World of Warcraft Character Becomes Campaign Issue

Dr. Gamera writes "Maine state senate candidate Colleen Lachowicz plays World of Warcraft. The opposing party in Maine has issued a press release attacking her for her Level 85 Orc Assassination Rogue. From the article: 'In an unusual press release issued Thursday, the Maine GOP attacked Lachowicz for a “bizarre double life” in which she’s a devotee of the hugely popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft. In the game, she’s “Santiaga,” an "orc assassination rogue" with green skin, fangs, a Mohawk and pointy ears.' Her incumbent, much to his credit, rejects the attack as 'mudslinging politics.'"

Re:I bet..

[2.7182]

I'd rather vote for an orc assassination rogue than a democrat or republican.

The Sword of a Thousand Truths

[Steve1952]

...But the sword was considered to be too powerful for anyone to possess, so it was removed from the game and stored on a one gig flash drive. But it was foretold that one day players who could wield the sword might reveal themselves...

I'm sorry, but....

[Anonymous Coward]

Someone with an empty socket in her belt does not deserve our sympathy.

Re:Armory link

[jhoegl]

And level 85 was so 1 week and 2 days ago.

Re:I bet..

[flyingsquid]

It doesn't matter whether you vote for the Horde or the Alliance. It's not a real choice because ultimately both of them are owned by the moneyed interests of the guild banks and the vendors, and will do anything for a few gold pieces and some high-level items. Until we break free of this two-faction system there will never be any change in Azeroth.

Re:Blind Slaves, most of you...

[Mike Buddha]

Have you seen that study that suggests that tinfoil hats actually attenuate radio signals [intel-research.net]? I'll just leave this out here.

Re:I bet..

[Narcocide]

STFU, Panda coward!

Re:And thus...

[Mike Buddha]

I'd never vote for someone in the Horde. I hope her opponent is Alliance, otherwise I'll have to write in, yet again.

Re:I bet..

[Culture20]

Well, I for one am voting for a third party Panda Bear.

https://www.mainegop.com/

[bogidu]

503 - Service Unavailable . . . . HA!

Could be much worse

[Sponge Bath]

She could be a Farmville player. That disqualifies you to run even a fry cooker.

Re:Not surprising

[Anonymous Coward]

Agreed.

However, explaining what a MUD is to a young kid is a mistake I only made once. Now I just pretend that MMORPGs just evolved straight from single-celled organisms.

Re:Not surprising

[foniksonik]

West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.

Re:Not surprising

[Anonymous Coward]

You wait too long and night comes.

You are eaten by a Grue.

Re:Not surprising

[Minupla]

> open mailbox
OK.
> mail absentee ballot
OK.
> wait
Nothing changes.

The future is dark.
You are eaten by a guru.

Re:I bet..

[flyingsquid]

I would suggest voting Libertarian, but Azeroth is already a Libertarian paradise: no taxes, neither the Alliance nor the Horde maintain a police force, fire department, or public library system; there's minimal public investment in infrastructure like roads (in fact virtually no government to speak of), government does nothing as demons and undead stalk the land (I don't know what the official Libertarian position on a plague of the undead is, but I assume Ron Paul would argue that this should be left up to the private sector). Plus, everyone's on the gold standard!

Re:I bet..

[jd2112]

Her comeback to this should be, "I KNOW the difference between fantasy and reality. Apparently, my opponent does not."

Knowing the difference between fantasy and reality could be a handicap in the world of politics.

Re:Could be much worse

[Nemyst]

Farmville actually qualifies you to be a lobbyist. You get to learn how to nag people until they give up and comply or bribe the system if you don't get what you want fast enough, all while doing absolutely nothing good for society.

She's a rogue ... demonstrates a character flaw

[Anonymous Coward]

She plays a rogue. Everyone hates rogues, well except the degenerates playing rogues. Choosing a rogue is evidence enough of a serious character flaw. Think of all the higher level rogues who ganked you. Do you want one of them to have authority over you in the real world? Rogues, f'em.

The extremist nutters were right...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a goblin conspiracy!
Just look at how those greedy, big-nosed bastards are exploiting the other races.