I play WoW at Keredria’s kitchen table. It’s convenient for tank-healer communication, and for when she wants to reach over and pat my head for being a good tank, or smack it for not trying hard enough.
Well, that’s not really true, but it feels like it sometimes.
You see, ever since Keredria got her new Mac she’s been having trouble with her vent. For reasons that she still hasn’t determined, her microphone randomly decides to pick up ambient noise even though she’s using push-to-talk. Often during a raid we can hear furious typing, something being set down on the table, sirens outside, cracking open another Pabst Blue Ribbon, or dancing in stiletto heels on the table in celebration of awesome heals (hot heels for HOT heals you know). Ok, maybe I made some of those up. Sometimes the sounds are a little ambiguous so I use my imagination. When this happens it makes Keredria very frustrated:
K: Can you still hear me?
Raid: Yes.
K: Damn it all to hell!
Heh. Actually the rest of us don’t mind. In fact we like it. Those little random sounds help bridge the distance and bring a raid that is spread across North America a little closer together. Also we can tell how many beers she’s had.
Rofl.
/sigh