Bring back twinks!

• Posted by Malix October 8, 2011 - Filed in WoW - #twink  #twinking  - 188 views

  At the height of my WoW career, I had one of, if not the largest RP guilds on Sentinels. But, as demanding and as rewarding as being the GM of a guild of 325 hard-nosed RPers was, I found true satisfaction on the battlegrounds. I had three of the most highly-decorated twink hunters on the server: Ganja, 19; Kurtz, 29; and Moby 39. I ran infinite dungeons and completed obscure quests with difficulty that ranged from average to beyond-retarded complex to amass gear second to none. I emptied my coin purse on the highest-possible enchants and enhancements and grinded professions, such as engineering, for the ability to create items that gave my edge a bit more...edginess. :)

   

  Enter the QQing ADD/ADHD crowd who assailed Blizzard with how unfair twinking was and how it was ruining BGs for the quick-fix, instant-gratification set.

   

  It just doesn't make sense to me that this practice should be deemed unfair or unethical. IRL, those who are born into wealth have a natural advantage; so do those with athletic ability, height, good looks, sharp minds and the like. None of that is inherently unfair to those born otherwise - it is simply a reality.

   

  So why should I, as a devoted builder of twinks, who spent weeks upon weeks hoping for the perfect drop, who grinded gold coins from an ocean of silver and copper for the right enchantments, who labored at professions that yield little of no financial recompense for the time, energy, and materials used, be prohibited from exercising my ability to research, my drive, my ability to construct monster toons from the same ashes from which all toons are born?

   

  In life, there is only one way to counteract what may be seen by those with limited vision as "unfair:" work as hard or harder to overcome the obstacle.

   

  Rather than cry to Blizzard, why not find ways to do combat on an equal footing? Study your opponent. Outclass or out-think him. Build your own super-toon. But for the love of all things holy, don't cry and beg for those who are bigger, stronger, smarter, more driven, more passionate, more committed to be sandbagged, labeled, and banned from combat.

   

  Oh. That's right.

   

  It's too late.