At the bottom of the page, you’ll find a poll, yet another of Blogger.com’s fun diversions. Mine features humorous, self-deprecating vote options and also, as you probably have already noticed, a distinct lack of, well, actual votes. In my first post, I attempted via ethos to appeal to the reader, and, via pathos, to keep them coming back for more. Its first paragraph is a condensed mission statement; I differentiate my blog from other, more “serious” WoW blogs in hopes of appealing to those who feel ostracized by the hard-core gamer communities that tend to denigrate “noobs,” or less serious players. Then I try to allure the reader pathetically, by promising I’ll cover some tidbits from the darker, taboo, unspoken side of WoW: the cheaters, the exploiters, the hackers. Then, as a sort of justification for believing myself qualified to write about all things WoW, I provide links to each of my higher-level characters for online viewing. In a way, this is analogous to the new practitioner who conspicuously hangs his credentials on the wall, and it’s a three-pronged attack. In terms of ethos, I portray myself as a competent, experienced WoW player worthy of keeping a blog about the game. Pathetically, it appeals to the reader’s anxiety that I may be masquerading as a WoW fanatic. Logically, it presents undeniable empirical proof that I have sloughed my way to Level 70 not on one, nor on two, but on three separate characters.
If only those appeals had worked…
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