Overly Positive

 As with any MMO out there, WAR has its frustrating moments. Whether it’s getting  a beatdown in a scenario, getting killed over and over again, or experiencing the long, hard grind to that next level and feeling bored, there are just some moments in the game where you just feel bleh about it all.

Don’t worry guys and gals – I feel it too. But I’ve discovered a way to deal with the pain that doesn’t involve multiple shots of alcohol or bingeing on Twinkies. And that’s roleplay.

No, I don’t mean THAT roleplay, gutter-minds, I mean the kind of in-character shenanigans and different personalities you created in that D&D game you played but will never tell anyone about. I’m talking about dropping yourself into the role of your toon at the very moment he or she is getting the begeezus kicked out of them and saying in chat that glorious death is imminent…again.

If you’re a dwarf, you can rush in, declaring how it’s a good day to die. Or perhaps you’re an elf and would prefer to haughtily declare that your teammates can go first so you can die without having their blood on your clothes. Or maybe you’re just a plain old human or goblin and you just have to weep about being sent in again by commanders and warbosses that don’t respect you.

You know that inevitable breakdown in friendly communications that losing a scenario or ORvR tends to do to a team? When people tend to get frustrated with one another over not being able to win their way out of a paper bag? Those are the times when RP’ing it off works especially well. Got two pissed off people arguing and typing more than fighting? Break up the hostile e-toughness with a little humorous comment about parents needing to wash their mouths out, or if you’re playing a Destruction race, to complain about some nonsense buzzing about “l2p” and “lol ur retarded” that is driving you more insane than you already are.

While I’ve continued to piss off people who simply take the game just a little too seriously with my weak attempts at witty repartee, there are always inevitably a few lols from the other members of the team, which makes the loss just a little bit easier to bear. And if you can make other people understand that it isn’t such a big deal and that they’ll live, all the more better.

Let’s be honest here guys – no one wants to lose, and even moreso, no one wants to lose badly. But a little bit of fun and RP’ish humor in the face of such a crushing defeat is a nice little bit of sugar to make the bitter medicine go down just a touch better. So have those witty in-character one-liners ready, kids – you might have to type them while a ton of AoE or DPS pain train classes are beating on you for the 500th time.