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Ron Paul Supporters Hold World Of Warcraft March

By Pete Haas: 2008-01-02 20:04:18
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Ron Paul Supporters Hold World Of Warcraft March At the end of last month, a group of gamers wanted to march to show their support for presidential candidate Ron Paul. The problem? Marching requires going outside...and pants. The solution: hold the march in World of Warcraft!

Last night, a group of Ron Paul supporters (participants claim there were three hundred participants) created Alliance characters on the Whisperwind server of the popular MMORPG and marched from Ironforge to Stormwind under the guild tag . Marchers used the Deeprun Tram linking the two cities, rather than taking the hazardous overland route. I assume Level 1 gnomes and dwarves named "Ronpaulrules" being torn to pieces by dragonkin and orcs in the Burning Steppes is not the sort of metaphorical image Ron Paul supporters want to put forth.

The event was a source of annoyance for many regular Whisperwind players, who faced long queue times due to the sudden influx of marchers onto their server. Horde players were thankfully able to vent some of these frustrations by killing some demonstrators who traveled to the gates of Orgrimmar at the end of the evening. Blizzard doesn't forbid political assembly in the WoW terms of service but perhaps the server disruption could cause them to revise their policy.

The event could be termed a success because it's certainly odd enough to earn the media attention that underdog candidates like Paul crave. It might not be unusual by World of Warcraft standards - the game has seen players march for cancer awareness and hold a funeral for a deceased player - but this may be the first overtly political, partisan event ever held in the game. I'm curious to see if any other candidates' supporters try to mobilize on Azeroth. Maybe the Romney camp will try to clean up America's "societal cesspool" by quoting Bible verses in whispers to all the night elves having cybersex at the Goldshire inn.

I made a cheap shot in the beginning of the article about the WoW march organizers being lazy but well...so is their target audience. Voter participation is around 50% in our country. I guess it's easier to make activism accessible to people sitting on their ass rather than motivating them to get off their ass. If only people could vote while playing WoW...

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  • Ron Paul is so great that he takes money from groups such as the KKK too. Bet you wont find that on his webpages. He has also published borderline radical papers with his name on the front cover since sometime in the late 70's. Yeah, thats someone I want my vote to go to.... RIIIIGHT!!!
  • Thanks for the positive spin. Actually, we gladly threw ourselves on the Horde at Orgrimmar (our Washington DC) as a metaphorical way of saying we'd give everything to change the world. We didn't march through the Burning Steppes because it would have added time to an already long march without any symbolic value.

    I'm very sorry that some players were annoyed by the queue. Since about 75% of our membership was already on line by the time the queue got clogged, I'd suggest that the problem wasn't our people, but instead the onlookers and hopeful gankers. I also have to wonder if the queue was any worse than it might be during a huge pre-planned raid. Sorry folks, but we pay our $15/month too. The majority of our members have been playing for some time (most have lvl 70s) and merely created new characters on a different server, as anyone can do.

    We had several people spewing invectives at us and trying to get us to flag for PvP, but I'm proud that my people maintained their calm.

    And no, we didn't march in virtual space because we were lazy or afraid of going outside. We marched in WoW because it was a fun, creative idea that had never been done for a political candidate and because it allowed us to network with likeminded folk.

    It was crazy, marvelous, it was Sparta! And imagine - some 2nd level characters actually made it through the gates of Orgrimmar. As far as I know, that might be a first in the history of the game!

    The RP Revolution guild will be continuing on Whisperwind. We made many great friends and enjoyed networking with intelligent people.

    Yes, suggesting that RP supporters are lazy is certainly a cheap shot, and more than that, completely untrue. You'll find that Ron Paul supporters are willing to work overtime (ALL our spare time) because we deeply believe that our country and Constitution are in mortal danger. The other candidates only WISH they could have such a dedicated group.

    Let me also point out:

    Ron Paul is the only candidate in favor of internet freedom.
    Ron Paul never voted to raise taxes.
    Ron Paul refused his congressional pension because he didn't feel it was fair to the American taxpayer.
    Ron Paul has refused to take Medicaid and instead birthed many babies for free out of the generosity of his own heart.
    Lobbyists don't bother to visit Ron Paul unless their bills are 100% sound, Constitutional and healthy for America.

    I could go on, but those are just a few.

    Do some research for yourselves, folks - google "Ron Paul" and make your own decision.

    To Steve Grycel, very sorry for your wife's hospital emergency. Hope she is doing well now. We look forward to seeing you on Whisperwind when you can, but take care of your Lady first.
  • go hillary clinton FTW!!!!111!!!one
  • Ron Paul, 2008, FTW. We are tired of the lame stream media, the yellow journalism, the lies, the wars, the broken dollar, the identity politics and the military industrial complex. America is waking up to freedom and liberty. Its our last chance to have them again if we chose to walk with Ron Paul. If we don't chose him, we will become more authoritarian and America will no longer be what the founders wanted it to be and it will become a hell on earth with a dropping standard of living.
  • Dang, I missed the march, but only because my wife was in the hospital due to an emergency operation. By the time I heard of this march, as I'm sure many others were, I had character levels of 60 Warlock, and 70 Warrior, but unfortunately these characters were in another realm. I did create a character in the march realm, but only made it to lvl 2 by the the time I made it to Ironforge, then I had the hospital to deal with. Realizing the bill total from health care, I understood that Ron Paul is the only guy to get big Pharma and the HMO lobbiests out of our government and out of my wallet. Like, just 10 years ago, my company insurance co-payment for a C-section to bring my son into this world cost me a grand total of about $50. For a hysderectomy, it now cost me close to $3000. Gee, do we detect a little difference in price, for almost the same health care? I thank the HMO lobbiests for that. I got a lvl 70 warrior that would like to have a few words with these jerks! Or, they could come see me personally, before I get upset and go see them! I've many words for these pricks...send in Exxon and Shell next, not to mention the Bush-lite Democrats that want to redistribute my wealth (which has bottomed out). I'd love to have a face to face with Hillaryious!
  • HEY I AM RONPAULRULES and I am not a lvl 1 thank you very much!! HAHA get your facts straight!

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