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Date: April 5th, 2008 2:43 PM Author: Slate church I'm thinking of starting WOW. I played a little last night and it was fun as hell. Totally worth adding to my recreation. But I'm starting law school this fall. So I have a few questions.
1. How many hours a week can I play WOW? Should I do this?
2. Should I join a PVP server? I'm currently on a PVE.
3. Give me best race/class for my character.
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Date: April 5th, 2008 2:51 PM Author: zippy cruise ship tell me how to start W0W (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582029) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 2:54 PM Author: Slate church Do you have money? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582048) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:26 PM Author: zippy cruise ship yes, but none that I wish to spend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582552) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:27 PM Author: Slate church *ponders* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582558) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:08 PM Author: cerise resort marketing idea I wouldn't recommend it, it will only end badly for you. Play some good offline RPG's instead.
Seriously, how are you going to feel at the end of first semester when you realize that you've significantly impaired your career prospects for a fucking pair of purple-texted gauntlets? |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:12 PM Author: Slate church Yeah, like you study 24 hours a day in law school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582135) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:35 PM Author: cerise resort marketing idea You don't, but WOW is too big of a timesink to take on 1L year. To have any success in it, you need to put in 30+ hours per week at a minimum. And that's just for a PVE raiding guild where you'd raid a few nights a week and need to use off nights to farm shit. If you want to be a superstar PvPer you need to put in 50-80 hours per week and that still may not be enough to get you top rankings. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582253) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:39 PM Author: Slate church You act like there's some sort of deadline. I can play as much or as little as I want. It's not a job dood. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582278) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:40 PM Author: startled saffron office It will become one. You're getting good advice. Avoid MMOG's at least until the summer after 1L. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582289) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:41 PM Author: Slate church How does it "become one?" lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582298) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:45 PM Author: startled saffron office No one's trying to fight with you. You asked for advice and we're giving it, so quit being a little cunt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582326) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:49 PM Author: Slate church Your advice just doesnt make sense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582345) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:50 PM Author: startled saffron office Then play. Find out for yourself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582351) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:51 PM Author: Slate church sorry about your tiny pink poorgamingskills bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582360) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:55 PM Author: startled saffron office Have fun, dude. It's not like 1L grades matter or anything. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582372) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:57 PM Author: Slate church You just suck at gaming. This dood is my role model http://youtube.com/watch?v=AY5tM_U5VVw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582386) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:00 PM Author: startled saffron office Ok (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582394) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:57 PM Author: cerise resort marketing idea LOL, there are no "skills" involved in WoW. It's all about positioning the party properly to avoid the raidboss attacks and spamming the same 2-3 abilities for an hour. The only prerequisite to WoW success is being willing to block out your evening time as an obligation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582383) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:58 PM Author: Slate church You just pwned yourself so hard. All games require skill. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582389) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:00 PM Author: startled saffron office Incredibly false. WoW has 7 million subscribers because any idiot can be decent at it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582395) |
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Date: April 14th, 2008 8:31 PM Author: Puce indecent milk crotch TITCR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9628767) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:42 PM Author: cerise resort marketing idea It will become a job. You can have fun and play at your leisure while you level ur d00ds, but once you hit the level cap you have to make a SERIOUS time commitment to get any further. That, or live with being the server's resident bitch who gets no respect. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582301) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:45 PM Author: Slate church rofl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582327) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:54 PM Author: cerise resort marketing idea Dude, I promise that you WILL ruin your fucking life if you play WOW during your 1L year. Your classmates are all going to be roughly as smart/talented as you, yet most of them aren't going to burden themselves with such a massive timesink. At a decent law school, the curve is going to be fairly tight and not a lot will separate an A/A- from a B+/B.
You will have LOTS of time to play games your 1L year, but you need to play something like Mass Effect that is either easy to quit when you need to do work, or has a definite end to it so if you get totally addicted at least you can power through and beat the game. |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:00 PM Author: bronze mind-boggling tank dog poop Most 70s aren't superstar PvPers or members of top raiding guilds.
