Power lunching with wizards and warriors

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And since Ito is one of the most well-connected people in the technology industry, it was inevitable that other well-known tech personalities would join up. He expects the guild to be a place where non-WoW tools can be created, largely as a result of its members' technology expertise.

"I've got a couple of developers now in my lab working on setting up collaboration tools," he said, "and I'm going to set up our guild as a test bed for that."

"I think that the combination of the game and the people that I'm playing it with makes it very, very attractive."

--Sean Bonner, blogger

Some members of the guild think WoW provides a rare atmosphere where like-minded people can come together to talk high-level technology some of the time, then run off to kill virtual monsters when they get bored. That even applies to players who aren't hard-core gamers.

"I definitely wasn't a gamer at all," said Bonner, who began playing WoW and joined "We Know" because of Ito. "It was like, 'You have to come play, you have to come play, you have to come play.' I finally went and played and it was so much cooler instantly than I thought it was going to be that I got hooked right away."

Bonner says he simply couldn't resist joining a guild like "We Know." "I think that the combination of the game and the people that I'm playing it with makes it very, very attractive," he said. "I can throw out a blog idea that I'm talking about to people who would actually know what I'm talking about while I'm running around hunting ox or something."

Of course, not every potentially valuable business contact that "We Know" members make happens within the guild. Mayfield said he recently started a potential deal with someone he had previously met rampaging around in WoW.

"I met (up with) him in 'World of Warcraft' and we ran the stockades, which is a dungeon, together," Mayfield said, "and then at some point we were whispering a little bit between each other (in WoW) and today we had a call about how to provide a solution for him."

In any case, despite the fact that "We Know" has all kinds of members, to Ito the guild is a refuge for his high-powered buddies. Is it far-fetched to believe the Next Big Thing may get its start while online pals cooperate in their virtual conquests?

"Most of the time, we're talking about things that are more social, or talking about the game, and the game is really more of a social bonding experience," Ito said. "There are a lot of people making connections and talking about working with each other or bringing in their friends from work."

Movers?.. Shakers?..

Movers?... Shakers?...
Gimme a break
Phil

[nicsnide]

How did that old saw go?

Oh, yes, "He was a legend in his own mind."

Movers?.. Shakers?..

Movers?... Shakers?...
Gimme a break
Phil

[nicsnide]

How did that old saw go?

Oh, yes, "He was a legend in his own mind."

This is news?

I mean.. if you're going to profile some WoW guild just because they have a couple of CEO's or something, why not profile a guild that doesn't have that? Probably all you've served to do for the members of "We Know" is cause them to get whispers from retards trying to join their guild because they are "movers and shakers."

Seriously, on slow news days, just don't bother working.

This is news?

I mean.. if you're going to profile some WoW guild just because they have a couple of CEO's or something, why not profile a guild that doesn't have that? Probably all you've served to do for the members of "We Know" is cause them to get whispers from retards trying to join their guild because they are "movers and shakers."

Seriously, on slow news days, just don't bother working.

[the liquid man]

Horde > Alliance

It's just that simple.

[Sean Bonner]

We Know!

The horde side version of "We Know" is "We No" - also on Eitrigg.

[the liquid man]

Horde > Alliance

It's just that simple.

[Sean Bonner]

We Know!

The horde side version of "We Know" is "We No" - also on Eitrigg.

[capfan12]

So this is the market the Starwars Galaxies NGE was targeting

It's all clear now.

[capfan12]

So this is the market the Starwars Galaxies NGE was targeting

It's all clear now.

[RipperjackAU]

What a load of RUBBISH!!

If this is true, then corporate America is run by a bunch of 13 year old smacktards, who have trouble spelling words over 3 letters in length. Since this is the type of player I have found over on Silver Hand. Anybody with a mental age over 6 is very rare indeed. Hence why this story is so fanciful.

If this was Everquest 2 or the like, then sure. However World of Warcraft should be renamed World of Playschool, the way the player base carries on.

Barrens chat... need I say more!

[Richard G.]

You're just mad...

You're just mad because you know bruce lee could destroy chuck norris.

(just kidding.)

I play Everquest 2, and I've heard references to Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee are popular over there. They're starting to become popular on EQ2 as well.

[RipperjackAU]

What a load of RUBBISH!!

If this is true, then corporate America is run by a bunch of 13 year old smacktards, who have trouble spelling words over 3 letters in length. Since this is the type of player I have found over on Silver Hand. Anybody with a mental age over 6 is very rare indeed. Hence why this story is so fanciful.

If this was Everquest 2 or the like, then sure. However World of Warcraft should be renamed World of Playschool, the way the player base carries on.

Barrens chat... need I say more!

[Richard G.]

You're just mad...

You're just mad because you know bruce lee could destroy chuck norris.

(just kidding.)

I play Everquest 2, and I've heard references to Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee are popular over there. They're starting to become popular on EQ2 as well.

[chaos233]

notice the majority of responses here

are from bitter folks, like most of the player base of EQ2. EQ2 is so devoid of fun factor that it was crushed by WoW and Guild Wars in player base, and as soon as Vangaurd goes live it will wither away quickly. Go back to your mundane crafting game and your mongoloid character models and stop trashing folks who like to have fun when they game.

[chaos233]

notice the majority of responses here

are from bitter folks, like most of the player base of EQ2. EQ2 is so devoid of fun factor that it was crushed by WoW and Guild Wars in player base, and as soon as Vangaurd goes live it will wither away quickly. Go back to your mundane crafting game and your mongoloid character models and stop trashing folks who like to have fun when they game.