Fear the rock

So here’s a lulzy little bug: after dishing out some voice chat loving in LU47, it appears that Sony has made a slight error in the way that npc’s are handled by the new voice chat UI.

Players are reporting that in some instances, normal NPC’s and even harvesting nodes are appearing with voice chat bubbles over their heads, as though they were using voice chat to speak to the player.

Now, we all know that Sony shelled out big bucks to implement voiceovers for most quest NPC’s in the game, but I’m guessing that those schools of fish over there are not on the payroll.

Apparently this bug has already been fixed on test, but until a hotfix rolls around, enjoy the serious trippiness in game as the animal dens attempt to talk to you.

I was watching Family Guy the other night; it was the episode where Peter has a segment on the local news: “You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?”.  This post will be the first in a long series.

This got me thinking about the things that grind my gears in MMOs.  I will post them one by one:

Cheaters

Those characters that think everyone else is beneath them.  They have no respect for the game or those around them.  What?  You think you are soooo special because you could solo some raid content? You think you actually earned that awesome gear you are wearing?

Don’t tell me you actually think people respect you or are jealous of you.  You, cheater, are ignorant and worthless.  It really grinds my gears to see you steal a mob at the last moment or to sell 100k on eBay.  I hope that ultra fast horse you are riding kicks you off and leaves you in the middle of the Oasis.

Don’t tell me you actually get a sense of satisfaction from cheating…all you are experiencing is a distorted and misinterpreted sense of guilt.  You are as bad as they come - you grind my gears.

So what grinds your gears in MMOs or anything for that matter?