Doesn't mean it's a great use of time for a 1L, but put it in perspective. There are a lot of goals you can meet that don't require a person to follow either path. |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:04 PM Author: Slate church I know. These people are ridiculous with their "you have to play 50 hours a week" nonsense.
So what are your thoughts on PVP? I'm basically a badass gamer. I pwn every game and quickly rise to the top. So I feel like I should join PVP. I can't think of any downsides. Thoughts? |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:09 PM Author: bronze mind-boggling tank dog poop If you mean doing arena with your character, you can do that on either kind of server so it's not a choice you need to make now. You're pretty much going to need a 70 before you can start on that, and getting a 70 takes awhile for a non-addict. (There are brackets for non-70s, but the people you see competing in those will have spent massive amounts of gold on their "twink" characters. You basically need a 70 already if you want to fund a twink.) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582446) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:10 PM Author: Slate church Can you get experience by killing other players in PVP? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582450) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:17 PM Author: bronze mind-boggling tank dog poop No. You can get honor, which you can turn in for PvP gear, but it doesn't help you level. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582499) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:18 PM Author: Slate church That's ironic. Most games take away honor if you just gank someone on the road. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582507) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:20 PM Author: bronze mind-boggling tank dog poop There's two types of servers. If you're on a world PvP server, you signed up for that, and presumably find it fun. If you're on a PvE server, you can still participate in arena and battlegrounds, but people can't just kill you on the road for no reason (they can if you're flagged, but if you're flagged that means you've been ganking other people). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582521) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:41 PM Author: cerise resort marketing idea And then you meet those goals, and you want MORE. Yeah, you feel a bit satisfied with yourself when you finally fill out your Tier 1 blue armor. Then you're sitting at the auction house in Ironforge, and some faggot night elf blinged out in purples walks by and laughs at you, and you can't really argue because you know you're his virtual bitch. You could /duel him, but we both know how that will end. You decide to get the purples yourself, you want to show him who the real bitch is, so you start getting keyed up to go a-raidin'. After a few weeks of near misses (your shoulders drop but you get DKPwned by someone who has been there a lot longer), you get your first purple and you are hooked. But at that point, the d00d that pwn3d you is already working on his second tier epic set. You know you'll never catch him at that rate, so you start to play moar, not knowing that there isn't a lot you can do to accelerate the process. Finals are coming, you've been to class half the time, maybe less, and you're banking hard on those outlines a 'friend' forwarded you. But what you don't know is that he kept the best outlines for himself and only sent you leftovers (competition is a bitch, even among friends), and when you get slammed with that first hypo on your property exam, you realize that maybe 3 days of half looking over a gimped outline, half playing WoW weren't enough to comprehend all of the variations of contingent remainders. You buckle down for the rest of exam period, only playing WoW a few hours each day, but it isn't enough. Grades come out, you're below the median (not by much though, you were more talented than your classmates and just didn't 'apply' yourself), and you realize how fucked you are. You start searching for a 1L job (whoops! you never did do that dec. 1 mass mailing because your guild promised you those epic leggings next time they dropped and besides, "nobody gets a good 1L job anyways.") Throughout the spring semester, you continue to play WoW, a little less though...you attend class a bit more and send out a few resumes. Eventually you realize that you just aren't getting a good job, so you buckle down and accept that $8 an hour at Telephone Access to Justice. Spring grades come out and you are pleasantly suprised...a bit above median this time, although your overall gpa is still a hair below. You split your summer between more WoW and pandering to the imagined tort claims of illegal immigrants. 