WoW teaches real-life aggro management

[Venture]

http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/12/05/bo ... hanks-wow/
Boy attacked by moose "feigns death," thanks WoW

A Norwegian news site is reporting that a young boy and his sister were attacked by a moose (same thing happened to my sister once), and the boy reportedly "taunted' the moose away from his sister, and then feigned death, causing the moose to lose aggro and leave. "Just like you learn in level 30 in World of Warcraft," the boy is reportedly quoted as saying.

Cynic that I am, I find it hard believing any of this is true at all-- maybe one of our Norwegian readers (and I know we have them, because I met two at BlizzCon) can let us know whether "Nettavisen" is to be trusted as a source or not. But even if it is true, I'm just as hesitant to jump to praise WoW for supposedly helping as I am to condemn it for supposedly hurting.

Still, I'm glad the kid came out of it OK, and if WoW is to thank, all the better. Now if only he'd been able to control his DPS in the first place, he'd never have aggroed at all.

Sac pull, no loots.

[EternityEnd]

He should have been using a better pet to get hate-- His sister? Come on! They don't get growl.

[Blarg]

He should have been using a better pet to get hate-- His sister? Come on! They don't get growl.

They do get Bitch though.

[Mizango]

He should have been using a better pet to get hate-- His sister? Come on! They don't get growl.

They do get Bitch though.

LoL, This is true.

[HAcoreRD]

He should've kited it to nearby traffic

[Fhqwghads]

lol @ OP...

[Belkin]

A boy kiting a moose is like a WAR in Dusk kiting King Vinegarroon without Gravity. It just doesn't work.

[Belkin]

Although it would be pretty miraculous if he managed to get the moose caught on some nearby shrubbery and the moose took some whacked out pathing.

[Khamsin]

Although it would be pretty miraculous if he managed to get the moose caught on some nearby shrubbery and the moose took some whacked out pathing.

As long as you're not running from the moose one moment, then all of a sudden find yourself back under the moose.

[Ishido]

Should have just put down a freezing trap.

[Vobent]

Should of used misdirect onto his sister.

[aers]

(same thing happened to my sister once)

[Senoska]

Although it would be pretty miraculous if he managed to get the moose caught on some nearby shrubbery and the moose took some whacked out pathing.

As long as you're not running from the moose one moment, then all of a sudden find yourself back under the moose.

ROFL

[Parshias]

(same thing happened to my sister once)

The article wins for that.