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First off, I'd like to warn that this is a blog to bitch about something and ask for help. While compared to the other bitching threads I've seen this remains to be relatively unique, I warn now that, well, it still IS a blog of sorts to bitch about something.
So... My brothers are both bitchy little shits because they play the virtual-drug World of Warcraft. They're not polite about it, they're not reasonable about it. I've been torrenting nicely (read: when they're not playing), and thus having to stay up late to start my torrents (2am and on). Now, because I'm sure that at least a few people here are WoWfags themselves, I'm not sure as to whether or not I'll be getting any sympathy for this.
Well, imagine this. Your younger brother has shit for musical taste. I don't mean shit as in modern music (YOU CAN BE UNDER MY UMBRELLA ELLA ELLA EY EY EY), either. I mean techno. No, I'm not knocking on techno. I myself happen to like it. But that like is going to shatter itself like teeth biting the curb because of how he, your little brother, listens to it. His room is next to yours, and every night, he uses equipment (iHome --> 2.1 speakers) to listen to this "music" at unreasonable levels at such times as, say, 10pm-4am. This "music" and its "beats" (UNCE UNCE UNCE UNCE in every song qualifies as beats, I guess) and the high volume that he plays them at gives you constant headaches that you have connected exclusively to his music. You listen to such things as black/death/metalcore and trance, which never introduced such symptoms of discomfort.
Recently, this younger brother has discovered your dad's new thousand dollar speaker system... Really now. You don't need a 5.1 system to listen to techno. While the techno is playing, you notice he's wearing those circumaural, noise-cancelling Bose headphones he bitched your mother into buying him the previous Christmas. Really now?
Then, you're asleep, torrenting in the peace of your wireless internet because you only torrent when unconscious. This time, it isn't annoying technofaggotry that awakens you, but instead an angry thinks-he's-hard youngest brother, who bitches and moans about how important Arena is without lag. You, who could not possibly care less, argue that it isn't your problem and that they have a plethora of replacement activities available at their disposal as opposed to this mind-rotting shitstorm of a game. What can you expect his argument to be? Surely something knowledgeable and simultaneously witty, no? "I DON'T GIVE A FUCK, JUST TURN OFF YOUR FUCKING DOWNLOADS SO I CAN FUCKING WOW OR I'LL BREAK YOUR FUCKING LAPTOP". Oh, so clever. But that's what you get when your parents spoil your younger brothers and let them do whatever they want... any time... and allow them to get what they want if they bitch enough... no matter what the circumstance.
Recall that you only torrent in your sleep to realize that, what the fuck? You were awoken from comfortable muscle-numbing slumber to be bitched at about a game they haven't even earned the right to play? Where is the sense in this? The justice? WHERE IS THE LOGIC IN HIS ARGUMENT?! Yes, he's stupider than the bowl of rice on your computer table and aspiring toward a future as a general practitioner (there's no way he's succeeding, by the way. When I say stupid, I mean stupid).
/second person.
I am at my wit's end. I have the worst tendency to tolerate just about everything (I'm somewhat of a yes-man in that regard... or is it called being submissive and weak?). Now, what I ask of you, people bored enough to read this, is a solution. A response to this socially deplorable behavior generated by some stupid repetitive subscription game. No, getting World of Warcraft uninstalled is not an option. My parents totally suck in that they near-instantaneously bend to whatever my little brothers ask for, so getting it back wouldn't be too hard, if at all difficult. And no, even though I could totally attempt it and ruin my future, killing them both for being giant douchebags is NOT an option. So, I ask of whoever is socially inept enough to have so little to do but reach this line (just kidding), are there any possible ways I can ruin their World of Warcraft playing experience that won't leave my computer on?
For those who might consider letting them continue on with this pathetic and yet socially unpunished addiction (why isn't pot legal if this shit can pass?), they're both academic failures and WoW isn't helping. I'm tired of being the mature one in this... with these two as my evidence, any and all WoW players without exception are automatically immature and mentally deficient. If Steven Hawking played WoW, I wouldn't care. He'd still be on the same level as a commonly littered candy wrapper to me.
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I hope you can get over my trying to sound smart with big words. I usually write like I talk, but then this shit happens...
  
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So terrible when people become utterly addicted to WoW, though it is particularly easy to do so in WoW's case, as opposed to other games (though I dunno about Testie and DotA!)
Your brother totally needs to go softcore on WoW.
Hardcore is a waste of his life.
Maybe he'll see it eventually....
HOLY SHIT I HAVE THE PERFECT SOLUTION
Find out his login, and when you're sure he's not at home/on WoW, go to somewhere with a distinctly different IP, sign on, and spam "WOW GOLD $19.99 WWW.BUYWOWGOLD.COM" in trade chat.
