: DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT Plus Spam, Spam, Spam
I didn’t make it to the magic 30. Not even Cletus, Remus, Alvin, and like 10 million other people I know who submitted names to that Name the Twitter Pig contest of WoWGoldPig.com . I’m not sad, though.
But I know someone who is livid…
Alvin had a fit when he saw the finalists at the Pig’s blog site. "Why the (bleep) should I vote for anyone? That (bleep)ing 500K gold should have (bleep)ing gone to me!" (Such language can be heard in our vent 365 days minus Tuesdays in a year)
"Dude, they didn’t think the nick you sent was cool enough. Deal with it," I said. "Now can you please summon Rachel? Oh hang on, let’s wait for Liv."
"500 (bleeping) k gold, man!" Guess he didn’t hear me. "(Bleep) this, I could buy (bleep)ing mammoths for all of us!"
"I already have a mammoth," I said. "Where’s Liv? Oh you’re back, sweetheart."
"Are you voting for any of those (bleep)s??"
I lost my cool. "YES I AM GODDAMN IT NOW SUMMON RACHEL AND LIV!!!"
All those histrionics over 500K gold, I swear.
In other news…
WoW Gold Facts reader Littlebark AKA Zayda emailed me about an interesting tactic in-game spammers are currently using in the game. Littlebark plays a, er, cute little pig-tailed gnome.She even sent me a screenshot of her brief interaction with a spammer.
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Lovely! Brings back memories of my guild "unsuccessfully building relationships" in Ironforge (trying to be diplomatic here). It was like the sacking of Troy. 
Anyhoo, here’s what Littlebark/Zayda had to say:
Hey EGF.
Might wanna put out the word: Spammers are now trying to hook people in with "WTS (x item here)Anyone need them plz whisper me and i have more Epic gear!"
After you whisper them, they will IMMEDIATLEY whisper you back with some sort of macro that tells you to visit their website for wow gold, wow items, etc. All of the toons are level 1. And none will respond with anything other than that macro. They will spam that they have that item about 2-3 times, then they log. I’ve seen this happen on all 5 of my realms.
Happy gaming!
Zayda
PS: Excuse the pig tailed gnome rogue I was playing. I had a lapse in judgement.
You are excused, Zayda. LOL. And thanks for the tip. Kiddies, you know the drill when you get dem sleazy whispers. Report!!!
And finally, here’s a really lame spam I got from a Chinese gold seller I’ve never ordered from. Dig the names of the coupon codes. Cheesy isn’t the word. It’s…it’s…it’s all so f*cking gay:
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5 Comments »
Trev on 09 Jul 2009 at 2:00 am #
HEBOY???? WTF???
Littlebark on 09 Jul 2009 at 3:42 am #
I do not play a “cute little pig-tailed gnome”. She’s a vicious killing machine. She doesn’t count anyways! She’s not my main.
Lapse in judgement (read: the boyfriend wanted to try something different). Now excuse me while I go kill some Alliance. I mean Horde. I mean… ah, forget it!
Cathryn Wheel on 09 Jul 2009 at 5:49 am #
“I really appreciated all the helps from u”.
What helps, I mean help???
Lestat de Lioncourt on 09 Jul 2009 at 11:42 am #
Oh crap! My entry didn’t make it as well. So much for expecting a birthday gift for me. I’m in dire need of a big bag of GOOOOOOLD! Can’t level my professions up.
oli on 12 Jul 2009 at 10:29 pm #
Gnomes are vicious killing machines until I pwn them then they become cute little corpses