Call Control

[Onar]

Warning: WoW humor involved.

So I work a call center/Answering Service. I take calls for companies, and then decide if they go to an On Call person or get held for the office in the morning. I work overnights, 10p-6a. I generally have a funloving co-worker Martha online with me until 1a or 2a.

So then, I'm on the east coast. It snowed a bit, maybe two or three inches. We're chatting about the general flow of the calls, and she mentions just taking a call where the caller just doesn't shut up, rambles on and we can't get a word in edgewise. Thusly...

M: Martha!
O: that's me! Oh how confusing.

M: Ohh I hate when they don't let you get a word in edgewise.
O: Aye, I've had calls like that where they just repeat everything ever time it's their turn to speak again.
M: Haha, exactly. Some time ago I took a call like that, and after so long without being able to get the caller to hush, I end up transfering her over to the SPV at the time. And after SHE listened to the caller for a while she throws out there "Ma'am, you're talking me to death. If you just let me get your info, I can help you out." The Spv and I still laugh over it now and then

O: When I get callers like that after three attempts to interrupt, if they don't let me talk, I assume it's a prank call and say goodbye.
M: That's what I call Call Control.
O: Hehe I'm all about the CC, that's why I play a mage!
M: ... ????
(ohh right, M's of the older, less gamerlike crowd and probably thinks I'm a kook)
O: ... And unless you happen to be a WoW nut, that wouldn't make any sense...
O: But trust me, it was hilarious!

I don't know, I thought it was funny :P I gaver her a brief once over on WoW, the term mage, and that CC stood for crowd control. Laaaala.

[Bagga]

DEar oh dear you need to roll a hunter, I think.

[king4aday]

DEar oh dear you need to roll a hunter, I think.

NOOOOO...reroll a druid (lvl 65 druid here....its what I do when Im not on customers suck or at work )

[Geek King]

Nah, sltealth rogue. Nothing says CC like killing them before they move.

[Broomjockey]

Nah, sltealth rogue. Nothing says CC like killing them before they move.

Which is why I enjoyed my assassin's blade skill so much in City of Villians!

[Emrld]

why does this make me think of the SnL skit for a 976 number and the girl started talking about being a troll and different levels of powers and weapons????
(sorry I am not a gamer . . .I am familiar with the concept but it is not a world I know . . .I don't know the proper terms)

[symposes]

If i get back into the retail version of WoW, BE Paladin. haha
Shrug it off and dish it out. woo

[Flood]

I was woefully disappointed in my BE paladin's ability to dish it out. But add in a Warrior/Druid/Warlock friend and adopt a philosophy of "Invincible Healer" and suddenly you become the most frustrating opponent on the field in pvp.


While each class in WoW has some tricks up their sleeves for crowd control, nothing emphasizes the "Crowd" part of Crowd Control like playing a Controller or Dominator in City of Heroes/Villains. Completely lock down an entire room full of baddies and pick them off at your leisure.

[lordlundar]

Which is why I enjoyed my assassin's blade skill so much in City of Villians!

Pfft! Scrappers kill faster. More violently too.

[Bagga]

I'll say it again - this website needs its own WoW server.

[Broomjockey]

Pfft! Scrappers kill faster. More violently too.

No Scrappers in Villians. You're thinking CoH. And Brawlers don't do anywhere near the same amount of damage. They can just actually take hits.

[Geek King]

Pfft! Scrappers kill faster. More violently too.

I miss the old days before my Claw/Regen scrapper got Nerfed. I used to be able to solo most Praetorian missions. I earned that level of power, dangit! I was Claw/Regen when it wasn't cool! (except for the Wolverine wannabes. God, I hated them.) I played when everyone else was a */Invulnerability Tanker. I could hold aggro almost as well as some tankers by cycling targets, and always was the last one out if the situation went south.

I once got payed the ultimate compliment by a supergroup teammate. (Female toon, BTW) "She's the best scrapper I've ever played with!"

I miss playing Mirrriya. I may have to wake her up tonight.

[Ghengis51]

As everyone in my guild knows paladins don't DPS, they DPH. Hard as hell to kill, but it takes 3 days to drop anything.

Karthas 70 pally: shadowsong

[Fire_on_High]

You're just not using a big enough weapon!

Kurous of Kargath, the Kneecappin' Pally! (17-13-10)

[JustADude]

Gotta go with a Dranaei hunter using a Ravager (Fluffy... had 'im since lvl 10 ) for best solo performance in WoW, and Controllers for best in CoH/V... though BRUTE SMASH!!! is the most fun.