# A Mildly Humorous Tale of Online Gaming **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542 "2006-03-23T03:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/1 "2006-03-23T03:41:13Z")
I work in quality assurance for a video game company. Last month, we released a game that had been in test for about a year. That’s a hell of a long time for a game to be in test. I spent hundreds and hundreds of hours playing this game, and I wasn’t even one of the core testers. The lead for the project played this game every day, eight hours a day, for a good six months, the previous lead having quit for a new job half way through the project. There is no one on Earth who has played this game more than this guy. Turns out, we needed to release a patch for the game, to adress some cheating issues in online play. It only takes one person to do the testing, so it falls on the lead to do it. He fires up the game, installs the patch, and jumps into one of the public game lobbies to try it out. He joins one of the two teams, and is promptly met with this chat text: “d00d, swich teams we d0nt wnt ne n00bs” Needless to say, the test was extended for about twenty minutes while he mercilessly slaughtered everyone on the server. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/2 "2006-03-23T06:07:58Z")
“haxx0r!!!1!” ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/3 "2006-03-23T06:27:46Z")
😃 Do you think any of the bystanders he slaughtered reported him for “griefing”? ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/4 "2006-03-23T15:40:40Z")
Ah, the bitter taste of irony, mixed with the sweet-but-tangy taste of revenge… ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/5 "2006-03-23T19:33:02Z")
D00D 7h475 50 1337. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/6 "2006-03-23T19:38:18Z")
D00D 7h/-\7$ 50 1337. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/7 "2006-03-23T19:42:58Z")
grr, double post :smack: ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/8 "2006-03-23T19:48:41Z")
For some reason, this seems like a fitting place to link to this [webcomic](http://www.galactanet.com/comic/79.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/9 "2006-03-23T19:50:20Z")
I would kill to have video of that happening. What was the game? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/10 "2006-03-23T20:11:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I would kill to have video of that happening. Me, too. In fact, I’d maim to have just a chat transcript … ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/11 "2006-03-23T20:17:32Z")
I’m getting all misty-eyed. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/12 "2006-03-23T20:37:25Z")
That was _beautiful_. _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/13 "2006-03-23T20:51:10Z")
Heh. I hope he switched teams before commencing the slaughter. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/14 "2006-03-23T21:00:02Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Heh. I hope he switched teams before commencing the slaughter. > > Daniel Hell, I hope he took them all on by himself, Chuck Norris-style. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/15 "2006-03-23T23:39:34Z")
pwned!! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/16 "2006-03-24T04:54:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I would kill to have video of that happening. > > What was the game? After reading [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363733), I’d rather not say. I may want to rant about work someday. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mildly-humorous-tale-of-online-gaming/349542/17 "2006-03-24T05:33:51Z")
[i l0l3d !!!1!!!one](http://www.orlyowl.com/lolowl.jpg)