I have been meaning to post on WOW but I have been too busy enjoying the game.  About a couple of weeks ago, I earned my first honour point in the game.  WOW is basically divided into two groups - The Horde (Orcs, Tauren, Trolls and Undead) and The Alliance (Humans, Dwarfs, Elfs and Gnomes).  As part of the game, you can go on a raid on towns on the other side/group.  Once you attack the town of another group (such as Humans versus Orcs), you are now open to attack by the locals).

My buddy and I were doing a number of Quest as an Orc (Horde group) when we noted that our Quest giver was killed by some Dwarfs (Alliance group).  When our Quest giver, a computer character, was killed by these Dwarfs, my friend was very upset because we now have to wait for our Quest giver to respawn, which could take a while - so, we are now wasting time because of these Alliance folks.  We did see a Dwarf and my buddy wanted to kill him because of what was done.  A quick scan by me noted there were a few of these Alliance characters in the background, which meant that there is support.

We backed off and continued our quest tasks.  A half hour later, deep into the quests, we saw this dwarf again.  Apparently, he has been following us.  But this time, his friends were no where to be seen and there were now 3 of us instead of 2.  We can smell FEAR and a sure kill was only seconds away.  You can see the Dwarf trying to find a way out of his predicament.  

The 3 of us circled him and closed in.  When he tried to run, we chased him down and was put out to pasture in 10 seconds.  I could feel the adrenaline flowing as we closed in on him and the sense that this is a sure kill.  It was not going to be a fair fight.  What gave it an extra edge was that we knew there was a real person behind that Dwarf who did not want to die.  He did not have a chance and the attack was fast and brutal.  Once we disposed of him, we got an honour point for defending our Land.

All in all it was a harmless experience except for the fact that the act was ruthless and we extracted great pleasure from it.  This is very disturbing for me - a self professed pacifist.