Comments on: MMO Meme of 2010

By: Buddy Skirmishes | Kill Ten Rats

Buddy Skirmishes | Kill Ten Rats — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:04:53 +0000

[...] Volume 3, Book 1 update will be that skirmishes can now be done with a 2-person party. It was the podcast by Casual Stroll to Mordor where the devs talk about the “need” for this and how they [...]

By: Pardoz

Pardoz — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:58:34 +0000

‘Standing in the shit’ is a Number Two violation, surely?

By: Zubon

Zubon — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:07:28 +0000

My WoW friends recite: “Rule 1: don’t stand in shit.” It’s fun to be in the room with the when they’re in PUGs, shouting about Rule 1 violations.

By: moondog548

moondog548 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:09:34 +0000

-Zombie Columbus
-February 4, 2010 at 2:56 pm
-From now on, poop it is.

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!

Yeah… “get out of the fire! you are on fire! you are standing in fire! stop standing in the fire!” just gets old every 5 min of the pug. :\

By: Zombie Columbus

Zombie Columbus — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:56:10 +0000

I highly approve of this “meme”, and will be using it internally whenever we discuss design.

For the record, we call such places “hotspots” right now. As in “How about we add a DoT hoptspot there?” or “This boss fight is about dragging the boss into the hoptspot that drops his shield.” From now on, poop it is.

By: Coppertopper

Coppertopper — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:05:52 +0000

Yeah the Instance podcast has been using that term for months. So you’ve obviously hit on a winner!

By: Ravious

Ravious — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:00:26 +0000

Excellent! I will update the post accordingly.

By: Syp

Syp — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:59:44 +0000

To be fair, that expression’s been going around for at least a year now — I hear it all the time in WoW (and on WoW podcasts).

By: Ravious

Ravious — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:51:10 +0000

But it’s such a great encompassing term for all the crap the devs use! pun intended.

By: Yrys

Yrys — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:50:11 +0000

Alas, I think if someone yelled that at me, I would have to ignore it on principle. It would be worth the death. :p