This can be achieved by going to any major city and typing /2 "insert message here"
It should say that you have joined trade chat channel. If he has set the number to something other than 2, it will show in the name of the channel. Should say [2. Trade ........]
It's sure to get his account tempbanned, though not permanently
It's a good way to force a WoW addict to spend a week off WoW!
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So they are younger than you? What are your ages respectively? I never had this problem as I always paid for the internet, and have. (post-56k days) had decent enough bandwidth for downloads not to effect latency.
One thing I have always found that have completely destroyed my brothers' enjoyment in games is by playing whatever they are playing and completely destroying them. This has worked with 99% of games we have ever played, they stop playing because they can't beat me.
I never intentionally did it to destroy their enjoyment though, just so happened that I have always been competitive and they just played for fun.
Although you can probably ignore the last paragraph as playing WoW is not an option.
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
Just figure out their login and stuff their shit up, I'd recommend a massive dump on there account.
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lol Ethereal Death, that's actually a really good idea. The hard part would be figuring out their login information, though. My locator IP that I saw with Rainmeter says I'm in LA, so finding a "distinctly different IP" shouldn't be too hard, but what's the point in that??
Energies: I'm 18, they're 17. We all live at home with our parents. My bandwidth is so narrow(right word?) that even downloading off xdcc bots in IRC gets them to take the walk to my room and complain about the lack of bandwidth. And I don't really think that being able to destroy them at WoW would do anything, seeing as I would hardly be playing with them. They have their own friends... parties... groups and whatnot.
Spenguin: That works too, but I have no idea how to get their info.
The computers they play on are both accessed with limited accounts. My dad probably thought ahead far enough to not allow them to haphazardly install things, but this also gets in the way in case I would need to install anything... if that matters.
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Hypnosis: wat? O.o epics? like the items? How do i delete items?
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just get your little brother to download stuff for you so he can turn it off during his thing and then back on when he's done. you don't need to be unreasonable.
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Messing with their accounts won't solve anything, Blizzard will retrieve their items/gold for them. I got over WoW because work and life took over my game playing time plus the game was getting really boring towards the end of TBC, although with the new expansion they won't get bored anytime soon, and you said they are academic rejects so they obviously have a lot of time.
Only thing I could think of dude is to somehow inadvertently get them involved in another game(s). Besides that I'm not really sure. Maybe speak to your parents on the by and mention that your retarded brothers are wasting their life and failing school because of their time spent with video games.
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On December 21 2008 18:26 Energies wrote:
Messing with their accounts won't solve anything, Blizzard will retrieve their items/gold for them. I got over WoW because work and life took over my game playing time plus the game was getting really boring towards the end of TBC, although with the new expansion they won't get bored anytime soon, and you said they are academic rejects so they obviously have a lot of time.
Only thing I could think of dude is to somehow inadvertently get them involved in another game(s). Besides that I'm not really sure. Maybe speak to your parents on the by and mention that your retarded brothers are wasting their life and failing school because of their time spent with video games.
True Blizz will recover their stuff for them, but for a week they will be off WoW. MAYBE, with any hope, a better source of entertainment will be discovered (maybe find what they are missing out on?) Unless the guy is a hardcore raider that is...then it won't work.
On December 21 2008 18:16 xxsaznpride wrote:
lol Ethereal Death, that's actually a really good idea. The hard part would be figuring out their login information, though. My locator IP that I saw with Rainmeter says I'm in LA, so finding a "distinctly different IP" shouldn't be too hard, but what's the point in that??
Energies: I'm 18, they're 17. We all live at home with our parents. My bandwidth is so narrow(right word?) that even downloading off xdcc bots in IRC gets them to take the walk to my room and complain about the lack of bandwidth. And I don't really think that being able to destroy them at WoW would do anything, seeing as I would hardly be playing with them. They have their own friends... parties... groups and whatnot.
Spenguin: That works too, but I have no idea how to get their info.
The computers they play on are both accessed with limited accounts. My dad probably thought ahead far enough to not allow them to haphazardly install things, but this also gets in the way in case I would need to install anything... if that matters.
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Hypnosis: wat? O.o epics? like the items? How do i delete items?
keylogger is gg.
Oh, and to delete their items, just hold while clicking on it in their inventory or character screen (default is B for their first bag, then u gotta click the others, and C for character screen, but I change my own keys to better suit playstyle so......) and then drag it to somewhere on the screen that is not part of the interface. Then it will ask you to type in DELETE, and it goes from there....
But really that won't do much for forcing a temporary break off WoW as much as making it seem like they are gold advertisers, which actually results in a ban until the situation is resolved. Oh, and by different IP, i just mean anything that's not making it clear you live in the same place they do. Maybe a library will do, or anywhere you can get public WiFi.
