Gamer Fails to Get Job Due to Playing a Horde Character on WoW

There are many reasons, sometimes legitimate ones, that can cause you to be not be chosen for a job. Commonly, people are unfairly discriminated on for being gay, lesbian or for having a specific skin color, but when has anyone ever been judged on their World of Warcraft faction?

[ConnorSmith]

Thats terrible, but funny picture!

[sumo311]

Its not terrible, its life!

[sumo311]

Servers her right for being a horde!

You're Fired!

[ConnorSmith]

Really? I cant imagine you have a job either...

[Corepred4]

i like how she called him a 20-something year old alliance crybaby. well b*tch that crybaby just owned your ass and has a job while you play wow at home, lmao. and connorsmith what makes you assume that about him? don't tell me you play this wow loser stuff, too. lol

[Montrealien]

Good, I would not hire him either, horde are bad.

[sumo311]

For those interested, here is the link to the forums!

http://forums.worldofwarcra...

[RadientFlux]

With all stories the news media has done about World of Warcraft addiction. Saying that you play WOW is never a good idea, the last thing you want is an employer wondering if you game responsibly or not.

[Christopher]

I've seen resumes that we have for consideration with our RFPs where they say being a guild leader in WoW or having a high level character with such and such equipment is an ability/representation of their ability to lead/work with others/etc.

I love to game as much as the next person, but video gaming as a hobby is something I put on facebook, not on my resume.

[Montrealien]

Don`t put it on your resume, but you can aquire decent leadership skills in wow.

[GCO Gamer]

That's so stupid.

[BYE]

Unless his job was getting alliance gold for a chinese farming company this makes no sense at all.

[n to the b]

"Commonly, people are unfairly discriminated on for being gay, lesbian or for having a specific skin color"

I disagree. lately I hesitate to complete the optional sex/race questions on applications out of fear of my white male status hurting me. companies make it a point to be diverse, ever in fear of the almighty lawsuit.

[jdktech2010]

meh, they'll find out eventually in the interview. Might as well do it so it doesn't waste yours or their time

Edit: Supposed to be directed at n to the b

[Leathersoup]

Seriously? A news story based on a forum thread? Sad day indeed.

[huzzaahh]

Yeah, this guy has totally worthless articles most of the time anyway. He also doesn't ever use any type of spell check either.

[Aguro]

If you think about it, if someone plays Horde it means they are one of the bad guys. Who wants to work with someone who spends their spare time practicing evil.

[JD_Shadow]

You haven't exactly found out much about the WoW world or know much about it. The REAL "bad guys" are the Scrouge (that the Lich King controls). Ally and Horde are just at war with each other, but neither side in the lore of WoW is the evil faction, as they BOTH are against the main antagonist in the story.

As for this interview, hoax or not, I would say that the employer would be as much of in fault as the interviewee would be. The story said that the employer played WoW, too, so that wouldn't be too much of a worry. The employer would need to know that you ARE allowed up to 50 toons per account, and 10 per realm, and the only restriction as to what faction you side on for each toon is on a PVP server (each toon you make on a PVP server needs to be on the same team as the other toons you have on that realm unless it's your first toon on the realm). Many players have at least one toon for Ally and one for Horde to play through the lore on both sides. Employers ask things like that all the time as a sort of "I'm just a human like you, I don't bite" type of thing, and it was innocent banter until they got into the details about WoW (if he was going to fire her just for playing WoW, then he would've been a HUGE hypocrite).

[Faelan]

I play Horde and I love Alliance. I mean, we're a perfect match for each other. I kill some of them and get honor points. They kill me a bit and get some honor points in return. In the end, we both walk away with some shinies. Isn't that the ultimate in cuddly carebearism? We all win, so why hate each other?

But playing a %$*# bloodelf. Yeah, that's a valid excuse for denying someone a job I'd say.

[Kakihara]

Just to be sure, he did make it clear that he was talking about a videogame when he described the things he gets up to with his horde didn't he??

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

It may be funny, but has anyone been questioned about their console preference and consoles you own? I've gotten that question thrown at me in multiple interviews, and believe me, it's almost as serious as the "Have you ever been convicted of a federal crime?" types of questions. Why these questions are a part of interviews I do not know, but it's almost as ridiculous as asking what brand of toothpaste you use, or whether you like Star Wars or Star Trek.

Just a note to the people who are ever faced with a ridiculous question like that: Lie. Don't be honest and don't give out any opinions about consoles, even if they ask: "Well why don't you own them all?" You all have a preference and a good reason for it. Just. Don't. Tell. Them. About it.

[djfullshred]

If anyone pressed me on these types of questions, I would say. "I don't really have much of an opinion on trivial things like electronic appliances. May I ask how this is related to your determination of what a good candidate is for this position?"

Even if you don't get the job (or want it at that point), it tells people you are professional not willing to waste your time with stupid off topic questions.

[discstu37]

@djfullshred

Respectfully, I completely disagree with your point. Most candidates for jobs today are very equally qualified that intangibles (in this case, how well you'd fit in with the workplace) are more important than ever. Questioning an interviewer's quality of questions is never a good idea if you plan on getting the job.

If this story is true, it's awesome. The Alliance player probably got pwned "South Park" style and has some issues going on. :)

[JeepGamer]

Alliance are idiots, Horde are jerks.

[djfullshred]

It's all for the best. You would probably have a crappy job if your boss was a wierd WoW fanatic that made real world decisions based upon a fantasy world.

PS, I have been interviewing people for a job lately, and word of advice to job seekers...people that ask questions about your personal lives instead of work questions are probably not good people to work for. If they do ask, saying you like to play video games is probably not a good answer....unless the job is related to video game business.

[DigitalHorror81]

If they know that you play videogames in general, they might dig deeper to find out exactly what. An avid FPS player might be excellent with strategy and teamwork. A tactical RPG fan can potentially juggle multiple tasks at once. You catch what I'm throwing here?

[rezzah]

As humans we find it funny when others fail, but when we fail its not funny at all. Humans are greedy basterds =p

[Nerd Alert]

If I was HR manager I would fire them both for playing such a stoopid game.

[DeeBee]

This "story" was barely believable the first time it was told (some years ago).

[Ironfungus]

Alliance Scum!

[Kingdom Come]

Two words: Your Fired!
L M A O

[ReBurn]

Ugh, not even newsworthy. Probably not even real. This kind of thing has gone around the internet in different flavors for years. This kid loves to take tabloid rumor and speculation and post it as news to get hits for his Examiner stories.

[ExposingLames]

i dont believe this is legit for a second......but it is funny hahahaha