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[PA Comic] Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - The Great Game
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I heard about this and my first thought was "I really weep for whatever agents gets assigned to read through MMO chat".
Though reading that article I'm starting to suspect some NSA guys just wanted an excuse to play video games at work.
O yes it would be beyond nice to have this lead to that
But I wonder why other than goofing off time they thought they would find terror and other disturbing things in Wow you can just ask blizzard they probably have hard drives full of the naughty stuff said in Moonglade
Well the theory is that terrorists will use game chat because it isn't monitored in the same way that phones or email are. They seem to feel that they need to monitor all communication everywhere, always. I wonder if they have people stationed out in the woods looking for conspiracies flashed with signal mirrors?
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I learned all about this way back in the 90's and early games online
They just did this to goof off and spend tax payer money in creative ways
They know where terror groups gather and post it's not that hard to figure out
Ahhh.. I was wondering why the blast from the past. Makes sense.
Hah.
there was a reason I generally kept trade chat turned off unless I really REALLY needed something
"Sir, we're going to need a bunch of Playstation 4s and Xbox Ones. We now believe that the terrorist threat has moved to next gen as well. Yes. Yes sir. Yes, we will need all the currently available games too. Thank you sir." -click-
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"You guys! It fucking worked! Again! Wooooo!"
a game of warsong gulch
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
not too hard to sell to your NSA boss that you need to be on that thing that comes with a camera that can apparently detect naughty words
"No look, this match right here is very important, we win, and I'm in, they accept me as their own."
Point Break story line ensues.
Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
Aaah, WoW.
I think WoW is when I started to feel like I wasn't part of the internet gaming culture anymore. So much weird lingo and memes originated among the MMORPG playing crowd, and since I had absolutely zero interest in the genre, I got left behind. Sad.
Still, what is this about, other than being a WoW reference?
OOH. Right. I should have read the entire thread.
LOL. This makes the whole thing a lot funnier. I wonder why they never have the newspost ready at the same time as the comic. It mystifies me.
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Runic Carver FS PST
I'll buy it
Cleric needed for CR, will donate!
A Skeleton hits you for 4 damage
Noob training Slate to FP, look out!
Pls sell me ur FBSS for 10 plats
I will take no less than 10k ....
GTFO
Does griffins spawn here at night?!
One more needed at orc 1
GIVE ME UR FBSS FOR FREE LOLZ
Selling a bunch at second torch PST
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Reminds me of a hilarious comic in an SF newspaper during the very first "X-Games". tried to find it but failed. Basically, it showcased several little known new sports featured in the games, one of which was an SF favorite: "aggressive passive-aggressive behavior". Still makes me giggle.
Great one.
Is why I will pay any amount of money to read anything Jerry writes. I would pay $100 for just a book of shopping lists he's written.
Guild leader should be "DurkaDurka"
Lose: The opposite of win
Loose: Your mum
Am I doing 'those' posts right?