NEWS: Oh, WoW: Ron Paulites March on Azeroth

GEEK: Oh, WoW: Ron Paulites March on Azeroth

Every time New Year's Eve rolls around again, I make a resolution to be more politically active. It's not something that comes naturally to me -- despite my strong convictions, for most of the time it ends up feeling like shouting down a concrete wall -- and most years I don't even last as far as the end of the New Year's Day "Twilight Zone" marathon before I find something to make me sigh wearily and retreat to my world of escapism and pop culture.

This year, however, I consider myself lucky. I don't have to waste another 24 hours wondering what will make me hit my head against my desk, because I already know: tomorrow morning, the Paultards come to World of Warcraft.

Well, I'm glad someone got the troll joke out of the way already.

Perhaps you have heard of Ron Paul? If you haven't yet had the pleasure, I recommend starting with FearTheReaper's beginner tutorial and then maybe doing a search. You will learn many fascinating things. Whether you decide to agree with his tenets is entirely up to you. Just know that, should you accept, I take pity on your soul.

And yet, for some reason -- deft cherry-picking of campaign points and poor reading comprehension, perhaps -- Ron Paul is wildly popular on the intertubes. End result: pixelated gnomes and dwarves flying his banner all over the Eastern Kingdom. (Yes, yes, because Ron Paul represents the underdog giving a voice to the little people. Got it.) It would sound like a joke made at Paul supporters' expense, were it not for the 200+ page organizing thread on a Ron Paul grassroots forum.

Ah, and me with my poor little baby elf all the way over on Deathwing.

One thing I will say to the Paultards' credit -- they learned from others' mistakes. The rally will be carried out on Whisperwind, a PvE server, meaning that our rallying pals will be fully shielded from ambushes and combat. What a drag. Not that, as Wired so delicately implies, one is limited to heckling the rally with swords and bows alone.

What a splendid idea! Perhaps it's not too late for some political involvement after all. Azeroth is a magical world, ol' buddies -- snowball, anyone?




_DictionaryGirl_ regrets to inform you that, with this article and the dawning of the new year, her time on the SG Newswire team draws to a quiet close. As such, she could find no higher note to end things on than Ron Paul, extreme geekery, and a Calvin and Hobbes paraphrase. Thank you all so, so much for reading.

I am just glad I play on Jaedenar and not Whisperwind.

I am so tempted to make a troll on Whisperwind just to catcall. The fact that it would be untranslateable to the freakin' gnomes would be beside the point.

So, is the management intentionally axing everyone good, or are they all leaving of their own accord?

Good god, people are still on Deathwing?

*sigh*

this is getting (even more) ridiculous.

sorry to see you go, _DictionaryGirl_

Drats....I had pictures of hordes descending on the march and slaughtering the whole lot! I should hope that it will be such a target that the "march" will end badly anyway.

I am sad to see your stint end.

I'm getting really tired of the site axing all the writers I enjoy reading.

Sad to see you go, have a great '08!

You are welcome have a good life

You'll be missed! Take care of yourself!

And really, A march in WoW to support his campaign? Does he think gamers are going to leave the computer to vote? 0.o

Another one gone? This is getting very depressing.

wow sucks.

You are one of the most entertaining journalists I've ever had the pleasure to read. I will miss your stories so much.

why are we loosing all the interesting wrightiers?

Seriously. I knew there was a reason you posted in blue. And your articles confirm it.

Be seeing ya in the _Underscore_ threads.

-TM

Being on a carebear server may not fully protect the March Of The Paultards, since as has been pointed out on other, yes even geekier corners o' the interweb, a bunch of high-level Warlocks could theoretically show up and summon Infernals. Infernals are really powerful demons that Warlocks can only control for a very short time, and once they lose control the Infernals start killing the crap out of everything.

By which I mean gnomes. Lots and lots of Paultarded gnomes.

I'm surprised the Paulistas didn't roll Horde. I mean, the Horde has blimps!

If I played WoW, I would definitely look into this whole "Infernals" idea.

And, again with the good writers being cut? What the fucking fuck? Who is going to warn us of unknowable space horror and killer black holes?

Thank you for many interesting and entertaining articles. Good luck with your future writing.

SWEET GOD IN HEAVEN. Believe it or not, everyone here can get porn for free. What makes SG worth the subscription is the staff of paid writers. Why is this site being ruined? Gah. Now I am all depressed.

For real.

Agreed.

So...you mean, like, suicide bomb an election rally?

Considering the news lately, it may be in bad taste, but slap on a Misfits soundtrack and you've got my approval.

And what gives with the axing of quality SG writers?

I think the writers here suck. I am not a writer and I would not claim a spot here and force my views on everyone else, basically the way the writers here work.
Ron Paul holds 5-10% vote in most states, which is 3rd-5th place, so why focus 95% of the smear campaign on him?
And the Democrats get a free pass to raise taxes?

Another thing that gets to me about the writers is the use of Fuck in every title. It shows the education level, lacking... Dont pretend to be a writer, just leave...