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Rawflcopter

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Deathwing

0. MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:17:42 PM PDT

I've never seen a community MVP that's decked in 245 or 258 gear. Why? Seems like those would be the types that would become MVPs.

Oghtshalir

Steamwheedle Cartel

2. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:20:42 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
I've never seen a community MVP that's decked in 245 or 258 gear. Why? Seems like those would be the types that would become MVPs.

Why does it seem that way? What does end-game have to do with being a helpful member of the community?

Delthen

Gurubashi

3. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:20:56 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
I've never seen a community MVP that's decked in 245 or 258 gear. Why? Seems like those would be the types that would become MVPs.

Because MVP's are helpful to the forum community. Their gear serves little to no purpose on that subject. Yet again i must ask why people believe that ALL knowledge about the game and it's community is relative to your gear level.

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Maladar

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Blood Furnace

4. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:24:27 PM PDT

Gear is everything.

EVERYTHING.

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Daeena

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Shadow Council

5. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:25:29 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
Gear is everything.

EVERYTHING.

No, achievements and arena ranks are pretty important too. Also gearscore.

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Jabina

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Chromaggus

6. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:26:16 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
Also gearscore.

No.

Taichikim

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Steamwheedle Cartel

7. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:26:21 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
Gear is everything.

EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

What is this? A GAME to you!?

WE'RE HERE TO PLAY WoW, NOT HAVE FUN!

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8. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:26:41 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
I've never seen a community MVP that's decked in 245 or 258 gear. Why? Seems like those would be the types that would become MVPs.

If only gear score translated to being a helpful member of the forum community.

Kailemagnus

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Steamwheedle Cartel

9. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:30:34 PM PDT

This is just a long, sensual thrust in the dark, but

Maybe

MAYBE

(and I'm just spitballing here)

MVPs are knowledgeable AND personable.

Hardcores are not (prove me wrong, ye jackasses - as BC hardcore raider, I can tell you with certainty that ALL hardcores are @%#*ing @!!*!%@s when it comes to interacting with people who are not 100% optimally geared. It was only after I stopped being a hardcore raider that I remembered that this @!*% is only meant to be for lulz).

The end.

edit: censored profanities take all the srsness out of my posts. thx blizz :P

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Tichondrius

10. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:30:42 PM PDT

you all look past the point and jump on someone because it is possible to construe what he is saying in a bad way.

It seems logical to me that someone who is invested in the game and knowledgeable enough would have found a way to get to the higher levels of play. And if not as a general rule, I'd think at least one of them had. But so far it seems not to be the case.

That's all the OP is saying. Calm down and think before you ruin the post with a gearscore argument.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?forumId=10023&sid=1&topicId=12454665647

Daeena

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Shadow Council

11. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:33:00 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
This is just a long, sensual thrust in the dark, but

Maybe

MAYBE

(and I'm just spitballing here)

MVPs are knowledgeable AND personable.

Hardcores are not (prove me wrong, ye jackasses - as BC hardcore raider, I can tell you with certainty that ALL hardcores are @%#*ing @!!*!%@s when it comes to interacting with people who are not 100% optimally geared. It was only after I stopped being a hardcore raider that I remembered that this @!*% is only meant to be for lulz).

The end.

edit: censored profanities take all the srsness out of my posts. thx blizz :P

That generalization against hardcores is just as unfair and untrue as saying that all non-hardcores aren't elitest jackasses.

Elitest people are elitest no matter what they're doing and people will be elitest over the stupidest crap in this game. People are elitest over mounts fergodsakes.

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Oghtshalir

Steamwheedle Cartel

12. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:33:32 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
you all look past the point and jump on someone because it is possible to construe what he is saying in a bad way.

It seems logical to me that someone who is invested in the game and knowledgeable enough would have found a way to get to the higher levels of play. And if not as a general rule, I'd think at least one of them had. But so far it seems not to be the case.

That's all the OP is saying. Calm down and think before you ruin the post with a gearscore argument.

I don't follow Crepe's Facebook page or anything, but he was a raider in BC. He might still be. The character he posts with is an alt. Most of the MVPs post on alts.

Tandaa

Greymane

13. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:35:18 PM PDT

Gear has about zilch to do with posting....
and what makes you think you're seeing mains?
A few use them to post, others don't.
Some raid.
Some pvp.
Some RP.
I doubt there's much that no MVP does - it's a pretty mixed group.
Have fun with my armory.

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Crepe

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Drenden

14. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:37:02 PM PDT

You mean like Kozzae?

Crepe unfortunately has been banished to alt Naxx night if that. I currently run raid content on another character. Which I pretty much always did. I ran 40 mans on a Pally and I've done 25 mans primarily on another character.

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15. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:37:04 PM PDT

LOL now the elitists are knocking the MVP's. Give it a rest will ya, no one cares how good you think you are.
They are MVP because they post constructively, unlike OP, your still playing the 'I'm cooler than you game', no one is impressed.

Daeena

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Shadow Council

16. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 04:38:42 PM PDT

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LOL now the elitists are knocking the MVP's. Give it a rest will ya, no one cares how good you think you are.
They are MVP because they post constructively, unlike OP, your still playing the 'I'm cooler than you game', no one is impressed.

The OP is a level 60 death knight. I think you're a little far off in your assumption. When you reach the end of your line of thought you might happen to stumble over the other line going the other way that says, "IT'S A TROLL BREH."

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Kul Tiras

17. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 05:03:35 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
Gear has about zilch to do with posting....
and what makes you think you're seeing mains?
A few use them to post, others don't.
Some raid.
Some pvp.
Some RP.
I doubt there's much that no MVP does - it's a pretty mixed group.
Have fun with my armory.

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Zarhym

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18. Re: MVP's never geared? 10/14/2009 05:15:03 PM PDT

Q u o t e:
I've never seen a community MVP that's decked in 245 or 258 gear. Why? Seems like those would be the types that would become MVPs.

Min/maxing and possessing the ability, time and resources to down the current highest-tier boss doesn't necessarily equate to good game knowledge, nor are all hardcore raiders naturally in a position to provide players on the forums with good advice simply because of their gear score.

We pick MVPs based on their character, their knowledge of the game, and their presence on the forums. If a player seems well respected because of his or her posts over a long period of time and experienced with many facets of World of Warcraft game play, we'll consider him/her for MVP. We don't check achievements, talent specializations, Arena ratings, or gear when determining whether or not to offer MVP status to a player. We make that judgment purely based on one's posting history.

Of course, this is all aside from the fact that not all MVPs choose to post on their main characters, as doing so can run one the risk of undue attention in the game when they're trying to play. What character an MVP chooses to post on is entirely up to that MVP.

A lot of this is covered in our MVP FAQ: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=82238231&sid=1#1

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