Okay. Take a look a this picture. A REAL GOOD LOOK. Here I am in Goldshire. I thought "what the hell, I think I will go hunt down some eggs and see what this whole Noblegarden thing is all about. I usually don't get too involved in these world event things but, since I'm not raiding much any more, I don't really know anyone in other guilds to run with and all of my good friends moved to SIlvermoon. I figured, what the hell. Let's collect eggs. I get to Goldshire. Grab a basket, a couple of quests and I'm off and running. After about 5 or 10 minutes, I was finding it odd that no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find one single egg. "That's strange" I thought. I remember reading that the eggs could be found in and around Goldshire.
I kept looking.
No joy. That's when I noticed it. People standing very still in odd spots around Goldshire. Not moving, not saying anything. I decided to stand in front of Inn and watch these guys. Sure enough. One by one, they would kneel down and collect an egg. After making another round of the Shire, I realized that for every spawn point, there was one sometimes two or three people standing there, with finger on mouse button ready to snag that egg.
It was the most unbelievable thing I had witnessed in a long time and I've seen some doozys in my raiding career. I then decided to conduct a little experiment. I dismounted and walked over to a female draenai who was intently staring at a corner of the inn near a flower box. I stood next to her and waited.
Sure enough...
"Get the F*** out of here you Bi***! I was here first. Whispered this no life-having loser. I stood there for about a minute longer and even lauged a few times. This Draenai was SMOKING PISSED. She must have called me every name in the book. I finally had enough, mounted up and headed for Stormwind.
Well, needless to say, Nobelgarden is one event that I won't be participating in. Collecting those eggs in that kind of a situation is pretty much impossible and the rudeness of some of these players is almost unbearable. Blizzard really screwed the pooch on this event. The eggs really need to be zone-wide and maybe more difficult to find if they are way out in the zone. But hey, that's just me.
I've never been so dissappointed in a world event more than I have this one. I only hope and pray that Children's Week (one of my favorites) revives my faith in this game. Maybe I should leave BWR. I suspect however, the attitudes of these players spans realms. There is no escape.
All I wanted are some &#$^#%^@&#@! eggs. Why are people such pricks? I really try to see the good side in people but you know what? I'm finding it increasingly harder to see that side. I'm beginning to believe that it no longer exists.
Oh well, going to go be bored in Dalaran some more.
SjN