WoW the Next "Golf"?

TheGrapeApe writes "1up has an article about the possibility of World of Warcraft becoming the next "Golf": A place where friends, acquaintances, and perhaps even business partners will meet up to "talk shop" and swap stories. Personally, I can't wait until I have my next job interview in the Deadmines. " I demand extra healing and mana pots from all my employees.

Re:Uhuh

[BaudKarma]

True, but golf as most weekenders play it isn't much of a sport either. Drive around in a cart drinking beer, get out every couple of minutes to swing a stick and cuss, then get back in the cart and drive off to find your ball.

I get more exercise taking the elevator at work.

Re:Not Gonna Happen!

[insert_username_here]

You haven't played WoW, have you. It's bloody gigantic, and you often spend a lot of time getting around.

It might as well be called World of Walkcraft.

Re:Not Gonna Happen!

[uigrad_2000]

golf is good because you can cheat... or, more importantly, let your boss cheat. it's easy to turn the other way when the vp of sales kicks his titelist back onto the fairway.

in wow, however, such "curtousies" are hard to pull off.

ummm, you haven't done much raiding then. Either that or you've never raided with a foreign guild.

Let's say you're a warrior. A Hammer designed for warriors drops, but the group gives it to Gary, who is a hunter instead of you. The reason? Because.... he's Gary!

You mention that management enjoys having their egos stroked. Once you get to 60, new armor pieces are all about stroking egos. The complex social structure in the game doesn't even start until you reach 60, and people start building their armor sets.

Re:Agreed

[pirula]

im a suit. and a lvl 60 undead rogue. it was great when the ops guys found out i was into wow, i got some insta-credibility and im probably the last person in the office they expected to be a gamer.

Re:Undead Stratholme (with your Boss)

[stephentyrone]

Baron: boss in an early endgame instance. Very easy to kill in a 10-player group, somewhat harder (though still easy to kill with good gear) in a 5-player group. It's actually much harder, imo, to get to him than it is to kill him as a group of five. You don't need to do anything fancy to take him down, just hit him as hard as you can and keep everyone alive.