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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #45 on: November 08, 2012, 12:28:33 pm »
I hate to necro this thread, but wanted to add the conclusion...

She won.

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“So I’m a level 68 orc rogue girl. That means I stab things…a lot! Who would have thought that a peace-lovin’, social worker and democrat would enjoy that?!” This was the statement that won World of Warcraft gamer Colleen Lachowicz a seat in Maine’s State Senate.

It just so happens that Colleen is an avid gamer who spends a lot of time playing the incredibly popular online multiplayer video-game World of Warcraft. In this fantasy universe she is known as Santiaga, a level 85 orc rogue assassin, who as the player herself admits, spends a lot of time stabbing things. Little did she know that her gaming antics would actually help her win a seat in the State Senate. Apparently, her Republican Party rivals thought it would be a good idea to set up a website portraying Lachowicz as someone with a “bizarre double life”, and making her look like a violent person by describing her in-game behavior. This uninspired smear campaign actually won Lachowicz international support from the gaming community and eventually helped her won the race for the Senate.

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Taking forum posts Lachowicz made on various World of Warcraft fan sites, Republicans questioned her maturity and ability to make rational decisions for the people of Senate District 25, as if someone’s actions in a video game can be used to characterize their real life. Luckily, the whole thing backfired and Santiaga gained even more support from fellow gamers, who actually donated money for her campaign. “It just really goes to show that I think those of us who do play games are eager for it not to be stereotyped anymore,” Colleen said about all the help she got from the gaming community.
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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #46 on: November 08, 2012, 01:04:17 pm »
I guess the Alliance stayed home

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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #47 on: November 08, 2012, 03:20:27 pm »
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Taking forum posts Lachowicz made on various World of Warcraft fan sites, Republicans questioned her maturity and ability to make rational decisions for the people of Senate District 25, as if someone’s actions in a video game can be used to characterize their real life. Luckily, the whole thing backfired and Santiaga gained even more support from fellow gamers, who actually donated money for her campaign. “It just really goes to show that I think those of us who do play games are eager for it not to be stereotyped anymore,” Colleen said about all the help she got from the gaming community.

The moment a party makes gaming a negative political issue is the moment they lost the youth vote. In case they have not noticed, people have stopped using maypoles for entertainment purposes.
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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #48 on: November 09, 2012, 10:48:46 am »
I guess the Alliance stayed home

The Alliance was a bunch of pussies cowering behind Varian Wrynn.
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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #49 on: November 09, 2012, 12:29:27 pm »
I guess the Alliance stayed home

The Alliance was a bunch of pussies cowering behind Varian Wrynn.

You shut your mouth, (W)Horde scum.

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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #50 on: November 09, 2012, 02:30:07 pm »
I think this little debacle is proof the ugly truth behind the Republican party; they know their positoons can't be backed up most of the time, so they have to resort to slandering the opposition. Rarely do they criticize the oppositions beliefs: they just slander some completely unrelated thing about them.

They're an entire party of mudslinging idiots.

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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #51 on: November 16, 2012, 02:08:13 pm »
I guess the Alliance stayed home

The Alliance was a bunch of pussies cowering behind Varian Wrynn.

You shut your mouth, (W)Horde scum.

Don't make me come over there, Alliance filth! I've got some shiny new axes that could use a fresh coat of blood!
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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #52 on: November 16, 2012, 02:34:48 pm »

The moment a party makes gaming a negative political issue is the moment they lost the youth vote.

Lol. Yeah, that's what lost Republicans the youth vote.
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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #53 on: November 16, 2012, 03:25:50 pm »
I guess the Alliance stayed home

The Alliance was a bunch of pussies cowering behind Varian Wrynn.

You shut your mouth, (W)Horde scum.

Don't make me come over there, Alliance filth! I've got some shiny new axes that could use a fresh coat of blood!

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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #54 on: November 16, 2012, 04:39:56 pm »
I've got blasters.  Fie on you both.

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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #55 on: November 16, 2012, 05:05:57 pm »
I guess the Alliance stayed home

The Alliance was a bunch of pussies cowering behind Varian Wrynn.

You shut your mouth, (W)Horde scum.

Don't make me come over there, Alliance filth! I've got some shiny new axes that could use a fresh coat of blood!

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Re: "World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row"
« Reply #56 on: November 16, 2012, 05:17:48 pm »
*summons Fire Elemental*
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