pantherleader
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« on: December 03, 2006, 10:39:06 AM » |
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WoW Guild: ABDs considered, Ph.D. preferred Tiger Team One, a medium RP guild on the RP server Kirin Tor (Horde), has recently received Title IX funds and a N.E.A. grant [ Note from moderator: A spokeswoman for the National Endowment for the Arts said the N.E.A. did NOT award a grant to Tiger Team One or any other organization or individual associated with this post.], as well as a "Stone Guard's Stipend," to recruit members and begin operations. Besides an advanced degree, applicants should be familiar with Rutger Haur films. Successful applicants will be expected to integrate PvP with RP. Chosen applicants will receive up to 5 silver coins in start up funds and access to a vent server. Future publications should address Conan-like dialogue and simply morality tales akin to Xena. Complete discretion assured. Our membership includes a MacArthur Fellow and an emeritus of the Institute for Advanced Study. Our manifesto is posted on http://www.tigerteamone.com. May the wind be at your back. We will not be interviewing at the M.L.A., A.H.A., A.P.A. nor the A.S.A. |
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acrimone
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2006, 12:15:23 PM » |
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The problem is... I think this is serious.
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"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
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untenured
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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2006, 12:26:27 PM » |
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A World of Warcraft guild populated with academics. Neat.
I played Everquest. I will not play World of Warcraft. WoW is just too enjoyable. I won't leave my house. I won't publish. My job will disappear as I ascend to level sixty with addiction-like tenacity.
No sir, you won't have me in your guild.
Must resist...
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crazybatlady
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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2006, 12:32:16 PM » |
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Oh lordy, acrimone was right.
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As always, CBL rules! All hail the CBL!
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nidieunimaitre
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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2006, 01:02:08 PM » |
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The problem is... I think this is serious.
My friend just got a tenure-track position at a Big Ten university. His dissertation was on the virtual economy of the World of Warcraft. I saw a NYT article a few weeks ago that cited by name several academics who play WoW. I was just looking at the Institute for Advanced Study trying to guess who the emeritus is. |
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dolljepopp
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2006, 02:02:12 PM » |
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Serious or not, it would be have more credibilty/humor/whatever if the OP had spelled Rutger Hauer's name correctly.
snarkily,
hello dollje
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"Camping is so not my thing. I don't even like picnics." -prytania3
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pantherleader
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2006, 08:39:04 PM » |
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I assure you this is as serious as a stroke, despite my typos. I encourage you to apply. A modest publication record is excusable if you are willing to roll a resto druid or priest and have a little bit of PvP experience.
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nidieunimaitre
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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2006, 10:29:33 PM » |
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I assure you this is as serious as a stroke, despite my typos. I encourage you to apply. A modest publication record is excusable if you are willing to roll a resto druid or priest and have a little bit of PvP experience.
ha! I always wondered what people with minimal/no teaching loads who haven't published s*** in years had been doing with their time. |
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untenured
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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2006, 10:34:30 PM » |
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I was a cleric. Damn good one too.
What academic would want to play PvP? I get my share of PvP just walking down the hallways at my institution.
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realfrancie
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« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2006, 08:19:12 AM » |
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A World of Warcraft guild populated with academics. Neat.
Doesn't that pretty much describe the CHE Forums? |
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Oh realfrancie, so clever!
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nidieunimaitre
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« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2006, 11:03:46 AM » |
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this thread was just listed on www.boingboing.netnow that's a line for the CV..ha! |
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realfrancie
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« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2006, 01:32:28 PM » |
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And it looks like Tiger Team One's discussion board uses the same software as CHE!
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Oh realfrancie, so clever!
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tamiam
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« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2006, 01:46:11 PM » |
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And once again....
What the hell are you people talking about???!!!
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Hey look! I have a tag line too!
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peterhanley
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« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2006, 01:55:42 PM » |
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It's not so much that I find the idea strange (or even distasteful)... it's just that the credential requirements seem a bit high, given the guild's stated aims (and presentation style) don't really seem to be consistent with the standard.
Does the NIH grant stipulate that all participants in the study hold Ph.D.s? It seems like the data you'd get back from such a study would be of dubious value, but I guess I'd need to see the grant proposal.
Is it available online?
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nidieunimaitre
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« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2006, 02:02:20 PM » |
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I think it's safe to assume they did not receive external funding, although it is funny. However, their manifesto does contain echoes of Pindar...
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