I think the editors or owners of Slashdot are either 1) Trying to increase viewership by appealing to a lowest denominator (Star go boom! Big word scary! Chemicals are mean! Vroom vroom car!) or 2) Trying to deliberately weaken the readership for purposes I can only speculate that. That second theory is bolstered by the clumsy rolling out of 'features' during the past few weeks - breaking things that once worked, adding new features that don't, and in general doing their best to make the site almost more tr
I hate this feature, it has nothing to do on/./. is a site for nerds, and wow is way too mainstream to be define as a game for nerds. This kind of features can only attract pseudo-geeks who will whine about very non-game stories.
That, and my server is not in the list (Sinstralis - EU).
The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
-- Sagan
Wow, Great Summary (Score:5, Insightful)
Is it THAT slow of a news day, or could no one else possibly outdo this clown of a submitter?
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I think the editors or owners of Slashdot are either 1) Trying to increase viewership by appealing to a lowest denominator (Star go boom! Big word scary! Chemicals are mean! Vroom vroom car!) or 2) Trying to deliberately weaken the readership for purposes I can only speculate that. That second theory is bolstered by the clumsy rolling out of 'features' during the past few weeks - breaking things that once worked, adding new features that don't, and in general doing their best to make the site almost more tr
Re:Wow, Great Summary (Score:5, Insightful)
"Show us your Warcraft main".
Your case is proven.
Re:Wow, Great Summary (Score:4, Funny)
"Show us your Warcraft main".
Your case is proven.
Your point being?
- Nefarious Wheel, 40 years an IT geek, also PVP Geared 80 Mage, 80 Hunter
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"Show us your Warcraft main".
Your case is proven.
Your point being?
- Nefarious Wheel, 40 years an IT geek, also PVP Geared 80 Mage, 80 Hunter
Haha, huntard. They always fall for it.
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Oh, I think you made his point. Hard.
Show us! (Score:0)
Show us ur warcraft main's tits!
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I hate this feature, it has nothing to do on /. /. is a site for nerds, and wow is way too mainstream to be define as a game for nerds. This kind of features can only attract pseudo-geeks who will whine about very non-game stories.
That, and my server is not in the list (Sinstralis - EU).