WoWinsider strikes again...

[Tdog]

You never know what to expect from a WoWinsider post when it comes to MB'ing until you start reading it.

Unfornately looks like this latest post is full of the usuall biased, opinon based, overly generalized dribble...


I know we as MB'ers run into this on a daily basis but its just said when supposed "News" sites are no better than your average QQ'er.

[offive]

Original article is ok though,

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39729/98/

I was lucky enough to attend dinner and LineCon.

Thanks to Vyn for the swag! My wife carried the bag around on Friday and got no hate (at least none that we noticed).

[not5150]

Wowinsider is a big blog and some of their writers are very much against multiboxing. Others, however, are for it.

It's just the luck of the draw sometimes who gets to write a particular article.

[Souca]

Meh, looks like I'm sticking with mmo-champion for real info. Shame that WoWInsider is drawing conclusions secondhand. Seems reporting on other people reporting is all the rage now. Why actually do the research when you can just regurgitate someone else's experience with your $0.02 thrown in?

I did find it interesting that there was a photo of the bill for the meal.

- Souca -

[Rin]

Well - at least they got one part right

And that's really where the issue lies -- most of these people aren't no-lifers

Jealousy is such a funny thing.

[Bravo]

Mike's always hated multiboxers, he'll write a biased article about us and then the next week it's an article about bad experiences with PUGs or something else that bothers him in the game that could be resolved if he gave it a try. It's a vicous cycle and I do feel for him.

[Caspian]

So the original article seems well written, like he was actually there. Was he? he was fair, gave opposing views and left it up to the reader to make up their mind.

The second guy (the first link) was obviously biased. I doubt he was there and it looks like he made stuff up

they brag (under their breath in a crowded restaurant)

Doesn't sound anything like the original story.

But it is the interwebs wah what are we going to do.

[Vyndree]

Another case of creative journalism:

ORIGINAL (TGDaily):

Another joked, “Our characters can beat your characters,” as he looked across the restaurant at other Blizzcon attendees.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39729/98/



WoWInsider Post:

they brag (under their breath in a crowded restaurant) that they can beat anyone else's player

http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/16...e-multiboxers/

[Caspian]

Another case of creative journalism:

ORIGINAL (TGDaily):

Another joked, “Our characters can beat your characters,” as he looked across the restaurant at other Blizzcon attendees.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39729/98/



WoWInsider Post:

they brag (under their breath in a crowded restaurant) that they can beat anyone else's player

http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/16...e-multiboxers/

copy cat I beat you to it.

and I consider that lying and there is nothing journalistic about it, creative or otherwise.

[not5150]

Yeah, I was there. My job is to accurately portray you guys and having dinner with everyone was a big part of that... The joke about beating up other players was, in my opinion, just a harmless joke and written as such.

My goal in such stories is to always put myself in the same shoes to feel and understand what you guys are going through. That's why I started multiboxing a few weeks before hand to understand the difficulties. The drivel on the forums about just pushing one key to launch five shadow bolts comes from people that just don't understand the whole process of setting up characters, keyclone, macros, etc.

I do the same thing for hacker conventions. If I'm going to write about the newest hack or vulnerability (hacking wifi/google,etc), then I'll usually try to do the hack myself just to see how easy/difficult it is.

Looking at Vyndree's comment on WoWInsider reminds me to never get certain people angry