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You are completely delusional. Didn't you hear about what happened to Tseric? The Shaman community's continual abuse of him led to him having a complete psychological breakdown.

There is nothing glamorous or sexy about Ghostcrawler's job at all. He is closer to a baby sitter or kindergarten teacher than a developer, and day in, day out, he has to deal with some of the most negative, elitist, juvenile, generally vile scum that I have ever seen anywhere.

Nothing that I have ever seen, done, or experienced, has ever done more damage to my view of humanity than being exposed to the community that exists within these forums. Nothing.

Maybe having been to Iraq, you've seen worse, but on a purely psychological level, outside a war zone, I'm honestly wondering how it could get much worse than what it is like around here most of the time.

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Dude, these forums are only heavy because... let's face it, WoW has become a second life to many. It's something not just invested time... but invested spirit. Invested emotions. Many people, even the "cool crowd" who will never admit it... have literally given their very hearts and souls to this game.

It's something that to the common man, and maybe not to you... but something that they really feel affects them powerfully. Even when they walk away from the PC. The fact that they have not been acknowledged, or the fact that they have not been able to MAKE A DIFFERENCE in this life, hurts them like nothing else.

Imagine going to work every day and knowing you will never get promoted. Knowing that when you open your mouth at a conference that nobody will hear you. Imagine when you tell everyone goodnight as you punch out at the end of the day, nobody cares. This is how many people experience these forums. It's rough, very rough. Everyone wants GC to be their friend, he's literally the one person who walked up to our desk and said... "Hey, how are YOU doing today?"

...it's boggled our minds. It has literally left this community breathless... that someone would actually care about this "secret" life of ours. But we can't forget that we still show up every day, ourselves too. That we too, are investing time at midnight on a saturday right here, hoping to make a difference in our lives, our secondary life in this game which so many tears, and guild drama, and time have been spent on. We matter too... how we make it matter is what makes this place so hard to stomach sometimes... because we don't know what else to do.

Thanks again for all your hard work GC, have a great vacation!

Enjoy the pseudo-vacation.

Well said.

GCer can just do what he loves. As long as he plays I don't think he'll lose our perspective. The only reason people QQ is because they're so passionate about his and the other developers work.

I doubt GCer remembers me, but I still do owe him the drink that I said I'd get him at Blizzcon. But he was like a fart in the wind there. I couldn't find him.

Anyway, GCer, when you go away for a few days. Put this place out of sight and out of mind. Enjoy yourself and get some rest. Believe me, your absence won't destroy the game. Atleast.... I hope not.

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Maybe having been to Iraq, you've seen worse, but on a purely psychological level, outside a war zone, I'm honestly wondering how it could get much worse than what it is like around here most of the time.

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I think you're inexperienced in life (and maybe even with the internet) if you think this is very bad.

Unlike Tseric, GC seems to have realized what he was getting into when he took the job. He's handled the predictable QQ, whining, flaming, etc in stride, the way you MUST handle it if you are going to be in that highly visible job.

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I think you're inexperienced in life (and maybe even with the internet) if you think this is very bad.

Unlike Tseric, GC seems to have realized what he was getting into when he took the job. He's handled the predictable QQ, whining, flaming, etc in stride, the way you MUST handle it if you are going to be in that highly visible job.

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Nah its the Gin in his coffee mug that makes him bear it! :P

Handle it.... left side.... >_> <_<

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Nah its the Gin in his coffee mug that makes him bear it! :P

Handle it.... left side.... >_> <_<

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How do you know he's not an angry drunk? Hmm?

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How do you know he's not an angry drunk? Hmm?

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He is. How else can you stand this forum without being drunk? :P

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Many of the people on the WoW dev team also read these forums. Those guys pay an awful lot of attention to what you guys say, even if they don't post as often as I do.

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They never post :(

GC, I would just like to say that despite any QQ coming out of most of thep eople on these forums, and at times even myself (hell I got 1 account banned for ultra QQ :( ) I truely appreciate what you're doing, and if I could go back and take back any QQ from my part and any complaining I ahve done, I would. But Ican't, and I'm sure my other forum account won't get unbanned, so I can just say I truely appreciate what you have been doing despite all the negative attitudes everywhere.

wtf u guys gonna have a group hug next or something?

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