Only when Mats was dead did his parents understand the value of his game

Re:Only when Mats was dead did his parents understand the va... by kubakan on Sunday January 27, 2019 @08:18AM (#19011568)

“I - or Rumor, then - acted a little on impulse; jumped out of the bushes and snatched the hat off Ibelin. Stay silent for a moment, we looked at each other. Then I ran away with his hat, without thought for where I ran, says Lisette and smiles.”

You can’t do that in the game.

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Re:Only when Mats was dead did his parents understand the va... by khalladay on Sunday January 27, 2019 @08:38AM (#19011626)

It's possible that this was done entirely through chat. Ie/ Rumor types " Snatches Hat " in chat. As long as both players agree that what's typed in chat is what happened, it doesn't matter if the game actually has an animation to support it.

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Re:Only when Mats was dead did his parents understand the va... by StavrosK on Sunday January 27, 2019 @08:55AM (#19011676)

I used to MUD back in the day and there were role players who were very much into the character, and if you typed "snatches hat", it doesn't matter if the game didn't have support for it, that's what happened.

Given that this wasn't rare, it seems likely that that's what happened.

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Re:Only when Mats was dead did his parents understand the va... by reissbaker on Sunday January 27, 2019 @09:43AM (#19011862)

Yup. WoW has special servers marked for roleplaying (as opposed to the more achievement-oriented "normal" servers), and it sounds like they were playing on one of those.

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Re:Only when Mats was dead did his parents understand the va... by StavrosK on Sunday January 27, 2019 @09:48AM (#19011888)

Oh, I didn't know that, thanks. Yeah, that must be what happened then.

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Re:Only when Mats was dead did his parents understand the va... by beardedwizard on Sunday January 27, 2019 @08:30AM (#19011595)

Too bad that's all you were able to take away. I lived a similar childhood with parents who to this day don't understand how much my online friends meant to me. This article really spoke to me.

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