Do you ever interject WoW into daily conversation?

[Esperance]

OK, so random question.

How many of you have purposely brought up WoW in everyday conversation as some kind of joke? For example:

Last night, I was out with my boyfriend and we were driving around in kind of a rural area. He doesn't play WoW, but occasionally plays Final Fantasy Online with his brother so he knows general MMO gaming terms and knows about WoW because I tell him stuff about it. That being said, he asked, "So...what would happen if I decided to go off the road right now?"

I immediately shot back with, "Well, I'd imagine you'd aggro quite a few deer and raccoons. And then we'd probably crash and die and have to rez from the nearest graveyard. AND THEN ALL OF OUR EQUIPPED ITEMS WOULD TAKE 25% DURABILITY DAMAGE AND WE'D HAVE REZ SICKNESS AND WE'D PROBABLY HAVE A NICE SIZED REPAIR BILL." :grin:

His response?

"...That was so dorky--and if you ever want me to kiss you again, don't do that!" :laugh:

Another example was one time when I was out at a party, and a couple guys that are also in my WoW guild were there (we all go to the same college). We were drinking all night and when a bottle of Everclear appeared, we started calling it the LvL 70 (Elite) of alcohol and asking people if they had any hops on them so we could trade it in for a keg of Thunderbrew...

Anyone else have stories like mine? Or am I just a little too into the whole WoW thing? :wink:

/nerd

[nosoup4crr]

God...this is embarrassing. I was on aim, talking to an ex girlfriend. I was talking about how I always wait to do my work until the last second. And, somehow, I thought she'd understand "WTB self discipline." sigh.

[Leandar]

lol. I just say things that dont really sound right in public to my friends like my friend said my helm looks gay and I said I know, my helm looks like a tiara. I got a few strange looks....

[flammable]

I talk about it a lot with others who play but people who don't play it generally think that it is quite 'nerdy' when they hear a description about. Until you play WoW you really don't understand why it is so good. We talk mostly about armour, items and gold rather than RPing but maybe that would change if alcohol was involved ^^.

[kall]

One of the guys in my team would often 'Feign Work'.

Of course, when I noticed, it would always get him aggro, and I tend to have a large aggro radius.

[SLUGFly]

Whenever my buddy and I are on my motorbike, if we see something like a ramp he'll tell me "insane stunt bonus, hit it!" (funny thing is, he doesn't even play the game he's referencing)

I occasionally will make references to aggro... don't think it goes much further though.

[Regrets]

well, one of the best i seen.. /who cares , 0 player found

[Altaris]

well, one of the best i seen.. /who cares , 0 player found

rofl
That's great! :grin:

I make WoWism all the time in our DnD games, and have begun referencing Baleful Polymorph as "sheeping." :cool:

[Dorrehl]

What are you talking about? WoW Is my daily conversation :afro:

[Xaintrix]

Nope, never.

But I did get ganked by the food in Ensenada, Mexico recently. : )

Oops.

[Fursphere]

to the OP's question: Daily. Drives my wife nuts! :)

[Regrets]

rofl
That's great! :grin:

I make WoWism all the time in our DnD games, and have begun referencing Baleful Polymorph as "sheeping." :cool:

DnD pen & paper + dice game rox =D

[WatcherZero]

I catch myself thinking "LOL" in my head sometimes instead of "Thats funny" That quite frankly scares me.

On a side note never ever play a pen and paper Sci-fi setting with a group of physics students. We actually came up with scientific proofs to justify our totally outlandish ideas and inventions. Kinda like the real world ruling a game.

[Octarus]

I catch myself thinking "LOL" in my head sometimes instead of "Thats funny" That quite frankly scares me.

On a side note never ever play a pen and paper Sci-fi setting with a group of physics students. We actually came up with scientific proofs to justify our totally outlandish ideas and inventions. Kinda like the real world ruling a game.

rofl, i actually get to the point where im about to blurt out "LOL"

[piscene]

to the OP's question: Daily. Drives my wife nuts! :)

Sometimes I just have to tell my wife about something in the game, although I don't even pretend that she cares. I just have to tell someone, and she's it!

My brother actually enjoys hearing about it, and I bring it up on a regular basis to one of my best friends/drinking buddies. He tries to make fun of me for it, but he makes model airplanes, so he can't put me down too much. :grin:

The thing is, I really don't care if I'm a dork or not. I've got a great life, I've got my life priorities in order, and this game provides me with some quality entertainment. I say, think of me what you will. It's all good! :thumbsup:

[katnnv]

While my husband and I were stopped at a red light a police car pulled up and stopped beside us. I then tuned to my husband and said, "At least if the horde attacks us, the guards are near." The best part is he doesn't play WoW, so he just gave me a look like I was crazy.