2L oci comes around and you have less interviews than you might have expected. Cadwalader gave you a screening interview mainly out of pity, and you are banking on it hard, but they have no real intention of hiring you. You bomb all 13 of your interviews with varying degrees of failure (playing WoW didn't exactly hone your social skills), and sometime in november, you realize they aren't going to be calling you back. You start a belated mass-mailing campaign, but it's too late. Even with the collective well-wishes of the legal profession that would "just love to hire you, but unfortunately their summer classes were filled in october", it is a largely fruitless endeavor. You do get a callback from a toilet regional firm that pays $15K under market, but you bomb it just like you did your other interviews. Then it's time to gear up for 2L finals. At this point you've stopped playing WoW entirely...a gripping anxiety has seized you and you realize your future is in jeopardy if you don't buckle down. You do well on your exams and get solidly into the top half, but it isn't enough. Everyone is done hiring, and you didn't lower your expectations fast enough (those toilet ID firms at OCI paying $70K are starting to look really good right about now). You spam your resume out to firms that you wouldn't bid on a few months ago even with unlimited bids, but they see it for what it is: an act of desperation...and besides, they also filled their classes back in november. Your 2L summer is coming, and much to your dismay your employment options are not all that different from what was available the year before. Do you go with the comfortable familiarity of Telephone Access To Justice, or do you perhaps take a pay cut to minimum wage (for the biglit experience!) and do car crash cases for a solo ambulance chaser? 3L year provides more of the same...you take some uncurved seminars and can now call yourself "top third" with a straight face, but it's transparent and employers aren't having any of it. You graduate jobless, thinking "it will all change when I pass the bar," but it doesn't. The only offer you get is $30K a year from your 2L "firm" and oh by the way, student loan payments are coming up. You start to think maybe the law isn't for you (it really wasn't, you couldn't even focus for two fucking semesters), and you look at employment options in "business". They laugh at your shitty JD, eventually you take it off your resume and resort to flat out fabricating your employment history during those three years. That does the trick, and you get an interview for and subsequently land a job as a Gamestop Lead Associate for $9 an hour. You contemplate suicide but never man up and go through with it. Occasionally, you log onto XOXO to remind yourself of the prestigious lifestyle you might have had. You see some faggot 0L start a thread wondering "about WOW in law school" and try to provide some friendly advice, which of course goes ignored. You smile to yourself, and for the first time in four years you are truly happy and at peace. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582625) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:43 PM Author: Vermilion hairraiser ticket booth didn't read this, but i'm sure it's a gem. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582640) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:49 PM Author: Jade Factory Reset Button Turdskin 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582662) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:50 PM Author: Arrogant state legend LOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582669) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:52 PM Author: deep degenerate dragon amazing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582679) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:58 PM Author: heady learning disabled den fortuitous meteor a 180 for the ages with turbo entry into the xoxo pantheon, standing alongside the renada uchicago rant and the S&C rant on the thread from the dood looking for props for getting hired at S&C. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582701) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:05 PM Author: Big Tripping Cuckold Clown Mother. Fucking. Epic.
180, instant classic. |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:08 PM Author: Talking goyim well done (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582738) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:16 PM Author: Disgusting locale partner i don't think any of the above posters got that this touching post was clearly detailing past events. sorry about your life, bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582763) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:20 PM Author: heady learning disabled den fortuitous meteor i got that towards the end. if true (could it possibly be true??) then this instantly makes it so much better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582777) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:26 PM Author: nighttime electric furnace damn!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582794) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 6:09 PM Author: Slate church Sorry about your tiny pink dick bro.
And stop blaming your shitty life on WOW. Did WOW cause your ugly face, or your loose multiply-penetrated ass too? |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 6:15 PM Author: walnut balding mad-dog skullcap pit 180
account sold!!
