Well, Merry aftermath to you, my fine friends.
I hope you had a great time!
Yes, yes, I’m sure you’re bored hearing about it. It’s over now, you’re bored at work or at home, yadda yadda, get back to the cranky. Well, here we go. Let’s get back to wasting your time reading more of my idiocy.
Now, way, way long ago, back in the early days of this blog, I wrote about some of the incredible crankiness that the commenters on articles in WoW Insider or at blogs can spew out, particularly at that time to our good friends Kirk and Big Red Kitty.
Most of the bitchiness at the time seemed to be from readers over there that didn’t appreciate BRK’s writing in his fun, irreverent style.
Now, I’m not going to pretend to understand what goes on in some of those folks’ heads, but it seemed like the most outraged were pissed that he dared to interject his own personality, sense of fun, and opinions into an article written by… brace yourselves!… Big Red Kitty!
I had no idea who BRK was before I started getting into blogging. I was enjoying my hunter alt, and reading WoW Insider, and I came across an article about Hunters, written by someone referred to as Big Red Kitty. And it mentioned a blog. So I went out there looking, and found BRK’s blog. Lo and behold, here was a veritable treasure trove of Hunter stuff.
Now, these days I myself write a Druid column for WoW Insider. So let me clue you, my good friends, in on a little secret… they encourage you, in the FAQ they give you access to when you start writing for them, to continue writing in your own style and voice. They specifically say that you shouldn’t turn into a little soulless robot, because you aren’t writing for a daily newspaper like the Times or the Post. (See what I did there?)
No… we’re bloggers, writing columns containing news and facts and opinions, from our own unique, often crazy, perspectives. Hopefully, the folks reading enjoy it at least a little. Part of how you can tell it’s a blog experience, is the way there are comments. You know, so if you disagree with an opinion expressed in an article or column, you can say so. Your opinions can be heard.
Well, this is my blog. Unpaid, free range open forum for me to say whatever the hell I want. And there are comments. How about that? Ain’t we upscale?
What I want to say is, if you don’t like an article on WoW Insider, then please stop reading it. If you disagree with any of the points raised, then please comment on why they are wrong and teach us.
But if you read it, and see that it does not personally apply to where you are currently at in the game, and it doesn’t interest you… please just shut the fuck up and move on. Read about something else. There are tons of articles to peruse. Knock yourself out.
If you don’t like the article because I make mistakes and will lead readers astray, well shit. I need to know, so I can at least try to do more better. 
If the reason it offends you is that you feel it is beneath you, and thus by definition, the rest of the known galaxy, then frankly my dear Scarlett, I don’t give a damn.
If you are so l33tsauce that every article you read must be aimed strictly at you and you alone, and to hell with anyone that may be picking up the game for the first time, or trying a class for the first time, then go to the Elitist Jerks forums and wallow in your superiority. It’s cool. They kick ass over there. Really, go ahead.
But again… if it sucks so bad… here is my challenge to you. Start your own blog (it’s free btw) and prove it. Write. Be brilliant. Show us how awesome you are and how crappy we are by comparison. Don’t just say it, DO IT.
Put up, or shut the hell up.
Oh, and if you do choose to write a blog, please make sure you let us know. Maybe you are great, and we get the joy of a new, informative, brilliantly written blog. God knows you won’t find one here.
If you’re not all that brilliant… well, at least you’ll be so busy writing that maybe you won’t have time to critique everybody else, and maybe you’ll chill the hell out a little.
Either way, pure win.
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December 26th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Nice one ! lol
Go go go BBB !!! =P
December 26th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Very well said.
I know you won’t but don’t let the asshats ever get to you. There are way more silent lurkers like me that enjoy the read. I pick which ones to lurk each day by the personalities. I read for the humor and presentation. The technical stuff means little to me.
December 26th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
I don’t understand some of the buggers what leave comments on WoWInsider. Maybe they’s compensating fer a lack of … I dunno. Lack of something.
Meself, I’s a big fan of thems what’s willing to say “Here’s what I’s learned. Hope it be helpful. I tries not to make any mistrakes.” I know I learned a lot from other adventurer’s writing (yerself, BRK, Ego, Kirk, bunch of other buggers, and WoWInsider) when I was startin out, and from time-to-time still does. Y’all deserves big pats on the back
/target damnfinebloggers
/bigpatonback
December 27th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Man I enjoyed reading this entry. Personally I got a huge kick out if reading it and I just couldnt agree with this blow entry more. Something similiar I maybe could of written myself yet maybe not quite do it the justice you gave this entry.
I know I’m no expert, but I write just like you said. Its never easy, some people think it is and to do so daily. It never is. Hey keep on keeping on. Your a good voice in the community.