Could the online games you play affect your employability?

[[JiF]Brick]

Colleen Lachowicz, a Democratic candidate running for State Senate in Maine, has recently been “outed” for her participation in World of Warcraft. Lachowicz, a level 85 orc in WOW, is “unfit for office,” according to Maine’s GOP. They sent out a press release titled: ”Democratic Senate Candidate Colleen Lachowicz’s Disturbing Alter-Ego Revealed” and has accused Lachowicz of living a “bizarre double life.”

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career ... s_cid=e101

[[JiF]Gib]

You can make fun of anyone/anything when you put spin on things. Doesn't suprise me that the opposition latches on to something like that and tries to paint them in a bad light. Jay Leno did an example on the Tonight Show the other night where they take one add and its positive and then put spin on it and make the same add be negative/damaging to the canditate.

Just goes as a reminder to us all to rise above superficial things and see what the candiates actually do/accomplish and make decisions on track records rather than listen to all the ridiculous dirty campaining that occurs here.

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[[JiF]Uncle Stinky]

Though perhaps whoever did this might not be someone you want elected to office:

Hacker Goes on Massive WoW Killing Spree; World Survives

It was a case of death imitating art. Or at least virtual game world imitating cartoon. In a scene reminiscent of a famous South Park episode, a hacker went on a massive killing spree in World of Warcraft over the weekend, taking advantage of a vulnerability to off hordes of characters in the popular online game before game administrators stepped in to stop him. His massacre was captured on video (see above).

The bloodbath is similar to a popular 2006 episode of the animated series South Park called “Make Love, Not Warcraft,” in which the cartoon’s four lead characters faced off against a player in the massive multi-player game who went on a character-killing rampage.

Blizzard Entertainment, the company behind World of Warcraft, acknowledged that a hacker had used an exploit to conduct his massacre over the weekend and said it had administered a fix to keep it from happening again.

“Earlier today, certain realms were affected by an in-game exploit, resulting in the deaths of player characters and non-player characters in some of the major cities,” wrote one of Blizzard’s moderators on a player forum. “This exploit has already been hotfixed, so it should not be repeatable. It’s safe to continue playing and adventuring in major cities and elsewhere in Azeroth.”

World of Warcraft players didn’t really lose anything in the massacre. WoW characters can get their lives back. WoW players, on the other hand, have already lost theirs.

[[JiF] General WarHawk]

Only Level 85, well...she can be reformed. I'd vote for her, and usually go Republican, cause somewhere in the 10 million who play that game, chances are there are some good people among that crowd, and us gamers gotta stick together.