I'm free!! |
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Date: April 7th, 2008 12:54 AM Author: heady learning disabled den fortuitous meteor still pwned (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9589225) |
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Date: April 7th, 2008 3:38 AM Author: Histrionic faggotry 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9589736) |
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Date: April 7th, 2008 3:46 AM Author: carmine boistinker Holy shit... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9589753) |
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Date: April 14th, 2008 8:24 PM Author: deep degenerate dragon 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9628712) |
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Date: April 15th, 2008 5:57 PM Author: chrome boyish telephone Michael Jordan. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9633192) |
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Date: April 15th, 2008 4:24 PM Author: Dashing brindle ceo 30+ hours/week? In 30 hours, you can go from level 1 to 70. Game over. http://youtube.com/watch?v=AY5tM_U5VVw |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:12 PM Author: walnut balding mad-dog skullcap pit you can buy my account with two 70's on it so you don't waste your time level'ing up! $100 Uber cheap (the game alone is 50 omfg!) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582138) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:17 PM Author: Slate church Yeah that would be a lot of fun. The only reason to do this is to out your ass. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582153) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:24 PM Author: walnut balding mad-dog skullcap pit fine by me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582196) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:28 PM Author: Slate church Why would I want to pay you, instead of having the fun of developing my own character? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582213) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:37 PM Author: startled saffron office Levelling a character is not fun in any MMO. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582267) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:40 PM Author: Slate church Can you give me a list of what is and isn't fun? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582291) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:44 PM Author: startled saffron office As someone who has spent 100s if not 1000s of hours playing MMOG's, I'm telling you from experience that levelling is nothing but a grind, a chore. This is especially true for anyone who is in the least bit competitive or a perfectionist. You might start out playing casually, but before long you'll find yourself sitting up at 6 AM, thinking that if you can play for just one more hour you'll hit a goal that will satisfy you and let you put the game down for a few days so you can catch up on work. Then you're doing it again the next morning. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582317) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 3:15 PM Author: heady learning disabled den fortuitous meteor dude, EPIC wrists!?!?!? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582147) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:30 PM Author: nighttime electric furnace you should abstain from adding computer games to your list of recreational activities until SC2 comes out--since that will require actual skill (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582803) |
Date: April 5th, 2008 3:44 PM Author: Slate church FYI, it only takes like 3 days to get your character to lvl 70.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AY5tM_U5VVw |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:10 PM Author: Rebellious national love of her life No problem at all.
ALso, drug abuse is great for your GPA |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:14 PM Author: Slate church What's funny is that due to my superior gaming skills, I'll probably dominate the entire game by like June. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582472) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:15 PM Author: startled saffron office Why did you decide to turn this into a flame? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582482) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:17 PM Author: Slate church That's like 3 months dood. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582496) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:18 PM Author: bronze mind-boggling tank dog poop Oh. If you're the hardcore type, stay away from WoW. Wow and law school only works for people who can keep it in perspective. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582505) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:26 PM Author: Slate church I have gaming talent. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582551) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:26 PM Author: bronze mind-boggling tank dog poop Uh. Way to avoid the point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582556) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:29 PM Author: Slate church I mean since I'm talented, it won't require as much time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582572) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:44 PM Author: Vermilion hairraiser ticket booth WoW isn't about talent, it's about time/availability. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582643) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:49 PM Author: Slate church "x isn't about talent" = motto of the untalented. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582663) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:03 PM Author: startled saffron office "I'm different from everyone else who ruined their lives doing x" = famous last words (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582720) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:51 PM Author: bronze mind-boggling tank dog poop It's an MMO. It's set up to be time-consuming. Being good at the game doesn't make the gryphon fly any faster. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582920) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:57 PM Author: Disgusting locale partner even pvp rewards you for time commitment rather than skill. the bg grind is a necessity, and with the imba 2v2 and 3v3 teams out there, plus mana-drain 5s, it's impossible to get to the top even with perfect play. and you have to find 4 other "skilled" losers whose schedules line up with yours.
but i digest. this guy is clearly flame. |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 6:11 PM Author: Slate church This is what all untalented people say, about everything. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9583041) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 6:12 PM Author: Disgusting locale partner moar flame pls (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9583049) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:14 PM Author: flesh fragrant location hairy legs to reiterate, if you consider yourself a gamer by any means, WoW is bad news. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582473) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 4:21 PM Author: adventurous hell keepsake machete If you play very casually you will never get good gear. You'll never be able to join a kickass guild because you won't have the time to raid. You won't have a high PvP rating because you need to put in the hours to get a good ranking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582528) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 5:24 PM Author: Citrine stead sneaky criminal prestige obsessed to the bitter virtual end (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9582791) |
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Date: April 5th, 2008 6:05 PM Author: Disgusting locale partner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnTrZYHK_II (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9583006) |
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Date: April 7th, 2008 2:50 AM Author: obsidian stimulating menage pisswyrm i've met a couple ppl who play wow at my school (top). both are asian, and i've seen them play @ school. kind of bad for your image, but i definitely don't think it'll ruin your grades. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=794655&forum_id=2#9589654) |