Papercrafters of the world unite!! http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2010/11/leeroy-jenkins-papercraft-world-of.html

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While conducting my online research, I can’t help but reminisce over what gaming used to be. Ten years ago, Nintendo prevailed and if you didn’t play Pokemon, you didn’t game. There is something to be said about pulling about the ol’ NES or SNES, even the N64, and reliving child hood favourites, many which stood [...]

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Now that the class is over and the papers have been handed in I wondered how many people will continue to play games online. A large majority of the class had little experience with online universes. In my own investigation I looked at SL. SL became my main area of ethnographic study and as time [...]

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Doing my first quest on WoW Finally found Stormwind, traveling on foot took forever!!! Stormwind City! Ironforge- When I ended up in Ironforge, I was pretty blown away. Didn’t expect to see this.

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After hours of downloading and waiting, I finally got to register and create my avatar from the options that I was provided with…gender, race, type, hair style, skin colour, piercings, type of face. Then finally, giving my avatar a name -Evelynna – human rogue. I tried to make my avatar look as close to me [...]

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The world of warcraft has accumulated a ridiculous player population exceeding that of a number of small countries. This is a result of the general accessibility offered both by the mechanics of the game as well as the player community. Due to this, a large number of people who would not normally play mmorpgs have [...]

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All pictures cal also be found at http://dailybooth.com/anth3745blogpics/11378677. To complete my “day in the life of my avatar” blog, I want to explain my last day in my virtual world before my subscription expired. This last day of being in World of Warcraft is representative of daily life events because it is a representation of [...]

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This is a bit of an older meme (~2005) originating from the MMO Dark Age of Camelot. In the audio clip we hear a player (over)react when his loot gets stolen. Warning: Some pretty offensive language in the video ahead! Might want to keep the volume low. I think this emotional attachment is one of [...]

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Can anyone think of any other examples that relate to the Leroy Jenkins incident? Or other examples of general game play ganking.

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As I roam through online games asking people questions about there avatars and play experience, I find on average an avatar really does tend to reflect a person’s personality. For example in WoW I have found players with outward appearance as threatening tended to be not as open to answering questions or helping me as [...]

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