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Use your router to block WoW. I doubt he will ever figure that out.
Usually routers have an IP like 192.168.0.1, there should be some options to block stuff once you access it.
Btw, older brothers always win in fights, no matter how much bigger he is than you. So you could just beat the crap out of him.
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is discussing this with your parents an option? say that their incessant playing and listening to music is disrupting your academic pursuits and will cause your grades to slip as well.
or get a job and move out.
or get into a university away from home preferably with a scholarship, or with your parents bank rolling it. I am assuming you are in the 12th grade, is this accurate?
are you stronger/ more athletic than they are? or at least one of them is?
have you tried saying that they will be a disgrace forever for still being virgins when they turn 18?
which email was used upon registration of game? and can you obtain said email's password?
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I got in a fight with the music one once. After it all, he was talking to my cousin about it and said he kicked my ass. In truth, I was telling him to not fight me the whole time (he got pissed I called him "emo" which kinda proves itself...). It ended with him in a one-arm headlock and my other hand was holding both of his wrists so he couldn't do anything. G-fucking-g, imo.
On December 21 2008 19:13 Etherone wrote:
is discussing this with your parents an option? say that their incessant playing and listening to music is disrupting your academic pursuits and will cause your grades to slip as well.
or get a job and move out.
or get into a university away from home preferably with a scholarship, or with your parents bank rolling it. I am assuming you are in the 12th grade, is this accurate?
are you stronger/ more athletic than they are? or at least one of them is?
have you tried saying that they will be a disgrace forever for still being virgins when they turn 18?
which email was used upon registration of game? and can you obtain said email's password?
No. We're all on break right now. And even then, they really just don't care. Only times my parents do anything are when it could get the cops called on our house.
I don't have a job, can't drive, and I'm a college freshman.
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If I keylogged, would that involve installing WoW and all its patches on my laptop for the sake of logging into it somewhere else? This thing's HD is already full. But... whatever it takes... I want to completely... hinder their self-destructive behavior.
I can definitely take either of them 1v1. Those kids don't exercise or anything. 2v1 would be such a bitch, though, and by then I'd have to pull cheap shit (ie: not hesitate just because they're relatives) like... start carrying hidden knives around the house again.
They are actually both more socially capable than I am. This point doesn't work =\
and I have no idea as to what eMail and whatever extra info was used. I had/never wanted anything to do with their WoW affairs.
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On December 21 2008 17:07 xxsaznpride wrote:
If Steven Hawking played WoW, I wouldn't care. He'd still be on the same level as a commonly littered candy wrapper to me.
You could still claim that only retards play wow, so you'd be fine.
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You can open wow over a network, meaning you can just share their wow folder on their computer, access it from yours via the network and just run the game. But judging from some of the comments your family seems a bit messed up. If the situation is that bad, might I suggest just planting drugs on them?
Surely your parents would respond to that.
But your best option is to get a crappy part time job, even if it's once a week, get enough money to hook up your own internet connecting. If you already have cable you can get ADSL with your phone line or just get a second cable line, it isn't that expensive.
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It isn't so much that my family is messed up as that my parents are INCREDIBLY lax with them to the point of spoiling. Besides, they say not to do drugs and to only drink over 21, but they've driven all of us to parties and stuff, and somewhat encourage that kind of thing without saying it out loud. They've both already professed to being the "popular" types in high school... roughly the late 70's, early 80s... so I hardly doubt they'd be overly punitive if that kind of thing were found.
Kinda sad... but it also means we have no curfew.
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Obv log onto his account via blizz website and free his times he can play. Turn on some parental control.
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
turn off upload completely while torrenting. that shit creates the most lag while playing a game. i hate when my older brother does that shit 24/7 when i tried to play cs back in the days. if it's just download and not at the maximum speed that your plan offers then it should be fine.
also complain to your parents that the bandwidth is not enough for three people so get faster internets mang
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Actually you could just download some random viruses onto his computer. That would really fuck him up.
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On December 21 2008 20:28 Fontong wrote:
Actually you could just download some random viruses onto his computer. That would really fuck him up.
Is there some specific technique to this or... Virus r Us?
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HAHA
"black/death/metalcore" fan insults other peoples music taste... ah such irony is life.
I read some books written by psychologists who through studies realized that young men who listen to rebellious music do so because they are struggling to find an identity in a world that intimidates them. "Heavy" guitars and drums provide the illusion of strength and confidence, traits that are admired in adult males in society.
But come on boys, its the year 2008, we all know buying a cd with "bad ass" music on it doesnt make you "bad ass" just cause you listen to it, right? Might as well just buy a throne and make yourself king. Or if you are blind, buy yourself some books and theyll magically make you see.
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