[cyks]

I was pulled over last month and was telling a friend (who plays) about my ordeal the next day:

Him: Were were you last night?
Me: Um, I aggro'd a trooper.
Him: Ouch- an Elite.
Me: Exactly- and Feign Death was resisted.

[Naolin]

With my co worker we jokenly make comments about WoW (we both play) and with some friends who play WoW as well we use some Wowism comments. With people who don't understand, no never.

[MadVlad]

I often type /afk in instant message windows when I'm busy.

[piscene]

I use OMW in text messages...not sure if that exists anywhere else, but I've only ever seen it in WoW.

[dreamofwrx]

ha ha these all make me laugh. :) wish i knew more people that played teh game

[Stigg]

I frequently say iirc, imho, and other things like that. it humors me considering nobody i know plays WoW. /cry

[katnnv]

Yesterday I was driving and trying to write out a check at the same time. After almost leaving my lane, I decided I couldn't concentrate on both, so I started searching for the number lock key on the steering wheel in order to run automatically.

[AeroJonesy]

The only problem I've had is I was watching TV and looking in the corner for my minimap and buffs.

[Big Guns]

Sometimes I just have to tell my wife about something in the game, although I don't even pretend that she cares. I just have to tell someone, and she's it!




This, I can relate to!

[Shellar]

How many of you have purposely brought up WoW in everyday conversation as some kind of joke?
All the time, m'dear. All the time.

[Vindictive]

Used the work "Gank" in Scrabble the other day. Took some convincing but now they think it's a word ^^

[satineeftw]

Oh GOD I use for the win all the time and people look at me like I'm nuts.

[Naedea]

My gf saw a roadkill, looked at me, and said "Skinnable!"

[xDarkDrifterx]

Often say "woot", "lagged" and "ganked"

I do audio for a living and yesterday I was sending a script out to one of the voice talent guys and instead of typing "tune" in the sentence . . I typed "toon" (wow on the brain - was up doing EOS BG till like 3am lol)

edit: I totally forgot about "FTW" usually followed with a "woot" lol

[xDarkDrifterx]

My gf saw a roadkill, looked at me, and said "Skinnable!"

LOL :laughing:

[satineeftw]

I just said something to my boss completely wow related and she looked at me like I was NUTS!

boss: your generation is so much better than mine. I wish I could be a part of yours.
me: you are! It's not like we are on different servers...

[KollegeGurl]

Today at work, i was thinking about making a new character (an alt) and some customers walked in, and i don't deal with the customers so i went to the back and told the guys that do "hey guys there are some characters up front" they looked at me like "HUH???" i played it off and said "there are some CUSTOMERS up front, what did u THINK i said?!" lol

Then when i was driving i had to break but was SO tired and traffic was BAD and i thought to myself, why am i so stressed about doing it manually?! i can just hit numlock, and i actually reached out to my dashboard as if it were a keyboard to hit numlock! haha

[Sumatra]

Things like ftw & w00t are things I became accostomed too before WoW...

If I say LOL (deadpan) RL i'm being blatantly sarcastic & couldnt careless if people get it or not, even though LOL online or worse actually means i'm genuinely laughing...

Naedea, your gf ROCKS, is all I have to say.."skinnable"...thats one for the memory banks, specially after aggro on a sat night...

Thers another one...Aggro...Known this even before school spectrums, hehe...If we Brits have trouble off others its aggro...

A friend of mine confused me the other night,.....Really confused about it seeing as he used to play D&D too.. A) You tell me, ARE character classes SO different from paper & dice? To me paladins are paladins etc, really grinds me that he says, "what does a priest do?" so on and so forth...

I appreciate theres tonnes of stuff I'm yet to learn, (LIKE numberlock instead of gripping your mouse buttons for grim death and giving yourself arm & backache:rolleyes: , but basic class & proff stuff?...I really could slap people up the chops for being daft sometimes, but I wont..

'Stead I just LOL :laughing:

We used to have a merry band of four RL, we called ourselves the enclave, nearly four years on two of us play WoW...Its like I'm learning a secret code now with me and my bestest bro......no complaints this end :evil:

[sacrengreus]

I use 'for the win' quite often now in everyday speak, and if I'm with other nerdlings in the know we'll say 'lol' instead of actually laughing. Of course another favorite is to say 'Whisky Tango Foxtrot!?!?!'

