D00D! YOU’RE THE PRIME FORCE OF EVIL IN THE WORLD! GIMME PORTAL 2 TETH! [Author: Lum the Mad]

In what is at the same time one of the most insightful and one of the funniest pieces on MMOGs I’ve ever seen, Dave “Asheron” Namerow and Jesse “Bael’Zhaeron” Kurlancheek write up for Gamespy what it was like to run “Asheron vs. Bael’Zhaeron – This Time It’s Personal“. Definitely a recommended read, even if you have no idea what an Asheron is, for its insight into interactive theatre amongst the teeming hordes.

For an entire year, I’ve been building up a love/hate relationship with the players in AC, and while they’ve received plenty of the love side, there really haven’t been any good (and wholesome!) opportunities to let them feel the hate. But lo, what’s that on the horizon? An event which frees Bael’Zharon? He’ll want to reign down chaos after being cooped up for a thousand years, won’t he? I think so!

And so it was… I was given the chance to play BZ in the finale of the year-long plot. Time to take out some of that pent up aggression in a constructive and plot-driving manner. Flame my upbringing on the boards will you? Hehe…