I Love the Internet
I love the internet. That’s not a secret, really. I wouldn’t have a gaming commentary site if I didn’t. The only thing I love more than the internet is the people they let use it. Yes, the people who use the internet provide me with more entertainment than the rest of the free world combined. A small segment of that population–that is, those who play MMOGs–provide the bulk of my enjoyment. This week’s “I love the Internet” statement is brought to you by Danks.
If you haven’t already heard about the infamous character known as Danks, I will provide you with some undeniable factual facts:
1) Danks logged on to the World of Warcraft forums and commended Blizzard for their new honor system. “Wow I like the honor system and the huge battles. Just increase the Horde guards levels a bit and this game will be about perfect!!!”
2) The first reply, “Yes I agree. PVP action is key.” stated this user’s concurrence with the original poster, Danks.
3) That first reply was written by Danks himself. Danks thought he logged on an alternate character, then posted his agreement with himself.
4) Everyone who was able to figure out how to hurl an insult did so. The monkeys at large had a great laugh at the expense of the poor Danks.
5) Danks pretended that he meant to do it.
6) Nobody believed him.
7) Blizzard locked the thread because it was too awesome.
38 locked pages of laughter later, Danks had a new term and even T-shirts made in honor of his stupidity.
So, Danks, Dank you for being an idiot. I salute you. You and the WoW community made my last 6 days more enjoyable. I love the internet.
Yes I agree. The internet is key.
LOL
OMG!!!11!!! u postd undre teh sam nmae!!!!!!1!@## u r stuipd!!11!!
heheh
funny stuff.
BTW, that third “Grouchy Gnome” wasn’t actually me. Maybe I should filter names if you aren’t registered (or require registration). I hate you, person who pretended they were me. I was dedanked.
Dedank: To post with someone else’s name to make it look like they totally danked themself.
Hah! I was dying of laughter from that! Looks like you haven’t been posting much sicne release day either, huh? GW rox!
Haha! Danks Page 8-ed himself!
(This brings back an old thread that got posted all over from the Brell Serillis server forums from EQ1, an infamous post entiled “F*** YOU SANORNIK” in which an accused scammer was trying to defend himself with a different account pretending to be someone else, until he made a post under the wrong forum name on the eighth page of the thread. After that, officers from his guild posted that he would be given a chance to remove himself with the last shreds of dignity he had left before he was given the boot. The thread was nearly a hundred pages long when I saw it, hehe.)