On a side note, if I'm on the computer and phone at the same time I will occasionally catch myself trying to use my PTT button on my keyboard before replying to the person on the phone =P

And while I'm in game (or god forbid on the phone talking to a friend about WoW) my wife likes to burst in the door to my office and scream 'NERDS!' a la Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds.

[JaedxRapture]

Actually, yes, I do sometimes..

About a week ago I had a hair in my mouth that I couldn't get out. I got pissed and said, "HAIR IS OVERPOWERED!" I had to stop to think about what I just said.

[Wiired]

I am on my school's track and field team, and another of my friends who plays WoW said "Ouch, I think I pulled a hamstring." To which I replied, "Movement speed slowed by 50%!"

The rest of the team gave me some strange looks... :laugh:

EDIT: Jaed, Draenei Avatars are cooler than Blood Elf ones...

Bring the old one back! :grin:

[JaedxRapture]

I am on my school's track and field team, and another of my friends who plays WoW said "Ouch, I think I pulled a hamstring." To which I replied, "Movement speed slowed by 50%!"

The rest of the team gave me some strange looks... :laugh:

EDIT: Jaed, Draenei Avatars are cooler than Blood Elf ones...

Bring the old one back! :grin:

They may be, but I'm officially a switcher. Nitelily is now a sexy, deadly BE.

[viral]

Me and my friend were watching his cat scrapping with another (for much lols) and I said 'feed it. it's only doing 75%'. He doesn't play WoW...so I then had to explain, to my great embarassement.

[Tollin]

All the time..

"Wife aggro.." "fade is not working!"

"3yr old aggro..."

There is this one door in one of my squadron spaces that when it opens and closes it sounds just like the boars in Westfall when they charge you...

My wife see's herbs on the side of the road whenever we are driving any where.
"Look babe there is some peacebloom pull over so i can pick it."

[snrofgar]

i have said lmao pronounced
Le-Mayo
and when im sick of walking i go to look for my mount in my bag

[derfeh]

I always blurt out stuff about living to win til I die.

[djiss]

I once said at office (on the phone with a friend) "J'ai acheter assez de pots pour nous 2 à soir" which mean "I bought enough pots for us tonight", talking about potions for the raid night.

the thing is "pot" mean "weed" in french, you know the stuff we smoke to be stone... :laugh:

co-worker were looking at me with a strange face... and had to explain myself to my boss.


also I once 4man'ed a Golf with some epix club then I got lucky and found tha legendary orange ball who allowed me to crit the 10th hole and 1-shot it.

[Yetiii]

I always seem to push my push to talk button when answering my wife when she calls me from downstairs (i think my guildies are all deaf now) :P.

Once when i was at work, the fire alarm went off so we all went outside. I went over to my friend and said "im cold, i should have brought a coat today" to which he replied "You need to get yourself some frost resistance".

I was chuckling to myself for the rest of the day.

[Wintrow]

My 4 month old son often tries to garble something that resembles speech (as do they all at that age). When it comes to close to Murloc speech and my wife is in earshot I am compelled to make a "Gaarrggblllbll !!!".

She plays WoW so she thinks it's funny.

Flowers by the road up your herbalism too :tongue:
in MSN i'll often /poke /laugh and /wave
FTW and Woot are also common, I had to explain Woot to one collegue of mine though.

[waltorly]

I told my metalshop teacher I was going to "level up my blacksmithing today"

[frazil]

My brother works at a resturant as a cook, and i tell him it, must have been hard to get his cooking skill up that high.
He said he works the breakfast shift and eggs are low cooking skill .. lol

[theshard]

In my weekly D&D game i often reference clerics as priests and fighters as warriors, etc.

IN RL me and my gf both use WoW referneces all the time. I even asked her one night if when reading things like lol, iirc and so on if she just saw the words instead. Her response...for a long time now.

[JudgeDredd]

I took a friend of mine (who plays) to a new restaurant and as he stepped inside he said, "I have discovered Luigi's. I gain 300 xp."

[theseus]

i think lol now... :( i sometimes say it as well lol. oops just did it again

[Wintrow]

In Dutch (more commonly in Holland Dutch than Belgian Dutch) "lol" is a translation of "fun". So it comes naturally to us dutch speaking folk to use it in RL. Even someone who doesn't play games knows what we mean when we say "lol". I never spell out "omfg" or 'iirc" though or try to pronounce it as if it was a word. I say the whole thing (bleeping out/mumbling the explitives off course).