{"id":10243,"date":"2010-12-23T05:58:20","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T10:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=10243"},"modified":"2010-12-23T05:59:09","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T10:59:09","slug":"postcards-from-unable-to-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=10243","title":{"rendered":"Postcards From Unable to Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m playing WoW. Can&#8217;t find a the cave where I&#8217;m supposed to kill some Burning Blade guys. Check online.  Yes, other people are having trouble with this.  The map marker isn&#8217;t helpful and the given directions are basically sabotage. But players have posted the coords for the cave. 52, 28, eh?  Too bad the game doesn&#8217;t tell you your position. Fine.  I log out, download an addon to tell me my position, and thirty seconds later I try to log back in and I can&#8217;t.  Wha?<\/p>\n<p><table   class=\"\" cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' align='center'><tr><td><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/pfwow_login.jpg' class='insetimage'   alt='pfwow_login.jpg' title='pfwow_login.jpg'\/><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>I mess around.  I remove the plugin.  I click on the &#8220;click here for more information&#8221; link that it gives when it can&#8217;t log in, but that just takes me to a super-generic page which poses the question, &#8220;What sort of problem are you having?&#8221;  The choices are stuff like crashing, hacked accounts, billing issues, etc.  Nothing about not being able to log in.  I could submit a support ticket, but I tried that four months ago when I wanted to re-activate an old account and I am still awaiting a reply. <\/p>\n<p>Sigh. I guess we have to resort to the forums. Let me get my boots on.<\/p>\n<p>Ah. There we are. Top of the page. Well, it&#8217;s the top-most <em>real<\/em> post, after the <em>twelve<\/em>(!!!) sticky posts above it.  People unable to connect. Wow.  A lot of people.  It goes on for a couple of pages. &#8220;I can&#8217;t connect!&#8221; followed by &#8220;me too!&#8221; and &#8220;same here&#8221; for dozens and dozens of posts.  All of them in the last hour.  Then there is a bit of stupid trolling, like you get in large communities like this when players get frustrated and bored and start amusing themselves with mischief. I glance up to the top and see that this thread goes on for <strong>seventy-eight pages<\/strong>.  In one hour.  <\/p>\n<p>Well, this thread went to hell in a Netherweave Bag. Let&#8217;s just look at the last page and see what&#8217;s going on. Let&#8217;s see, the last post is&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch pans. Combine the graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, walnuts and butter. Divide mixture evenly between the prepared pans. Set aside.<br \/>\n2. In a medium bowl, mix together the cake mix, water, orange juice and oil until blended. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the orange zest. Pour the mixture evenly over the crunch layer in the pans.<br \/>\n3. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack and cool completely before frosting. Frost (crunch side up) between layers, on top and sides. Arrange orange sections on top, then refrigerate.<br \/>\n4. To make the frosting: In a medium bowl, beat the vanilla frosting until light and fluffy, then mix in the whipped topping. Stir in the orange and lemon zest. Use frosting on completely cooled cake layers. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>People are trading Christmas cookie recipes and baking tips. I love it.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas Blizzard, you lovable fumbling goofs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m playing WoW. Can&#8217;t find a the cave where I&#8217;m supposed to kill some Burning Blade guys. Check online. Yes, other people are having trouble with this. The map marker isn&#8217;t helpful and the given directions are basically sabotage. But players have posted the coords for the cave. 52, 28, eh? 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