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World of Warcraft's Real Epic Mount

SATURDAY APRIL 14 2007 10:00 AM

Submitted by seanbonner. Edited By Posh.

TAGS: World of Warcraft, Craigslist

A few days ago a story started making the rounds about a lady who placed a craigslist ad offering to trade sex for a flying epic mount or at least the 5000 gold required to buy one. While buying gold is clearly a violation of the TOS, this situation isn't specifically called out in the rules. Her toon is Horde on Uther which puts 5000 Gold at a street value of about $639.45. As you can imagine this story made it to just about every WoW related forum on the web with people taking special note of the photo the poster included, especially her bangs. We all pointed, laughed, and assumed that was the end of it.

We were wrong.Very, very wrong.

Apparently some strapping young nerd took her up on the offer, threw down the loot, and got a mount of his very own. We know this because she posted a new listing on craigslist bragging about it and showing pics of her newly purchased flying epic mount. Of course it was filled with a lot of rubbing-it-in-your-face-shit and ended with these words for all her critics:

So talk all the trash you want, I got MY flying epic mount AND I got laid which is more than most of you failures can ever hope for.

I wonder what I could get for some pre-BC BOE purples I've got collecting dust in the bank?

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interpolantic

Indianapolis, IN

May 2006

APR 14, 2007 10:08 AM

Do people still lives their lives in that stupid game? Wow, what a sad world we live in.

Femke

Lloydminster, AB

March 2007

APR 14, 2007 10:08 AM

That's pretty funny

MonsterXIII

Tulsa, OK

February 2007

APR 14, 2007 10:17 AM

Looking at the pic I think I would rather make out with a Murloc then mount that for 5k!! Scary thought. At least she was concerned that the John (that's what they call guys that screw Hookers!!) was drug and disease free! I wonder if he took that into consideration himself? "I grant ye 5000 gold and an epic mount for herpes! I thanketh thee!"

~MonsterXIII~

Azadeth

Fairport, NY

August 2006

APR 14, 2007 10:21 AM

I don't play that game anymore, but they never delete your account (they just freeze it...probably because they know it's like crack and you'll be back), so I still have lots of stuff...never knew I could be using it to get laid.

She looks okay to me...I'd hit that for 5k.

sirloins

Austin, TX

October 2005

APR 14, 2007 10:21 AM

What's Warcraft?

punk

Phoenix, AZ

January 2004

APR 14, 2007 10:24 AM

I wonder if there will be any real life legal ramifications for her actions.

Ziltoid

Australia

April 2006

APR 14, 2007 10:27 AM

lawlz

decedent

Boston, MA

December 2003

APR 14, 2007 10:34 AM

she's only 31! you'd think that devoting most of your time to video games would help one age a bit more gracefully than she has.

fountainofdreams

Mokena, IL

January 2005

APR 14, 2007 10:37 AM

punk said:
I wonder if there will be any real life legal ramifications for her actions.

i doubt it, despite people selling gold, such actions are technically against the contract of the game. There really can't be a market value decided on sex. As far as the government is concerned, she had sex with a guy and the guy gave her ingame money.

hadees

Austin, TX

December 2003

APR 14, 2007 10:39 AM

So paying for sex is illegal but how about bartering?

Roethke

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

APR 14, 2007 10:46 AM

hadees said:
So paying for sex is illegal but how about bartering?

I'm no attorney, but I recall other WoW legal issues in which virtual items are not considered property, and so you can't charge someone with theft for stealing your sweet snicker snacking Vorpal sword, etc. So, I would assume that because she recieved only virtual money (legally, nothing) in payment, it wouldn't count as prostitution.

sleepy_monkey

USA

April 2006

APR 14, 2007 10:47 AM

that shit is funny, disturbing but funny

feyd

Albuquerque, NM

January 2003

APR 14, 2007 10:58 AM

That shit is . . . well, kinda cool. Why the fuck not? As long as no one is getting hurt.

burtlo

Seattle, WA

May 2004

APR 14, 2007 10:58 AM

It's not outside of the realm of possibilities, but I've still got my money on this being a hoax.

In the immortal words of those guys that don't believe girls play on the internet: I NEED PIX, OR IT ISN'T REAL!!!!11eleven11!!