The hills are alive... with the sound of OMG STFU N00B

[edg]

As some of you know, I am an erstwhile player of the MMORPG World of Warcraft. WOW occasionally undergoes patches, where everybody spends Tuesday downloading modifications to the game and then bitching about them on the forums. These patches come with patch notes, which tell the careful reader what the modification has, well, modified.

In the latest patch notes, which I was reading last night, I ran across this line item:

• The Barrens should now feel more alive.

(The Barrens is an area of the game that feels much like a slightly-drier Serengeti.)

And it occurred to me to wonder whether this was based on a player complaint, because it sounds to me like one of the "airplane engineering complaints" lists that goes around occasionally:

Complaint: #3 engine missing.
Resolution: #3 engine found on right wing after brief search.

I wonder if Blizzard really received complaints like "The Barrens does not feel alive enough."

Comments

[demiurgent.livejournal.com]

[music swells, as a troll girl whirls into frame]

The Baaaaaaaaarrens are alive....
...with the sound of mayhem--

[multiple attack from several directions. Music is cut.]

[labyrinthman.livejournal.com]

I was gonna say the Barrens are alive, with the sound of LEEROYYYY

Jenkins, that is.

[aberrantangels]

"Leeroy, you are just stupid as hell."
"'Least I have chicken!"

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

Hey, my troll goes whirling through the hills of the Barrens all the time!

(Marvelous finishing move, and quite impressive if I have enough combo points built up for it.)

[katayamma.livejournal.com]

Pardon my stupidity, but aren't the barrens supposed to feel... well... barren?

[edg.livejournal.com]

Hey, I wasn't the one who complained or made the change. I'm just a patch wonk. ;)