15 Minutes of Fame: The Craft Dinner gang

Posted by Fredi on 06 30th, 2009

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15 Minutes of Fame is our look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes – from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, the remarkable to the player next door. Tip us off to players you’d like to hear more about. I really can’t think of a more enjoyable way to game than in the same room as your friends. Even back in the EverQuest era, when my husband’s Monk and my own Magician actively avoided one another outside of raids (incompatible characters, incompatible playstyles – we couldn’t have been a worse mix), we got plenty of kicks and giggles from keeping an eye on one another’s screens. These days, raid nights at our house mean not two but four players (three in my office, one upstairs – more, if friends with laptops are here). AFK breaks spawn a queue at the fridge that inevitably coalesces into a rowdy debate over the evening’s tactics and drops. So when I spotted these kindred spirits in a news tip from Khaz Modan-US, I knew I’d found a group of players who could show WoW.com readers the glories of playing in the same room. “We’re a group of eight friends in real life that get together once a week for what we call ‘Craft Dinner,’ which involves lugging all our gear to one of our houses, sharing a meal together, then hitting up a 10-man raid (we PuG the last two to three spots, generally),” wrote Stumpsky. “Last night, we just cleared 10-man Naxx for the first time — which was a big accomplishment, as we just started to raid as a full group at the beginning of May. We don’t use Vent, because we’re all in the same room, and we all find it the most enjoyable way to play the game we love.” Continue reading 15 Minutes of Fame: The Craft Dinner gang Filed under: Virtual selves , Features , Interviews , 15 Minutes of Fame 15 Minutes of Fame: The Craft Dinner gang originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink