The Barrens is a very large zone where most low level Horde players spend a large chunk of their time. It has a huge number of quests spanning levels 10-25, approximately. What this tends to mean is that there are a lot of idiots saying stupid things in general chat in the Barrens. I’m not quite sure why, but maybe it’s because you have more casual, younger players at that level range. You have to be taking the game a bit more seriously to get up past that level range and into the mightier zones, I suppose.
So whenever you enter the Barrens, you must be prepared to be innudated with idiocy. I recently got a new weapon, a lovely two-handed mace called the Twig of the World Tree. Unfortunately, up until this point, I’d been using staves exclusively. So I had no skill in using two-handed maces, which means I couldn’t hit anything. I decided to stop by the Barrens to level my mace skill with no hassle (since I’m level 54, I knew I’d be able to just miss my targets for however long and still not have to worry about dying). To my pleasant surprise, Barrens chat was actually amusing.
Normally, we’re forced to suffer through a deluge of Chuck Norris jokes. You know, the Chuck Norris facts website is funny. Statements like “There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of animals Chuck Norris allows to live.” are so completely ludicrous that they pull a little smile out of me. But how many times can some silly teen yell “well Chuck Norris would kick your ass” in general chat before it becomes old? I think, for me, 2. Two times. Er. Or maybe even just one.
To my surprise, the topic of the day in Barrens chat was the movie Spaceballs. People seemed to really know their Spaceballs. They were pulling out all sorts of random funny quotes from the movie. Not that I can recall any right now (One that always sticks out to me is the “We’re combing the desert!”, but that requires the visual queue of the storm troopers using a gigantic comb on the sand to really be truly funny). I’ll just say it was a welcome change. Of course, if people end up yammering on about Spaceballs all the time, I’ll probably just be back in a few weeks wishing they would all change the subject already. Heehee.
4 Responses to “Barrens Chat”
“We ain’t found shit!”
“I’m a mawg. Half man, half dog. I’m my own best friend.”
“They’ve gone to plaid!”
Yeah, I like that movie.
T-Bone. You need to not let the newbs get to you. Werd. Cause they don’t know. Respect.
Heya Drew! Found my blog, I see. “T-bone”, no one’s called me that in about 6 years, methinks. Heh. I don’t let no n00bs get to me, nope. I just like to mock them in public forums whenever possible.
And love those quotes, Megazone! “Mawg”, that’s one of my favorites. Ah, the glory of Mel Brooks.
“Smoke if ya got em… “