Unfortunately, it’s much the same story for the remainder of the posts. In retrospect, I probably got off on the wrong foot by beginning with a four-parter on
gold farming, or the (quasi-illegal) practice of outsourcing
WoW players to third-world countries and selling their in-game gold and items in the U.S. for real money. It’s a topic that’s notoriously polarizing in the gaming community, and by denouncing it in my early posts, I might have alienated a good portion of my potential audience. It also doesn’t lend itself very handily to rhetorical appeals; I wasn’t, after all, trying to convince my readers of my opinion, I was just presenting the facts. I hit another rhetorical sour note a week later with
this post, wherein I launch into a tirade against, in effect, a majority of the
WoWverse. Not the best of ways to garner readers, I imagine.
In my opinion, I did have my moments. In particular, my
piece on in-game relationships (and its
follow-up) is probably the finest writing of the entire blog. I set the stage with an anecdote that most WoW players are familiar with—the
dancing, scantily clad female Night Elf character accepting gold from male passers-by—and used that setup to segue into in-game romance. To lend the discourse some credence (via ethos), I hint that I am speaking from personal experience. Lest the lighthearted blog grow too serious, I insert touches of humor (pathos). For example,
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